Santorum for governor?
The last time we saw former Sen. Rick Santorum (R), his 16-year congressional career was coming to an abrupt and embarrassing end. Bob Casey Jr. beat him statewide by 18 points, 59% to 41%, giving the conservative more time to work with Fox News, and work on Hollywood movie projects.
It appears, however, that the politician who made the “man on dog” comparison famous isn’t quite done with public service. Santorum was expected to run for president in 2008, though an embarrassing defeat made that impossible, but now he’s eyeing a gubernatorial race in 2010.
Say it slowly: Gov. Rick Santorum. Interesting concept, isn’t it?
The former Pennsylvania GOP senator, trounced in his re-election bid last year by seldom-seen Democrat Bob Casey Jr., apparently has grown weary of beating the drums about the ongoing terrorist threat as a senior fellow with the Washington-based Ethics and Public Policy Center.
The American Spectator reported last week that Santorum is seriously mulling a run for governor in 2010, when the race will be wide open. Term limits will force current Gov. Ed Rendell from seeking a third term.
Said one unnamed political adviser in The Spectator item: “Rick is a politician. He loves the competition and the process of running. He’s getting back in and he’s young enough that a gubernatorial run would set him up for greater opportunities politically down the road.”
He’s like a character in a bad horror movie that just won’t go away.
These guys just wont go away.
man-on-dog Ricky....we were missing your wing-nuttery! Thanks for coming back.
Is he moving again?
Don't you have to be a resident of PA to run for the governorship. Last I heard he was living in Virginia.
Really that's the first thing I thought of, some frightening movie I saw once and the monster kept being dead, but it wasn't. It kept coming back to life and scaring the beejeesus out of the audience.
Rick loves politics and I guess he also loves losing in politics. By that year the nation will be getting a bit back on its feet and most people won't want to be reminded of the days when he was in the Senate. Either that or we'll be so far down the drain elections will have become obsolete.
The day of the far-right neocon is over in Pa.
"Santorum is seriously mulling a run for governor in 2010"
I love that word "mulling". I can just see him sitting in a corner, all by himself, just mulling away. Probably muttering to himself about how he's "gonna show'em" this time. Oh, well, as long as he's mulling, maybe he can get a clue about why he lost so badly...maybe not.
Can my dog vote too Rick?
Governor of Pennsylvania or Virginia? Because those of us in PA know two things...
1. He spent more time in VA than PA
2. PA kicked his sorry ass out before, and we'll do it again
You're not welcome here Ricky. Just stay away.
I love that guy. He suffers the worst defeat of an incumbent Senator in 26 years (McGovern vs. Abdnor in 80), and he still thinks he has a career. What a loon.
Rick=A Joke.
I doubt he could win a political race for dog catcher. Or on second thought, maybe he has some experience in that field. ;)
Faux will be giving him plenty of free airtime to spew his hate and to prop up his campaign.
Who would want a gov whose last name means something totally icky?
Well that and his entire history. Is this the nutbag who made his kids kiss the dead fetus? Or was that another one. I just can't keep 'em straight (Pardon me, no pun intended :P ) anymore.
Please come out of the closet, Rick and show the world your true colors.
These guys just don't have what it takes to admit they suck and nobody wants 'em. Sorry little pouty foot-stampin' egos. If they weren't so hateful they would be pitiful.
But what role will the jugged fetus play in his administration?
Someone must ask this important question.
(Jenny voice) RUN DOUCHEBAG, RUN!!!
nothing would be funnier than seeing the republicans get behind this sack of shit again. please put all of your money behind this shitpile, republicans. he is qualified for just about nothing except maybe republican gubernatorial cantidate, carival barker, or jizz mop boy at the local peek-and-stroke.
i have said it before, and i will say it again... what an asshole.
Don't worry, as soon as Santorum meets Abbott & Costello, his career will be over.
arbitrista @ 10:
He's going to be paid in loons? What's he doing, running for office in Canada?
He's sort of like nose hair, even if you get rid of it you have to keep checking to see that it does appear again.
Keep this in perspective. The article is in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. A not-so-subtle front for Mellon-Scaife. It's horribly right wing. Note the subtle dig at Bob Casey, and the glorious promotion of Santorum against all Pennsylvania opinion to the contrary.
And the article is citing the American Spectator. Clearly to me this sounds like desperate GOPers trying to rebuild one of their juggernauts. Hillary was certainly right about the vast right-wing conspiracy, and it's noise machine is at work here. Thankfully though, America--or at least Pennsylvania--had figured out their bullshit.
patthemonkey @ 21:
I say he's more like nasal acne.
ysbaddaden @ 23:
I'd say he's more like that nagging booger just over the edge-the one you know is there, but can't get to. Or so I've heard. About the booger thing. I mean, I personally would NEVER--
As a Pennsylvanian, I welcome Santorum back to Pa for another sound beating. Come on back man-on-dog boy, we're waiting.
He's like an ex-husband who shows up again after you have been divorced for almost 20 years. About that welcome.
