Rick Santorum Criticizes the Obamas' Date Night in New York
By Heather Wednesday Jun 03, 2009 3:38pm
As Think Progress noted, Rick Santorum decided to try to give some advice on dating and how to be a role model for African Americans to the Obamas on Greta Van Susteren's show.
Besides the absurdity of Santorum's remarks, as stef at Daily KOS points out, where were these guys when Bush was running off to the ranch every chance he got? From the diary:
At a bare minimum, for the flights alone, Bush's 77 vacation trips to Crawford cost us $226,072 per trip. That's $17,407,544 so he could ride his bicycle in the woods and clear brush for the cameras.
As the diarist notes, at least the president's date night to New York was an advertisement for the city. Van Susteren tries to justify the criticism by saying that times are different now because the economy is in the tank. I think they'd be attacking him no matter what the economy was like.
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Do you think he saw Spamalot?
:-)
Hate this sorry sob!
republicanism is a proven mental illness!
Think not listen to what these idiots say and do.
They are scraping the bottom of the barrel. Keep parading these
failed politicians. Please!!
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ya...please keep parading those racists
He just had to mention "African-American out of wedlock" blah blah blah...
Go to the impoverished areas in your state, Ex Sen. Sanitarium, and see how people of all races and ethnicity have the same problems.
this is what the rightwing choses to make an issue of?
wow, they are really desperate for a controversy that they can sink their teeth in (ie, one they are already not involved in, like, say the economic, foreign policy, etc. nightmares)
and, a blast from the past:
Santorum 1. The frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex. 2. Senator Rick Santorum.
*spits out tortilla I was eating* :S
This guy is a sick mother fucker! He brought his dead baby home to show his family.
According to Wikipedia, his wife wrote a book about the baby. Not only did they bring the corpse home, they introduced it to their other children as their brother(the eldest was 5 at the time)and then slept with it for a night before bringing it back to the hospital. Granted, many people go somewhat crazy when someone close to them dies, but usually they don't tell the world about it. Ironically, Mrs. Santorum has also written a book on etiquette for children. The mind boggles.
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very well because they were so little.
I wouldn't want to subject my children to that kind of trauma!
that releases a stillborn infant's remains to the parents for such a purpose should be SHUT DOWN.
When I first heard about this some time ago I had the same thought. Can this possibly be legal?
Like what?
"Never use the term 'man on dog' in a public forum. It may cause confusion."
"When bringing a dead baby home, be sure to introduce him or her to the other siblings. It may cause confusion."
Oh puh-LEEZ! Not this twit again.
John, can you please stop giving these idiots coverage? We already know what assholes they are.....
Well, he was giving marching orders to 2 million viewers of FOX.
THIS a-hole again? How much for the Palin frames, Ricky??!
Forgot his dog collar again.
is a Scientology tool. Her judgment and credibility are suspect.
Woa! She's a scientologist?
Greta Dances with Aliens on Volcanoes Susterin
...just like conservatives give Rush a pass on his Oxycontin.
Greta not only is a scientologist; her husband is an advisor to Sarah Palin (although he claims it is "unpaid.")....talk about a conflict of interest!
MD Governor Martin O’Malley appointed John P. Coale [Greta's old man] to the Board of Directors of UMMS (University of Maryland Medical System). This guy doesn't believe in mental illness or psychiatry or using drugs to treat depression or psychosis. He has no business being on the Board.
http://counterknowledge.com/2008/12/john-p-co...
Is he wearing a flag pin?.....sorry, eyes are going out on me. lol
Date, flag pin, shoes, suits, dog, going on Tonight Show....am I missing the things the right has criticized him about...is there anything else?
I could give a rats arse what this white-bread thinks. he has proven himself to be a right-wing shill since day one. The more I hear from imbeciles like Santorum, the more depressed I get about the state of this nation.
" .. in the inner city African American community three quarters to 75% of births are out of wedlock .."
Three quarters to 75% ????
What an idiot!
Thanks. I needed the laugh.
the whole racist bullshit of not recognizing the President as a role model for the NATION.. how the hell did this guy get to be a Senator? And Greta! always talking like she has a mouth full of Santorum from the last rich person for whom she performed oral sex!
We don't need this, John.
Did he bring his own packet of spicy mustard (at taxpayer expense) to Broadway, or did he accept what the pretzel cart vendor outside the theatre had to offer? And if he didn't, and so snubbed the pretzel cart vendor, was the vendor Jewish? Because that would be anti-Semitic. Likewise, did he accept spicy mustard from a Muslim? Because that would be sympathizing with a terrorist, but the central issue here, Greta, is...I WANT MY MOMMY!!!!
The President should save the country some tax money by practicing those GOP forms of entertainment.
Solicit gay sex in an airport bathroom
. . . or maybe . . .
Text messaging young men for same sex trysts
. . . or just maybe . . .
