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FRANKSVILLE, Wis. -- What started as a good day for Rick Santorum took an abrupt turn on Sunday after the GOP presidential candidate grew frustrated with reporters asking him to clarify his remark that Mitt Romney is the worst Republican in the country to take on President Obama.
During his final campaign stop of the day here, Santorum said of Romney, “Pick any other Republican in the country, he is the worst Republican in the country to put up against Barack Obama." The comments, Santorum would clarify, were in reference to the similarities between Romney's and the president on the issue of health care. It is a common critique he levels against his chief rival, but never has the former Pennsylvania senator called Romney the "worst Republican in the country" to go head-to-head with the president.
When pressed by reporters to clarify his statement, Santorum said, “On the issue of health care. That’s what I was talking about, and I was very clear about talking about that. OK? Come on guys, don’t do this. I mean you guys are incredible. I was talking about Obamacare, and he is the worst because he was the author of Romneycare.”
But the questions struck a chord with Santorum, and when he faced the same question again, he used a profane word and accused the media of "distorting" his speech.
The Washington Post's Dan Balz and MSNBC political analyst Karen Finney review presidential candidate Rick Santorum losing his cool following a Wisconsin speech.
However a press release sent out from the Santorum campaign shortly after the rally here seemed to double down on the candidate's comments. "Rick Santorum spoke plainly and clearly that of all the Republicans in the field, Mitt Romney is the worst possible candidate to take on Barack Obama, because Mitt Romney authored the blueprint for Obamacare and the issue of healthcare would be off the table," the release said.
Santorum has done a lot of clarifying lately, with recent comments suggesting Obama would be a better choice than Romney in a general election and saying the unemployment rate will not affect his campaign. In both cases, he accused the media and his opponents of taking his words out of context. But in both cases, the Romney campaign used his own words against him.
Sunday's remarks were no exception, with Romney spokesperson Ryan Williams telling reporters, “Rick Santorum is becoming more desperate and angry and unhinged every day...He’s panicking in the final stages of his campaign.”
Before his last event, Santorum had been all smiles on the trail the day after receiving nearly double the amount of support Romney did in the Louisiana primary. Along with two rallies today, the GOP hopeful also fit in brunch at the Machine Shed and, for the second time in as many days, a few frames of bowling. In an earlier rally in Fond du Lac, WI, Santorum drew an overflow crowd.
But by Sunday's end, Romney advisers were using the hash tag "Tantorum" to draw attention to past instances of the former senator losing his cool. The response blasted out by the Santorum campaign no mention of his use of a not so family friendly word.
Santorum heads to Washington, DC where he will spend Monday before returning to the Badger State later in the week.
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Its how you handle your self under pressure that shows your strength in self control
a true leadership quality. You don't see Obama having hissy fits like that.For Christ sakes he didn't even sound mean.He sounded like a teenaged girl getting turned down on prom day.
Rick cannot lose his cool. He never had it in the first place. His only chance is an answer to his prayer for 30 more poor, uneducated, evangelical states.
LOL, "uneducated evangelical states". You sir are semantically challenged!
Thank you for letting me know how you feel about averyone in the "evangelical states". Now please, for the readers here, tell us what states meet your "Evangelical" cirteria?
Besides, someone like you needs an Evangelical in high office to poke fun of, tease and for you to develop a general distaste for. And who else is better for the job than a Evangelical, who won't fight back or give you the time of day to respond to your flawed theology of life?
God Bless you sir I will pray for you even if you don't want me to. I can still pray for anyone in America whether you like it or not, at least for now.
Peace and Goodwill to all
I am still shocked that these evangelical Children of the Corn nutcases are still here. I was hoping that their king Harold Camping would have taken away the repukes zombie base last Rapture Day, Oct 21. Unfortunately, his calculations were based on "biblical facts" which he now realizes were pulp fiction, as is most of the fairy tale bible.
Even Harold should have known it is not predictable when the end times will start. The Bible clearly states it will happen like as if a thief by night. It is not good for him to add to God's word, as the Bible also clearly states. Harold is a false prophet and there are many out there and many more will come, as the Bible clearly tells us.
I would ask you to read the last book in the Bible, the Revelation of St. John, use the Contemporary English Version CEV. It does a nice job of putting the translated King James Version into our modern day perspective and it clearly explains all of these facts. Not to mention it is a good read or Fairy Tale, as you put it.
Mr. Camping isn't a example of someone walking the path and you should not consider him a good representative of the Christian Faith.
Peace and Goodwill towards all,
No way can we ever let this guy get near the nuke codes.