Little Ricky Sanitarium is back. I thought we were through with the imbecile. Did little Ricky ever located the WMDs from his telescope?
Please, please tell me the residents of PA will send this dipshit packing again with his tail between his legs...
ChristianOfascist.
i used to think about moving to penn - i live in mass but it's expensive here, and real estate is a lot more affordable there. the one thing that kept me from doing it? i just couldn't move to a state that sent little ricky to the senate.
if he's elected governor, i'm prepared to write off the entire state for good.
This can't be real. The Delusionist - Starring Rick Santorum
He's going to run for governor of my state from his home in Virginia?
About as ridiculous as Ricky running for gov. I heard on Fox today that the dems are using Rush's line about the phony soldiers to detract from all their (the dems) failures since they took over congress.
I'm sure the repubs didn't use the MoveOn add to detract from anything, right?
Much like the Bush family from this point...
.....Now that the good people of Pennsylvania know what this crook and liar is all about...
he will never be re-elected to run their state or any other office..
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rick_Santorum
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?cid=N00001380
You know this guy is missing all those political strategy meetings in the mens rooms with his wide stance buddies on the hill.
Having him run again is like watching a bloated, excised tic attempt to climb back on board the same dog. He's just a parasite looking for a warm body to feed on.
Awww, and I just got the "santorum" stains out of my sheets.
This pathetic, self-serving WORM should get the hell out of public life, and get help. Isn't this the same loon who brought his dead fetus home to meet the kids? SICK!
Santorum, even more than Perry, will put the goober back into gubernatorial.
Santorum & his ilk have NO shame, NO embarrassment, but, to balance this, have incredible ego & hubris. You have to be RUDE to these people, slam 'em IN the face & slap 'em DOWN...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociopath
What? You thought you'd seen the last of him?
I live in this neighborhood. He's been anything but silent or invisible.
You ain't from these parts, are you, pilgrim?
A Quaker fond of pilgrims?
We're through with him in PA. We kicked him out of the Senate - he lost by double-digits, remember? Does this idiot think we'd make him Governor?!
I live in PA. Please noooooooooo....anybody but Santorum!
One day they're going to find the skins of baby infants hanging in the roof rafters at the Santorums. Fox News will refuse to show the plethora of baby shoes Santorum collected over the years.
Hello, Frisco! Little Ricky Ticky Santy is the last to know he's not gay. Where is that lavender Easter suit he wore?
He should move quickly to Idaho, establish residency, and run against Craig. Even a nitwit like Santorum would be welcomed there.
You talk about losing before you start. Santorum was 19 behind at the start of the campaign, spent 5.3 million, and lost by 19.
He's like the creepy guy that follows a girl all over the club or bar, even after she's told him to get lost! Hey Rick...I think your defeat in '06 was a pretty clear indicator that the people od PA have had enough of your bullshit! You want to run for something, how about for office in a bat-shit crazy state like Alabama or Kansas? They love shithead-morons like you who say 'thank you Jesus' even if it's only at the conclusion of a successful fart!
He SO looks like someone who touches his own kids...
Rick Santorum is the acid reflux at the banquet of life.
People usually can't tell their pilgrims from their Quakers.
Or their Amish, don't get me started... ;)
He has no chance of winning my my state (PA). He got crushed in the last election. There is no way he will be the governor of the state.
These guys will never stop in their goal to destroy your life and then enslave you. They will always keep coming back.
Chris from Ohio @ 53:
More like they will never stop in their quest to get a job where they're eternally sucking off the tax-payers' teats!
Now if people from PA wouldn't vote for the guy as a Senator, what exactly makes him think that they would want him as Governer? Of course, the answer is pure arrogance.
Guess Ricky's new career as a "spin doctor" must be taking a nose dive. Why else would this fool even think of re-entering politics. He has no future in PA politics unless it's the row office for dog catcher.
Darth_Romney @ 54:
Yeah, Ricky doesn't know how to work for a living like the rest of us. He has no talents or skills so he needs to get his pay check from the taxpayers. Since Ricky lives in Virginia, he must have missed the results of the last election in the PA Legislative branch. The government of PA is getting bluer by the day. Ricky doesn't stand a chance of becoming Governor of PA. We won't let him win.
is Caveman "taxpayers funding my kids homeschooling" Ricky still living in VA?
To Quote that old Howling Wolf song:
"Dogs begin to bark, all over my neighborhood!"
Yeah, this is the clown that stood on the floor of the Senate
and stated that Gay Marriage was the greatest threat to the
Republic-Greater then Terrorism or anything facing us!
Old Doggy-Style Santorum wants to be Governor?
A riches of embarrassment is available to your Democratic Opponent!
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Borg Warner @ 4:
That cretin is like doghit on your shoe; you just cant shake it off!! That asshole had better not be thinking of running for governor in Pennsylvania. I think we showed him pretty clearly that we Pennsylvanians have NO use for him. We have long memories here; we havent forgotten what an asswipe crybaby he is!
