Santorum Comes From Behind

With the Republican primaries starting to get into full-swing, my propensity for migrains has started coming back. There have been evenings where I’ve found myself yelling at my computer screen, just from reading the nonsense coming out of the mouths of some of these idiots. None of the candidates seem like viable competitors for Obama (though he’s not on my list of favorite people these days, either), but the scariest contendor of them all has got to be Rick Santorum. Intially an unlikely contendor with practically no chance at the nomination, Rick Santorum came in a narrow second by only EIGHT VOTES in Iowa this week.

You may be wondering why I’m linking to such a disgusting website, one which is clearly NOT the candidate’s actual web presence. The reason is simple: As disgusting as the new definition of Rick Santorum‘s name may be, it’s not NEARLY as disguting as his positions on homosexuality, welface, race, birth control, women, and basic human rights. Rick Santorum is nothing more than what Dan Savage has made him out to be: a frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex. Now THAT, I will link to Rick Santorum‘s actual website.

While this doesn’t really have anything to do with books, it does have to do with social justice. Make no mistake: Rick Santorum does not care about the rights and lives of people who are not heterosexual, white men (who are probably also Christian, cis-gendered, able-bodied, and otherwise supporting of heteropatriarchial values.) In case you’re not sure exactly how wretched this guy is, here’s some examples of the frothy mix of bullshit that comes out of his mouth:

“I don’t want to make black people’s lives better by giving them other people’s money.” (source)

“If the Supreme Court says that you have a right to consensual sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything.” (source)

“There are people who were gay and lived the gay lifestyle and aren’t anymore. I don’t know if that’s the similar situation or that’s the case for anyone that’s black. It’s a behavioral issue as opposed to a color of the skin issue, and that’s the diff for serving in the military.” (source)

“There are no Palestinians. All the people who live in the West Bank are Israelis. There are no Palestinians. This is Israeli land.” (source)

“I believe the earth gets warmer and I also believe the earth gets cooler. And I think history points out that it does that and that the idea that man, through the production of CO2 — which is a trace gas in the atmosphere, and the man-made part of that trace gas is itself a trace gas — is somehow responsible for climate change is, I think, just patently absurd when you consider all the other factors.” (source)

“Marriage is not about affirming somebody’s love for somebody else. It’s about uniting together to be open to children, to further civilization in our society.” (source) What a romantic! I’d sure love to be his date on Valentine’s Day.

“We have made the decision that the best way to raise a family is with a man and a woman.” (source)

“[The] right to privacy…doesn’t exist in my opinion in the United States Constitution.” (source) Now, he’s got a point on this one. The Constitution doesn’t guarantee anyone’s right to privacy. Oh, right. Except where it does. But that’s okay, that’s just a little 4th Amendment, and we don’t talk about that in polite company. It’s interesting that he’s so okay with re-writing the Constitution in this context, given his next quote…

“To the Founders, these God-given truths — that ‘all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights’ — are no more open to discuss or debate than the laws of gravity. They are simply there, part of the created order. And because they are divinely sanctioned, it followed that even if a wicked and depraved majority tried to subvert them in the name of ‘democracy,’ the moral minority would be obliged to resist the majority’s wishes in the name of moral truth.” (source)

“In every society, the definition of marriage has not ever to my knowledge included homosexuality. That’s not to pick on homosexuality. It’s not, you know, man on child, man on dog, or whatever the case may be. It is one thing. And when you destroy that you have a dramatic impact on the quality.” (source)

Oh, Rick. You are a frothy mix of stupidity. Fortunately for the rest of us, Iowa Republicans don’t do a very good job picking the Republican nominee. Before long, you’ll be back in on the bottom where you belong.

Want to do your part to help make sure Rick Santorum gets his due? A click a day keeps the santorum away:

Be sure to click on the spreadingsantorum.com link on each of these pages! (You’ll have to scroll for some of them.)

If you’re feeling REALLY ambitious, you can also hover on links that say “frothy mix,” and if the tool-tip says it takes you to his real website, click on it! Google will start making the associations between the sites and phrases when you start clicking.

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