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1

Love letters by Paul.

despicable me on April 10, 2012 at 12:35 PM

2

Haha, @1 hit's it on the nose...

I love this, Paul.

Erin Resso on April 10, 2012 at 12:38 PM

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Hugs!

on April 10, 2012 at 12:38 PM

4

Santorum had 0 chance, before or after Colorado/Minnesota. The party machine picked Romney long before. This was all just theater for the news folks.

Teslick on April 10, 2012 at 12:38 PM

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Dan Savage is on NPR's 'Talk of the Nation' to talk about 'Savage U' RIGHT NOW.

rob! on April 10, 2012 at 12:39 PM

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On a tangentially related note, Dan Savage going on Talk of the Nation on NPR right now if anyone wants to listen.

mikethehammer on April 10, 2012 at 12:39 PM

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Frothy jinx!

rob! on April 10, 2012 at 12:40 PM

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Beat me to it there, Rob. Can't believe they didn't do a post about it.

mikethehammer on April 10, 2012 at 12:40 PM

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Santorum Exit Could Provide Opening
-Christian Science Monitor

he he.

on April 10, 2012 at 12:40 PM

10

And yet if Romney loses, Santorum will be the de facto Republican frontrunner in 2016.

Smartypants on April 10, 2012 at 12:41 PM

11

Frothy jinx, indeed. Hey, didn't Slog comments used to auto-convert any mention of santorum to a hyper link to the spreading santorum webpage?

mikethehammer on April 10, 2012 at 12:43 PM

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Santorum's going to blame his daughter privately, though publicly he will say that quitting shows what good heterosexual family values he has that America would do well to adopt.

seatackled on April 10, 2012 at 12:45 PM

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Bravo!

Chicago Fan on April 10, 2012 at 12:47 PM

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...but how do you *really* feel, Paul?

psbirch on April 10, 2012 at 12:49 PM

15

Now THAT is a love letter!

ohthetrees on April 10, 2012 at 12:51 PM

16

Man - Rick's gonna be super depressed when he reads this.

yelahneb on April 10, 2012 at 12:56 PM

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@ 11, no. There have been hundreds of comments about Santorum that weren't hyperlinked to anything.

Matt from Denver on April 10, 2012 at 1:02 PM

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Yeah, the kiddies love it Paul. Childish rants for children. You really told 'em.

menace2society on April 10, 2012 at 1:05 PM

19

Paul's love letters make me fall in love with love all over again.

Cienna Madrid on April 10, 2012 at 1:06 PM

20

By 2016, his schtick will be even less acceptable. He's finished.

very bad homo on April 10, 2012 at 1:06 PM

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I have to wonder what protests are going to happen as per like the protests that happened 4 and 8 years ago that seemingly have vanished from the internet as they seemed to always be against Ripukelickins?

http://www.google.com/search?ix=seb&sour…

I would open with all the protests against the republicans from Dick Nixon to W bush and put it to music but Not even The internet has anything to contribute it seems.

Where are my minions? where is my army of Stupid Fools? why has no pie graced the face of Mitt Romney? where are those angry mothers against a war and the death of their sons and daughters? were are the land off the free and the home of the brave? I don't like Sissy politics and there are wars to be ended.
Dose anyone know what I am looking for?

slade on April 10, 2012 at 1:10 PM

22

What a rage-fap. Fantastic.

gloomy gus on April 10, 2012 at 1:10 PM

23

Fuck You? What a pro. Way to polish that prose, Paul, a childish rant for the children of the Stranger.

menace2society on April 10, 2012 at 1:10 PM

24

Were you really hoping for Santorum to upset Romney, Paul? I agree with your assessment that he wasted his brief momentum by making everyone feel really uncomfortable about Republican "values", but you say that like it's a bad thing. It's the best use of that frothy waste of space that I could imagine.

Nitidiuscula on April 10, 2012 at 1:12 PM

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@18/23, if you're going to leave two posts you could at least say something different in each one. Just a suggestion.

Nitidiuscula on April 10, 2012 at 1:14 PM

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@23,18

Nobody cares what you think. But keep telling us how mature you are, like a kid trying to stay up past his/her bedtime.

FonsieScheme on April 10, 2012 at 1:14 PM

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In his statement he mentions his comparative lack of money, but, he adds, he ran a different kind of campaign - he touch a lot of hearts. Millions of voters, he continues, millions!

Rather sounds like the perfect despot, doesn't it? My people love me because I tell them how to run their lives and graciously limit their choices.

What a goon.

