Santorum says Obama elected as 'a rock star'

[highplainsdem]

http://newsok.com/santorum-says-he-was-an-outsider-inside-congress/article/feed/350660?custom_click=pod_headline_usnational-news

PHOENIX (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum belittled President Barack Obama on Tuesday as a rock star who won the White House four years ago, and dismissed fellow GOP rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich as unable to provide solid conservative change for the nation.

"I'm someone who has a track record of standing up for the basic foundational pillars of our society, faith and family. I'm not a manager. I'm not a visionary," the former Pennsylvania senator said, using labels clearly meant to refer to Romney and Gingrich.

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As for Obama, he said, "Back in 2008, the American people in a time of crisis went for a rock star that they believed could solve their problems."

Santorum continued to mock Obama and Romney at an evening rally in Phoenix that drew 300 people. He said Obama has handled foreign policy so badly that he has alienated the United States' friends "to the point they don't trust us," and emboldened its enemies "so they don't respect or fear us."

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[FarLeftFist]

1. Is this guy still talking?

[amuse bouche]

3. My feelings exactly

Please, for the love of Pete, someone shut him up and make him go away

[FiveGoodMen]

5. Me three!

God, I'm sick of him!

Worse, I'm sick of a country that would give him a following.

[BadgerKid]

7. He needs verbal Imodium. n/t

[HughBeaumont]

46. You can thank our complicit Fourth Estate for making him famous.

Anything to drive a wedge into Uncle Moneybags' "inevitability" and give them SOMEthing to report on, I guess. Even if it IS a loonsack like Rick Santorum.

[nanabugg]

53. As opposed to Ronald Reagan being elected as a "movie star?" nt

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. this coming from a "rock head". isn't his 15 minutes over yet?

and that goes for all of them.....

[BlueDemKev]

4. Better a "rock star" than a COCK STAR....

....like Rick the dick.

[DebJ]

24. I was just telling hubby last night that Dick is also

a nickname for Richard........

[BlueDemKev]

59. Yeah, and our last vice-president gave new meaning to that name!

[Orrex]

6. Do they have to keep mentioning that he's a former PA Senator?

The fact that it's true is embarrassing enough. Do we need to keep opening that old wound?!?

[NoQuarter]

31. By all means, I think they should.

As long as they finish the story to include the fact that he was kicked to the curb by his constituents...by 18 points.

[indie_voter]

8. Shades of that stupid Celebrity Ad McCain ran

I am so sick of these idiots. Santorum is no better than the Mullahs he fears. How dare these people judge who is ethical?

Foundational pillars of our society? What is President Obama but a shining example of our foundational pillars of society? A bi racial child of an immigrant and a citizen raised with love and decency. He grew up and ended up at Harvard on merit. MERIT. And he rose to where he is today on merit.

I am so sick of these idiots.

[Cosmocat]

41. At the same time touting Sara Palin as a "STAR"

and the liberal media doing the shift from decrying Obama in August as an empty suit "celebrity" to breathlessly hailing Palin as a "star."

Every other week there is another republican "star."

That little twit Paul Ryan one day, the despicable Christie the next.

Off the COUNTLESS hypocrisies that abound in media framing of Rs vs Ds, the one that seems to get my goat the most is this one.

Until the SB ad, Clint Eastwood was all that america should be, Swatzenagger was governor of Cali, the moron Charlton Heston is treated like a god when spewing the NRA BS, Faux has Jon Voight on like he is actually knows what he is talking about with politics, but ... THOSE LIBERAL ACTORS NEED TO KEEP THEIR MOUTHS SHUT!

[gopiscrap]

49. OMG I wish I could recommend your post

couldn't have said it better myself!!!

[Cosmocat]

60. LOL

shiite just runs through me ...

[alp227]

9. same argument as Jason Mattera's book Obama Zombies

basically that book claims that Obama campaign brainwashed hordes of voters under 30 through facebook and promotions on college campuses in 2008. Also youtube has viral videos like "Idiots who voted for Obama" (youtube ID e_JJLLfTR8I) and "Obama Is Going To Pay For My Gas And Mortgage!!!" (P36x8rTb3jI)...or others if you type in the keywords dumb Obama voters, that illustrate Mattera's theory that Obama relied on mindless low information followers. So be advised this isn't the first time people have accused Obama of using a celebrity appeal to be elected.

