Santorum Is On The Ups; Did Gay Stance Change?
After an publishing an op/ed in the Des Moines Register this week, Presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum got what he both craves and needs from the media: Reactions. Wonkette called him “pathetic” for his correct criticism of the Obama Administration’s Defense of Marriage Act ignore-ance. Science Blogs called him a “frothy...
Continue ReadingWATCH: ‘Insider’ Predicts Santorum Iowa Win
The Des Moines, Iowa NBC affiliate’s politics show “The Insiders” had an interesting Sunday. After the regular left-right debating that goes on out there in corn country, the guests Jeff Lamberti (R) and Jerry Crawford (D) made their predictions on the “Peer into the Future” segment. Crawford made the prediction you’ve been reading on PhillyNow...
Continue Reading
Santorum’s Suspension Brings Him To CNN
Rick Santorum’s going to make the most of this suspension. On paid leave, he’s moving to one of the other news channels to spew his spew via interview. The problem: It’s CNN, and no one watches CNN, or ever has. But it was still filmed and Santorum makes the argument that he’s been a “consistent conservative on all the issues that people care about...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Smoothing a Few Things Out
Not News: Fox News suspended Rick Santorum (and Newt Gingrich) yesterday, which you heard about, because he’s running for president and that’s a conflict of interest. [Politico] News: The network didn’t suspend Mike Huckabee or Sarah Palin. [Say what?] Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey claims last year’s Daily News expose on crooked cops cost him putting...
Continue ReadingUpdate: Santorum (Correctly) Attacks GOP on DOMA, Has Gay Friends?
The GOP is a bunch of pussies, says former Senator Rick Santorum. Why else would they remain quiet over the last couple days as the Obama Administration openly discredits the Constitution? The former Pennsylvania Senator – and object of public ridicule, always – spoke with USA Today recently on his way home from Iowa. In the conversation, he makes fun of...
Continue Reading
Santorum’s (Correct) Response To DOMA Reversal
You knew this was coming, right? “President Obama’s refusal to defend a law that was overwhelmingly supported on both sides of the aisle and signed into law by a president of his own party is an affront to the will of the people…This is yet another example of our president’s effort to erode the very traditions that have made our country the greatest...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Dog Bites Man, Man Shoots Dog
Auditor Jack Wagner says he won’t pursue an audit of the no-bid contracts. Because the FBI will do it for him. Uh oh, Arlene. [Inky] Pennsylvania’s sex offender site no longer looks like it was created as a circa-1997 AOL homepage using a dial-up modem (which, strange but true, is where AOL makes the majority of their money still). Though perhaps they’re...
Continue Reading
Santorum Makes More Inappropriate Analogies
Look. The pleasure we get out of Rick Santorum blogs is minimal. They can be fun, sure, but in reality it’d be nice not to have to write these things. He’s just so out of control. And it’s every-freaking-day with him. That he’s viciously running for president on an all-psychotic platform – and thus far best lined up for the win – is alarming....
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Lies, Damned Lies and DROP Studies
According to a new study, DROP costs about half what Nutter’s Baltimore consultants said. Based on an initial knee-jerk reaction, we don’t really know what to think, either. Except we know Frank Rizzo, Jr. is probably happy. And maybe Frank DiCicco will scrape that silly legislation and keep his money, after all. [Philly.com] The Union League of Philadelphia...
Continue Reading
