Grr! Industrial Materialists Fall To Irritating Jesus Freak!

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That's just my read on it, I could very well be wrong. But I don't see as of yet a viable challenger to Obama. It'd be a great time to float a third party candidate, then all bets would be off, there'd probably be a farily even three-way vote split. I'd vote for an independant Kucinich in a heartbeat.

[Project Willow]

The Stranger, adolescence enshrined.

[JackRiddler]

Ugh! Giving almost literal meaning to "You can't make this shit up."

[DrVolin]

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And Santorum: I had enough of his act when he was a Congresscritter and Senator. He won't last any longer than then the NC primary. It'll be Romney vs. Obama in the general election, and Romney won't win because he's too stiff, independants don't like him, and Republicans won't vote for a Mormon. Four more years.

I'll predict a Romney win, and a major war before the end of his second term. I think it is time for a dynastic president. And yes, this is related to my reflections on whole Salmon Fishing in the Yemen thing, and on the Hooverbama thing. I'll try to post more on that soon.

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Rick Santorum | Biscuit Crumbs from his wiki.
Career as lawyer, political consultant, and commentator; noted as Christian (Roman Catholic); Alma mater: Penn State and The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University

Post-Senate career
In January 2007 Santorum joined the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a D.C.-based conservative think tank. In 2010, he was paid $217,000 by the center for his work as a senior fellow.

In February 2007 Santorum signed a deal to become a contributor on the Fox News Channel, offering commentary on politics and public policy.

In March 2007 Santorum joined Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, where he primarily practiced law in the firm's Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. offices, providing business and strategic counseling services to the firm's clients.

In 2007, Santorum joined the Board of Directors of Universal Health Services, a hospital management company based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Between 2007 and 2010, he received $341,000 in compensation from the company.

Santorum writes an Op/Ed piece titled "The Elephant in the Room" for the Commentary Page of The Philadelphia Inquirer. In 2010 he was paid $23,000 by the newspaper for his work as a freelance columnist.

Santorum earned $1.3 million in 2010 and the first half of 2011. The largest portion of his employment earnings — $332,000 — came from his work as a consultant for groups advocating and lobbying for industry interests, such as a Pennsylvania natural gas firm, Consol Energy, and lobby firm American Continental Group. Santorum also earned $395,414 in corporate director's fees and stock options.

2010 elections
Santorum was mentioned as a candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania in 2010. At one point, he was said to have "quietly but efficiently put his fingerprints on a wide-array of conservative causes in the state." However, Santorum declined to seek the gubernatorial nomination and instead endorsed eventual winner Tom Corbett.

Privacy
Santorum has frequently stated that he does not believe a "right to privacy" exists under the Constitution, even within marriage; he has been especially critical of the Supreme Court decision in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), which held that the Constitution guaranteed the aforementioned right, and on that basis, overturned a law prohibiting the sale and use of contraceptives. He has described contraception as "a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be."

Illegal immigration
Although Santorum cites his own family's history as proof of how to immigrate "the right way", Santorum incorrectly states that his grandfather Pietro Santorum emigrated to this country in 1925, after three years of living under Benito Mussolini's fascist rule. Passenger records at Ellis Island, however, give the date of Pietro Santorum's arrival as November 20, 1923, only one year after Mussolini came to power and prior to the institution of the Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act), which severely restricted the numbers of immigrants permitted to enter the United States from Southern European countries like Italy.

Personal life
Santorum traveled in 2002 to Rome to speak at a centenary celebration of the birth of Saint Josemaria Escriva, founder of Opus Dei. In an interview with the National Catholic Reporter while in Rome, Santorum said that the distinction between private religious conviction and public responsibility, espoused by President John F. Kennedy, had caused "great harm in America."

All of us have heard people say, 'I privately am against abortion, homosexual marriage, stem cell research, cloning. But who am I to decide that it's not right for somebody else?' It sounds good, but it is the corruption of freedom of conscience.

He and his wife were invested as Knight and Dame of Magistral Grace of the Knights of Malta in a ceremony at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York on November 12, 2004.