But now, through a recession that especially increased unemployment for the youngest Americans, those same 20-somethings Mattera/the conservatives complained about either will sit out 2012/don't feel that much excited (see NY Times "Students Lose Zeal for Aiding Obama Again" and the DU thread about that). And then there are many in that age group (I as a college student do know some) now embracing Ron Paul for his appeal to individual freedoms and pro civil liberties positions (and given the millenials' dislike for authority they can indeed relate to Paul). So right now Obama can't use a "rock star of 2008" appeal anymore he instead needs to call out Boehner/Cantor/the hyperpartisan electioneers in Congress including the senate minority leader McConnell who straight up admitted that his goal was to defeat Obama in 2012. (Did Democrats in Congress ever talk about defeating Bush as the #1 goal in 2004?)

[Happyhippychick]

10. Wow 300 people. That's as many as a Bar Mitzvah.

[boppers]

28. In Phoenix, no less.

Population 4 million, 14th largest city in the country.... and he could only get 300? That's kind of awesomely, pathetically, bad.

[Amonester]

11. Clearly, that "crazy extreme Catholic" has no idea...

what 'a rock star' is...

Last I check, rock stars don't run for President.

[klook]

16. Yeah they do!

Jazz stars do, too...

[Amonester]

17. Yeah, but that's for show.

[Angry Dragon]

12. that is defeated ex senator santorum

I want Santorum to get the nomination

[treestar]

13. 300 people?

[emulatorloo]

14. Tell that to Osama Bin Laden

[Beartracks]

21. Osama neither respects nor fears us, 'cause Obama killed him.

So, gee, I guess Santorum is right.


.... Hey, where's the "rolling eyes" smiley??? Every time Santorum crafts another sound bite, I need that smiley!

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[JBoy]

15. Says the member of the A/V club.

[handmade34]

18. and that's a problem because???

Pres Obama is a "rock star" and a damn fine one...

[Grassy Knoll]

19. I'll Take A Rock Star Over Any......

Door to Door Bible Thumper, ANY Day of the Week.

[Botany]

20. "I'm not a manager." R. Santorum

Ah Rick, last time i checked POTUS is a senior management position.

[stockholmer]

32. you beat me too it! LOLOL, what a fucking tosser this bag of flesh is

If he is (through some dystopian nightmarish scenario) elected POTUS, the doomsday clock will need a sweep-second hand.

[Beartracks]

22. LOL Never let it be said that the GOP doesn't have a "fear agenda"! n/t

[JenniferJuniper]

23. Rock star! Socialist! Muslim! Fascist! Kenyan! Athiest!

Ricky, you and your pals just keep right on a'talking. The real word you want to use about the President of the United States is bound to slip out sooner or later.

[DebJ]

25. Reagan was an actor: someone who fakes it for a living.

Rock stars perform from the heart, and for the love of what they do.
(I need a smilie with a tongue sticking out for this type of first-grade game).

[AlbertCat]

57. Reagan was an actor: someone who fakes it for a living.

And Dubya was a fake cowboy/ rancher (afraid of horses) with a fake ranch... that raised brush clearing photo ops.

I'll take a rock star any day.


("and for the love of what they do. " You forgot the sex and the drugs!)

[jbnow]

61. And Reagan used teleprompters very well

without being mocked for it.
Well they all use teleprompters for long speeches. Obama, like Reagan and even Palin are/were good with them. Bill Clinton was great with them

Bush was not, neither was McCain so they used notes more. Biden isn't at his best with them

But when it comes to answering questions when you can't use teleprompters... that is where our Dems shine. That is what matters

Just recalled McCain saying a few days ago that in all the years of seeing and being in campaigns he has never seen one as negative and personal as Obama ran against him in 2008 so he worries about how bad he will get in 2012.

So I guess Obama must have called McCain at home and said mean things to him?
Or he took great umbrage at the least critical thing 'that one' said about him.

Strange

[jtuck004]

26. Rock. On. n/t

[JenniferJuniper]

27. What constitutes a "rock star" in Frothy's Pleasantville world?

He's probably still upset that Ricky Nelson ruined the show and his family's good name by doing that Fats Domino song in 1957.

[Bette Noir]

29. Sure the Pres is a rock star

In the sense that he's irresistible, full of energy and attraction. Santorum wishes he had half of what Obama has.

When Obama goes to a big city, it's not 300 people who show up.