Ned Flanders with a nuke lol
Yea, let some guy who has zero faith and cares not for anyone but their own personal agenda! We want a mean guy who won't hesitate to push that button. /sillyness
Haven't we had too much of that already and why we are where we are? How can any voter want business as ususal this election?
This is America and its made of allot of faiths .It might not be your faith but who are we to judge?
So bash all faiths or just Rick's?
Im pointing out that an over zealous religious person should not be leading are country pushing his faith on others .America is made of many religions .There should always be a separation between church and state.So all religions and faiths can live in harmony not just one.
Petrified: Bash all faiths like the catholic faith that has only one factual thing going for it. Catholicism breeds pedophiles. Then bash the Evangelical Children of the Corn zombies that want to impose their biblical fairy tale beliefs on everyone. Most of these Taliban Christians are still upset after finding out that Santa Claus and the tooth fairy were not real. These idiots don't believe in evolution, but believe in fairy tale Creationism with no facts to back it up.
I wonder when these people have the time to make their crop circles.
and yet Darwin's Theory is still....a theory. Ever heard of the missing link?
Come and blog when they find it.
Why is it so bad to be a nice person to everyone, have faith in God and believe that there is a life after death that you need to prepare for while your alive?
You can believe what you want, I will still take you in and give you the same treatment as I would another believer and never judge you or your mindsets. That is the way a true Christian should behave sir.
Peace and Goodwill towards all,
So is the only reason Nick is posting here is so he can display his ignorance? The senseless ravings contained in his posts validate the need for the complete and utter separation of church and state. Thank goodness for the First Amendment!
My ravings are senseless to you but that doesn't make it true but only in your mind. My ignorance exists in your mind because you allow me to affect you in a way you find to be quite salty, for lack of better terms.
I understand that Christ our Lord is nonsense to the condemned. There is time still for him change your heart though and I will pray this for you even though you don't want me to. It will make you hate me more or your heart will change. It isn't any easier to understand than that.
Peace and Goodwill towards all,
P.S. I use my real name as I have nothing to hide.
I rest my case. I mean, damn.
Why hasn't Ricky released his birth certificate? Why hasn't Willard released his?
Rickey doesn't have to he wears a sweater vest.lol
The word was a vulgarity not a profanity...really should try to be more precise.
Its nor the swear words its the way he handled himself under pressure do we want that in a leader?
It is a direct derivative of one of the seven deadly words.
hey MWH4 - when you do that, critique semantics rather than the point, you actually re-enforce what theyre saying by proving that you have no opposing view. This kind of critique says, "I dont have a valid retort, but i want to say something negative so i will pick on the wording"... So in effect, he wins, and you lose.
Are you trolling?
Are you trolling?
Sure looks like it.
"Would you put RS next to the "N" button"
Shouldnt this read "santorum loses election bid over romney comment"? the last thing we need in this country is some angry hothead/religious zealot with his finger on the button... if he can't hang with the press, he most definitely cannot handle being president, period.
"an Angry hothead/religious zealot with his finger on the button", is better than a non-religious zealot/hothead with his finger on the button, ANYDAY.
By the way Christianity is NOT a religion, do your research before you post, it saves face....
Disclaimer: Pardon my spelling and grammar, this isn't a proper letter or format for that matter, to worry about proper Grammar and spelling in my opinion, so therefore if I am right in my mind, this is right too.
Sort of reminds me of Sarah, what's her name. Can't take the responsibility for his own words. I'll blame the media instead. If he is so opposed to the media, maybe they should stop following him.
Then he would whine that he is not getting any of the free publicity that the media provides. He is at a disadvantage, because Willard has 10 times the money to spend on TV ads than he does.
Santa needs a chill pill eh. ;)
Darn it, you swore at the media, now they make you pay and pay and pay and pay and pay.
What do you mean the media distorted your comments? The Media is an honest trustworthy organization of Journalists who's job is to report the truth. I can not believe the media would distort anyones comments, especially the people the media dislikes, they just wouldn't do something like that, ROFLMAO......
Get serious commentors and stop being ruled by arguing the sides of the aisles, you are only letting your self be conquered......
Anyone whom the media doesn't like, NEVER EVER gets elected, period!
So do you listen to the media or to your self?
Peace and Goodwill towards all
Really? Really? How did Bush get re-elected?
Do I need remind you of Florida Ballots again??? Any body with some smarts could have taken that election easily.... Lol
I don't consider NBC or the New York Times as professionals or the press. Let's talk about Obama's thin skin. Talk about paranoid, loser! Ya that's Obama!
Keep on saying it winning still winning.lol
"Santorum and the tea retards are destroying the GOP, lets all Celebrate"
If many Americans weren't so concerned about "winning" personally, then we would have a much better society than we have now. It's okay, eventually, reality will invide your cushy "me"space and you will have to do something about it. Until then, you take it easy and enjoy yourself, you deserve it...