Reading a Bill O'Reilly novel filled with lurid sexual
language to under age girls
Just a few of the many options
are on fake news, the better. Eventually they'll all be ex---> something.
Are they actually having that conversation? Besides, who cares what Little Ricky thinks, he's a one term ass wipe the voters of Penn had the good sense to kick to the curb. While Greta's in the studio, who's stalking Sarah Palin and kissing Dick Evil and Liz MiniMe's ass?
This asshole is not the only GOP piece of shit to give Obama a hard time about this. Michael Steele had some pretty idiotic comments on it as well. What's next? Obama ties his shoes wrong. Sleeps on the wrong side of the bed? How can any Joe Sixpack or Betty Winebox who calls themselves a Republican let these asshats tell them how to think. I'm thinking that Betty Winebox would be stoked to go out to a play on Broadway. I'm thinking that Joe is thinking that he would be stoked to be able to take his wife to New York for dinner and a play. How many Bettys and Joes are going to finally say that these Republican leaders are assholes?
Joe and Betty will never get to go on a trip to NYC. They'll be stuck at home in their double-wide, watching Fox, just where the Republicans want them.
Did any of these hypocrites criticize Bush's unprecedented vacation days? He spent somewhere over 400 days on vacation, more if you count partial vacations.
No, because Bush managed to wreck the nation as he was giving these rich fucks a tax cut so he could do no wrong, country be damned.
I wonder if $226,072 was the total cost of Bush's trips to Crawford? How much did it cost to actually set up the "western White House."
How much did it cost to send all of Bush's staff out there? Didn't Cheney and Rumsfeld and many others also go on these vacations?
Mr. Man on Dog just needs to go back to his hole in Pennsylvania and stay out of the public eye.
per trip?
This also shows how deep Greta has to dive to get a story. What, wasn't Sarah Palin available for a love fest?
don't you think Greta's kinda pretty?
and don't you love Santorum's patronizing advice for Obama?
Where did all this concern for people having a hard time come from all of a sudden?
And who tanked the economy?
The one who was tanked.
But drunks always seem to walk away from accidents
They caused
Without a scratch.
What the heck is this Santorum person smoking? Who the heck in their right mind would suggest that a President of the USA take his wife to a corner bar. Who made him an expert on relationships in the black community....
Who made him an expert on relationships
in the black communitybetween any two loving members of the human race....Fixed It For Ya...
THANK YOU
... until the recession is over to go on a date?
Millions of single men will not making it to 3rd base
wow they call that entertainment. the last i'm going to do is listen to these two nitwits tell me what the president of the united states should be doing. rick santorum was belittling president obama. president obama is role model for this country. president obama has a subtle message for everyone it's called respect.
Why do so many of these creeps keep hanging around after the people have kicked their tired bigoted asses out of office and told them they didn't want them 'round no more?? This guy is a major asshole, I can't recall ever hearing him make one statement that didn't reflect ignorance and right wing fanaticism. He was a disaster as a senator and the good people of Pennsylvania gave him his walking papers in no uncertain terms. He is pathetic, keeps hanging around like a hungry animal, hoping someone will hand him some crumbs. Get a life dude! Your political life is toast.
he's a (r)ight wing cheerleader. he's an entertainer. he provides the talking points for people having trouble thinking for themselves. personally i think he's disguisting. what he basically says adds up to absolutely nothing.
How many trips did Bush make there in his first term? Or to Florida? Or to Ohio? When Bush wasn't ignoring intel and starting up new wars he was campaigning for re-election his entire first term, as long as it was a swing state.
called press conferences and nobody came?
SANTORUM: The sometimes frothy, usually slimy, amalgam of lubricant, stray fecal matter, and ejaculate that leaks out of the receiving partner's anus after a session of anal intercourse. Named, by popular demand and usage, after legislator Rick Santorum because of his homophobic political statements.
He's a sex columnist and appears on Maher's show. Needless to say, he hates Santorum (the person).
get it through their heads that Pres. Obama needs to at least bring the Secret Service with him everywhere. It's not like he can just take off with Michelle in a single engine Cesna to New York or anything like that. Remember, they bitched that he took a private jet to go see his dying grandmother, too.
It's date night for crying out loud, it's not like he's taking yet another vacation in a time of crisis, a la GWB.
Could this twit have been any more insulting to the black community? I see a lot of unwed mothers in my line of work and many many of them are white.
And completely out of touch with reality, the RNC issued a biter, classless, class-warfare denouement:
As President Obama prepares to wing into Manhattan’s theater district on Air Force One to take in a Broadway show, GM is preparing to file bankruptcy and families across America continue to struggle to pay their bills.
Have a great Saturday evening — even if you’re not jetting off somewhere at taxpayer expense.
i challenge fixx news/greta to find 5 active members in the house and senate to make an opinion regarding this issue. i doubt they can instead they use a paid robot to say what the fixx news audience wants to hear. they need to get contributions/donations for the RNC so they constantly look for fault. obama could shxt gold bricks it would be the wrong gold.
got trampled by almost 30 points in 2006. Why does even Fox want this joker on TV?
easy ........ he suffers from angry loser syndrome. that's a match for the fixx demographics.