Santorum earned $1.3 million between January 2010 and August 2011, including $217,385 in income from the Ethics and Public Policy Center, $142,500 from Consol Energy, and $395,414 in director fees and stock options from Universal Health Services.

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Refer Pat Toomey (Catholic); Club for Growth; 527 organization; Stephen Moore; Bob Casey, Jr.; Young Life; The Fellowship, also known as the Family

[Project Willow]

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/01/10/the-gay-guy-who-smeared-santorum

My readers did not forget that interview—and they made sure no one else did either. Rick Santorum certainly hasn't been able to forget it. Thanks to SARS and to WUTSAP ("Wipe Up That Santorum, Anal Pokers"), the reader who sent in the winning definition, and to the readers who selected for "frothy mix" over the other contenders for the new definition, Rick Santorum is still being made to answer for that infamous 2003 interview. Rick can run (for president, from New Hampshire voters chanting "bigot"), but he can't hide.

Santorum can lie, though—or attempt to.

In an interview with CNN last week, Santorum claimed that he "didn't say it," he never equated consensual gay sex with dog fucking and child rape. (Santorum also said in that interview that he believed gay people should remain celibate all our lives. Followup question, Senator Santorum: You said in Saturday night's debate that you would love your gay son. You said in response to a question from a voter that you would love your gay son "unconditionally." Would you love your gay son if he were sexually active?) But Santorum confirmed that he said exactly that—consensual gay sex is like dog fucking and child rape—and stood by that statement, and deserved praise for making it, in an interview on CNN back in August.

[JackRiddler]

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Maybe we should retitle this thread, "Frothy Mix of Tebow and Santorum"?

Tebow also sounds dirty, doesn't it? Come to think of it, like Santorum, Tebow has become a neologism: To tebow is to kneel when you should be spiking.

But who knows? Maybe the marvelously athletic if generally lousy replacement QB of the Denver Broncos is just a harmless religious eccentric and an unconditionally nice guy after all. I like the baby pictures, anyway.

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[82_28]

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Maybe we should retitle this thread, "Frothy Mix of Tebow and Santorum"?

Tebow also sounds dirty, doesn't it? Come to think of it, like Santorum, Tebow has become a neologism: To tebow is to kneel when you should be spiking.

But who knows? Maybe the marvelously athletic if generally lousy replacement QB of the Denver Broncos is just a harmless religious eccentric and an unconditionally nice guy after all. I like the baby pictures, anyway.

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Dude, c'mon! Don't be mixing the Tebow with the frothy mix. Kid's 24 years old and is playing football. If anything at all happens he will be used, not the cause of any kind of right wing plots. Let him play football, let him say "God Bless You", I don't give a shit. I was just telling my dad last night that I wonder if I would have hated Tebow in the throes of my greatest atheist conquest days even as a Broncos QB. Unknown.

Also, he's not a "lousy REPLACEMENT QB". He won the Heisman, was drafted in the first round as a QB and is young. He was never destined to be a "replacement" at all. A bust? Perhaps. Time will tell. But he was drafted first round. Nobody drafts replacements in the first round. They draft in the first round for the best there are out of all of the thousands of football players available. He's also not lousy. I would call him quirky. He is not lousy. He is an all 'round athlete, not the most or even remotely polished of an NFL QB, but the dude knows what's what as far as competition.

You can't take this away from the underdogs:



It was a team effort and Tebow plays on a team.

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[2012 Countdown]

Haha, 82_28, I think Jack was just saying maybe he was a bit harsh -in his own way. He isn't a Tebow believer yet, and thats cool. But I'm glad you Broncos are going to give Timmy a chance. Just to add, and I will spare all the records he broke in college, he didn't have the benefit of an off season at Denver, full reps and practice yet. He also needs a better receiving crew. Maybe different types that suit his style. Slot receivers and tight ends are important. Percy friggin Harvin is what the man needs! That would be awesome to see that combo again. What I'm saying is it will take a commitment to build a team around him and his particular style of play. Now that after being thrown out there, since he's done so well, they are stuck with the project. Let Tebow be Tebow. If they want to do it in earnest, they will have to make decisions. He was a fantastic player in college. Incredible. He is unique though, and maybe it will work, maybe not. In any event, this gives me an excuse to post Tebow porn...

