Santorum for president! Yes!

You have more faith in human nature than I do, Reg.  The headline is kinda terrifying.  Bush/Cheney made me nostalgic for the idealism of Richard Nixon.  Ricky is one of the few pols out there that could make me nostalgic for Bush.  This is the guy who robbed the Penn Hills school district to educate his kids, and who saw the Schiavo tragedy as a chance for a good fund-raising trip to Florida, among other ethical lapses, all the while ostentatiously hiding behind his religion.  In a sane world, he wouldn't have a chance, and would drag his neocon brethren over the cliff with him.  Unfortunately, I don't think this is a sane world anymore.  I hope your judgment is more correct than mine.

Good grief.

Santorum on the ticket.

Why don't the Republicans just cut to the chase and run, say, a large kohlrabi?

A Rick 'n' Sarah administration will doubtless signal a return to the 19th century, including the outlawing of contraception.  And, as the Tina Fey doppelgänger famously said, Marriage should be a sacred institution between two unwilling teenagers.

Well, look on the bright side: Since the Constitution prohibits the President and VP from being from the same state (the reason the GOP in 2000 had to go through exquisite contortions to claim Cheney was still from Wyoming despite having worked in Texas as the head of Halliburton for some five years) -- at least we should be spared a Santorum/Toomey ticket (unless Pat decides to claim he's still a Rhode Islander).

When W announced his run in 1999, I watched, experienced a moment of dismay at the thought of him as president, and then laughed.  America simply does not elect such people – to say nothing of his having no chance at a major-party nomination.  Be reminded, please, that everything we came to know about him was already known and entertainingly available; e.g., “Shrub,” by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose.

Candidate Reagan, in 1980, had conservative appeal, but independents were as much disapproving of Jimmy the C’s performance as signing on to ketchup as a vegetable.  Whatever the reasons, wherever the fault, if the Obama administration is then seen as anything close to disappointing, put not your faith in the judgment of the American people.

In 2004, the wounded Vietnam volunteer was the coward.  The string-puller who failed to report was the patriot.  

I can see it now:

Santorum:  He Believes What You Believe.          

Does it really matter who runs on the Republican ticket ?

The kumbya crowd will tear them to shreds no matter who that peson might be..

Ladyburg:

Once again, you manage to find our common ground.

It was Santorum who originated that "Kumbaya" garbage, mocking the idea the Americans had any common interests, or should pay any attention to people they disagree with with.  This kind of encouragement of division seems at odds with the Christianity I grew up in.  He seems to have his own theology.

Good Lord folks (and Reg); the election isn't until 2012!  Get a grip.

Don't you think we have enough on our plates, rather than worry about who might run in an election that is three years away?  Yeesh!

Get your own darn grip, myreply.  It's your boy Santorum himself who's considering a Presidential run three years out!

thescarletpumpernickel:

I attended an all-male college in Latrobe, where the Steelers practice. (I don't want to mention its name, in case this comment proves embarrasing.) Anyway, one of my classmates was Wilbur X. Kohlrabi.

Willy had 12 toes and a vestigial tail. I know this because we were on the debating team, and after a long practice, the members of the large and enourmously popular forensics club would hit the communal showers.

Those sybaritic Romans, who patronized the Baths of Caracalla, had nothing on us -- our showers were so congested and friendly that you usually washed five or six other fellows off before you got to yourself.  Willy was so popular he won the coveted "Showerer Award." It was a pink bar of lavender-scented soap on a delicate hand-braided, rose-colored rope.

I'd vote for Willy, but after graduation he entered the seminary, and I don't think a fastidiously-cleaned monk would garner many votes.

Little Man:

I can't figure out if you are stupid or just rude.

"...former Sen. Rick Santorum is considering a presidential run."

Just an accurate reader.

Littleman:

So you did graduate grade school!

Since myreply either incompetently misread "...former Sen. Rick Santorum is considering a presidential run" or deliberately chose to misinterpret it, and then used the intransitive verb "to graduate" without the obligatory preposition, I'm unworried about his opinion of me.  Indeed, I interpret his ad hominem attacks as a sign of a lack of substance in his arguments, and thus wear them as badge of honor!

Toadsly -

I am lol. Literally. Excellent.

b.t.w. - I always liked that college that you attended. Many years ago, my High School Latin Club made several field trips there. Believe it is co-ed now, yes?

Littleman:

I was not commenting on your reading skills, but your rude and stupid comment that:  "it's your boy".

I was right the first time - you are rude and stupid.  What an unfortunate combination for you.

So Santorum's NOT your candidate?

You are wasting your energy, minx.

minx,

Why do you keep taking the bait?  Ignore HER.

thescarletpumpernickle:

You're correct. That college I attended is now co-ed, and that's a blessing. We were a herd of filthy pigs: I rarely wore more than a smile, and, maybe, a cruddy pair of underwear in the dorms. The place reeked from BO, beer, puke and marijuana. There weren't any girls around, so it was kind of like the "Lord of the Flies" meets St. Benedict.

The highlight of my college career was an unsuccessful panty raid at Seton Hill College: I was captured by the police, and my Dad had to drive to Greensburg (from Aliquippa) and bail me out. After that, I only stole panties from the seminarians.

Enough reminiscing! I'm becoming maudlin!

Toadsly -

Thank you for humoring me.

Please - one more item, lest I forever think that it is one of those "false memories" or confabulations of an old fart (like, say, an alien abduction)...

I seem to recall a small Natural History Museum in the attic of one of those old bulidings on campus. There was even a live ratllesnake in a terrarium there.

Am I imagining things? Like those wild nights with, umm,  Morgan Fairchild?

thescarletpumpernickel:

I remember the museum. Its treasure was a penny that supposedly was run over by the wagon that carried Abraham Lincoln's casket. I seem to recall a rattlesnake.

You're lucky, in my dreams, I'm chasing and catching Conan O'Brian -- I'm a sucker for tall redheads!

Oh, so there really is a "thescarletpumpernickel"!  My mistake made posts ago.

My read is that Santorum is "testing the waters" to keep his name in the spotlight and on people's minds.  What terrifies me a little is ROMNEY-PALIN 2012.  Everyone talks about how Sarah has her eyes on President, I'm not sure why nobody is assuming she'll just try to do it the easy way again -- cruise onto the ticket with two months remaining, when all the hard work is over.

He is jolly, gives to the rich and poor alike.  Is an Independent.  Is kind to animals.  Is loved by old and young alike.

VOTE FOR SANTA CLAUSE IN 2012.