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Tag Archives: Rick Santorum

Knowing Your Audience

One of my parents’ neighbors got a call from the Rick Santorum campaign. Kind of a waste of time, since she’s a Democrat. But what makes things worse is that the caller implored her to vote for Santorum because he’s a good Christian and all good Christians need to vote for Santorum. The woman being [...]

McSally v Santorum?

Col. Martha McSally, for obvious reasons, takes issue with Rick Santorum’s views on women in combat: Although I’m happy to hear some criticism of Santorum, one has to wonder why anyone would be surprised that he’d say such a thing. She expresses support for his views, which include a variety of, her words, things that [...]

NCR on Santorum

This from the National Catholic Reporter’s Distinctly Catholic blog: What emerges from all these analyses is that [Sen. Rick] Santorum’s Catholicism is the most important thing about him, and that Santorum’s Catholicism is of that variety we associate with the “faithful remnant – the world is against us” kind of culture warriors whom, I believe, [...]

And They Wonder Why…

Audience members at the Republican debate boo a gay soldier: The question was directed to Rick Santorum, who didn’t address the booing at all. Not one candidate on the stage said a word about the booing; none could even give the rote political line about thanking him for his service. Of course, after the debate, [...]

I’m Just Sayin’…

Col. Muammar Gaddafi on protesters in Tripoli, in today’s Guardian: [He] accused “sick people within the nation” of trying to seduce others into rebellion with money and drugs. Former Senator Rick Santorum on protesters in Madison, Spartanburg Herald-Journal: He went on to compare protesting union members in Wisconsin to addicts. “They are acting like their [...]