Bauhaus I on April 10, 2012 at 1:19 PM

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@ 24, I can't speak for Paul, but the general sense I've gotten is that the longer Santorum stayed in, the more Romney would have to fight him instead of Obama, and maybe more division would have been sown between the establishment 'pubs and the base. Perhaps even a Santorum nomination WAS something to hope for - I'd be nervous of it, but having a real radical might have provided the same kind of blow to the national GOP that the 1996 gubernatorial run of Ellen Craswell did to Washington's.

Matt from Denver on April 10, 2012 at 1:21 PM

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Next time he's gonna be the moderate. Think about that.

levide on April 10, 2012 at 1:30 PM

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@18, 23

Lame troll is surprisingly effective.

Central Scrutinizer on April 10, 2012 at 1:31 PM

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Entertaining read, though I think I disagree with the basic premise that abandoning the lunatic rhetoric could've allowed him a legitimate shot at the nomination. In doing so, he'd have picked up some support from some moderate/mainstream repubs, but then also lost a sizable contingent of the wingnut faction that represents his base. Like the evangelical movement in general, his campaign was doomed from it's inception.

mikethehammer on April 10, 2012 at 1:33 PM

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@28, I think he's done well stealing Romney's "inevitability" thunder, and reminding large swathes of the Republican base that they really don't like or want Romney at all, for months now. Also (as stated in the OP) I think he's done a wonderful job reminding people that the whole social conservative pole of the Republican tent is fucking crazy. Santorum's going away but he's practically guaranteed that the War on Sex is going to continue to be an issue throughout the election, and hopefully beyond.

I don't think (despite Paul's assertions) he ever had a real chance at the nomination, and I'm glad for that; not confident enough in Obama's chances that I'd want the alternative to be as dangerously crazy (and energizing to the dangerously crazy right-wing base) as Santorum.

I don't think I actually disagree with Paul or you on anything substantial here; I'm just more inclined to be glad than angry to see Frothy dribble away. Good riddance.

Nitidiuscula on April 10, 2012 at 1:41 PM

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@29
"Next time he's gonna be the moderate. Think about that."

Yep. He will be the "moderate" candidate for the Republican nomination.

The question is: In four years, will 51% of the American people see him as a "moderate" that they'd rather have than whomever the Democrats run.

fairly.unbalanced on April 10, 2012 at 1:41 PM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDGORiD82…
Seems some Republicans are not acknowledging facts and dwell solely in fiction?
Or should I say All of the Repukelickens are lost in illusion.

slade on April 10, 2012 at 2:48 PM

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Why the anger? Why "Fuck you"? Santorum getting the nomination would've scared me. As much as I hate that smarmy, slimy Mittens, were something tragic to happen in October of 2012 and deliver the republican as a shoo-in, I'd take him over Santorum.

Lilliable on April 10, 2012 at 2:52 PM

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I agree that he's done - in 2016 the R's will have the varsity team competing, for a change. Inasmuch as they HAVE one, of course. But we'll see fatso from NJ, Rubio, Daniels, and perhaps Bush the younger (Jeb), lining up against Hilary. There'll be no room for comic relief from Mr. Frothy.

Catherwood on April 10, 2012 at 3:48 PM

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It seems as if former Senator Santorum somehow got stuck with someone who was on Palin's campaign. Pandering to bigots and coming up with disastrous sound bites didn't work in 2008, and I wonder why someone thought they would work in 2012. I guess I don't understand American politics: I'm sure someone will tell me tens of millions of people respond to hate rhetoric dog whistles and it's the only way to bring out a certain voter bloc.

Keister Button on April 10, 2012 at 3:51 PM

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@29 - If the Republicans don't take the White House, they will not become more moderate. They will double-down on their extreme positions.

Take as proof their problem with women. Romney trails Obama by double digits with female voters. In fact, among women of reproductive age, he trails Obama by a staggering 64% to 33%.

Yet just last week, Scott Walker invalidated Wisconsin's equal pay law, dictated the nature of doctor visits for women seeking abortion, banned insurance exchanges from covering abortion, and removed the requirement that sex education provides instruction on birth control and added a required focus on abstinence.

And it's not just one nutcase in Wisconsin doing this. Republicans are playing these games all over the country STILL - despite the ever-growing, highly measurable alienation of female voters. So, no - I don't expect them to learn a lesson from this.

"How does it feel to be a Republican these days," I ask my GOP friends. They just look down and shake their heads.

