Santorum: Americans Need a Jesus Candidate
If Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum's latest stump speech is successful, his opponents may find themselves campaigning against Christ.
Speaking to a tea party group at Windham High School in New Hampshire on Thursday, the former Pennsylvania senator actually compared himself to the Christian savior.
Santorum told the crowd that during a radio interview earlier in the week, a man had phoned in to tell him, "We don't need a Jesus candidate; we need an economic candidate."
"My answer to that was, we always need a Jesus candidate," Santorum, who is a Catholic, recalled.
"I don't mean that in saying we need a Jesus candidate, someone who's a Christian, but we need someone who believes in something more than themselves, some higher power, some god," he added. "When we say, 'God bless America,' do we mean it or do we just say it?"
Jesus
Jesus, Lou Reed would be a better president than little Ricky...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Santorum has absolutely nothing in common with Jesus. Santorum is not even a conservative, he's an extremist.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Frothy's 15 will be the shortest of these Confederate Presidential candidates.
"we need someone who believes in something more than themselves, some higher power, some god," he added. "When we say, 'God bless America,' do we mean it or do we just say it?""
Thanks you for pointing out exactly why "ceremonial deism" is bullshit. Please take note of this my fellow liberals. Stop giving religion a free pass.
American Taliban.
Islamists and neo-cons...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaLPFayD8FA
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
nice to see our country survive and mature enough to no longer base our cultural and political decisions on the thousand year old tribal fairy tales of religion .
It'd also be nice if we figured out how to stop eating so much fat and sugar since we don't have to run around the plains chasing antelope any more...
Limbaugh, Faux, and Kneel Cavuto say that dietary education is a communist/socialist/Marxist/fascist plot to indoctrinate our kids!
Thank goodness Benny 16 wasn't born in this country!
OK, Ricky boy, you be da one.
Keep on digging that hole, deeper and deeper.
I actually agree with Santorum. You do need a "Jesus" candidate. Someone who will drive out the money lenders, feed the poor, make the lame walk, spread love and joy, etc., etc. In short, a sort of socialist hippie with long hair and sandals. Someone I could see enjoying a reefer and a glass of wine now and then. How about it?
far left loon >.<
Very much the antithesis of santorum.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
the biblical Jesus if he were staring him in the face. BTW, there is no factual evidence that the man even existed.
Their homeworld was a place called Earth, located in an uninteresting part of the galaxy. They had an expression: pride goeth before a fall. Their pride was their undoing. I know. I was there....They did not listen, of course. Arrogant men never do.
If Jesus showed up at one of Santorum's events, be be tased and dragged out by thugs.
far left loon >.<
Jesus told his disciples, "My last and most important commandment is that you love one another as I have loved you."
There is no asterisk there saying, "Except Iranians/Muslims".
"Bless the children" Rick.
Santorum may think we need a Jesus candidate. Well Rick, you ain't it!
Better shut up and go to "confession".
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
before he says that what he really said was "We need a blah candidate."
That would not fit in with the Revisionist propaganda. It IS amazing that there is a living document portraying all that he stood for, yet his name and teachings have been bastardized to fit a groups agenda. They spout what fits their agenda (about 10 percent of his teachings) and turn a blind eye on the other 90% that doesn't. I suppose that they will come up with a 30th version of the bible that will have shit like. "Tis easier for a camel to enter the gates of heaven, than to pull a needle out of a rich mans ass."
..I actually agree with that shmoe - Morning Joe!
"When we say, 'God bless America,' do we mean it or do we just say it?"
Well Rick, some of us try not to say it, and we certainly don't mean anything by it if we do say it.
..Praise be to Allah - how many of us take that seriously? What? A much larger number than there are Christians? Hmm . . .
I've never said it in my entire life. Never mind that I'm Canadian. I've always hated that expression.
far left loon >.<
Who hate it too.
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -- Robert E. Howard
I believe if you look at the entire poem it was meant as a warning.
Can I just say.... I'm so effing glad I don't get, or have to watch, these awful TV programmes that pass for your news. Ugh.
far left loon >.<
and I agree with you 100%.
