Senator Rick Santorum, or Senator Sanitorium as HBO’s
Tony Soprano once called him, is a Republican and as a member of that group of nuts, kooks, freaks, perverts, thieves, liars and Fascists, there isn’t much he can do that is hard to believe.
Still, with his proposed legislation that would prohibit the National Weather service from giving us the weather reports we pay for with our tax money, he’s right up on top of the heap.
Delusion, dementia and fugue describe him as well as they describe any Bush supporting mental case, but there is something about the way he doesn’t try to hide his bizarre mental processes that makes him unique.
The reason, says the Pennsylvania Senator, that we have not had a terrorist attack o
n the US since 2003 is that “as the hobbits are going up Mount Doom, the Eye of Mordor is being drawn somewhere else.”
This man has served three terms in the United States Senate. “I don't want the Eye to come back here to the United States.” He says and such is the mind of a Republican who supports George Bush, sees the Constitution as an impediment to power (which it was intended to be) and sees world affairs as a fantasy novel for children.
Perhaps this would explain why Santorum doesn’t worry too much about Korea as a nuclear power. Kim Jong-Il “doesn't want to die; he wants to watch NBA basketball” sad Rick to a Harrisburg reporter. That gem was no more fulsome than his constant comparisons between the occupation of civil war torn Iraq with World War II. It’s as loony and as dishonest as his assessment of our failure in Afghanistan which resulted, in his opinion, not from the incompetence of the Bush Bunch but from the American People’s underestimation.
Sorry, Rick, The American people didn’t bomb that country, didn’t neglect to send enough troops, give Islamic tribesman the job of capturing Osama – it was Bush. Iraq isn’t occupied by Hobbits, Kim can’t be dismissed as a zealous Lakers fan, talking to Ahmedinijad isn’t appeasement, Shiah and Sunni death squads aren’t going to blow up Philadelphia if we leave Iraq and people who think the “eye of Mordor” is staring at them belong in padded cells.
But although he is open about his insanity, I wonder how open he is about other things. Remember the endlessly run clip of Mark Foley in the lavender shirt and pink tie.? Rick seems to wear the same uniform. Enquiring minds make connections. Just what does Rick do up on Mount Doom when nobody’s watching? Are those hobbits with him or pages?
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Two term senator - hopefully not a three termer.
And there is this chestnut from his family:
In 1996, their son Gabriel Michael was born prematurely and lived for only two hours (a sonogram taken before Gabriel was born revealed that his posterior urethral valve was closed and that the prognosis for his survival was therefore poor). Karen Santorum wrote a book about the experience: Letters to Gabriel: The True Story of Gabriel Michael Santorum.[5] In it, she writes that the couple brought the deceased infant home from the hospital and introduced the dead child to their living children as "your brother Gabriel" and slept with the body overnight before returning him to the hospital.
Cranky,
Is that real? That is so nasty and gorpy that he should be booted from office just for that.
Real. Take a look.
I just put the book on Capt. Fogg's wish list.
When I said nuts, kooks, freaks and perverts, I wasn't kidding.
Santorum has to go… he is a complete nut-case.
The Wx service bill was only an example of his dementia – but a good one.
Being a pilot, I rely on access to timely and accurate wx information. Sometimes I get 2 or 3 wx briefs before embarking on a trip. The idea of privatizing this service would only serve to discourage pilots from double-checking the weather on a route… decreasing safety (Wx being the number 1 killer of general aviation pilots).
He’s one of the ignorant goons that bases his politics on absolutes: free markets are the ultimate good, god makes the best laws, etc.
He’s not qualified to serve burgers at McDonalds let alone represent citizens in congress.
The same applies to boaters who are just as at the mercy of the weather or perhaps more so since we move slower.
I think that particular move was paid for by AccuWeather - a campaign contributor.
I also heard that the bill was "sponsored" AccuWeather too...
Can you imagine? Paying for a access to Wx information -- a service that obviously serves the public safety?
Maybe we should start directly paying police stations -- or fire depts/services. You know, certain people make more use of their serves than others... it's only fair.
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