Since he lives in Virginia, let them deal with him. Ive had enough of fecalmattersanitarium to last a lifetime!!
Required @ 28:
You can bet the farm that we will!!!
Santorum....Lynn Swann....Maybe I should run as a dutchman. I might have a chance
Let prance back out in his pink suit, to get slapped right back down.
Santorum = Jason Voorhees or Freddy Krueger?
Or maybe he's just a vampire.
Will somebody please remember to pound the stakes ALL the way into their hearts.
Soon no dog will be safe.
Dear sweet Jeebus, nooo! PA has enough problems without Santorum running it!
Of course, it'll never happen. Lynn Swann -- who we loved as a Steeler -- couldn't even mount a real challenge to Rendell, and Republicans are a dying breed anyway.
Preview is my friend.
that should be *whom* we loved as a Steeler.
I say let him run. Let him spend a boatload of neocon cash on a hopeless campaign.
I think that the people of Pennsylvania are smart enough to realize at this point that they could just make him go away. And they will.
the guy lives in Virginia..... I took pride in not voting for him for senate... I don't think he's gonna win...we remember the STUPID things he said. If you make it more than once on the Daily Show.. you should just give up.
I not only live in PA, but I'm a state worker. If Ricky moves back to PA and becomes governor, I will quit and move out of state.
No way in hell will I work under an administration run by that nutjob.
I'm sorry I know this is America and I support everyone's right to do run for whatever they want to but this guy lost. He, like Lieberman, shouldn't be able to keep running for office and hold a monopoly on public office. He needs to be barred from running ever again. He sux. I hope you PA people keep your word and never let him back in power.
My gawd. How many political funerals do we in PA have to go through to get rid of this guy?
Message to Rick- we don't want or need a member of the groping old pervert (GOP) within our PA borders.Get the message already.
Santorum is a SLUG....... 'nuff said
Anyone else know what a writer for "the onion" thinks a santorum is?
As a citizen of Pennsylvania my question is, will Ricky Baby move back to Pennsylvania if, God forbid, he is elected Governor? He lived in Virginia the whole time he was Senator. He owned a house near Pittsburgh (which was too small for his family to live in) to "show that he was a resident of the Commonwealth." To top it all off he was defrauding the school district to pay for his numerous children to attend a charter school while they lived in Virginia. He has never repaid the tax payers of the North Hills School District.
I worked as a poll watcher for the primary and general elections in 2006. Santorum was so unpopular in this heavily Republican county that the Republicans were asking if they could vote for Bob Casey in the Primary. Actually I would love to see Santorum run for Governor. He would break the long history of the governor's office changing parties every eight years. Maybe Ricky can get Lynn Swann to run as Lt. Governor. That would be some ticket--two losers.
jr @ 58:
Hell, he lived in Virginia the whole time he was a Senator for PA.
ROTFLMAF
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Coffins draped with flags @ 56:
Rick couldn't even get elected dog catcher. With even some Republicans predicting the party may go the way of the Whigs in the nineteenth century there probably isn't much call for incompetent spin doctors.
seth @ 77:
Well that SPECIFIC definition of Santorum was created via reader submission by Dan Savage. But I get your first. ;)
Ok...if I can stop laughing long enough to type this post...
"When I'm governor, I'll make sure that every man will have the right to take an aborted baby home like I did for show and tell with his children....when I'm governor, I'll be sure to take even more money from Jack Abramoff's handlers especially if Jack is unable to deliver himself....when I'm governor I'll keep the mexicans in mexico, african american children out of upper class communities in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, you name it with my republican corporatist voucher system, oh and I'll try and pass a bill that outlaws all abortion...shoot almost forgot...as governor...I will make sure Al Qaeda never harms you by upholding the ban on gay marriage, so they can't use those 'man on dog' suicide bombers that want to adopt children....thank you and God Bless"
(later on after his security detail 'escorts' him to his limo..."Hey, I sure nailed that....there's no way we can let that black guy Lynn Swann be the nominee
As a Pennsylvanian, I apologize for unleashing this horror upon the world.
But don't worry, I don't think we're stupid enough to elect him. Though our choice might not be very good. (I didn't vote for Casey in the primary.)
Would they bring back, just out of boredom,
A moron so lacking decórum?
Pennsylvanians! avoid,
This souless android:
Lest he cover you in stinking Santorum.
John H @ 78:
Actually, John H, it was the Penn Hills school district; a much smaller and less wealthy one than North Hills. Which makes his fraud all the more egregious.
Cmon Ricky Scabtorum run. We pennsylvanians ran your ass out of office before and believe me we will do it again. We here in PA. cant stand the very sight of you and never will.
Pat LaSota @ 87:
Pat,
Good for you! What a pity that Connecticutt didn't show the sense that you in Pennsylvania showed in voting that douchebag out of office, or what Virginia showed when they dumped Maccaca-boy.
That is great news! Now the Democrat party can carry every state assembly and state senator race in Pennsylvania that election!
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