Former Senator Rick Santorum, who has announced Launching a Presidential Exploratory Committee, said Tuesday that Senator John McCain, who spent 5 1/2 years enduring brutal treatment at the hands of his North Vietnamese captors, doesn’t know how effective waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques can be. The Republican presidential contender insisted the tactics led the United States to al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.  McCain disputed Santorum’s contentions saying that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, did not provide information that led to bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan.  Santorum has no military experience.

On September 7, 2006, Santorum outlined his views on foreign policy in an op-ed piece for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and discussed Islamic fascism, closing with a rally cry:

“I believe we are at war with Islamic fascists and I singled out Iran and Syria as examples of Islamic fascist regimes. Many Muslims say the same thing, and the editors should, too, for it is undeniable. […]

I have said time and time again across Pennsylvania these past weeks that the fight against Islamic fascism is the great test of our generation. Leaders are obliged to articulate this threat and to propose what is necessary to defeat it. That is my purpose, and our national calling. The American people have always rallied to the cause of freedom once they understood what was at stake. I have no doubt that they will again.”

In a 2002 Washington Times op-ed article Santorum wrote that intelligent design “is a legitimate scientific theory that should be taught in science classes.”

Wikipedia provides an excellent biography of Rick Santorum.  Read it and you will understand that he is a true Christian conservative.  Most likely he would not appreciate some of the things reported about him.

America deserves better!

If I was going to create an outrageous candidate for President he just might speak like Donald Trump.  This could be the lead character in a B movie.

By Cristina Silva The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS – Real estate developer and TV showman Donald Trump fueled speculation that he’ll enter the 2012 White House race, assuring a crowd of supporters at a Las Vegas casino that he is seriously weighing a presidential run in a speech laced with the F-word.

The setting Thursday night was fit­ting for the casino mogul whose moni­ker is draped across the gold-tinged Trump International Hotel & Tower just off the Las Vegas Strip. An open bar greeted more than 1,000 people, waiters passed hors d’oeuvres, and a Trump impersonator entertained the crowd.

At one point, a woman in the lavish reception at the Treasure Island casino yelled out that Trump should run for president.

“I think I am going to make you very happy,” the developer said.

But he later said, “There is a real good chance that no matter what hap­pens I won’t win because one of these blood-sucking politicians who’s been bulls—ing people for years will end up still getting elected.”

During a 30-minute stump speech focused mostly on foreign affairs, Trump sprinkled in a number of swear words and insults directed toward glo­bal leaders.

“Our leaders are stupid, they are stupid people,” he said. “It’s just very, very sad.”

Trump also blasted President Barack Obama’s handling of Libya,Iraq,China and Afghanistan, and in one of his many curse-bombs, he lamented the nation’s focus on building schools in war-torn Afghanistan while neglecting education in the United States.

He said he wouldn’t help struggling nations such as South Korea,Iraq or Libya without payment.

“I’m interested in protecting none of them unless they pay,” he said.

When discussing trade, he said he would tell China’s leaders, “Listen you motherf——, we’re going to tax you 25 percent.”

A frequent critic of the federal health care law passed last year, Trump said the Supreme Court should decide the dozens of lawsuits challeng­ing the legislation and urged district courts not to waste their time on it.

Trump has created waves by ques­tioning whether the president was born in the U.S. Obama produced his detailed Hawaii birth certificate Wednesday, and Trump eagerly took credit for the reveal.

Trump’s visit to Nevada came a day after he traveled to New Hampshire, which is set to host the first presiden­tial primary in 2012.

President Obama released his long form birth certificate today with the hopes of putting an end to this non-issue conspiracy theory distraction stirred up yet again, by Donald Trump and other “birthers.”

‘Birthers” get over it!  This nation has serious issues.

The question was posed by the Los Angeles Daily News.

Here are some of the answers the newspaper printed.

‘Good’ isn’t good enough

Ten presidents were defeated for re-election including John Adams, Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush. Thus we know that even good presidents can be beaten. President Barack Obama did not bring us “change you can believe in.” The problem for the Republicans is that they do not yet have a strong candidate. Look who replaced the three I identified: Thomas Jefferson, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. All three were great leaders. Mediocre or good enough will not bring a win for the GOP.

Continuing support for Obama

There is not one Republican candidate qualified to run for president against President Barack Obama, who seems to be going out of his way to cross the aisle to avoid an assassination threat. President Obama will have my vote and be re-elected in 2012, after cleaning up most of the mess left by the Bush/Cheney administration.

Waiting for sensible contender

I suggest they find a normal, working-class man. A person with brains and common sense, with at least a high school or some college education who can realize that another four years of President Obama will never ever get us out of debt.

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Other letters supported New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert, Herman Cain (he used to be the CEO of Godfather’s Pizza), and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. 

Although there was no supporters for Donald Trump among the letter writers, he is at least the most well-known and certainly one of the smartest people in the GOP.  Then again California had Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor and that didn’t turn out too well.

Wisconsin’s governor, Scott Walker, ran for office on a pledge to do exactly what he is doing. Wisconsin may be known as a strong liberal state but the voters had a choice. The public employees may not like the results but elections have consequences.

Wisconsin Democratic Senate members ran away en masse to Illinois so that they could stop a vote on a bill they oppose. This is not democracy. Nineteen members of that senate are Republicans and fourteen are Democrats. The results of the vote against the unions are obvious.

This is the way our system of government is supposed to work. The losers in each election must accept the fact that the majority of voters did not agree with their viewpoint. The Democrats lost.