The only American TV "news" show I now get is CNN International and I haven't had it on in months, or longer. There's no point. It's abusive.
far left loon >.<
Why do you think everyone is online.
...absolutely anything now, since he got that little "bump" in Iowa.
Grasping at straws.
Lower the retirement age.
That crowd would also applaud more homo-bashing, so... (if he's ever stuck for material, he can go frothy)
far left loon >.<
we need a jesus candidate like we
need one of these-- http://divine-interventions.com/religioustoys...
but we need someone who believes in something more than themselves, some higher power, some god
Muslims believe in "some god", Ricky. You gonna vote for a Muslim?
I'm a pagan. I believe in "some god". Would I get your vote?
What a fucking hypocrite.
There's always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby. - Tom Waits
I wonder how he'd react if I invoked the blessings of Isis on his punkin' head?
I think it'd be about as welcome as a loud fart in his communion line.
In the marketplace of ideas, too many people shop in the bargain basement.
-- Thunder BlueRose
Why, yes, I am a card-carrying member of the ACLU
http://saxman.bravepages.com
I think my country is truly spinning in the commode. We need to tell these people that we're sick and tired of their proselytizing and stop kowtowing to them.
Their homeworld was a place called Earth, located in an uninteresting part of the galaxy. They had an expression: pride goeth before a fall. Their pride was their undoing. I know. I was there....They did not listen, of course. Arrogant men never do.
The entire republican party, and a few democrats too for that matter, should be tarred and feathered, and run out of town on a rail. No need for explanations - they would know exactly why it was happening.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
PLEASE??!
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
We don't condone Tea Party tactics here. The first recorded incident in America occurred in 1766: Captain William Smith was tarred, feathered, and dumped into the harbor of Norfolk, Virginia, by a mob that included the town's Mayor.
Ya. My bad. Maybe what we should do instead is all point at them and shriek, the way they did in the 'invasion of the body snatchers' with Donald Sutherland. They'd get the message.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
"I don't mean that in saying we need a Jesus candidate, someone who's a Christian, but we need someone who believes in something more than themselves, some higher power, some god," he added.
coming from rick sanitorium i imagine this was meant as a back-handed insult to atheists/agnostics. the notion that 'if you are not religious then you don't believe in anything more than one's self' is as infuriating as it is insulting. oh, yeah, and fucking dumb too.
They just say it to fluff their fragile egos.
If the real Jesus ran for office you and your GOP buddies would cut the brake lines and superglue the accelerator on his campaign bus. So give it a rest, already.
I'm just superstitious enough to hedge my bets.
minds....
Totes.
I'm just superstitious enough to hedge my bets.
you know, mydick... kind of a peninsula
OK, so only a small portion of what i write is actually true... it clears the angst
http://abbysbigcity.com/corporate-cabal-stran...
your name's Lebowski, Lebowski... and your wife is Bunny
It's called "Reality" and so called Christians are advised to study up on it.
This guy needs a shrink or better off a long stay in a mental hospital. He is pathetic and delusional and I'd bet a psychiatrist would have a hay-day with him on the couch. He is not an adult. Lives in a made-up world where he is perfect and all the rest of use need fixing. And, ya DC Madman, a fragile ego. Poor little boy...
Jesus Christ Himself would come down and these 'Christians' would string Him up a second time.
there are some integrity tests for that--water into wine, fishes and loaves, Lazarus, and waterwalking--you know typical Jesus stuff. Now the hard part for you Santorum will be loving thy neighbour as thyself, judging not and taking the life of your unborn child to save the life of the mother, while saying others are wrong to do the same? WWJD!?!?!?!!!!!
Also Santorum, you'll need to rustle you up a dinosaur to ride in Jerusalem.
me-oww!
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He said it in New Hampshire,is hilarious. That's Protestant/Catholic country. Not much Fundies up there.
the whole bit about never praying in public. That's a huge one they ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS ignore.
There's always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby. - Tom Waits
is the Jesus candidate, lets see him resurrect that miscarraige he took home to traumatize his kids with.
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -- Robert E. Howard
Given that he defines freedom to be working in a company town and being paid by company scrip that is only good at the company store it comes as no surprise that he thinks a Jesus candidate would be a Pharisee, just like he is.
