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|| By FITSNEWS || This website has a less-than-enthusiastic view of the presidential aspirations of former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum.
Santorum was “part of the great GOP fiscal betrayal of the previous decade,” we noted last spring – not to mention he’s the leading edge of a movement to boot those who care about fiscal responsibility from the “Republican” ranks. You know, because shunning limited government supporters has worked out so well for the GOP electorally …
Anyway, while our occasional (impressionable?) columnist Taylor Brown can’t get enough Santorum – we do our level best to ignore his exceedingly divisive and sanctimonious brand of pander-bloviating.
Unfortunately, we cannot ignore it when “major” candidates like Santorum start laying the groundwork for launching their presidential candidacies – in our back yard.
From CNN’s Alexandre Jaffe …
Rick Santorum has begun setting up his primary operation in the all-important early primary state of South Carolina, bringing on a key operative to run his nonprofit there.
South Carolina GOP strategist Jon Parker confirmed to CNN he plans to head up Patriot Voices’ South Carolina operation.
Great … (that was sarcasm).
“Our goal is to spread his conservative message through the state — his ideas for tackling middle-class issues, working-class issues,” Parker told Jaffe.
And those ideas are … what, exactly?
“Santorum is one of the few potential candidates who has articulated the economic effects of open-border policies,” Brown wrote in her recent report on Santorum. “He has, time and time again, hammered out the message that American workers are more important than foreign workers – something his would-be rival Ted Cruz seems to ignore.”
Wait … Ted Cruz from Texas? The state that’s outpaced the rest of the forty-nine states combined in job creation in recent years (despite having one of the nation’s largest immigrant populations)?
Right …
Oh well, we look forward to seeing Santorum fight with fellow evangelical Mike Huckabee for the Palmetto State’s “Holier Than Thou” vote.
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A fellow who is no longer relevant in the 2016 nomination contest which hasn’t even started full scale yet.
He probably will no longer even be an active candidate by the time of the SC primary.
He and Hucksterbuck will split the fundie/evangelical/theocrat vote. Enough of that in this state to get both of them a lot of support. Sad to say.
He’s a Catholic, the Fundies and the Evangelicals won’t vote for him generally.
Ah, that’s right. Forgot about that. Maybe if he is one of those charismatic Catholic cultists, the ones who are Pentecostal or Charismatic might go for him. But that’s a long shot. And I hadn’t factored in the possible surprise return of Michelle Bachman, vying to be both the first female POTUS and the first batshit crazy POTUS who is subservient to a batshit crazy flamingly gay anti-gay voodoo shrink.
You don’t now any fundies. Haley can go to India and bow down at a Sikh Temple and the liberals are mad because the fundies and evangels aren’t up in arms. You make the same mistake that Jake “raghead” Knotts did. You don’t know any fundies except what you see from MSM, late-night comedy and televangelist. You need to meet real live people.
They vote issues and character not religion.
Can’t speak for the Colonel, but I have a family chock full of fundamentalists and Pentecostals/charismatics. In North Carolina several of them have been ministers with their own radio shows. That’s on my mother’s side. In SC and NC, several on my father’s side have actually founded churches, 5 of which still exist. Some of the ones who were/are Indians are the most religiously conservative and (to my mind) intolerant of all. But I get along with most of them, even when we don’t see eye-to-eye on matters of faith and politics. I have only maybe 4 relatives, total,that are mean-spirited about all of that — like a Flippy Pogo.
I’m an Evangelical
Now I see where the dumbass comes from!!!
only point I can see Catholicism having a real issue is with the “Religious Left”
Are those Mitten’s wives?
I think they may be his wife and daughters. He has a huge family.
He’s got a head start on populating his planet, then… way ahead of Adam and Eve.
Seems like yesterday me and the fetus were throwing the ball around.
Actually, you were throwing fetus around, not the ball.
Stop. ROTFLMAO. Stop! To Funny!
Kudos to you for catching Rick Santorum in the act of pander-bloviating. I didn’t think anyone else had noticed.
Santorum has a snowball’s chance in hell of becoming president. He’ll just waste a lot of time and spend a lot of other people’s money to find that out.
I like to imagine what all of the money people give to politicians to piss in the dirt could accomplish if given to a few decent charities instead.
But then all these unemployed pols wouldn’t be able to massage their egos.
I know. Like the billion the Kochs have already agreed to spend.
What a waste of time and resources.
Rick is such a dreamy and commanding presence. Not sure about him though…I wore my big girl bra and he didn’t even glance at my chest once!
He glanced. He’s just gentleman enough to do it when you aren’t looking.
Major candidate? What the fuck are you SC repubs smoking?
Will, for you to say Santorum has no ideas to help the middle class is wrong. While I would never vote for him due to his social conservatism, I have to get him credit where it is due. He was one of the sponsors of the Health Care Savings Account law that allows people to save money on a before tax basis for health care costs that aren’t covered by health insurance. We use one in our firm and it works. It is a program to help the middle class pay for healthcare using free market based principles. While I disagree with his imposing his social views on the rest of us, he has come up with at least one good idea to help the middle class in the past.
You are way behind the curve,
Bob Inglis touted that years ago and it has been a fizzle from the get-go.
He quit pushing it after it stalled in the “ducks pass on the left lane”
Whoa!!! Those sweater vests would look great with some of those Clemson colored ties what’s his name spent $30K on.
Ol’ Frothy, like a bad stain that just won’t wash out.
Wait. Isn’t Jon Parker part of Quinndom?
Santorum is who the MSM is talking about when they say the “Taliban wing” of the GOP. This guy needs to find a big rock and crawl under it. He gives Republicans a bad name.
How is the Lee “not very” Bright vote working out for you Pachyderm spooner?
Don’t forget to include “Don Quixote” Corbin along with Lee “not very” Bright.
Corbin is making damn sure that everyone in South Carolina is a member in good standing of the militia (He sponsored a bill doing just that!!!!!)
But keep this in mind…………………………….
The Spartanburg Tea Party rightwing nuts eat the peanuts out of their shit!!!!!!!
Like a good elephant would!!!!!!!
I’ve only seen Dims eating shit. Of course that is what they are all about.
I worked for Bill Connor. But any of the six that ran against Grahamnasty would have been a better senator. All were better human beings. But we get what we got. Till next time.
Sanctus Santorum will take you all the way back to the 15th century. Get ready for the ride ! He’s a sanctimonious POS. ANY Dem can whip him in a Presidential contest.
Evangelical? I’ll guess that isn’t mutually exclusive to be Roman Catholic and Evangelical. Issue wise, I ‘spect the two moieties are about 90% +/- 6% in agreement
I love Santorum! If Lindsey Graham weren’t in the race, I’d be all over him!