Rick Santorum Says the Darndest Things...

[clockworkgirl21]

I guess I can understand if someone is against abortion because they think the fetus is a human being. But I don't understand how someone can be against abortion but at the same time believe it's none of the government's business if people die in poverty. Are fetuses people but those stuck in poverty are not?

[Smurfette Principle]

Are fetuses people but those stuck in poverty are not?

Short answer: yes. Long answer: those in poverty are being tested by God, while babies who are aborted are innocents. Those in poverty will eventually get better by praying a lot, and it's their prerogative to make sure they pray enough to get out of poverty. Fetuses are babies.

[Napoleon the Clown]

What you need to remember is that a lot of self-described "pro-life" advocates are really pro-birth, not pro-life.

[kefkaownsall]

What you need to remember is that a lot of self-described "pro-life" advocates are really pro-birth, not pro-life.

To be fair there are some pro life feminist groups that do try to actually live up to being pro-life
But you are right as I can't call a guy who outright rejected that over 45000 people die each year due to lack of health insurance

[MrsYoungie]

Foetuses are people.  Corporations are people.
Actual people? are just parasites.

[Napoleon the Clown]

What you need to remember is that a lot of self-described "pro-life" advocates are really pro-birth, not pro-life.

To be fair there are some pro life feminist groups that do try to actually live up to being pro-life
But you are right as I can't call a guy who outright rejected that over 45000 people die each year due to lack of health insurance

I used the phrase "a lot" because I'm quite aware that not all of them are simply pro-birth and are indeed in favor of life period.

[Lithp]

For the scariest reason imaginable - they've got nobody left. The best they could do is Huntsman and he's unelectable to them. Paul and The Glove are the next with Glove being the most likely to have a chance. The religinuts back Frothy because they love him the best. It's like voting for the 500+:1 odds horse/boxing match, or using your car and a rope as a penis enhancement tool. If you get lucky, it doesn't matter that it'll never work again in a million years, it doesn't have to.

They just have to set their cards up right to get Frothy to win this once, and America's fucked.

Aside from tradition or stubbornness, is there anything stopping them from supporting another party's candidate this time around?

I know it's not going to happen, but in theory it seems to be an option besides Rick Santorum.

[Vene]

They could vote for the Constitution Party.

[Cataclysm]

They could vote for the Constitution Party.

Constitution Party's isolationist policies probably don't encourage them to invade Middle Eastern countries, which Santorum and most other GOP candidates besides Paul express interest in.

[ironbite]

Oh Rick, you had to open your stupid mouth on abortion didn't you?  DIDN'T YOU!?

GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum explained his opposition to abortion even in cases of rape during an interview Friday, saying that women who face such circumstances should "make the best out of a bad situation."

Let's bold what I find this absolutely horrendous.  I'll even blow it up for you.

saying that women who face such circumstances should "make the best out of a bad situation."

I WILL MURDER YOU YOU SON OF A FUCKING BITCH!  I WILL MURDER YOU UNTIL THERE'S NOTHING LEFT OF YOU!  EVER!

Ironbite-*goes off to the Angry Dimension*

[Kain]

Fuckin' hell. And they call me disordered.

[Smurfette Principle]

Oh, poor Karen Santorum, having to comfort her husband while "the gay activists" bully him.

[Kain]

Oh, poor Karen Santorum, having to comfort her husband while "the gay activists" bully him.

>Tells a group of people they shouldn't have the same rights as the majority and/or should be criminalised for their very existence
>Acts surprised when they get offended
>Forgets that free speech is a two-way street

EDIT: Where the hell is that comic strip where, at the end, the Christian goes "STOP PERSECUTING ME"?

[Eniliad]

This time it's for not saying anything.

(Yes, I found out about this from Colbert. Sue me.)

[clockworkgirl21]

I think it's wrong to say men can't have an opinion when it comes to abortion because it affects them as well, but when it comes to rape pregnancies, men need to shut their damn mouths.