THIS is what we got. Hopey Changey 2.0 or some clown. These times is strange. I am so glad I'm old.
I'm definitely going with Hopey Changey 2.0. The other give me shudders - out of the question.
I am betting chapter two will be a lot better than chapter one, and as Baachmann and other rethugs have said, this will be a make or break election for the republican party. I'll be happy to watch the reapublican party break.
Obama will have the freedom of pushing strong progressive policies without concerns about being re-elected, and if we do our part and give him a majority in the house and senate, preferably a super majority, progressive policies will get passed - appointments will be made without obstruction - jobs will be created - the economy will recover, and the troops will come home in 2014.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
a pony here for you in my garage. Come get it . Honest.
Hehehh!
Well, i didn't get to the bad stuff that WILL happen if any one of the clowns gets into the White House.
At the crux of it all, we have no choice but to vote for Obama, but we must face the fact that there is a great deal more we must do than simply vote. Lobbyists do far more than simply vote. The MIC does far more than simply vote. The reich wing does far more than simply vote. The Occupy movement is a good start, but we must do a great deal more still.
We have to open the entire tool box. It is clear that 'not voting' is going to fail. Voting for the thugs is suicide. Voting for third parties will fail - not enough visibility so that just spilts the vote and the thugs win. Our voting options are limitted to one party, and that's why all the other tools in the tool box muxt be used, and it's going to take years. We are the change we are looking for.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Yes I have a choice. Not to vote. I have finished the lesser of two evils argument,because that still means I am voting for evil. It is my moral choise to withhold my vote. Not one Democrat-Not one 'liberal' blog had the guts to even call for a primary of Obama. This whole term has been a Repug wet-dream. Obama has been the worst president in my lifetime and i'm in my 60's. I have a choise. I will make it. It will be mine to make.
What a fucking liar you are. And you're in your sixties?
Not Nixon, Reagan, mother fucking W?
You are a goddamn liar.
Don't call your elders liars. You gotta realize as time goes on, older people tend to get...whats the word....uhhm....CONFUSED about things. Now I'm 55 and I don't want you kids calling me a liar when my mind begins to deteriorate, judging from what I just heard, in the next 5 or so years. So remember we older people were veterans and have the right to post things just as you do. Be nice. You will remember thing differently, than they actually were at the time they happened, in the years to come.
This Dave character clearly wants to give Rush and Coulter hard ons with such a ridiculous comment.
What Duhave said, was the stupidest thing I've seen said in a long long time. I'm talkin stupidest comment of the year category. Jan 06/11- Jan 06/12. He even beats Palin, Beck, and Bachmann. And that is a major accomplishment for him.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
really? Then you haven't been paying attention to politics. either that, or you are one ignorant person. Well, I guess we can count on more of this shit from you now Duhave.
This worst pres bullshit is the new meme from the GOper trolls. I can see where you've been. Now that you've made your point, and decision, why continue to spew your bullshit? We already know what you are Duhave. So, what's your point? Other than to just repeat your bullshit. Worst ever huh? I'll bet you voted for W didn't cha?
C'mon Duhave, who's on Fox at 7pm? no cheating now...
What is your conceptual, continuity?
I registered to vote standing in a beer line at a Zappa concert. No Kidding.
Welcome to the house of all sorts.
Cause we got all sorts here. ;)
oh, and that was L&L being nice. Right, Left? ;)
What is your conceptual, continuity?
With a bullet!!
With A Bullet!
( don't get me started man. ;)
What is your conceptual, continuity?
We used to play Live at the Fillmore to get people like LandL to leave.
W was the worst "government worker" in US history.
Good night Mud...don't drink anymore, but I'm tempted :)
It's hard to talk to a brick. ;)
cya L&L . have a good one.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
Hell, I'd feel awfully guilty knowing what we've left them.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
do.
/\ /\ some folks shouldn't have reproduced. so it;s their own damn fault. know what I mean?/\ /\
What is your conceptual, continuity?
How about a real person that believed in God, like Mohammed.
here we go.
What about him?
But HE would never get his picture on American currency.
