Pope Santorum? Bringing Back The Inquisition February 20, 2012

The last thing this country needs is a wannabe Catholic Pope sitting in the Oval Office of the White House and governing from a corrupt and ignorant ideological theology. But that’s what millionaire ex-Senator Rick Santorum is offering. A sampling of his remarks, including the latest accusation that President Obama isn’t governing according to the [...]

Ron Paul: Liar, Bigot, Ignorant, Ugly Little Man January 17, 2012

Well that headline should boost my blog hits when all Ron Paul’s devoted, mindless fanatics check in. I doubt that Paul has the proverbial snowball’s chance of getting the Republican nomination, much less actually winning the White House. But, given the quality of the American electorate, strange things could happen. There is an article over [...]

Parsing The Romney Coronation Speech In New Hampshire January 11, 2012

A while back I read a piece somewhere explaining why political candidates do try to keep their campaign promises. Unfortunately I didn’t note the address and can’t cite it. But it made a respectable case against the common wisdom that such  promises are lies from the outset. So assuming there is some truth to what [...]

Lock Your Bedroom Door: Santorum Wants Your Condoms. January 4, 2012

From Salon, by staff writer Irin Carmon: Here is an actual Rick Santorum quote: “One of the things I will talk about, that no president has talked about before, is I think the dangers of contraception in this country.” And also, “Many of the Christian faith have said, well, that’s okay, contraception is okay. It’s [...]

Iowa: The Sister Kissing State January 4, 2012

So, Iowa. Romney beat Santorum by eight votes out of sixty thousand cast for the two of them. Eight votes. He spent millions of dollars and barely won against a guy who was underfinanced and a big underdog only a few days ago. And he didn’t do any better yesterday than he did four years [...]