Posted on 03/25/2012 10:22:54 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
On Sundays Face the Nation on CBS, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum explained that his view of the Trayvon Martin shooting differed significantly from the one held by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Gingrich was critical of President Barack Obamas reaction, but Santorum placed the blame on accused shooter George Zimmermans mental state.
Well, you know, obviously, Im not privy to whats going on in someones mind, Santorum said. Obviously, in my opinion, someone
has a very sick mind who would pursue someone like this. This is clearly a heinous act. You know, there are a lot of people who have a lot of distorted views of reality. Its a tragic, tragic case. And my heart goes out to the parents, too. I cant imagine what theyre suffering, losing their son in such a horrific way. All I would say is that, whatever the motive is, it was a malicious one, and a very, very tragic one.
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It’s a common theme promoted here by “some” Santorum supporters and it’s flatly false. MM might have been told the same idiot thing.
+1
(but you already knew that ;-)
How I hope and pray that you’re right.
Show me where Newt didn’t show “Proper restraint.”
Didn’t think so...
I'll surely step in it again 'round here .. prolly sooner than later.
Alas, all is transitory, ignis fatuus . . .
lol
“That is malicious and disturbed.”
It’s also bullshit.
Santorum simply is not cut of Presidential timber.
But the current crop of GOP candidates don't have a pray. The only hope the GOP has is maintaining a majority in the House, getting a majority in the Senate, then impeaching Obama out of office and undoing all his of legislative nightmares, including Obamacare.
” They asked for his OPINION, and he OPINED.a’
And that’s yer basic problem right there, Bucko...
It amazes me how racial you are...this kid was killed by a wannabe cop and you’re all for it. Making up stories to defend your racism...it is no wonder all the people are in FL now. I wouldn’t run either. I would stand and defend myself and let God sort it out. But, a coward....I can see how a coward would run.
Poor Clara.
Good grief...why doesn’t someone ask Santorum to explain that contradiction? That’s the first I’ve heard of it.
The other night Hannity was yapping about Zimmerman not having obeyed the 911 operator...not really surprised, though.
Apparently Zimmerman was his own law - nobody was going to tell him what to do - This poor kid was killed by THE JUDGE!
It was sort of funny, really. My fellow operative and I just did our secret Romney-headquarters handshake, and I left the thread, LOL.
Well, I just read the FULL RS quote, and I agree with Rick. There was NO excuse for this clown chasing a man down who committed no crime. Very possibly, Martin thought that *Zimmerman* was a criminal, and seized his opportunity to attack him physically. After being beaten, Zimmerman was angry, understandably, but then he shot to kill.
Look, to me it is a “man bites dog” story, and such things happen rarely. The shooter seems to me to be a Deputy Dog type, but we don’t need the loathesome Al Sharpton and others to fan the flames as if this was something other than an isolated incident. Bob
Zimmerman had no right to go around killing innocent citizens walking home from the store with skittles and an ided tea.
Apparently, according to you, black men deserve to be shot for daring to walk around town.
Prove it!
If you read through the record of his 911 calls, it appears that Zimmerman was a busybody, almost the stereotype, who in old movies is played by an old woman.
All the way up until he killed an innocent DEFENSELESS 17 year old BOY for walking home from the sotore with his Skittles and Iced Tea....Bad Boy, dealing those candies and drinkin’ that hard stuff...he deserved to be killed didn’t he?
Everyone reported that, even Zimmerman himself..duh!
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