Red flag alert:Rick Santorum

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves." Matthew 7:15

History has a tendency to repeat itself, and it always surprises me how so few of us fail to learn from it. Like Ned Ryerson said in the movie Groundhog Day, "Am I right, or am I right?" GOP hopeful Rick Santorum came out this week and promised a war on pornography. Assuming this war is as effective as the war on drugs, we should all be in for a real gamechanger...

“America is suffering a pandemic of harm from pornography. It contributes to misogyny and violence against women. It is a contributing factor to prostitution and sex trafficking,” the former Pennsylvania senator wrote in a statement posted on his campaign website.

Not everyone agrees with Santorum's analysis of how the industry affects Americans. Steve Chapman, a writer for the Chicago Tribune took issue with Santorum's claims, which he describes as "just wrong."

"Santorum doesn't seem to notice that as porn has become ever-more available via the Internet, the prevalence of rape has plunged. Since 1991, the national rate has fallen by 86 percent -- compared to a decline in overall violent crime of 65 percent," Chapman wrote.

Whenever a national figure comes out and questions the country's morals, it's usually only a matter of time before their personal exploits get exposed (see Chris Lee and Eliott Spitzer.) So get ready for pictures of Rick Santorum wearing a dress at a gay bar to surface. Or expect him to solicit someone in an airport restroom or have some freaky Craigslist fetish. History has taught us that these are the guys to look out for. Santorum is clearly pandering to the extreme right with his latest stunt. Who does Santorum think is buying/viewing all the crap on the internet? The same people saying we're all going to hell in a hand-basket. Here's a crazy concept: How about putting Americans to work or figuring out ways to lower gas prices?

Rick Santorum Promises War On Porn Industry

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Interesting poster

I thought this was an interesting poster from Alex Velasquez. You military people might appreciate it and I think others will also find it interesting. It lists each Presidential candidate's top 3 financial contributors. Ron Paul's are the US Army, Air Force, and Navy respectively. No Goldman Sachs here. I've liked Paul ever since the mainstream media began portraying him as crazy. Whether you agree with him or not, he's certainly not crazy...



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Romney puts foot in his mouth once again

It's always funny when a rich Presidential candidate tries to come across as a regular guy. It almost always ends up backfiring. Mitt Romney, whose nomination is his to lose, is doing everything in his power to pull a "Jim Keane" and blow this election...

In remarks today to the Detroit Economic Club, Romney highlighted his love of American-made cars by saying he owns a Ford Mustang and a Chevrolet pickup, while his wife, Ann, drives “a couple of Cadillacs.”

Because, you know how every American family has four luxury vehicles. Romney's advisers should go look for work elsewhere because he continues to put his foot in his mouth wherever he goes. With the average person struggling to put gas in their cars, comments like this could cost him many votes...
Romney boasts of Cadillac collection at Ford dealership - Political Hotsheet - CBS News


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Mitt and Newt wish death on Fidel Castro

I'll admit that I don't know a whole lot about Cuban leader Fidel Castro. However, Mitt and Newt's responses on his impending death make me wish we had some better Presidential candidates.

The knuckleheads were asked how they would respond to a 3AM phone call informing them of the Cuban leader's death? Mitt said he'd be glad that he was "meeting his maker." Newt responded that Fidel would be going to the other place. I can tell you this, Castro might be a scumbag, but he's much more sincere in his patriotism towards his country than these two buffoons.

I'd like to ask them, how would they respond to a 3AM phone call asking them if their refrigerator was running?...

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Dumb and Richer

Newt Gingrich pulled off an upset victory over Mitt Romney in South Carolina on Friday. Questions about Romney's taxes and investments have him looking like a deer caught in headlights heading into Florida. What's more American than having your millions of dollars invested in a bank in the Caymen Islands with a guy named Jose?

Romney gave a somewhat rambling, noncommittal response in a debate in Myrtle Beach last Monday when asked if he would release his tax returns before the primary. The following day, he told reporters that because most of his earnings come from investments, he paid about 15 percent of his income in taxes, roughly half the rate paid by millions of middle-class wage-earners. A day later, aides confirmed that some of his millions are invested in the Cayman Islands, although they said he did not use the offshore accounts as a tax haven.

Asked again at a debate in North Charleston on Thursday about releasing his taxes, his answer was anything but succinct and the audience appeared to boo.

Gingrich clearly was going after the redneck vote when he referred to President Obama as the "food stamp" President.