Pwesident in da wowed!! Why does he go from "African American" to outta wedlock birth rates in the same breath as if it is restricted to anybody but us white "ideal" folks. This is the guy that was so worried that we allowed "them gays" to marry it would open the door to his man on dog fantasy to come true. Me thinks he doth protest too much.
Hey Rick, if I throw this bone can you say no? C'mon boy go get it.
who was the last president who took his wife out on a date?
I CAN TELL YOU.....NOT FUCKING ONE OF THEM!!!!!!!!!!!
AND LAURA WAS TOO SNOCKERED TO GO OUT WITH GEORGE
these are two people in love...the wingnuts should love it
but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
THEY SCREAM ABOUT 76K
WHILE THE BUSH CRIME FAMILY LOST BILLIONS
I HATE THEM ALL
AND THE LAST DATE SANTORUM WAS ON WAS WITH HIS DEAD CHILDS FETUS
HE IS A SICK MOTHER FUCKER
ok...you can delete this, my rant is over
Actually, the Bush crime family stole trillions.
17 1/2 million dollars to get Bush back to the bushes, when one honest election would have done the trick. Jezzz!
So Santorum is trampling over the sanctity of marriage.
Just as the anti-choice crowd is all for the protection of "children" until they're born, Santorum is viciously pro-marriage...
...until it involves allowing married people to do things married people ought to do, like spend time together.
I'd like to remind you, Rick and Greta and all you Marriage-haters, this is the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (not some congressman) EVERYTHING HE DOES costs the taxpayer a SHITLOAD OF MONEY!
I just can't stand to read this kind of crap anymore. And no, that ain't the beer talking (Saranac Lager tonight, folks). Wow. If only they'd actually bring some solutions to the table. Imagine that.
...on dating?
That egotistical putz John Ziegler, who pasted together the abysmally boring paean to his lack of skill as a documentarian entitled "Media Malpractice" in which he unwittingly skewers Sarah Palin with her own narcissism while stroking his own ego.
He's equally, socially inept in a Los Angeles "New Dating Show" video. Ziegler has apparently never learned the value of humility in his social interactions.
http://www.gop12.com/2009/04/video-john-ziegl...
Republicans started the tradition of presidents attending plays. "My American Cousin". Abe Lincoln. Didn't end well.
annoying and pathetic...
and the Right Wing went nuts. God the GOP is so predictable now. They're mad because he wants to spend time with his wife, unlike Republicans who spend their time in mens' bathrooms.
Little Ricky and Larry Craig have lots of time on their hands now. And lots of things in their mouths too.
Ever notice how the most homophobic repukes - look and act the most effiminate? Whats up with that?
But fantasize about spending time in boy's restrooms.
Did Obama take Marine 1 or Air Force 1 to NYC. In Marine 1 it would have taken about an hour and a half and consumed maybe 150 gallons of fuel each way. In Air Force one you're talking 1,975 gallons each way. To get to Fort Hood which is the closest 10,000 ft runway to Crawford it would take about 12,400 gallons each way in Air Force 1. I'd invite Santorum to STFU!!!!
Not weeks, and not to go piss around in the desert with scrub brush. Why haven't we billed Bush as the first hick president?
how's the family dog?
I'm pretty sure that the Obamas took a smaller business type jet, not the usual Boeing 747, to NYC.
Ricky covers himself in Santorim
Santorum's idea of a date night is inviting his wife's picture into the bathroom so he can wank off to it.
Let's remember his other thoughts on sex:
"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."
Santorum is just jealous and angry, of the Obama's, because his male escort took him on a cheap date.
Yes that seems plausible. You'd still have to contend with the fact that the total fuel capacity of something like a Gulfstream G550 fully loaded is half the fuel Air Force 1 would have burned to get to Crawford one way.
Bush flew a fighter jet onto a ship surround by the largest security force one guy could have for the embarrassing banner display, and then to Crawford brush, and a fly over of Louisiana.
I was kind of embarrass for this nation that we had such a chicken shit president that was afraid of the people, while our new president flew to his dying grandma, and now taking his wife out on a date to a heavily populated New York Broadway play, after the busiest 100 day any president ever accomplish. Obama works hard and still put family first, while Bush was lazy and put corporations CEO and political party first!
Will this jackass EVER shut up? I would have thought that he would have gone back to being a used car shill or insurance salesman or whatever he was before he duped the votes in his state into sending him to D.C. He had a religious right wingnut agenda when he got there and every time he opened his mouth betrayed himself as a totally clueless idiot. He is a poster boy for GOP stupidity. What does he think he's doing, setting himself up for a run at the White House in '12? Give me a break! Remember Terry Schaivo? That was Factotum's Waterloo. Won't this geek ever shut up?
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