{"id":6706,"date":"2012-01-10T00:10:32","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T08:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=6706"},"modified":"2012-01-10T00:10:32","modified_gmt":"2012-01-10T08:10:32","slug":"slipping-in-the-santorum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/10\/slipping-in-the-santorum\/","title":{"rendered":"Slipping in the Santorum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rick \u201cGoogle Me\u201d Santorum is a hateful, bigoted hypocrite.  He has repeatedly demonstrated his distain for civil rights, gay rights, women’s rights and human rights. Yesterday Santorum slipped in himself, displaying his hypocrisy with an extreme contradiction.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"SantorumHat\"<\/a>Rick Santorum regularly touts the importance of families on the campaign trail, but during a town hall event in New Hampshire this afternoon, the former Pennsylvania senator argued that he would break up immigrant families who entered the country illegally. \u201cIt happens every day, we take fathers and mothers out of their families if they break the law and [undocumented immigrants] shouldn\u2019t be treated any better than American citizens who break the law and being separated from their families,\u201d he explained, before noting that his grandfather also left his family in Italy in order to enter the United States legally: <\/font><\/p>\n

SANTORUM: My grandfather made sacrifices. He lived in this country five years without his family\u2026So when I hear people say, \u2018well, people have lived here a long time, and they\u2019ve played by the rules and we don\u2019t want to separate families.\u2019 Well, my grandfather separated from his family. Why? Because America was worth it<\/strong><\/span>. <\/font><\/p>\n

Several minutes later, however, in response to a question about his opposition to same-sex marriage, Santorum touted his support for so-called traditional families. \u201cI think family is important and I think marriage is important for children to have strong families as the foundational element of our community,\u201d he said. \u201cAbsolutely. I think it\u2019s essential for the economy.\u201d\u2026 [emphasis original<\/em><\/span>]<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here\u2019s the video:<\/font><\/p>\n