Obama is "the most effective food stamp president in history," he said. "I would like to be the best paycheck president in American history." Those declarations and his attack on the "elite news media" reprised two of his more memorable lines from a pair of debates that helped fuel his victory.

Ironically, the polarizing Gingrich is the candidate who would have the toughest time defeating Obama in a one on one election. Will comments like the one above fly with moderate voters? I have to admit, when I first heard him call Obama the food stamp President, the issue of race came to mind. Newt has never been politically correct, but unfortunately for him, he's never been honest, either. Where's the guy from the Gong Show when you need him?


Unfortunately for the GOP, what they need is a charismatic guy like Ronald Reagan. Love him or hate him, Reagan had a way of reaching middle America. I don't see anyone like that in this field.

Gingrich storms to SC victory, scrambling GOP race

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Mitt shoots himself in the foot

Republican Mitt Romney might have shot himself in the foot with his recent comments that he "enjoyed" firing his workers when he was a businessman. I don't know if that's the type of thing millions of unemployed Americans or young people want to hear during this never ending recession. It conjurs up an image of the power hungry management types lurking around every workplace office in America. People are powerless to do anything about them, but they can make sure one of them doesn't move to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Now, Rommeister is using the predictable defense that his comments were "taken out of context". He's in trouble if word of his comments spread to everyday people. One of his opponents has even come out with a ringtone with Romney saying, "I like being able to fire people." Sounds like something I might put on this blog...

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Gingrich: Bad used car salesman

Newt Gingrich should have no chance of winning the Republican nomination for President. From what I'm reading about him, even his baggage has baggage. His ex wife says he was cheating on her with a staffer in her 20s. At the same time, he was giving speeches on family values...

In the interview, the second Mrs. Gingrich said that when she found out about the affair, her husband asked her to just tolerate it. She said she declined.

Gingrich, according to Marianne, “believes what he says in public and how he lives don’t have to be connected.” A short while after this incident, Gingrich gave a speech stressing family values. Marianne says she asked him about the disconnect. “It doesn’t matter what I do,” she quoted him as saying, “people need to hear what I have to say.”

Newt also told the pastor of his church the reason he stopped attending church services was because the church was no longer in his district (after redistricting.) But that didn't stop Gingrich from claiming to be an active deacon at the same church. So, in his mind, the purpose of the church was to serve his political goals. Now, that's a man with strong faith. Talk about a fraud...

Several years earlier, as he was approaching the end of his first year as speaker, Gingrich gave a speech to a conference of evangelical pastors at Liberty University, founded by the late televangelist Jerry Falwell. The address was heavy on God and morality and the need to reestablish a spiritual base in America, a recurring Gingrich refrain. At the time, he was having an affair with a House staffer then in her twenties, Callista Bisek.

After that speech, in response to a question, Gingrich explained that he didn’t attend religious services because a Democratic-led redistricting had put his church outside his district. As a candidate in his early congressional campaigns, he proudly proclaimed he was a deacon in that Baptist church.

And after all of this (and a lot more), Gingrich still feels he would make a good President? Would somebody get this clown off the national stage?

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Governor Perry's grades released

This is not a joke. Someone from Texas A&M sent Texas Governor and Republican Presidential candidate Rick Perry's grades to the Huffington Post. The man got a C in gym as well as D's and at least one F. Here is a copy of his transcripts...

Rick Perry's Texas A&M Transcript

"Mr. Kroeger. Two Cs, two D's, and an F. That's a 1.2 grade point average. Congratulations, Kroeger. You're at the top of the Delta pledge class"...

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Travis Bickle arrested in Rochester

You talking to me? sound clip  Taxi Driver sound clips

If you don't know, look it up...

Rochester Area Man Accused of Threatening Former President Bush

BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) - A 23-year-old man from Greece, NY has been arrested and charged for allegedly making threats against former president George W. Bush, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Rotunno also made verbal threats while at work that he intended to kill former President George W. Bush.

Rochester Area Man Accused of Threatening Former President Bush | WKBW News 7: News, Sports, W

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You're fired

Donald Trump for President? How come I found it less disturbing when the Naked Cowboy of New York City announced his candidacy a few days ago? No word yet on whether Rosie O'Donnell will be his running mate. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson must be rolling over in their graves at the thought of what politics has become in this country.

Donald Trump For President? New Hampshire Residents Polled About Potential Run

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