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Like I could see the differences between quarterbacks, anyway. But …like, uuhh, Jesus loves me, unconditionally, this I know anymore. Like… every other jock on the board, I just like LOVE football because of that! Prayz the Loard for manifesting show biz!

Of all the Santorum stuff out there, I thought I’d ‘share’ a clever ending by Emil Guillermo.

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Santorum: The Tim Tebow of Politics, but Google Him First
— Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
— January 4, 2012 3:10 PM

An 8 point win in Iowa as we approach the Year of the Dragon would only be a good omen for an Asian American.

Just not for Mitt Romney.

Romney, the candidate who could be anchorman, hardly can be called a winner in a contest that's a statistical tie. (Right, all ye math mavens?) But in a democracy a single vote counts, and 8 of them have given Rick Santorum license to be a much louder Rick Santorum.

If you've followed Santorum's political career, then you know he's no saint. He's the clean-cut villain. All the vitriol of a Gingrich, with none of the scandalous marital baggage. Polarizing, though with more appeal. And he's younger. Dan Quayle-like.

You've got to hand it to Santorum. He did what desperate politicians know to do when they are down to nothing. You go for the hot button differentiators that stir an electorate and rearrange the voting grid.

Others had decided that the economy and government spending were what this election should be all about, and the campaign became genteel and a bit wonky. For a Santorum, that's no way to make up ground.

Instead, Santorum went for a more emotional differentiator. He got virtuous.

He strategically positioned himself as the prime anti-Romney and went for the hot button issue Romney hates to talk about because it makes him sound "waffly."

Texas Governor Perry tried to go for the "immigration" hot button, but that wasn't the one for this campaign. Now Perry's migrated back to Texas.

Michele Bachmann tried health care with her endless "Obamacare" references. But that isn't the spark to raise a dead-horse either. Now she's gone.

But Santorum got within 8 votes by going for the only hot button that had really been unclaimed. Abortion, and all its corollary issues. Sex. Marriage. Ugh. All those religious culture war standbys that no one likes to talk about in a modern "God Bless America" democracy.

In doing so, Santorum's come out of nowhere to stage his surprise Iowa rally.

He's the Tim Tebow of Politics.

But Santorum's even more sanctimonious than that. He doesn't want to just win the Super Bowl. He wants to be the Commander-in-Chief of your life. In Santorum's world there is no "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo." No boys either.

What colleagues have thought of Santorum is instructive. "Santorum," said former Senator Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, is "Latin for. . ." Rhymes with bass hole. And they weren't fishing buddies.

Indeed, Santorum's sexual politics, or maybe anti-sexual politics, has prompted sex columnist Dan Savage to coin a neologism.

He defines a santorum as a "frothy mix of. . ." You really should Google it.

The takeaway from Iowa is that no one on the right is right.

And no one on the left is left.

There's just the president, and he may still be the best choice in the end.

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Okay. This video shows what Jesus Freaks are, to me.
Actually, I think Perry and Santorum could be
called Zealots for Jesus, and I'd think they'd like that.

Santorum:
God's Law and Civil Law Must Be the Same


I'm also inclined to believe Santorum is closely
influenced by men in The Family and their ideologies.
I've got the idea that Perry is still outside looking in.

Santorum:
Scandal Cover for John Ensign of The Family

^ The commentator mentions the name Tim Coe.
The name is Doug Coe, current leader of The Family.

[JackRiddler]

[Nordic]

Obama will appear to be the best "choice" in the end, but that's no accident. That was and is the plan.

No need to vote this time.

[vanlose kid]

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Tebow also sounds dirty, doesn't it? Come to think of it, like Santorum, Tebow has become a neologism: To tebow is to kneel when you should be spiking.*

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kinda sorta makes sense in some weird way. Tebow=Tebeau, right?



* kneeling when you should be spiking is so un-american it's gotta be french. (there's probably a law against it.)

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