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The latest Rasmussen Reports survey shows that Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is continuing to lose ground in his battle for re-election. Santorum trails Democrat Bob Casey, Jr by twenty percentage points, 54% to 34%.

― M. V. (M.V.), Thursday, 10 November 2005 23:46 (twenty years ago)

Waiting a full year for your political orgasm is even longer than frickin' Sting takes for his real ones. Cool your jets.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 10 November 2005 23:48 (twenty years ago)

Gotta start sometime.

― M. V. (M.V.), Thursday, 10 November 2005 23:51 (twenty years ago)

Yeah don't count your chickens before they hatch. That said if ANY Republican senator seems doomed, I'd say Santorum was the best bet.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 10 November 2005 23:59 (twenty years ago)

Unless it turns out that Casey had an affair with a five year old boy, I think he's a shoe-in at this point.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Friday, 11 November 2005 00:09 (twenty years ago)

Whoops, I obviously don't know how to spell shoo-in.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Friday, 11 November 2005 00:10 (twenty years ago)

There's an article about this race in The New Yorker this week, and about how the Democrats are more willing than in the recent past to embrace anti-abortion candidates who they think can win. I guess Rendell -- at Chuck Schumer's behest -- muscled a pro-choice woman out of the race to clear the decks for Casey.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Friday, 11 November 2005 00:35 (twenty years ago)

And Santorum is trying to hide from Dubya's upcoming appearance in Wilkes-Barre...

― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 11 November 2005 00:50 (twenty years ago)

If I were facing Santorum in an election I'd capitalize big time on the idiotic statement he made about liberals being at fault for the molestation of children by priests.

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 11 November 2005 03:39 (twenty years ago)

If I were facing Santorum in an election I'd capitalize big time on the idiotic statement he made about liberals being at fault for the molestation of children by priests.

especially since there was a HUGE stink a month or so ago wr2 a report showing that the philadelphia diocese covered up the molestor priests in the diocese (i.e., this sorta thing isn't just confined to "liberal" boston).

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 11 November 2005 08:34 (twenty years ago)

Waiting a full year for your political orgasm is even longer than frickin' Sting takes for his real ones
Nice.

And sensible.

― Sparkle Motion's Rising Force, Friday, 11 November 2005 14:08 (twenty years ago)

http://santorumexposed.com/serendipity/archives/93-How-big-is-%20Santorums-cap.html

on the whole "tort reform" thing, and how the guy made money off of malpractice suits that he's now trying to limit

― kingfish cold slither (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

eleven months pass...

http://americablog.blogspot.com/santorumx.jpg

BUY-BYE, EX-SENATOR MAN-ON-DAWG!!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 01:23 (nineteen years ago)

Looks like he's having a dog-on-man moment outside the frame of that picture.

― Django Blowhardt (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 01:28 (nineteen years ago)

Is it official that he lost?

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 01:29 (nineteen years ago)

not official yet, but at this point it'd take a miracle for Republicans for Santorum to hold on

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 01:31 (nineteen years ago)

I would love to see the deleted scene from that Dawn of the Dead remake where some character takes a sip of coffee, spews it up, and says "This coffee tastes like SANTORUM!"- apparently they showed it at a test screening and people went apeshit laughing but then it got cut anyway.

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 01:33 (nineteen years ago)

No concessions yet, but I think the margin is around 17-20 points, so it's a safe call. (xpost)

― Django Blowhardt (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 01:33 (nineteen years ago)

hasn't been updated on their webpage yet, but just heard it on NPR.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 01:35 (nineteen years ago)

YAY

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 01:37 (nineteen years ago)

11/7/2006, 8:39 p.m. ET
The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Senate's No. 3 Republican bit the dust Tuesday. Rick Santorum, one of President Bush's most steadfast supporters, was routed by Robert Casey, the anti-abortion, anti-gun control son of a popular Pennsylvania governor.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 01:52 (nineteen years ago)

I freely admit that should this hold, I'll be enjoying Lopez's meltdown on NROworld.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 01:56 (nineteen years ago)

john aravosis says it all, really.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 02:00 (nineteen years ago)

I freely admit that should this hold, I'll be enjoying Lopez's meltdown on NROworld

Will you ask for tears, Ned? To wit:

"I won't be writing the amazing Senator Santorum comeback piece."

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 02:01 (nineteen years ago)

That's a *start*...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 02:06 (nineteen years ago)

http://americablog.blogspot.com/santorumx.jpg

"Honest and true. Do I look like the sort of person who would lie to ya?"

