DAILY GRINDER: Santorum No Longer Talking About Guy He Talks About in Fundraising E-Mails
Know how Rick Santorum just began invoking Dan Savage’s name and the old “Google Problem” after years of silence? He called the ‘It Gets Better’ entrepreneur a “hate activist” then sent out an email to his “supporters” begging – begging! – for money to combat Dan Savage’s “hate activism”/keep his own presidential campaign afloat....
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Proof the Jury’s Still Out on Whether Cigarettes Kill
Cigarettes: Killer or savior? Police talked down a man who scaled the Vine Street Expressway fence last night (holding up traffic for more than an hour), after promising him a cigarette. Without the cig, he might be dead. Now he’s just chilling in the Hall-Mercer mental health facility. See? Proof. Just like the headline said. [Daily News] If the rumors...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Santorum Mentions Dan Savage by Name
Rick Santorum is using the Dan Savage Google smear of his name to raise money! Really! From a Santorum camp email: “On last week’s episode, [Bill] Maher hosted hate activist Dan Savage. Instead of focusing on the issues and having an intellectual conversation, they broke into vile attacks against me and other conservatives… Remember this is not the...
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Behold, Rick Santorum Reduced to Begging Worse Than Before
Former Pennsylvania Anger Hog and Senator Rick Santorum wants to be president of Ray Finkle’s home town, for some reason. Problem is, as cool the father of seven is in theory, that hasn’t really been helping him out with cash proceeds, since the GOP seems to want to go exotic this year, until they have to actually, you know, vote. Today, he was minding his...
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USA Today Would Like You to Know that Rick Santorum Sucks Before You Read Rick Santorum’s Op/Ed
This is nice. Rick Santorum has an op/ed in USA Today all about why he supports an Iowan “Family” pledge that says black families were better off during slavery. But before we can read Rick Santorum’s series of passive aggressive excuses and anger, let’s know that in spite of what he says, he’s actually “outsourced his brain.” Thanks, guys! [USA...
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Behold, Rick Santorum’s Terrible ‘Math Fail’
Rick Santorum is always getting in trouble for saying stuff. Usually, that stuff can’t be proven right or wrong. It’s just sort of insane, bigoted, batshit that’s just like, his opinion, man. That ended this morning when he tried to do math on CNN. What followed was the claim that the Obama Administration created “only 240 million jobs” – which he...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Do Attorneys General Enjoy Magic Mushrooms?
Remember the Wingnut. Rick Santorum said that Attorney General Eric Holder was “eating mushrooms” when he publicly supported trying terror suspects in civilian courts. Mushrooms — or, as you called them in high school, “boomers” (?) — always seem to have that “not trying terror suspects in military tribunals” effect....
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DAILY GRINDER: The Soda Tax is Dead! Long Live the Soda Tax!
Big, big news: No soda tax! Instead, City Council has once again pulled the old bait and switch, squeezing out a deal to raise $53 million by temporarily raising property taxes – again. Inside sources are saying the hike is 3.85 percent for one year along with permanent increases in Center City and University City parking rates. [CBS] Fox 29 is saying these...
Continue ReadingSantorum: ‘Any Doctor Who Performs an Abortion Should be Criminally Charged’
For all his craziness, Former Pa. Sen. Rick Santorum made a strong case for himself on Meet The Press yesterday. He repeated a PhillyNow talking point that, on any and every issue, he is the standalone conservative Republican in the race, whether Republicans looking for a new, hip candidate like it or not. And that includes his no-bullshit stance on abortion. For...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Best ‘Santorum Announces’ Headline?
Does Little Green Footballs have the best headline out there as it pertains to Rick Santorum’s run for the presidency? It reads, “Rick Santorum Announces – Craziest GOP Candidate Yet?” Charles Johnson, owner of the blog, writes of Washington Post’s Jonathan Bernstein noting that when Santorum announced, he made a point of saying Paul Ryan’s budget...
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