Rick Santorum Drops Out of Presidential Race

[reflector]

He has suspended his campaign.

[KantoSooner]

On the plus side, I hear that the Vatican still has several positions open in the office of the inquisition, so his talents won't go to waste.

[rock on sooner]

Bummer...now who do I laugh at....Gingrich?

[KantoSooner]

Yes, we can laugh, cruelly at Gingrich. And treat Ron Paul like our slightly eccentric favorite uncle (secure as we are in the knowledge that he won't be elected to anything beyond congress, and thus we won't have to live with the consequences of his foreign policy).

and then we can look upon Barack and Mitt and wonder how the hell the greatest country on earth sifted through its citizen and found these two the best out there to lead the whole enterprise.

[StoopTroup]

I wonder why Rick isn't saying he supports Romney?

[Mississippi Sooner]

Yes, we can laugh, cruelly at Gingrich. And treat Ron Paul like our slightly eccentric favorite uncle (secure as we are in the knowledge that he won't be elected to anything beyond congress, and thus we won't have to live with the consequences of his foreign policy).

and then we can look upon Barack and Mitt and wonder how the hell the greatest country on earth sifted through its citizen and found these two the best out there to lead the whole enterprise.

And what pisses me off is that's the same thing I've thought for several election cycles now. It makes me wonder, is the situation so tenuous that most would rather not take a chance on ruining his or her political career rather than take the chance at being the hero?

Maybe I'm just getting more jaded as I get older, but it seems that our presidential choices just keep getting worse as time goes by.

[KantoSooner]

Would you choose a teetotal, vegetarian with early-to-bed-early-to-rise work habits over a man who drinks a bottle of brandy a day, bathes in the middle of the night and then works in his office dressed in only a towel over his obese body?

Congrats if so, you just picked Uncle Adolf over Winnie Churchill.

it's our process of selection that sucks. Any decent candidate has accumulated nicks, dings and 'issues' along the way. And thus they are unelectable. Instead, we're offered psychotic choirboys, Mormon missionaries, goody two shoe community organizers and purist ideologues philosophically incapable of compromise (and thus of actually governing).

We get the government we deserve. Until we grow up, again, and start electing real adults once more, we'll be stuck where we are today. And what truly pains me is that the primary offenders on this front are members of my own party.

[OU68]

Would you choose a teetotal, vegetarian with early-to-bed-early-to-rise work habits over a man who drinks a bottle of brandy a day, bathes in the middle of the night and then works in his office dressed in only a towel over his obese body?

Congrats if so, you just picked Uncle Adolf over Winnie Churchill.

it's our process of selection that sucks. Any decent candidate has accumulated nicks, dings and 'issues' along the way. And thus they are unelectable. Instead, we're offered psychotic choirboys, Mormon missionaries, goody two shoe community organizers and purist ideologues philosophically incapable of compromise (and thus of actually governing).

We get the government we deserve. Until we grow up, again, and start electing real adults once more, we'll be stuck where we are today. And what truly pains me is that the primary offenders on this front are members of my own party.

Kind of hard to have a government by/for the "people" when you have to be a gazillionaire to even consider running.

[KantoSooner]

That's one problem. Or to be beholden to gazillionaires if you don't have the cash yourself. (Newtie, I'm looking at you....or maybe looking at Sheldon over your shoulder, or was that the Koch brothers?)

[soonercoop1]

Obama was just assured a second term...

[Sooner5030]

yawn......until the mob realizes that we have to pay more for fewer goodies in order to make up for accumulated past excesses......there is no difference. Not one candidate will cut bennies and raise tax revenue. Tell the voters that you're gonna provide them with less and charge them more and it's a sure fire way to not get elected. I wont even vote this year. I'd rather spend that time and energy improving my own foxhole rather than getting high on hopium.

[yermom]

Obama was just assured a second term...

the sooner he dropped out the better for Romney

[olevetonahill]

the sooner he dropped out the better for Romney
Yup

He will endorse Romney when he gets all the Political clout from him that he can

[cccasooner2]

Thank God for a sick kid. Sorry, I can't lead the country, got a kid with a tummy ache.

[jumperstop]

Thank God for a sick kid. Sorry, I can't lead the country, got a kid with a tummy ache.

I don't know for sure or anything, but what I heard was it is a rare disease that the kid had...just saying.

[diverdog]

I don't know for sure or anything, but what I heard was it is a rare disease that the kid had...just saying.

And it is life threatening. I would not wish what he is going thru on any parent. I hope she gets better.

[jumperstop]

And it is life threatening. I would not wish what he is going thru on any parent. I hope she gets better.

Agreed, the guy is a religious ****tard, but here's to hoping his kid is ok.

[opksooner]

The effect: The circular firing squad has one less target.

[rock on sooner]

The effect: The circular firing squad has one less target.

Hell, they can't shoot straight anyway! Gingrich will pontificate and Paul will continue
to squawk about staying home and not spending any money or any thing. Obama will
crank it up and BURY the Pubs,,,I'm thinking the 2010 freshmen are in trouble, cause
they, in being so stubborn, caused so many things that stopped any effort to solve
the issues....especially if Walker gets tossed in Wisconsin...that will start a cascade
effect...IMO...just sayin'.

[Turd_Ferguson]

Thank God for a sick kid. Sorry, I can't lead the country, got a kid with a tummy ache.That's pretty ****'n ****ty...

[StoopTroup]

That's pretty ****'n ****ty...I didn't hear Rick say he was leaving because of his Daughter but I did here Reince Prius or whatever his Majesty's name is mention that was one of Rick's Reasons. I was thinking that if it was over money for his Daughter's health....you'd think maybe he dropped out hoping that President Obama would get elected and that Obamacare would take care of her....or if he apologized and supported Romney that Mitt might offer him up a few bucks to take care of her medical bills. People sure change their tune about their kids once they are broke and unable to pay for their care. Maybe Rick is just gonna take her into the ER and get her checked out this weekend?