..."God bless America" has never been the official law of the land, but this most definitely has:
...NO RELIGIOUS TEST SHALL EVER BE REQUIRED AS A QUALIFICATION TO ANY OFFICE OR PUBLIC TRUST UNDER THE UNITED STATES. (United States Constitution, Article VI).
And so has this...
CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION... (United States Constitution, Bill of Rights, First Amendment)
That's what the Founding Fathers who fought for this country's independence had to say on the matter, Ricky-boy...and as someone who claims to be qualified for the Presidency, you should know that already (or at the very least, you should care). After all, if the American people collectively lost their heads so completely that they decided to elect you President, you'd be required to swear an oath promising to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States" which means the Constitution as it is currently worded -- and in two separate sections of the Constitution, it says that you're wrong when you insist that we need a "Jesus candidate".
Choke on it, Ricky-boy...now siddown and shaddup!
Never trust anyone who insists that patriotism requires you to blindfold yourself with the flag.
that 'just a piece of paper' that both parties have been shreading and continue to shread.?
As far as I'm concerned, at this point, the Democrats are no better than the Republicans. If nothing else, I have to give McCain this much -- had he won the election in 2008, the voters would've had a better idea what they were getting because McCain wouldn't have proved himself to be a Democrat in Republican's clothing in the way that Obama has proved to be a Republican in Democrat's clothing.
Never trust anyone who insists that patriotism requires you to blindfold yourself with the flag.
And I agree with you. That's what the shit is about this mess. I'd rather have The Repugs take control and every voter realise what that vote meant. Down here in Floriduh,it's been 'anybody but a democrat'. Well,they got their wish with Scott and NOW they look on in horror 'What have we done!!!?' same thing for The Nation. Go ahead. Vote these clowns in. Then. And only then will everybody they been had By Both Sides. Good luck.
Go ahead and vote this asshat into the big chair and get the Rupture started. Get this coming civil war over with.
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -- Robert E. Howard
Didn't anyone ever explain to you that when you cut off your nose to spite your face
YOU DON"T HAVE A NOSE ANY MORE!
Well, Ricky, get down off that cross, 'cause you ain't Jesus.
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
I've got a nail gun I've been itching to use...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
! Out Loud!!
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
we could use the wood.
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -- Robert E. Howard
I believe I'll have another drink.
Goes along with:
If I'm going to die for a word.. my word is poontang.
If Santorum wants to be the "Jesus candidate", does that mean he's willing to be crucified at the end?
(Dan Savage has already done a fairly good job of that, mind you...)
Never trust anyone who insists that patriotism requires you to blindfold yourself with the flag.
"We need a theocracy!"
Yep. A fascist theocracy, with all the Frothies, and bushies in charge at the top.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
So let me see if I understand him.
He's now quitting his run as a Presidential Candidate, to run for the position of " JESUS"? I really don't think he'll be able to outspend the sitting Jesus. And I can't wait for the attack ads and smear campaign to start. But Hey , Go for it ! May God be with y........ Oh wait. Probably not. You know politics and nepotism .
....the more you say, the better I like you. And here I thought I was going to miss Michelle Bachmann and her comic material. This guy is going to prove himself even better than Cain and Bachmann combined.
Where do they come up with these nuts? He hears clapping...but then again, he's surrounded by evangelical nut cakes....just as goofy as he is. NO CHANCE! ...but entertaining.
when we watch the clown car go from state to state. New Hampshire to the southern states,might spell trouble for Mitt. And Gingritch can't even get on his home state ballot,and Santorum is hated in his home state. Very interesting.
If not for the corporate media and big money corporate lobbyists, republicans would be in the dust bin of history along with the wigg party, nazi party, and communist party. but, since the rethugs are the party that the corporate power elites own and operate, America has to suffer them.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
I volunteer to flog him.
.. the Jesus candidates...
Every time they speak I *Facepalm* and think "Jesus those candidates are stupid..."
Laters
Sol
than the electorate that voted them in.
Will this "we need Jesus" comment inflame Israel? Hmmmm...
far left loon >.<
Good thought! Hmmmm.
If one of these clowns wins I'm gonna need a hole in my head ...
have 5. What's one more?
