Santorum Makes Nice With Palin, Says Other Stuff At CPAC
Similar to the Korean War – and perhaps as important! – the feud between Sarah Palin and former PA Senator Rick Santorum has come to a standstill. The odd-couple quit their passive aggressive Internet/TV fighting through an intermediary exchange because when it comes down to it, the real enemy is President Barack Obama’s creeping Islamic socialism and/or...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: When Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum Feud Over Trivial Garbage, Everyone Wins
Where have we heard this before: Corbett is going through the budget “line by line.” [Tribune Review] McFaddens Bar…spin the wheel…and…wait for it…sex abuse. Keep up all the good work guys! [AP] Conservatives are obsessed with “how conservative” members of congress really are. So, every year they create these ridiculous rating systems based on...
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Santorum To Join Speaking Tour With Iowa Group That Likens Homosexuality To ‘Second Hand Smoke’
Not that you’re surprised, but… An Iowa-based group representing the values of a narrowing definition of “The Family” is on a 99-county tour throughout that civil-unionizing Midwestern state. They’re called The Family Leader and are working with several 2012 presidential hopefuls, including Pennsylvania’s own Rick Santorum. Speakers like Santorum,...
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Rick Santorum: Champion of Alternative Fuels
Unsuccessfully running for office is one thing. Pander-bearing all over the place when you’re known for being someone who sticks to his own principles, no matter how crazy they may be, is quite another. That’s what’s going on with Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator who’s traveling through Iowa, running for president and taking brand new stands...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Nothing Here Is Meant To Shock You
Congrats, Philly. You are the “unhappiest football city” in America. [CBS] Pennsylvania Republicans Mike Fitzpatrick and Rick Santorum were named this week in a White House Office of Political Affairs report, which said the Bush Administration violated federal law by helping out the then-losers in their 2006 re-election bids. [Morning Call] Philadelphia...
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Rick Santorum: ‘Remarkable For A Black Man’ To Have Opinion On Abortion Rights
Universally-hated Rick Santorum spoke with right-wing CNS News about a variety of topics, like abortion, gay marriage and gay adoption (against, against, against) and let out this lovely gem concerning President Barack Obama’s stance on the practice of what some may call infanticide: “The question is — and this is what Barack Obama didn’t...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Nutter Makes Up Bad Insult For Good Reason
Television ghoul Glenn Beck said “Philadelphia sucks” on the air. His reason: It’s too scary to walk around Independence Mall after 6 p.m. (especially as the Ritz is letting out). He called the area “the killing streets.” Mayor Nutter’s spokesman struck back, saying Beck suffered from “verb-arrhea” (um, good one?) and Police Lt. Ray Evers...
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DAILY GRINDER: #ImFromPhilly
Last night on Twitter, the tweet tag #ImFromPhilly was the top-trending on the site locally and “for a time,” in the top 10 tweets across the globe. After the tag, Twitter-ers would say something about the wonderful city. Here’s some of our favorites we found (we’re omitting Twitter names): “where them old heads and young boi’s live…”...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Fixing the Budget, One $25 License At a Time
Philadelphia tour guides are suing for the freedom to to tell tourists whatever they want. Andrew Breitbart’s “Big Government” website claims this is all about the city’s “budget priorities,” because Internet politics arguments have to be based on irrationality, all the time. (We’re sure the city is just raking it in with that $25 license...
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