Frothy "suspends" campaign. Mormon hating fundie wackjob heads explode everywhere

[FORD]

NBC: Santorum to suspend presidential campaign

Updated 2:15 p.m. - NBC News has confirmed that Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will suspend his campaign for the nomination. The announcement, expected shortly at an event in Gettysburg, Pa., follows a recent hospitalization for his 3-year-old daughter who suffers from the chromosomal defect Trisomy 18.

A senior source in the Mitt Romney campaign confirms to NBC News that the front-runner received a call from Santorum today.

Santorum’s decision to suspend his campaign effectively stifles the opposition to Romney from within the GOP; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. Ron Paul remain active candidates, though neither of them have a plausible path to winning the 1,144 delegates needed to secure the nomination.

The decision comes two weeks before the Pennsylvania presidential primary. Santorum had faced the prospect of an embarrassing loss to Romney that threatened to short-circuit any of his future political aspirations, either statewide or nationally.

Santorum’s announcement follows the second health scare of the year for his daughter, Bella, who suffers from the chromosomal disorder Trisomy 18.

However, the former senator also huddled with conservative supporters recently to mull whether a path forward for his campaign truly existed. As recently as April 3, when he lost the Wisconsin primary to Romney, Santorum vowed to press forward, and described the race for the nomination as only having reached “halftime.”

Still, the course of the primary campaign meant a remarkable political resurrection for Santorum since his landslide defeat in 2006, when he sought a third term in the Senate. His presidential campaign offered a path to political redemption that had been unthinkable, even as recently as the end of last year.

Santorum called Romney earlier today to relay news of his decision.

[Dr. Love]

Stay frothy

[kwame k]

My heart goes out to him as a father but as a human being he's still a piece of shit!

[jhale667]

My heart goes out to him as a father but as a human being he's still a piece of shit!

Exactly.

However, there goes the serious comedy factor in the race....

[kwame k]

I know......the late night talk show hosts and comedians need to give a cut of their pay to the GOP.

[FORD]

I think this is less about his kid and more about the polls in Pennsylvania. Frothy didn't want Mittens kicking his ass in his own home state.

So much for the "principled conservative", eh Frothy?

[kwame k]

Agreed...and if he wants any type of political career after this he had to find a way to leave gracefully.

Got his ass kicked in his third bid for reelection as a senator..........he sure as fuck didn't want to get his ass kicked again, in his home state!

[Kristy]

Oh no!


What will you do without your porn free internet?

[Seshmeister]

I'm afraid this is what happens if as a woman you try to breed like a brainless fucking rabbit, kid after unnecessary kid into your late 40s.

I'm still astonished by him getting two terms as a senator.

Are there a lot of senators who are as fucking stupid as Santorum?

[jhale667]

Are there a lot of senators who are as fucking stupid as Santorum?

Far too many unfortunately.

[Seshmeister]

My heart goes out to him as a father but as a human being he's still a piece of shit!

He's an idiot as a father too.

Firstly they should have been using contraception and secondly routine screening would have picked up this abnormality during pregnancy at which point the pregnancy should have been ended to avoid pointless suffering.

[FORD]

So when will Newt officially throw in the towel, especially now that his bankroller Sheldon Adelson has publicly disowned him?. I don't expect Ron Paul to make a formal announcement, since he probably didn't have any illusions about winning in the first place. His supporters want a voice at the convention, and that's probably all they can hope for. But I'm not sure what Gingrich gets out of this, except for ego trips, and possibly better chances of meeting a new woman he can cheat with, and dump his current wife for the minute she gets any sort of serious illness.

[Jagermeister]

You people really make me laugh on a more than regular basis.

[Seshmeister]

It's all over now.

The next thing is waiting to see what sort of a fucking lunatic Romney pulls out from the depths of twisted religious fundamentalism as a running mate to try to offset his magical underwear.

[Jagermeister]

It's all over now.

You're right. For Obama.

[Etienne]

[FORD]

It's all over now.

The next thing is waiting to see what sort of a fucking lunatic Romney pulls out from the depths of twisted religious fundamentalism as a running mate to try to offset his magical underwear.