Peace and Goodwill to all,
Petrified. You mean Christianity is an evil cult like Mormonism? Then why do they get tax breaks from the federal government. That is only for religious groups.
Well according to our Government everyone belongs in some sort of category now don't they? Who knows why really and we can only assume.
Research and look at when the idea was made to give tax breaks to chruch's? Along with the time period it happened, it may give some clues as to why they did it? My guess, some folks who made up a church and claimed a religious tax break lol, but I am likely wrong, but that was funny and has a certain ringing truth to what we have now days.
Peace and Goodwill towards all,
I think that the media should stop covering all Santorum events, blogs, webcasts, tweets and press releases. Then he will be happy.
Im pointing out that an over zealous religious person should not be leading are country pushing his faith on others .America is made of many religions .There should always be a separation between church and state.So all religions and faiths can live in harmony not just one.
This is the only guy that could beat Obama. He may be a good guy, but by the time the lying, obstructionist, facist, communist repukes got done with him, you may think he was Satan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udzymvKOyCY&feature=related
George Soros cannot create his "One Wold Government" with a militarily strong America!!!
Goal #
1. Bankrupt America.
2. Neuter America's military.
3. Create a flag with obama's face on it.
4. Rename America, amerika.
As obama says to medevdev "After my next election I will have more flexibility"
Any questions????
There are no questions. Repukes equal the destruction of America and bringing it back to a third world country. These pathetic, facist, communist, obstructionist, Jesus freaks, rapist catholic priests and right wing nuts only care about imposing their religious beliefs on everyone. They have no clue as what to do with the economy.
They have brainwashed complete dunces like Gary Krock, that they are somehow going to help our country. What a joke.
They want to destroy medicare by turning it over to their corporate criminal masters. Once they get their hands in the pot, seniors will immediealtely see a $6000 yearly raise in their costs.
This senior says your one of obama's anti-American progressive trolls!!!!
Hey Gary K --- all this George Soros and the rest of the garbage you run your yap about is just an attention getting act isn't it? You're not actually stupid enough to believe all this BS you post are you???
In my opinion theres been more hate groups that are formed out of organized religion than any other place.
Such as ole rev wright's black liberation theology, or is that considered acceptable under the new regime???
Is obama one of your religious people?????
What new regime?
Oh well lets go with obama's regime???????
lol seriously you are joking right your not really falling for that stuff?
I am questioning if your idiotic post #653 includes your messiah???????
Gary K. is in serious need of a personal vaginal ultrasound from The Pope's boy to find out what happened to his brain.
You proved my point lol
Your point being, you support obama in his efforts to destroy America in his effort to create amerika!!!!
lol God bless you .lol
Quote "In my opinion there's been more hate groups that are formed out of organized religion than any other place"
Sadly, folks claiming to represent a certain religion and acting in hatred of any kind is not a true representative of what ever religion that claims peace and certainly not a Christian.
Once you see past the all the false representation out there, which is purposely there to confuse people, you can move on past this and perhaps change your opinion, who knows?
Peace and Goodwill towards all,
It's the ultimate in hypocrisy for the man who is competing to be the Republican's Chief Liar to blame the media for being untruthful.
HOW THE BRANIDEAD WAR MONGERING REPUKES AND CRACKED TEANUT DUNCES CAN SAVE OUR ARMED FORCES.
Here is how Sister Sarah, the great American Zero, can help us invade Syria and attack the Islamists. She can be part of the invasion force.
We have to attack the Syrian government before it is too late, without putting our soldiers in harms way.
The best way is to send the right wing radical cracked teanuts over there to fight. First let Sister Sara attack from the front in her helicopter gunship where she is experienced in shooting wolves from the air with her blazing AK47, turns them into instant wolfburgers. Then get the other dunce, the flying witch from Delaware, Christine O Donnell. to attack their flanks using her rocket powered, heavily armed broomstick. Then the macho nut Rick Sanitarium can get his boss, the Pope's boys, the rapist, pedophile catholic priests to attack from the rear. John (town cryer) Bonehead and Mitch McDumbell can direct operations. Groper Nutquist could be the sniper, as all he has to do is lift the lid from his trash can and fire away.
Harold Camping, the evangelical king, can assist by getting the 500,000 or so braindead evangelical Children of the Corn, that he brainwashed to give up all of their worldly possessions to go meet and stay with the man in the sky. These zombies would not care if they died because they would finally get to meet and stay with the man in the sky. Camping can supply them with bibles to throw at the Islamists with some of the millions he bilked these fools out of.