[Kolesar]

38. And he can cover Al Green tunes! eom

[ashling]

30. And Santorum is dumb as a bag of rocks

[stockholmer]

33. I know this is a cliche, but that REALLY IS an insult to both the bag and the rocks

INDEED!

[Mopar151]

34. You gotta break down the code

"Rock Star" means bbaaaaddd things to L'il Ricky - Freddy Mercury is the Anti-Jeebus and Satan on a skateboard, and Ozzy really is "The Prince of Fucking Darkness"

[AlbertCat]

58. You gotta break down the code

Yeah. He means Obama's black.

[Mopar151]

64. I think it goes deeper

Worldly - tolerant and accepting of others - carismatic - educated - secular - cool - hip - in short, everything L'il Ricky is NOT.

[Drunken Irishman]

35. "I'm not a manager. I'm not a visionary..."

So, why are you running for the most important job on earth? Isn't that what, you know, separates every other political office from the presidency - the fact they are managers and visionaries?

[Skittles]

36. so?

[TomClash]

37. We' not electing . . .

. . . a pope, archbishop, grand mufti or grand rebbe. We're electing an American President.

[GoCubsGo]

39. Which of our friends has this President "alienated"?

I think this dumbass is confusing President Obama with his predecessor. And, I KNOW he's whining here because he's jealous. Whhhaaaa!!! Mommy, nobody likes meeeeee!!! That nasty Barack is stealing all of my friends!

What a putz.

[UCmeNdc]

40. Rick Santorum is the guy at a party that never shuts up

Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, does Rick Santorum ever shut his mouth?

[Odin2005]

42. They are bringing out this stupid meme, again???

[tanyev]

43. Hmm...rock star or Lawrence Welk show reject.

Decisions, decisions.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

44. " Sweet Home Chicago" He's just jealous because this President can sing

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/02/obamas-new-song-sweet-home-chicago/1

[TonyJameson]

45. Santorum's Sanity

So Santorum says to the press that Obama is too much of a rockstar - isn't the whole point that politicians, in this case the leader of the free World should have a charisma that's magnetic. Kind of a stupid criticism.

[harun]

47. Santorum seems to have directed his attacks all at Obama now.

My bet is he struck a deal with Romney to be the VP.

[snooper2]

48. Santorum is starting to have his Palin effect kick in

I hope he doesn't crash too hard

[sinkingfeeling]

50. I'd rather have a rock star than a Pope running the country.

[Brettongarcia]

56. Or a false messiah, with a fake conservative "Catholic" theology

[Javaman]

51. ass froth is jealous Obama can sing. nt

[Neoma]

52. "Elvis is taking us all to hell in a hand basket."

He must have been one of the children to a person saying things like that.

[AlbertCat]

54. went for a rock star that they believed could solve their problems."

Instead of a geriatric opportunist and his evangelical know-nothing they knew would cause more problems.


And Obama sings R&B, not rock.


Fortunately, the "idiot factor" is an issue with a majority... which is why you, Ricky, will never get near the White House.

[MustBeTheBooz]

55. I'll pick the Rockstar...

Over the evangelical pseudo christian every time. But that's just me.

[surrealAmerican]

62. So, by comparison ...

... he has no vision, can't manage, and is unpopular. That ought to work out well for a president, right?

[Life Long Dem]

63. Wait until the general election.

That's when the rock star will rock.

[alcibiades_mystery]

65. This time he's going to be re-elected as a blues man!

Oh SNAP, son.

[SammyWinstonJack]

66. Why is out and out lying from this little worm acceptable?

Is gawd cool with little pRicky lying all the damn time?

He's not setting a very good example for his kids what with all the lying he's doing.


I guess that's acceptable to his supporters.

Family values...............

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

67. "Not a visionary nor a President be."

[undeterred]

68. Santorum wants to be elected as an air head.

[Amonester]

69. Isn't 'envy' a Deadly Sin for all Catholics?

Let's see:

1. luxuria (lechery/lust)
2. gula (gluttony)
3. avaritia (avarice/greed)
4. acedia (acedia/discouragement/sloth)
5. ira (wrath)
6. invidia (envy)
7. superbia (pride)


There. Frothy is jealous of Obama because he could be elected POTUS, something frothy will never be able to be. Heck, he couldn't even be re-elected Senator... [h1]Envy[/h1]

Frothy should be looking for a confessional before it's too late, me thinks. (Just sayin).

[marble falls]

70. ooohhhhhhhhh ......

And Santorum would be elected as a rock head.