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Santorum campaign blasts Perry’s view on marijuana
Rick Santorum’s 2012 campaign accused rival candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry of being “out of touch” for suggesting in his book that states could legalize the use of marijuana. In his book Fed Up!, Perry said he is personally opposed to same sex marriage and the use of marijuana for…
Perverts, perverts everywhere
I definitely think that Rick Santorum's quote was (probably accidentally) revealing of conservative attitudes about sex. In an attempt to explain why he supports banning gays in the military but doesn't want this to be characterized as bigotry, Santorum said this: I — I would say, any type of sexual…
GOP debate audience boos gay soldier
A question from a gay soldier was met with boos during Thursday night’s Fox News Republican presidential debate. “In 2010 when I was deployed to Iraq, I had to lie about who I was because I’m a gay soldier and I didn’t want to lose my job,” Stephen Hill, a…
Rick Santorum: I smoked pot in college
In an interview that aired on CNN Wednesday night, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum told Piers Morgan that he had smoked marijuana while in college. “I admitted back when I was running for the Senate that when I was in college I smoked pot, and that was something I did…
Herman Cain wins Denver GOP straw poll by landslide
Republican presidential hopeful and former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain dominated the straw poll at Denver’s Western Conservative Summit Sunday, taking 48 percent of the vote, Politico reported. Cain garnered 246 ballots of the 508 cast, while the next runner-up, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (who has not officially declared his…
How much damage can culture warriors do?
Exciting news, everyone: Despite his Google problems, Rick Santorum is announcing his run for President today. That raises the Republican field to 95% batshit, which may actually be a new record, historically speaking, though then again that's iffy if you consider the Goldwater question. There are many ways Santorum is just…
Rick Santorum owns up to his long running ‘Google problem’
Former GOP Sen. Rick Santorum (PA) has a problem: he’s eying a run for president, but his name recognition is weak. And Google, as it turns out, isn’t really helping his brand image. Enter “Rick Santorum” into a Google search and you should get over half a million results. But…
Further thoughts on hard work and marriage strikes
Well, that turned out to be an interesting thread. I experimented with a review of Against Love by Laura Kipnis by putting the polemic up against a couple pop culture expressions of the widespread American resentment of marital monogamy—the fascination with the Obama marriage and bro comedies that work with…
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