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Santorum was speaking at a rally in Janesville, Wisconsin, still locked in the ferocious nomination battle with Mitt Romney and still desperate to become the true conservative standard-bearer of the Republican party.

"We know the candidate Barack Obama, what he was like – the anti-war government nig …" he seems to say, then suddenly stopping, and changing tack to add: "America was a source for division around the world, that what we were doing was wrong."

It is hard to think of exactly what word Santorum was about to use. What word beginning with "nig-" comes naturally after government? It has been suggested he was trying to say "-nik", as in peacenik or beatnik. That is possible. Or perhaps, it was some non-specific verbal tic: a random vowel-consonent flub.

Here, Santorum has previous form. In Iowa, he stumbled when discussing conservative opposition to welfare programmes:

"I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money; I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money."

In the face of later outrage at singling out black Americans, he insisted that he had not said "black", but instead vocalised "bleugh", as his mind became confused over his own train of thought.

Story and videos at the http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/30/rick-santorum-slip-n-word

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ORIGINAL: dcnovice

Poor Rick Santorum seems to be having some trouble getting his words out.

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Santorum was speaking at a rally in Janesville, Wisconsin, still locked in the ferocious nomination battle with Mitt Romney and still desperate to become the true conservative standard-bearer of the Republican party.

"We know the candidate Barack Obama, what he was like – the anti-war government nig …" he seems to say, then suddenly stopping, and changing tack to add: "America was a source for division around the world, that what we were doing was wrong."

It is hard to think of exactly what word Santorum was about to use. What word beginning with "nig-" comes naturally after government? It has been suggested he was trying to say "-nik", as in peacenik or beatnik. That is possible. Or perhaps, it was some non-specific verbal tic: a random vowel-consonent flub.

Here, Santorum has previous form. In Iowa, he stumbled when discussing conservative opposition to welfare programmes:

"I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money; I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money."

In the face of later outrage at singling out black Americans, he insisted that he had not said "black", but instead vocalised "bleugh", as his mind became confused over his own train of thought.

Story and videos at the http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/30/rick-santorum-slip-n-word

Perhaps it's time to consider a teleprompter?

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Perhaps it's time to consider a teleprompter?

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ORIGINAL: thishereboi

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Perhaps it's time to consider a teleprompter?

Actually I think we would be better off if he just went for a new career. Perhaps something in the fertilizer field?

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ORIGINAL: Owner59

He may well be your vice presidential candidate......then you`ll have to pretend to like him......

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Perhaps it's time to consider a teleprompter?

Actually I think we would be better off if he just went for a new career. Perhaps something in the fertilizer field?

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

And both are still easier than pretending to be someone with values...

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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam

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ORIGINAL: thishereboi

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Perhaps it's time to consider a teleprompter?

Actually I think we would be better off if he just went for a new career. Perhaps something in the fertilizer field?

Should he spread fertilizer or become fertilizer?

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ORIGINAL: erieangel

I don't believe the excuses for a minute. Santorum has been showing his contempt for everybody not-like-him for years. The way Santorum talks, I was afraid his goal was to replace our democratic republic with a Papist theocracy. Then I realized Santorum simply cheery picks his beliefs. He is not the good upstanding Christian he would like everybody to believe. Santorum follows all the Catholic dogma that causes the wedge issues here--gay marriage, abortion, etc. At the same time, he ignores Catholic teaching about taking care of the "lesser of us", is against any type of welfare (unless it is corporate welfare), against equality for many of us.

In short, Santorum is a bigoted, hateful, arrogant hypocrite.

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ORIGINAL: Owner59

He may well be your vice presidential candidate......then you`ll have to pretend to like him......
You may think you have to back anyone with a d besides their name, but I don't buy into that us against them bullshit. I will vote for the one I feel will do the best job regardless of which side they sit on.

The only reason Sarah was brought on board.......was to get the fundi/extreme-conservative vote.
Thats your opinion and I will give it the same consideration I give most of your opinions.

The exact same calculation is now being made regarding Rick and all the votes he got.
Thats your opinion and I will give it the same consideration I give most of your opinions.

The RNC knows they have to feed the fundies some red meat.
Thats your opinion and I will give it the same consideration I give most of your opinions.

The announcement of Mitts running mate will be a big day.And interesting.
To you, I am sure it will be.


Do fundie-cons get thrown under the bus or does Rick become their man in the White House and future of conservatism?
I can't imagine Rick being the future of anything. But he gives you something to froth over, so it's all good.

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Perhaps it's time to consider a teleprompter?

Actually I think we would be better off if he just went for a new career. Perhaps something in the fertilizer field?

Should he spread fertilizer or become fertilizer?