I'm thinking a different kind of religious fundamentalism this time. Namely, a card carrying evangelist of the Ayn Rand cult.............


Willard Mittens Romney/Paul Jockstrap Ryan - BCE/Koch Brothers fascist ticket for 2012.

[jhale667]

You're right. For Obama.

Keep telling yourself that...

[rocking ron]

Gene S. for president!!!

[jhale667]

He's an idiot as a father too.

Firstly they should have been using contraception and secondly routine screening would have picked up this abnormality during pregnancy at which point the pregnancy should have been ended to avoid pointless suffering.

Yes, this is the dolt that wants to end all pre-natal testing ... what an idiot.

[Guitar Shark]

LOL. How hilariously hypocritical is it for Fox News to ask celebrities for their opinions on politics?

[FORD]

LOL. How hilariously hypocritical is it for Fox News to ask celebrities for their opinions on politics?

Sometimes, FAUX creates their own celebrities. Country "singer" Sara Evans pretty much launched her alleged "career" on the Sean Hannity show. And of course, there was this shining moment in "news" broadcasting, in which FAUX host (and former failed presidential candidate) Mike Huckabee strapped on his bass and played with his favorite right wing lunatic guitar player......

[Seshmeister]

LOL. How hilariously hypocritical is it for Fox News to ask celebrities for their opinions on politics?

Some people say that a celebrity opinion on politics is worth just the same as anyone picked at random off the street.

I disagree strongly, their lifestyle and life experience usually makes it worth a lot less. There are a few grounded exceptions but not many.

For example did you know that Sean Penn is worth $150 million? Bono paid $2000 for a first class seat on a plane to bring his lucky hat to him for a charity gig. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...l-for-hat.html

How many times do you hear celebrities spouting the bullshit line about all you need to do is go for your dream and it will happen. They say this because of the unusual weird fuckenstance that meant it worked for them. You never hear from the 999 999 other guys because who spends time talking to middle aged waiters...?

[FORD]

Gene S. for president!!!

He's ineligible. (Born in Israel)

[Seshmeister]

They could make him Secretary of State though.

Israel has been controlling US foreign policy for years any way, may as well formalise it.

[Etienne]

How many times do you hear celebrities spouting the bullshit line about all you need to do is go for your dream and it will happen. They say this because of the unusual weird fuckenstance that meant it worked for them. You never hear from the 999 999 other guys because who spends time talking to middle aged waiters...?

For these people maybe BonJovi/Desmond Child lyrics work:

Tommy used to work on the docks, Unions been on strike, Gina works for Diner all day, It's tough...

BonJovi always supported the Liberals.

[Seshmeister]

Although those lyrics were written by Desmond Child

"The lyrics to Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer" were inspired, in part on Desmond's life in late 1970s New York. He was living with then-girlfriend and Desmond Child & Rouge bandmate, Maria Vidal, working as a New York taxi cab driver trying to make ends meet, whilst Vidal was a waitress nicknamed Gina. In the evening they were musicians."

Desmond is now married to a guy called Curtis...

[FORD]

It is true that Bon Jovi himself is a politically active Liberal though. I can respect the guy's politics even though his music is an artery clogging cheesefest.

[Etienne]

Although those lyrics were written by Desmond Child

"The lyrics to Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer" were inspired, in part on Desmond's life in late 1970s New York. He was living with then-girlfriend and Desmond Child & Rouge bandmate, Maria Vidal, working as a New York taxi cab driver trying to make ends meet, whilst Vidal was a waitress nicknamed Gina. In the evening they were musicians."

Desmond is now married to a guy called Curtis...

Have you read a book about Desmond? How do you know so much about him?

[Seshmeister]

I'm Curtis...

No it's all online.

I just found it funny that so many of us said at one point or another that Bon Jovi were gay and then it turned out that 'Tommy' had come out the closet.

[Hardrock69]

YAAAAAY! Dumbass is out of the race!

[Seshmeister]

Your porn is safe for another 4 years!

[Dr. Love]

All those delegates and no sanatorium to vote for.

I don't think I can vote for robamney. They are basically the same corporatist shill.

[Dr. Love]

Santorum rather

[hambon4lif]

YAAAAAY! Dumbass is out of the race!

