Blogs Aug 11, 2011 at 12:52 pm

Yesterday's Bigot

Dan Savage
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There is also the rather lucrative lecture circuit. Many a candidate have run to score 20k speaking engagements. It's why they don't care how crazy they look to 70% of the country if to that remaining 30% they sound like their dreams come true.

I'd say that's Palin's prime motive.
giffy on August 11, 2011 at 12:56 PM Report this
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Unfortunately, Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann are more than eager to take Santorum's place.

There's always more bigots out there.
Urgutha Forka on August 11, 2011 at 12:59 PM Report this
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Who wants yesterday's bigot?
Who wants yesterday's churl?
Who wants yesterday's bigot?
Nobody in the wo-o-orld!

merry on August 11, 2011 at 1:09 PM Report this
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Ah c'mon, wingnut welfare never faces cuts.

Santorum is a useful idiot, if Fox doesn't keep him on, some other crazy billionaire will fund something that keeps Santorum busy and well fed.

www.spreadingsantorum.com
judybrowni on August 11, 2011 at 1:10 PM Report this
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Presidential candidates are not selected from amongst sitting Senators who have been turfed out of office. If you can't even win your own state, you can't be considered nationally. Santorum has always been a fraud.
Fnarf on August 11, 2011 at 1:11 PM Report this
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Did he ever even have a position other than opposition to gay rights? That's a pretty meager platform.
Clayton on August 11, 2011 at 1:21 PM Report this
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Mmm, schadenfreude. So good to see him humiliated.
I have always been... east coaster on August 11, 2011 at 1:30 PM Report this
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I wonder if anyone has yet photoshopped that into ... (oops, I won't go there).
Phoebe on NE 79th on August 11, 2011 at 1:44 PM Report this
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"Anti-gay bigotry remains hugely important to the GOP base, of course, because beating up on the queers makes folks in red states—with their higher rates of divorce, teen pregnancy, and out-of-wedlock births—feel like they're right with God."

I've never seen it stated more plainly or clearly. but that's the heart of it, isn't it? Rodolfo sighs.

Sighing over. Now Rodolfo sings "Schadenfreude" from Avenue Q!
rodolfo on August 11, 2011 at 1:45 PM Report this
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I take this photo as proof that Santorum's handlers knew what they were doing all along.
ms_molly on August 11, 2011 at 1:45 PM Report this
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I thought he and Pawlenty were running for Veep.
unpaid reader on August 11, 2011 at 1:47 PM Report this
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Yesterday's bigot is tomorrow's fish & chip maker.
emma's bee on August 11, 2011 at 1:51 PM Report this
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@6

Does waving classified documents on camera for the world to see count as a position? 'Cause Santorum did that.
seatackled on August 11, 2011 at 2:05 PM Report this
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I think he'll have to blow Ailes to keep his Fox sinecure.
on August 11, 2011 at 2:35 PM Report this
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Awesome punch in the nose, Dan...couldn't have happened to a nicer mixture of lube and fecal matter.
iLLogicaL on August 11, 2011 at 2:58 PM Report this
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My favorite unintended consequence of the Spreading Sanctorum campaign is that now you can properly translate 'Sanctum Sanctorum' as 'Holy Crap', as it should be.

Sweet sactorum!
elgiem on August 11, 2011 at 3:24 PM Report this
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"the "frothy mix" definition of santorum has not lost its search primacy."

Unfortunately, there is no longer any such thing as "the" number one Google hit. Google now tailors searches to the user. You, Dan, will be getting "frothy mix" as the top hit for the rest of your life. Others, maybe not.
Margaret L. on August 11, 2011 at 3:53 PM Report this
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Since when does Fox News have standards for their commentators, besides the partisan ones? I wouldn't gloat too soon here, Dan.

That pic looks like it came from the One Candidate One Cup video.
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In on August 11, 2011 at 4:11 PM Report this
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Brilliant close.
Racing Turtles on August 11, 2011 at 7:56 PM Report this
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Oh, SNAP.
apexnerd on August 11, 2011 at 9:47 PM Report this
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Beautiful Dan. Just bloody beautiful.
YanaBanana on August 12, 2011 at 7:58 AM Report this
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Santorum is that college guy, ten years out, who pounds his fist on the table while singing the old college songs. Pathetic.

Even religious GOP, only slightly smarter than old Santorum, have realized that they better move on, and move on quick. Whoever wins the primary won't say a peep about gay rights ever again.
Lan on August 12, 2011 at 8:18 AM Report this
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@17: You can log out and clear your cookies (which you should be doing anyway) to get 'generic' search results; however they do still vary from country to country anyway. The Internet is not flat!

@16: You're confusing 'santorum' and 'sanctorum.'
BlackRose on August 12, 2011 at 5:38 PM Report this

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