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Rick Santorum speaking at a campaign rally in Perry, Iowa on Tuesday.
With just one day until the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential hopefuls continue their scramble to talk with voters and court the gobs of reporters surrounding their every move. Of course, those last-minute stump speeches and baby–kissing photo-ops are to be expected. But some of the things that came out of the candidates' mouths caught even us by surprise.
Mitt Romney compares President Obama to Kim Kardashian
The sometimes socially awkward Willard M. Romney unleashed a zinger on an audience in Council Bluffs over the weekend. Well, his robot gloves are off! He likened Obama's promises to that of the Kim Kardashian's 72-day marriage.
"You know, I've been looking at some video clips on YouTube, of President Obama, then-candidate Obama, going through Iowa making promises. The gap between his promises and his performance is the largest I've seen since, well, the Kardashian wedding and the promise of 'til death do us part."
— Via Politico
Rick Santorum: Not a fan of diversity
At a campaign stop, the extremely right-wing candidate strengthened the argument he could never win a general election.
"Diversity creates conflict. If we celebrate diversity, we create conflict,” Santorum told the audience in Ottumwa. When he was asked about homeopathic remedies, he said "I believe in all types of medicine."
— Via Buzzfeed
Ron Paul calls Rick Santorum 'very liberal’
Not a typo. Texas Congressman Ron Paul trashed fellow candidate Rick Santorum's "very liberal" record. Are we talking about the same dude?
Ron Paul slammed Rick Santorum, calling him "very liberal." When Bash asked why, Paul responded, "I mean, have you looked at his record? Go look at his record," Paul exclaimed. "He spends too much money. He wasn’t leading the charge to slash the budgets and vote against big government."
— Via Mediaite
While discussing welfare reform, Santorum targets African-Americans
At a campaign stop in Sioux City, the former Pennsylvania senator/Google victim singled out African-Americans as recipients of these kinds of entitlements.
"I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money; I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money," he said.
— Via CBS News
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These people give me agita! When will this circus be over? Not soon enough for me!
Rs swallowing themselves whole beginning w foot-in-mouth IA caucus remarks!
None of these Teapublicans are fit to lead anything. They are petty, vindictive, bigoted, greedy and so out of touch with the rest of humanity, it would be laughable if it weren't such a shame.
Mittens believes he was ordained to become the President because of his Mormon royalty heritage; Bachmann, Santorum, Perry & GinGROUCH all think God hand picked them to be President. Ron Paul lost his mind a few decades ago with all his conspiracy theories and the only semi-sane one, Huntsman....... no chance he can get the nomination because he knows that global climate change exists.
Obama/Biden 2012!
What a bunch of kindergarden BS--so glad when it's over--they are assanine, and incapable of leading a parade--much less the country.
I find it very interesting that Romney is out campaigning against the President instead of against the other Republicans. He gets applause when he criticizes President Obama (whether true or not). Did anyone tell his campaign manager that the ONLY people that come to a caucus/primary rally are the base. Attila the Hun could be the Republican vs President Obama and they would support him. Very strange strategy. If you don't win the nomination, you don't get to run against the President.
Candidates find what plays well and then they stick with it. Remember Obama? He ran against GWB. You could say that was a strange strategy- but it worked. My prediction is that Romney is the candidate- and organizing the base to ensure they get out to vote in November could be his best shot at winning.
These so-called Presidential candidates are in the "Twilight Zone" if they think the majority of Americans are going to vote for them for President. I wouldn't vote to make any of these losers Dog Catcher!! They are making a mockery of the election process and devaluing the constitution, they are a disgrace! The only thing they plan on doing for, or to America is shut down every progressive measures that have been made over the last 100 years! Their negativity is astounding to every sane, rational American. The only people who are supportive are low information people and those who just don't give a DAMN about America!!!
Incredible how Republican candidates trash the people of America who clean the streets/build our infrastructure/fight America's wars. They believe that we don't need a government that maintains our highways/helps educate our future/looks out after those that have paid their dues but have fallen through the cracks into despair. They believe that everybody could make it in America just because they think they made it. They don't realize that not everybody gets an inheritance and that prejudice/hate/adversity are alive and well in this country. They also don't realize that much of their beloved U.S.A. was built by their ancestors on the back of genocide/slavery/hate crimes. I realize that all this has it's past. But, the residues linger through inheritance/racism/hate. What's sad is that the Republican Party and it's candidates don't realize this because their Pinocchio noses get in the way of their block heads! Lololol! QUICO!
All this from a species that fears ridicule more than death??
So Satanorum isn't in favor of giving blacks other people's money and wants them to go out and earn their own? That is hideous! I am deeply insulted, and I'm not even black! Have we learned nothing in this country?
I used to be proud to be an American. After remarks like the above, I'm feeling very embarrassed right now. My God, we still have 11 more months of this....
That is how out of touch they are with the bottom 80% of the population. They think that only blacks are on welfare. Well, he better recant. There are whites, there are engineers who are at this time homeless. There are a great number who are on welfare even when they do not need it but because they are refugees and the US have already made the commitment. How ignorant can you be. I bet he thinks they get a lot. And I bet he does not know that unlike corporations who get welfare or subsidies, "people" have to show need by having a record showing they only own less than 5k in assets and they can have no income. And they can only be on gov. assistance for 2 years. Unlike corporations, who can collect subsidies for ever until the law changes. This people who are candidates are not worthy of the office of the presidency.
They do not have real benevolent concern for others.
A Christian insane Rick Santorum brought his dead child home to show his kids the dead baby and then he and his wife slept with the dead child and took the baby back to the hospital the next day. Rick signed for his wife to have an abortion because it would save her life. Iowa has 84 per cent white/9 per cent minorities on Welfare. Now Rick has the support of the couple who has 19 kids they can't support so they signed up for a reality show to feed their large family. Even Rupert Murdoch supports Rick as they both have the same values.
You've got to feel a little sorry for these guys. They JUST DON"T GET IT.
But it still amazes me that they can get people to vote against their own interests.
thank you so much for talking about the deported missing teen tonight (1/4) and what may be INS's object in taking this type of illogical and inhumane action. It's an important topic and needs further revelations. There have apparently been numerous infringements of U.S. citizen's rights to that citizenship and being taken off and dumped in Mexico, etc., because the person gets a hit on the Homeland Security files in some way. I found this so disturbing and the news wasn't being covered about it.