If they still need more help, we can recruit the right wing centrists: the abortion clinic bombers, federal building bombers, abortion doctor killers and the radical right wing southern anthrax spreaders. With this army of right wing nuts and Jesus Freaks, we save our real army for another day.
Ron (Puke) Paul can preach liberty to the Islamics and Muslims who he loves. Maybe lyin Willardo, the Mexican Mormon Moron tax evader can get some of his buddies that he grew up with in Tijuana to volunteer to help also.
Any prisoners that are taken can be sent to Nut Gingerheads 2 trillion dollar moon colony on an unihabitable planet. There is no atmosphere there, so no oxygen and only traces of water. It is hotter than boiling water there during the day and it goes down to 160 degrees below zero at night. In fact, it so nice there, that we should also send the 4 clowns that are running for the repuke nomination there also. Ron (Puke) Paul can preach liberty to the men in the moon, lyin Willardo can establish an off planet moon bank to hide his money, Nut Gingerhead can destroy the moon peoples housing market, and the Pope's boy, Sanitarium can try to find work for his base, the rapist, pedophile catholic priests and braindead evangelical Children of the Corn.
If the right wing cracked teanuts want to beat Obama they need new candidates. Cain/Sandusky in 2012. These two are their best family values candidates. .Who cares what they did in the past, they are against abortion, that is all that counts to these nuts.
My father taught me anyone could grow up and become and president and, by god, I am starting to believe it.
“Rick Santorum is becoming more desperate and angry and unhinged every day...He’s panicking in the final stages of his campaign.”
LOL! RS was already about as "unhinged" as they come!
"Come on man." ... What a clown.
Amazing how much damage the Bush family has caused to the Republican Party. They must have push back the Party at least 20 years, maybe more.
The subpar performance of this group of Republican candidates in this presidential cycle clearly shows how disappointed even then Republican voters are in their Party. Low turnout, split vote, candidates dropping off because a show of incompetence, candidates dropping off because they mistaken this process to a beauty contest and fielding the "office fool" as a candidate.
Not only have this bunch of clowns shown that they are not qualified to be President of the United States, they clearly demonstrated they are not even in the same class as President Obama.
It is clear by now to all Americans that President Obama will get his second term and hopefully his second chance to get is agenda through. As it should be the responsibility falls squarely on the citizens of this great country to give President Obama a responsible Congress to help him govern instead of impeding him to give Americans what they mandated him back in 2008. My follow Americans, please do not vote for your Party, vote for the best candidate in your district.
We don't need another war, another economic collapse and more begging for Arab oil. We need a clean economy, affordable healthcare for all, a strong coalition to the take care of our global military responsibilities and we a decent leader of sound mind and moral values in the White House.
Give President Obama his destined legacy.
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And yes, it is still very much about the Bush's and Republican Party record. How they literately self destructed and took a lot of American casualties with them.
Two unpaid wars, including one war of convenience to comply with the Saudi King's request to take out Saddam.
Deregulated the banking system to collapse.
Gave billions of dollars back to their handlers, the corporate executives, on the backs of the middle class.
Turning their back on the poor and people who do not look like them with no healthcare and future.
Make a good hard read on the Republican platform and translate that to real deeds and priorities that are not included.
Yes, it is still an accounting on the Bush's failed presidency, which we will be paying for a long, long time.
It is time to change direction back into the real world and President Obama is the only one on the ballot with a sound mind that gets it.
The Mayans might be right the world might end in 2012 if Rick Santroums elected .
American's opposed to amerika
Vote comrades soros, van jones and obama OUT!!!!!!
Yeah support your corporate owned america you think your safe?
Gary Krock. Your stupid comments only show how ignorant you are. Come up with one thing that the 11% radical right wing cracked teanut obstructionist facists (like yourself) have done to help our country. This is the worst approval rating in history.
Vote the obstructionist Cock Brothers, and their lackeys John (town cryer) Bonehead. Mitch McDumbell and their leader Groper Nutquist out.
I really think anyone that chooses to run for office, should have to take some kind of comprehensive test, not just I know people with money and will give them the best that their money can buy.
I certainly realize that religion is getting way to much attention in this election and it is harming the process. I keep hearing our fore fathers mentioned also, as if they would roll over in their graves. You know they would, that is precisely why they wanted separation of church and state. Several of them where Deist, wanted religion to have nothing to do with the way government was to function. We need to get our elected officials to get back to caring for the rights of all not just the rich. If not we as a people should be able to oust them, not just when an election comes around, but when we realize they are not doing the job we sent them their to do for our area. If a president can be impeached then why can't we the people impeach those in Washington not looking out for America as a whole first.
I think each time the congress doesn't move they get an enema at least we would have some kind of movement in Washington.