Free Lunch on April 10, 2012 at 4:07 PM

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What levide said @29. For three decades I've watched the R's grow more insane (with the possible exception of Bush I). I keep thinking it can't possibly get worse, and then next cycle I'm proven wrong again.

Don't console yourself with the notion that batshittery will never make it into the Oval Office. First, it's a bottom-up strategy and the vermin are already infesting school boards, county boards of supervisors, and state legislatures nationwide, largely below the radar of most liberally-inclined people (because they lack the passion of the right wing), and second, the sheer mass of whackadoodles is steadily dragging the center (and the left) to the right.

rob! on April 10, 2012 at 6:17 PM

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@25, 26: thanks for making my point.

menace2society on April 10, 2012 at 6:25 PM

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Always remember that no matter what, you can't fix stupid.

Merlin D. Bear on April 10, 2012 at 6:56 PM

42

Ah, the magnanimous critiques of The Stranger, so tempered with restraint and forbearance :)

Brandon Arkell on April 10, 2012 at 7:14 PM

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fuck you, paul constant, you're just as intolerant as you think santorum is.

on April 10, 2012 at 7:45 PM

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@38

You have Republican friends?

levide on April 10, 2012 at 9:42 PM

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Here's a scary thought: if Santorum had won the nomination who would've he picked as his VP? I have no idea, but the mere idea of it scares me.

MacGruber on April 10, 2012 at 10:08 PM

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The fellow lacked the stature of a president. Imagine him in situations other presidents
have faced. His over the top attitude about women, civil rights, the military, etc. , to me
indicate too narrow a view. We are still living the results of narrow, self-centered
conservative politics. The current administration has done a fine job considering
the ludicrous behavior and childish antics of the Republicans.

The way things are looking, the Right does not expect to win but will tantrum through it to the end.

kienhoa on April 10, 2012 at 10:23 PM

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@44 - I'm not picky.

Free Lunch on April 10, 2012 at 10:51 PM

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Our politicians are strange in USA. If you ever read a foreign paper, you can see that foreigners like Germans or Indians follow our elections with intensity, as if it were a major spectator sport. They will know all the candidates names, whereas do you know all the politicians in Germany? I have sometimes followed their elections, and it is very lowkey. Of course I hate their candidates as well. Who really are we and what are these fucked up candidates?

michijo on April 11, 2012 at 4:11 AM

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All the presidents should be made to play basketball instead of debate. Whoever wins the basketball match is the president. Instead of suits, they have to wear trunks that show off their knobby knees. It would be degrading in the extreme. We would invite Germans to watch.

michijo on April 11, 2012 at 4:25 AM

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You know, Paul, it's just bad form to break up with someone over the internet.

devinderry on April 11, 2012 at 8:33 AM

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#45...I'm thinking...Joe Lieberman in a nun's habit.

AlaskanbutnotSeanParnell on April 11, 2012 at 4:45 PM

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Hey, Constant, were you seriously entertaining the thought of voting for that unadulterated, fucking liar in a sea of liars?

on April 12, 2012 at 7:39 AM

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I WONT GIVE UP ON U RICKI.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7pv7sO5G…

Bemusedchicken on April 12, 2012 at 6:30 PM

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#53...Jesus...is that what happened to "Prussian Blue" when they grew up?

AlaskanbutnotSeanParnell on April 13, 2012 at 1:14 AM

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I was wondering when The Stranger was going to address that loser one last time. Smell ya later, Santorum.

k.strezo! on April 15, 2012 at 2:40 PM

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Presidential campaign starts on a couple of bucks? Are you an idiot? ALL presidential campaigns, except the actual nutcases, are are mounted by well heeled (wealthy) individuals.

on April 16, 2012 at 1:16 PM

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You spoke my heart, Paul...as long as the God Squad loons have nutjobs like Dickie Boy as poster boys, the sooner progressives can take the wheel to usher in free thinking and innovation for our advancement in the 21st Century.

Chuck Purdy on April 29, 2012 at 12:26 PM

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AMEN!!!!!!
FUCK YOU SANTORUM, psychotic catholics who think like you and the tea reBOOBlican party.
Just a BTW, santorum, your wife had a defective child in her MID-forties, just like palin. Maybe thinking you've had enough kids instead of putting your wife through the trauma of having that child, who probably will not live to see her teen years, would have been the correct and moral thing to do. But no . . .
Beside being neutered YOU should continue with that LOBOTOMY you're been undergoing. Please let them finish the operation.
I can't believe inbreeds like you are allowed to exist in MY world. Please leave.

Bowzerbird on December 7, 2013 at 5:14 PM

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