Almost every week, Republicans join a competition to see who can say the most outlandish things, and in the process, they push the envelope on just how hilariously unhinged InsaniTEA can become. I trust that you will believe it, when I tell you that last week was no exception.
Rick Santorum also brings his crazy to the kiddie version of the GOP debate.
Being consigned to the junior GOP debate did not stop Rick Santorum from flying his flake flag high and proud this week. Santorum rewarded the early shift of GOP Debate Drinking Game participants by offering a triple whammy.
With an assist from debate moderator Bill Hemmer, Santorum was able to mash together abortion, same-sex marriage and slavery, and then compare himself to Abraham Lincoln. That takes some high-flying feats of delusional mental acrobatics. But Santorum proved utterly up to the task.
Hemmer reminded the candidate that abortion and now same-sex marriage are settled law thanks to Supreme Court decisions—those unfortunate byproducts of the Constitution so many conservatives profess to love. Santorum said he begs to differ.
“It is not [settled law] any more than the Dred Scott [decision backing slavery] was settled law to Abraham Lincoln,” Santorum insisted. “This a rogue Supreme Court decision.”
And where does that Supreme Court get off ruling on the constitutionality of a law? (Which is what, of course, the Supreme Court does.)
“We passed a bill and we said, Supreme Court, you’re wrong!" Santorum said, using the appropriate syntax for the kiddie table. "We’re a co-equal branch of the government, we have every right to stand up and say what is constitutional.’”
Take that, Supreme Court.
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We may be hearing the last from the Fubar of Froth, because his entire paid campaign staff has quit and gone searching for work. This is only the fifth of five hilariously unhinged Republican moments from last week alone. Click through for the other four.
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So that's at least 3–Rand has indictments in his PAC and Trump lost staff over the debate, too. Let us hope more also abandon other sinking ships so we have far fewer than 17 still running by year's end.
Arrrrggghghhh – that sound you hear is me screaming at the insanity…. where so they find these people???
OK – I'm going out on another limb here, and predicting Rick "Frothy" Santorum will NOT be occupying the White House come January 20, 2017.
Phewwww … That took a lot out of me, so I have to rest now and recoup my "Crystal Ball Mojo"
Dang!! Such cutting pshchic talent!!
. Trump clarifies which of Megyn Kelly's orifices he really meant, which is tremendously helpful.
In a rare backtrack, Donald Trump assured the world that he did not mean to imply that Fox anchor Megyn Kelly was “on the rag” when he said she had "blood coming out of her wherever" on Friday. Well, he did not so much backtrack as make a whiny plea that he was so misunderstood. Trump added that "only a deviant" would think he meant she was menstruating.
Is it really far off base? After all women will be in the lime light and it will or not be in 2016 but it will be. Men feel threated by women(after all we all know they racist) I guess they know a woman can and will get the job done. The question is do we what a right wing nut going rogue running our country? That will be just as bad Bush/cheny and we all know how that went.
Mama, men are not threatened by women. Republicans are.
1.. The Donald – in spite of his backtracking, I do not believe he would have made the same observation about Hillary Clinton or Elizabeth Warren. Not for any positivie reason such as respect . Simply because he would consider them too old for the observation to apply.
2. Well, I have to say he still gets competition from Gordon Klingenschmitt. Who fortunately has not attained as high an office as Huck, being only a state representative in the Colorado house. And I pray he has nowhere to go but down. And out. Out would be good.
3. Is Todd Starnes anybody?
4 Steve King – how silly. Of course no one will want to marry his lawnmower. Now his gun – that, very possibly (as Bill Maher once said, "You took it out to dinner, didn't you?)
5. Pace Brian McFadden, even kittens in fluffy "Santorum" sweaters will not solve his Google problem. Or any of his other problems.
6. With the debates – Hownell did they keep it down to five?
And I agree with Yvonne White (Care2) – may as many as possible stay in the race as long as possible and draw attention to as much craziness as possible as longs as they can.
Any truth to the rumor that a Weed-Whacker will be the "Best Man" for Steve King marrying his lawnmower?
I don't know about you, but I'm getting him a quart of Briggs & Stratton Lawnmower Oil for his wedding present. (Yeah, it'll be a little tough to wrap, but I'll manage.)