― Scorpion Tea (Dick Butkus), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 02:33 (nineteen years ago)

I wish I could be excited about this. Casey is just about as thrilling a politician as his dad was, and I have a hard time believing that the conservative Dems will have the effect on Washington that the Class of '94 had for the other side. Even though an MSNBC exit poll showed more than 50% of Americans support some degree of troop withdrawal, dudes like Casey & friends aren't making a case for it, and neither is Dean.

[I almost wish I voted for Lynn Swann, just to be able to say that I did (Dude lost like 84% to 16% here in Philly according to some exit polls). His campaign proved his best fade route yet.]

― blackmail (blackmail.is.my.life), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 03:45 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not a Casey fan and I was too lazy to register, but I'm glad Santorum's gone.

― Zwan (miccio), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 03:48 (nineteen years ago)

Trust me, I voted for you. Our district regularly has 100%+ turnout.

― blackmail (blackmail.is.my.life), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 03:51 (nineteen years ago)

http://home.millsaps.edu/mcelvrs/Bush-mission-accomplished.jpg

― M. V. (M.V.), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 05:57 (nineteen years ago)

http://americablog.blogspot.com/santorumx.jpg
http://animatedtv.about.com/library/graphics/bender.jpg

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:12 (nineteen years ago)

No, even more appropriate, as I posted elsewhere today:

http://americablog.blogspot.com/santorumx.jpg http://www.tolkienforums.com/Mouth%20of%20sauron%20image.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:14 (nineteen years ago)

headline on philly.com [the inquirer and daily news webpage]: Casey wipes out Santorum

― blackmail (blackmail.is.my.life), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 12:39 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.post-gazette.com/images4/2006108rr_santorum_concedePJ_580.jpg

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 13:15 (nineteen years ago)

I like the Harry Potter kid

― DougD (DougD), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 13:35 (nineteen years ago)

He edits the Guardian, doesn't he?

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 13:38 (nineteen years ago)

MEGAROFFLES AT ED'S PIC

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 13:43 (nineteen years ago)

Credit must go to hstencil on the other thread.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 13:44 (nineteen years ago)

KUDOS TO HSTENCIL TOO, I AIN'T STINGY

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 13:46 (nineteen years ago)

i recognize that look on the mom's face: it says "holeeeeeeeeeeee shit, can i please just euthanize my kids now, because it's only going to get worse"

― the 48 states competition (1939) (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 13:51 (nineteen years ago)

Meanwhile...

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/robhatchmiller/PH2006110500814.jpg

Mike DeWine's wife is a man!!!

― Hatch (Hatch), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 13:59 (nineteen years ago)

No Mike DeWine's wife is that Desp Housewives actress who made the terrible tranny comedy.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:04 (nineteen years ago)

OMG why is DeWine's daughter carrying that giant sea slug?

― StanM (StanM), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:17 (nineteen years ago)

It's like They Live! The whole family is wearing human masks and that baby is their real form!

― StanM (StanM), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:18 (nineteen years ago)

I can't imagine a person who looks less like Felicity Huffman than that "woman" but ok.

Why is Santorum's little girl wearing the same dress as her doll? Creeeeepy.

― Allyzay Eisenschefter (allyzay), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:18 (nineteen years ago)

Her own personal MiniMe.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:19 (nineteen years ago)

Santorum trails Democrat Bob Casey, Jr by twenty percentage points, 54% to 34%.

A right-wing, pro-life, pro-gun, pro-war, Christian conservative stands as a democrat? And wins! Well done America you sure showed those right-wing, pro-l oh wait...

You couldn't make it up.

― ONIMO ph34rz teh NOIZE (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:19 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, Gerry, but the other guy liked to take dead fetuses home and try to nurse them back to health.

I'm not really joking either.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:56 (nineteen years ago)

SRSLY.jpg?

― ONIMO ph34rz teh NOIZE (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:58 (nineteen years ago)

yes, he is a fruit loop, I'll try and find a source

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:02 (nineteen years ago)

Never mind, I googled it.

In his Senate office, on a shelf next to an autographed baseball, Sen. Rick Santorum keeps a framed photo of his son Gabriel Michael, the fourth of his seven children. Named for two archangels, Gabriel Michael was born prematurely, at 20 weeks, on Oct. 11, 1996, and lived two hours outside the womb.

Upon their son's death, Rick and Karen Santorum opted not to bring his body to a funeral home. Instead, they bundled him in a blanket and drove him to Karen's parents' home in Pittsburgh. There, they spent several hours kissing and cuddling Gabriel with his three siblings, ages 6, 4 and 1 1/2. They took photos, sang lullabies in his ear and held a private Mass.

