Rick Santorum finally makes some sense in new video
By Rick PaulasFebruary 1st, 2012, 5:15 pmComments (7)
After yesterday's Florida primary, it looks like the Republican race to see who's going to lose to Obama in November is down to two, meaning the inevitable end of the Rick Santorum campaign is almost upon us. And I, for one, am going to truly miss it.
Now, let's be clear: There never really was a chance Santorum would get the nomination. Despite his "win" in the Iowa caucus, that was clearly more a protest vote after Republican voters found themselves left choosing between two men named Newt and Mitt. And sure, pockets of bigotry and the insane anti-female views that Santorum makes his primary platform still exist in America. No doubt about it. But just imagine the outpouring of support Obama would get if Santorum were the other choice — it would make the army of supporters from his 2008 campaign look like a grade-school pep rally.
The big problem, though, is that it's only now, after Santorum is but a soul-searching session with the Man Upstairs from ducking out of this election cycle, that he's finally starting to make some sense. The evidence:
Goddamn right. Fairy crutches are bullshit!
Commentarium (7 Comments)
1. A loss to Obama is far from certain. The Republican base is more motivated than ever, a significant percentage of Obama's '08 support is very disillusioned by his poor performance to date and failure to achieve a large chunk of his promised change (starting on Day One when most of his appointees were long-standing career politicians as opposed to the fresh blood he promised), and the swing voters are not impressed by *any* of the candidates.
2. Don't rule out Santorum on the ticket as VP. Personally I'd think it would be political suicide (again, the swing voters and moderate conservatives are not fans of the man or his wackadoodle views), but his numbers with the hardcore conservative base are good enough that his name will certainly be considered. Rubio is much more likely, but gay hating Ricky will be in the mix.
And sure, pockets of bigotry and the insane anti-female views that Santorum makes his primary platform still exist in America.
That's not a sentence. That's two half-sentences put together. I've written like that before, but do you people not read your own articles even once?
Nope, that's a sentence. It describes pockets of two things:
1) bigotry
2) the insane anti-female views that Santorum makes his primary platform
Do you not read your own comments even once?
ZING!
I'm with Me. Coherence should required by Hooksexup. The first four stories are horrendously bad.
It's poorly written but still a valid sentence. Swap the word order and you get: Santorum makes insane anti-female views his primary platform.
Jesus, I can't believe I just *defended* Hooksexup journalism. I deserve to be flogged for this.
it's not journalism any more than Gawker or the Huffington Post. It's aggregation and some jokes and some opinions.
Now you say something