He stuck around long enough to let everyone know that racist maggots like him still use the term "government n*****"...
The moment he realizes he's in front of a microphone instead of in some backroom with his racist buddies is fuckin' priceless!


adios, assface!!

[sadaist]

YAAAAAY! Dumbass is out of the race!

About fucking time. It just sucks as a Republican I don't really like any of the damned candidates that have been offered up to me......except Ron Paul. And he has zero chance. And for every one of his stances that I love, he has some crazy one to balance it out.

For those of you that don't like Romney, look at it this way....once he loses you will never see him run for anything again.

[Seshmeister]

He stuck around long enough to let everyone know that racist maggots like him still use the term "government n*****"...
The moment he realizes he's in front of a microphone instead of in some backroom with his racist buddies is fuckin' priceless!


adios, assface!!

I'm glad to say I've never met any Americans in real life anything like that vile little twisted man.

But then none of the big 3 candidates are representative of voters are they?

Such a strange race, it's been more like one of those shows like the Apprentice where they get interestingly weird candidates in to keep the viewing figures up.

Uh-oh here comes another conspiracy theory about mass media controlling the election...

[Terry]

So when will Newt officially throw in the towel, especially now that his bankroller Sheldon Adelson has publicly disowned him?. I don't expect Ron Paul to make a formal announcement, since he probably didn't have any illusions about winning in the first place. His supporters want a voice at the convention, and that's probably all they can hope for. But I'm not sure what Gingrich gets out of this, except for ego trips, and possibly better chances of meeting a new woman he can cheat with, and dump his current wife for the minute she gets any sort of serious illness.

There's no downside for Gingrich in terms of staying in, but in a recent interview he basically said that Romney has a lead in the delegate count that [Gingrich] won't be able to surmount, and he also said he would support Romney if/when he gets the nomination.

About the only reason I could see Gingrich staying in now, in light of Santorum's announcement, is to see what kind of tallies he could win in the remaining primaries in an essentially one-on-one contest with Romney (of course Paul is still in, but he's not worth much in terms of splitting the vote - I doubt many of those who vote for Paul would vote for Romney, Gingrich or Santorum if Paul weren't in the race, so it's not really a case of Paul siphoning votes from those other candidates).

It's all moot anyway. Probably was moot even before Santorum made the announcement.

[Nitro Express]

I'm glad to say I've never met any Americans in real life anything like that vile little twisted man.

But then none of the big 3 candidates are representative of voters are they?

Such a strange race, it's been more like one of those shows like the Apprentice where they get interestingly weird candidates in to keep the viewing figures up.

Uh-oh here comes another conspiracy theory about mass media controlling the election...

No the idiots running represent the corporations that own the press and both parties. You never see anyone represent the normal people on television. They are too boring to generate ratings.

[Nitro Express]

LOL. How hilariously hypocritical is it for Fox News to ask celebrities for their opinions on politics?

This world is composed of many different worlds and therein lies many specialists. If you have a band and are interested in marketing a product, Gene Simmons would probably give you some good advice. If you wanted to learn how to bow hunt or play guitar, Ted Nugent would probably be a good source of advice. I've watched Gene on stage and I watched Ted on stage. I thought I got my money worth. I was entertained. Do I want either of these guys influencing politics or being in office? No. These guys are entertainers and have managed to do well and stay in that game for a long time. That is their expertise.

Frankly what I want in a political leader is one that goes back to the constitutional republic. They shouldn't favor one group over the other. They should look at the average citizen and say that's a human being and that person deserves constitutional protection and they deserve to chase their dreams. If anything a political leader can protect our right to better ourselves and our communities and inspire us to do so. I loved how Kennedy said, "ask not what your country can do for you but ask what you can do for your country." I liked, "we do these things not because they are easy but because they are hard." I'm tired of corporate serving buffoons. I want an inspiring leader who can bring the country together and motivate us to be better. They all sell themselves as such but they fall so short. They all have party appointed crooks on their cabinets. Also, the citizens need to stop being so lazy and expecting the government to do everything for them. There is no free lunch and if you are taking assistance when you are able bodied to work, you are part of the problem and shame on the politicians who enable this behavior.