Pa. Sen. Santorum says Casey unqualified

[brooklynite]

CORNWALL, Pa. - Sen. Rick Santorum, who has been trailing his opponent for months, accused Democrat Bob Casey on Thursday of being unqualified for the Senate "at a very critical time in our nation's future."

In the first of a two-day series of speeches on national security, Santorum said Casey fails to recognize the growing number of worldwide threats.

...snip...

Casey campaign spokesman Larry Smar called Santorum's comments "more fear-mongering from a politician who is desperately behind in the polls."

"The people of Pennsylvania are smart enough to see through this," Smar said. "Rick Santorum said North Korea isn't a threat, because Kim Jong Il just wants to watch NBA basketball. He's the same Rick Santorum who compared the war in Iraq to 'The Lord of the Rings.' This isn't the person to take foreign policy advice from."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061026/ap_on_el_se/pennsylvania_senate_3

[saltpoint]

1. Sounds like the Casey camp is handling this one just fine.

Santorum's going down.

[rodeodance]

6. yes, love the response. good for them.

[zbdent]

10. faster than Jeff Gannon

on Mark Foley ...

[saltpoint]

11. I'd sure like to know who Mr. Gannon met with on those 200-some

visits to the White House.

I somehow doubt he was dogsitting Barney.

[zbdent]

12. maybe he was

maybe that's where Rick Santorum got his view on what "homosexuality" leads to ...

[saltpoint]

13. LOL! I wish that sounded completely implausible.

But it doesn't.

[TomClash]

2. A moron creates an oxymoron

"a very critical time in our nation's future"

[Hav]

3. .

Hahaha what a good counter to portray Ricky as the dumb, crazy and moronic extremist that he is by reminding the voters of these insane comments.
Good job.

[Demit]

4. I think they're sitting on a backlog of crazy comments, just waiting.

Santorum's being backed into a corner by what he's gone on record with, with diminishing options for attack. Not like he won't land on his feet—he'll score a cushy job in the private sector. But his big days as No. 3 man in the Senate are soon to be over, and he's hating that.

[BootinUp]

5. This isn't the person to take foreign policy advice from."

:rofl:

Ricky would append the LOTR trilogy to the Senate record. lol.

[rodeodance]

7. I so so so want to see this little minded man do down!

[cnlst8]

8. Here is Santorum's latest TERRA video commercial (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Eqxc4t-Ie8

I probably shouldn't give this ad more time than its worth, but this ad is pretty disgusting. I saw this last night on TV and I was stunned. It's almost equivalent to terrorist videos to scare and intimate Americans. Although I'm not surprise Santorum would sink this low, showing his family smiling then showing nuclear bomb explosion, and basically saying "if you don't vote for me, you will die!"

[liberal N proud]

9. So what are the qualifications that Santorum talks about

Casey doesn't have gold fleeced pockets from the lobbiest? Or maybe it the lack of a rubber stamp for those request from the White House.

And do you suppose Santorum was as qualified when he first worked his way into the trade?