Santorum Defends President, Iraq War: Senator Backs Bush During Debate
Rick Santorum does NOT have a hang-up with working women
Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), battling for reelection in a state where President Bush is not popular, gave a full-throated defense of the president yesterday and said the United States must prevail in the Iraq war. In his first and perhaps only debate with Democratic challenger Bob Casey Jr., Santorum lived up to his reputation as a feisty, unapologetic conservative, even though it has caused him problems in moderate-voting Pennsylvania. Ignoring Casey’s taunts that he is a “rubber stamp” for Bush, Santorum embraced the president and most of his anti-terrorism policies.
No one has ever accused Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) of possessing an over-abundance of mental agility. No, Santorum has proven himself such a slavish disciple of Social Conservative Republican doctrine that he gives trolls a bad name. Running for reelection, it appears that Santorum will finally be called to account for his ignorance and pandering. Thankfully for those of us who value the entertainment potential of this sort of thing, Santorum isn’t going out without a fight…and yes, it’s every bit as entertaining as you might expect.
Stupid and inflexible is one thing. Aggressive stupidity and nonsensical inflexibility, however, can prove highly entertaining, and the comic relief potential is not insignificant. How could it be otherwise, when you never know what will emerge unbidden from the mouth of Little Ricky?
Nowhere is this more true than in the crucible of a mano a mano televised political debate where, like crea, true DUMB@$$E$ rise to the top. I’m telling you; the man’s a comedy gold mine. Jon Stewart could devote an entire week of The Daily Show to the fevered ramblings of Little Ricky…and still have hours of material left over.
I think he’s been a terrific president, absolutely,” Santorum said in the nearly hour-long debate on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld — whose resignation is being sought by some Republican candidates — “has done a fine job,” he said, and “there is no question that the Iraq war should have commenced.”
Enjoy him while you can, because after Election Day, Little Ricky will be consigned to the dustbin of comedy…er, history, and Pennsylvanians will have to settle for the sad, boring reality of honest, decent representation. Yawn….
Santorum will no doubt end up at some Conservative think-tank in Washington, where he’ll participate in the ongoing efforts to convince Americans that God votes Republican and therefore so should they (Hey, if Our Glorious and Benevolent Leader is good enough to get God’s vote….). We’ll miss the rampant ignorance, the pandering to Evangelical Social Conservatives, the creative ways in which he camouflages he views that women are and should be the property of men, and the unabashed hero worship of Our Glorious and Benevolent Leader. Yes, I and people like me will have to work a little bit harder to find Republicans to skewer, but the people of Pennsylvania will be better for it. And that can only be a good thing. THEY DESERVE BETTER.
