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Permalink Reply by dr kellie on February 22, 2012 at 4:51pm

Yes.  When I am in professional situations and I can't reveal how liberal I am, I tell (when asked) people that I am a Goldwater conservative.  They usually don't know what that means.  Kind of like when I introduce my girlfriend as my "consort" instead of using a word they would understand.

Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on February 22, 2012 at 5:08pm

I always say I can't discuss politics, then move on to something noncontroversial, like have they taste-tested varietal olive oils and do they like Spanish or Italian oils better?

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on February 22, 2012 at 8:44pm

Huh?  You deal with people who don't know what a consort is?

Permalink Reply by Jim DePaulo on February 24, 2012 at 3:04pm

He also said "Anyone calling themself a Christian should kick Jerry Falwell in the ass"

Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on February 24, 2012 at 10:03pm

Excellent!

Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on February 25, 2012 at 11:00am

Here is adiscussion on Barry Goldwater that was in the history group.  Some interesting insights. "Barry Goldwater was a conservative libertarian Atheist Republican. I'm so confused!"

Permalink Reply by matthew greenberg on February 22, 2012 at 10:27am

then there's this revealing quote from Santorum in 2008:

 

When asked if he believed Obama is a "sincere liberal Christian," the former Pennsylvania senator said he didn't believe that sort of ideology exists, and that Obama's church, United Church of Christ in Chicago, had "abandoned Christendom" and used a non-literal interpretation of the Bible.

"I don't think there is such a thing," he said of Obama as a liberal Christian. "To take what is plainly written and say that 'I don't agree with that, therefore I don't have to pay attention to it,' means you're not what you say you are. You're a liberal something, but you're not a Christian."

 

but wait, i thought Santorum said "I've repeatedly said I don't question the president's faith," he said. "I've repeatedly said that I believe the president's Christian."

 

um, no, you haven't.  LIAR!!!!!!!!!

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on February 22, 2012 at 8:47pm

Not that this surprises me, but this idiot doesn't even understand his own religion.  I was raised Catholic.  The fucking Catholic church doesn't even take the Bible literally.  He's pandering to the fundigelical whack-jobs, not even correctly representing his faith.

Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on February 22, 2012 at 4:55pm

Santorum on the right to privacy.  It's interesting that he apparently views ejaculation of semen into a vagina as a giving act, and act of self sacrifice!

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The state has a right to outlaw birth control even by a married couple in their own bedroom.

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The state has a right to enter your bedroom and search for contraceptives or contraceptive devices.

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This man is a passionate religious zealot, a crusader for imposition of Vatican Catholicism on the American people.  All of those evangelicals who support him - he thinks they are satan-inspired, not-real-christians.  Thoughtless knee-jerk conservatives, who they think they are getting - a savior of the unborn babies, and antigay savior - hates them all.  I can't believe how self-defeating, thoughtless, and uninformed those republican primary voters are.

Permalink Reply by Greg LeGore on February 22, 2012 at 8:14pm

Joseph, I like your way of thinking about this - sadly, Santorum would create the very totalitarian state and theocracy he criticizes overseas!

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on February 22, 2012 at 8:50pm

Perhaps a quick drop into insanity will get more notice than a slow slide.  If the change is gradual enough, most people won't notice.  The American people are not particularly observant.

Permalink Reply by Reason Being on February 24, 2012 at 1:27pm

Santorum becomes more dangerous every day.  It is clear that he does not value the separation of Church and State.  Okay, I can be upset about that.  When he was just a whackjob rightwing candidate off to the side of the real contenders, it wasn't too bad.  What really gets my blood boiling is that every day, he is bolstered by more and more support and his message keeps getting stronger and stronger.  I truly hope the only reason he is doing well is that only other wingnuts like him go vote in primaries, as is traditionally the case.  He is a scary dude, who wants to bring us back a few centuries instead of forward.

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