America needs a Robspierre candidate, one who can preferably dodge hellfire missiles launched from drones. And, ... hopefully a little kinder and gentler, ... but not really.
Is that asshole gonna make water from wine? Methinks Jesus didn't really do that, I question whether Jesus really existed. I think it's all bullshit and such pandering is diabolical.
before you sleep it off?
Jesus did and still does exist. From what I heard on the debates, Jesus and his brothers Juan and Carlos were cutting Mitts lawn. Until he fired them of course.Was that in poor taste?
But it's still pretty funny... *grin*
In the marketplace of ideas, too many people shop in the bargain basement.
-- Thunder BlueRose
Why, yes, I am a card-carrying member of the ACLU
http://saxman.bravepages.com
Ol' Frothy Mix certainly is a Jesus candidate for me - as in, "every time he talks, I think, 'Jesus, is he really a candidate?'"
I wish someone established in politics would start talking about law and order, and revolution to clean out the corruption, make it happen!
Anybody who has earned a second term has already succumbed to playing by the "Rules" or they would have never been re-elected. They would have been politically bankrupted into oblivion by the REAL rulers of government. It has become so entrenched with moral (NO not religious) indifference to rules, the SPIRIT of laws, and just plain honesty, that they make Corporations look one step better than themselves, for while Corp. do all of the same, they at least do it for the good of their constituents, the shareholders.While I know this is a bleak view. It seems that only by local government will this trend be able to be stopped. Start at the State government levels to ban corporate spending on local and State elections and by reverse osmosis it may filter corruption and corporate and self interest group ownership of candidates to the higher levels. Ya know. Trickle UP theory.If you can take out the standing Army the leaders also fall. At least that's IMHO.
@metman
you talk of an evolutionary legacy, one that can't be eradicated from the species cause it doesn't kill us before the age of reproduction? ... 'stead we need to use our frontal lobes and quiet down the brainstem, grrr
Here's the pitch in a nutshell fellah's—
The show is about a Spanish speaking immigrant who by accident becomes the Republican presidential candidate.
We're calling it "Americans Need a Jesus Candidate".
(Crickets...)
Hand me the nails!
believed in a higher power . . .the brain.
Ed-words
Is everyone aware that Frothy actually won the Iowa Caucus, once the error by 20 votes was corrected? Not that it matters, but frothy does get to wear the Iowa republican fried butter crown, not Willard romney.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
How about that, a real piece of shit wins Iowa by a few niblets.
Well, you must be the one Rick,---when I think of you I say Jesus, what an imbecile!
"We will find fulfillment not in the goods that we have, but in the good we can do for each other."
Robert F. Kennedy
If we need a Jesus candidate, I nominate Jesus' General.
BTW, Santorum is so full of self-righteous hate and is such a hypocrit, I suspect a real Jesus would want nothing to do with him. Nothing at all.
This is one thing that absolutely kills me about religion, Not only relying on higher power for guidance, but even expecting intervention and a deity actually doing something. How is this any different from what we now refer to as "Greek Mythology?" As a health professional, I've actually read documented cases where people have DIED because they refused life-saving treatment. Why? Because if their god wanted them to live, they would live, and if not...This is most common among black (blah to Ricky) women in the South. They will refuse medical treatment, especially surgery and chemotherapy, to let their god heal them. I know of no case of stage IV breast cancer that has miraculously disappeared. But, yes, according to the Bible, that is exactly what one should do - pray, ask, and you shall receive. Not.
Bush II was bad enough on the Bible level. Can you imaging Santorum? He would GLADLY usher in the "end times" if he though his actions (more war in the Middle East?) would do so. The Bible if full of stories of "god's people" beating up on others and punishing (even killing) "sinners." You know Santorum would push that to an extreme never witnessed before.
Exactly, why does a god that created this incredible, powerful universe need mammals to do specific things on a planet that isn't even a grain of sand? Dude, you created black holes and supernovas but can't protect a few square miles of earthly real estate and keep people in check? Arrrrrrrgggghhhhh!!!
My wife is a Canadian resident alien. If Rick Santorum becomes POTUS, I'll be buying more winter clothes and brushing up on the rules of hockey.
I've seen some stuff, man. And some thangs...
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