"That's my little guy," Santorum says, pointing to the photo of Gabriel, in which his tiny physique is framed by his father's hand. The senator often speaks of his late son in the present tense. It is a rare instance in which he talks softly.

He and Karen brought Gabriel's body home so their children could "absorb and understand that they had a brother," Santorum says. "We wanted them to see that he was real," not an abstraction, he says. Not a "fetus," either, as Rick and Karen were appalled to see him described -- "a 20-week-old fetus" -- on a hospital form. They changed the form to read "20-week-old baby."

― ONIMO ph34rz teh NOIZE (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

santorum on schiavo was, um, kind of a nail in the coffin, in a manner of speaking.

― blackmail (blackmail.is.my.life), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:04 (nineteen years ago)

That's not exactly the same as "take dead fetuses home and try to nurse them back to health" --- it's a fairly fucked up way to mourn a dead child but I think children dying fucks people up.

xpost to myself

― ONIMO ph34rz teh NOIZE (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:05 (nineteen years ago)

Onimo quite right there.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:05 (nineteen years ago)

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f122/robhatchmiller/PH2006110500814.jpg

http://media.mnginteractive.com/media/paper122/20050126_SCN_012605_NEW_YORK_DOLLS.JPG

― antexit (antexit), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

I am actually starting to write out the K-Fed and Santorum movie, America's Most Hated: Part Deux. This election has made me go a bit (more) wackadoo.

― Beth S. (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

:-D

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:12 (nineteen years ago)

Isn't that Santorum thing fairly standard practice? It happened to a friend of the ex-wife, the hospital encouraged her and her husband to do it to help them cope with the grieving process. The impression she got was that it was a fairly routine thing to get the dead baby 'home' for a few hours provided the mother was up to it.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:20 (nineteen years ago)

I've read similar stories before so I think it's not uncommon.

― Beth S. (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:23 (nineteen years ago)

lol @ conservatives talking up santorum's newfound "freedom" for a SCOTUS nomination

― what does it mean “hockey sticks”? (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:23 (nineteen years ago)

From the Wikipedia page on stillbirth:

Everyone responds differently to grief and loss: some individuals cope better with their grief if presented with the option of spending personal time with their child, sometimes bathing, dressing, and taking photos of them; and many parents wish to keep memorabilia such as clothing, hospital bracelets, and/or footprints/ultrasound photos. Often, missing these opportunities (due to traumatic stress, illness, or other factor) or being denied them can compound the loss, and it is important that these options be expressly offered or suggested by the health care providers or others involved with the family. Many hospitals provide families with a "memory box"; these are donated to hospitals, primarily by local organizations concerned with stillbirth and child loss.

If the family has other children, developmental psychology generally suggests that: giving them the opportunity to meet their stillborn sibling allows them to experience the child as a real person and helps them understand death; it is natural for children to ask many questions, which should be answered openly and honestly, and they should be encouraged to share their thoughts and feelings, especially if they seem to be withdrawing; children tend to apply literal interpretations to what they are told, so accurate terminology should be used when discussing the stillborn child, death, and similar subjects, so that the child does not become confused or develop phobias (such as developing a sleeping phobia when a stillborn is referred to as "asleep").

Laughing at somebody who's suffered this, much less making political capital out of it, is beyond fucked up.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

there is absolutely nothing fucked up about laughing at rick santorum. for any reason. ever.

― bo janglin (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

he and all of his children could spontaneous develop cancer of the fingernails and i would still feel justified in my derisive, lefty blog style cheap shots.

― bo janglin (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:29 (nineteen years ago)

um i'm pretty sure that santorum made political capital out of it for himself. his cynicism knew no bounds!

― blackmail (blackmail.is.my.life), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

PEACE OUT DOUCHEBAG xp to Santorum

― deej.. (deej..), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:53 (nineteen years ago)

santorum on schiavo

WORST SLASH POSSIBLE

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061108/2006_11_08t093327_450x357_us_usa_elections_bush.jpg?x=380&y=301&sig=j3J.vl3dwMe9nyz60DD8Vw--

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:13 (nineteen years ago)

so THATS what was in the feeding tube

― and what (ooo), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

So I was telling my 11th grade U.S. History class about the definition of Santorum today. I'm pretty sure I'll be fired now.

― Super Cub (Debito), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:14 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha!

― sleeve version 2.0 (sleeve testing), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:17 (nineteen years ago)

One D. Savage celebrates.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:33 (nineteen years ago)

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