****ty or not...Rick has been pretty vocal about his Daughter's illness. I surely hope they get her help and if he really does need to focus more on her health....that he indeed is successful in helping her recover.

[StoopTroup]

Obama was just assured a second term...

I hate saying "I told you so" but It's been brewing since the Iowa Caucus/straw pole - Corn Dog Eating Contest.

[hawaii 5-0]

I think Santorum quit because not enough people bought his bullshlt.

Just like a lotta people still don't trust the Etch-A-Sketch Man Romney.

It's just a sad pathetic time for the Pugs spinning their wheels and still not coming up with a viable candidate.


Why doesn't Karl Rove run? He seems to be the Man running things right now?

Could it be because of his striking resemblance to Elmer Fudd?

Heh, heh, heh. Quiet. I'm hunting wabbits. Heh, heh, heh.

5-0

[rock on sooner]

Santorum dropped out now so he wouldn't be embarassed by losing his
home state of PA, as well as, his young daughter's health. I'm guessing
that he wants to save his "legacy" for 2016...can't figure why he'd run
since he lost his last senate race by 16 points.

I doubt that Rove's skin is thick enough for the vetting process, plus I'm
certain that his "dirty tricks" would come tumbling out of his closet...
those wabbits should be vewy, vewy afraid.....

[East Coast Bias]

That's pretty ****'n ****ty...
This is the first time I have seen Turd outraged at a post. Strange; Turd, you one of the Okie's that voted for Santorum?

[KantoSooner]

belittling a 3-year-old's terminal illness is a tad outre.

Not that I wouldn't go there for a good cause, but still.

[okie52]

belittling a 3-year-old's terminal illness is a tad outre.

Not that I wouldn't go there for a good cause, but still.

Santorum's kid is terminal?

[soonercoop1]

Hell, they can't shoot straight anyway! Gingrich will pontificate and Paul will continue
to squawk about staying home and not spending any money or any thing. Obama will
crank it up and BURY the Pubs,,,I'm thinking the 2010 freshmen are in trouble, cause
they, in being so stubborn, caused so many things that stopped any effort to solve
the issues....especially if Walker gets tossed in Wisconsin...that will start a cascade
effect...IMO...just sayin'.

Who exactly was offering solutions? Be honest.

[soonercoop1]

I hate saying "I told you so" but It's been brewing since the Iowa Caucus/straw pole - Corn Dog Eating Contest.

Been saying it since the establishment starting pushing Romney on us...

[rock on sooner]

Who exactly was offering solutions? Be honest.

Best I can recall, each time a Dem offered up a program of any sort that contained
additional revenue requests, a lockstep Pub bunch said no and walked away...only
wanting cut, cut , cut. EVERY economist I saw quoted said you can't cut your way
out of this mess, it requires additional revenue as well as cuts.

[Turd_Ferguson]

This is the first time I have seen Turd outraged at a post. Strange; Turd, you one of the Okie's that voted for Santorum?**** you...

[rock on sooner]

**** you...

Hey, TF, how do you REALLY feel?

[Wishboned]

Santorum's kid is terminal?

What she has can be. In fact less than 10% of children born with Trisomy 18 live past their first birthday.

It's also possible she can live into her 30's.

[okie52]

What she has can be. In fact less than 10% of children born with Trisomy 18 live past their first birthday.

It's also possible she can live into her 30's.

Thanks

I had no idea she was that ill.

[East Coast Bias]

**** you...

How big a stick did you have up your *** when you made that post? Sound familiar?

[KantoSooner]

Thanks

I had no idea she was that ill.

Sorry for late reply. I don't do chat boards from home. Wishboned has better info than I did. But, anyway, she's seriously ill.

[yermom]

it's not like it was some surprise. she'd probably be dead if she was my kid. i don't have Santorum money

[jkjsooner]

it's not like it was some surprise. she'd probably be dead if she was my kid. i don't have Santorum money

The whole thing with severe birth defects in utero is tough. There are no good answers in my opinion.

Sometimes they know a baby will live only hours after birth if they happen to make it that far. I don't think it's inappropriate or evil to make a decision to end pregnancy if it is based on a consideration of the suffering of the child.

I've known people who have had to face this exact scenario. In one it was so rare that they sent genetic results to the Mayo clinic and the consensus was that the baby's brain would essentially be absent. (I guess in that respect the baby wouldn't suffer as there wasn't a brain to process anything.) That same person talked about how they would have loved to have instead had a baby with Down's Syndrome who could have lived a very meaningful life.

I respect that Santorum made the tough choice. It's tough that this child is going to suffer and die early and some would argue that it is unethical to put the child through it. I think Santorum looked in his heart and made the decision he felt was right.

I think these are personal decisions and the government needs to stay out of them. In that sense I completely disagree with Santorum.


As for not being able to afford these things, the Republicans stances have been very hypocritical. They don't want to pay to keep Terry Schiavo alive yet they want to force others to do so. Some (but not all) on one hand talk of the sanctity of a child but on the other want to wash their hands of the burden to care for a child whose parents are unable to do so - especially if they feel that the parent is lazy or whatever.

[soonercoop1]

Best I can recall, each time a Dem offered up a program of any sort that contained
additional revenue requests, a lockstep Pub bunch said no and walked away...only
wanting cut, cut , cut. EVERY economist I saw quoted said you can't cut your way
out of this mess, it requires additional revenue as well as cuts. Why would anyone in their right mind give in to tax increases when Dems have refused any cuts at all? Moderate Pubs have been compromising with liberal progressive Dems for decades hence our current disaster...