My "Out on a Limb Prediction" – by the end of summer the lawnmower will be asking for a divorce … she just doesn't like being pushed around all the time! (Insert rimshot)
You are funny tonight!
Thanks for those tears in my eyes from laughing so hard, NoName, these comments really keep me sane.
Starnes is a conservative columnist, racist, and Faux Noise contributor. I gave him a parade once.
You did indeed, and I saw it, and apparently found him forgettable. But I figured he was "somebody" to Fox, and was trying to be dismissive.
Steve King — You've been invited to the wedding of Ted Nugent! He's marrying his guitar and his rifle with the traditional marriage vow "…til death do us part."
Huckabee and Santorum — I think they have several things in common . . . they are both batshit crazy leaving all others behind in the dust except the original batshit Guano Girl who is in retirement; and neither one is fit for public office, let alone presidential material.
Trump — And this idiot wants to be in charge of foreign relations where all words must be weighed carefully, not uttered like an out of control machine gun? It's not going to happen. Dump Trump!
Varney — Who?
Aren't his guitar and hir rifle a little old? I hear he likes them young.
He apparently has one of the controversial FL bear hunting licenses despite his problem in Alaska with hunting a bear…
How the heck do we deal with nuts like these and how did our country get so crazy that these people could even be considered as Presidential candidates from any party? They could make a Steve Martin movie, minus his intelligence, of course.
You are so right, Edie. Every now and again need to remind myself again that this isn't some silly movie or reality show and wonder how it could ever have gotten this far. America has a bunch of crazy clowns lined up to succeed, what the West would call, the first true statesman in years. The contrast couldn't be any bigger and yet it appears this is what America wants.
You're right – it's sad … just very sad.
But WORSE – it's scary … very, VERY scary!
Steve Martin has some great books, too–not all humor. He can also write about complex physics so intelligent may be an understatement for him.
Looking at the 'debate' from afar – I have to agree wholeheartedly with Edie. It really looks bizarre.
With Trump in the game, we knew that craziness among Republican hopefuls would go in overdrive and that most Republican politicians would be caught up in the tidal wave. And overdrive it was. I've heard that most Americans don't drive "stick" and probably do not know that newer gearbox models now have six gears, with two overdrives instead of one, but for the GOP even that is not enough, they need a insanity overdrive to the two existing crazies.
So much delusion and completely unhinged thinking in people who seriously believe they are God's answer to a black (Muslim) president is becoming more and more painful to watch. The lying and confabulating is beyond belief except for their rabid base of angry white men, who lap it all up. And each one of them is beyond help as Rick Santorum proved again. Only a week ago Rachel Maddow told him he was wrong about Congress being able to undo a SCOTUS decision by passing a new law, but he won't hear of it and continues in the same vein in the debate. And of course Republican homophobes are only too happy to take his word for it. Rick knows his law and constitution better than SCOTUS itself, right?
1. The Donald will never apologize for anything because he thinks he can do no wrong. His arrogance is astonishing. What's with the pursed or pouty lips all the time? Is it supposed to make him look pensive or petulant?
2. Huckabee once again proved hiself to be a huckster. I'm not buying what he's selling.
3. Todd who???
4. Steve King has romantic feelings toward his power tools. He better be careful if he takes them to bed.
5. Santorum, the ?best? for last? If SCROTUS has gone rogu, does that mean that Citizens' United should be overturned in his mind? No! Because it benefits him and his party. It is only the laws he disagrees with.
See my reply to JD. 🙂
Fantastic and fun reading the article and the comments. Only thing not funny about these clowns is that they all think they can and should serve as president of our country.
Thanks.
Welcome Fiona!
Amen!
Nice to see you here, too, Fiona!
Thanks all! Hugs!!
A friend in Belgium thinks politics here are total insanity; says no one could believe that Shrub got elected for dog catcher, much less TWO terms as President. I told her that I whole-heartedly agree…that what's going on now makes that episode look semi-sane by comparison. And Trump?! Europeans thank their Higher Power daily that there's an ocean between us!
I really want to get out the vote! For the upcoming Congressional elections, too….it got totally out of sanity when we didn't go to the polls there….This bumper crop of crazies could NOT have gotten elected if we had gotten out the voters!
Small correction: Dubya was NOT elected twice. He was elected once (2004), but was GIFTED the first time, courtesy of SCOTUS in cahoots with Gov. Jebya in Florida.