Santorum Slaps Down Scarborough

Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | March 19, 2012 | Rush Limbaugh

[Kaslin]

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RUSH: Some audio sound bites. John McCain, on Meet the Press, was asked by David Gregory: "You're worried about tone of the campaign. You've been in some nasty fights yourself politically. Do you think this is having a toll, this Republican primary?"

MCCAIN: This is the nastiest I have ever seen. It's a result of the worst decision the United States Supreme Court has made in many years, the Citizens United decision where you have naivete and sheer ignorance, uh, the majority, uh, of the Supreme Court, uh, just unloosened all mo -- released all money now.

RUSH: That's absurd. With all due respect.

Oh, folks, by the way, you gotta remind me tomorrow. On Saturday night, we watched Game Change. This movie... This movie is a joke! I've read the reviews of this movie by Republican conservative media people. They should have excoriated this movie. This movie is an outright embarrassment. It is so over the top! It's a cartoon that pretends to reflect reality! It was horrible. Kathryn walked out of it after an hour. It's a two-hour movie. She got up and left the room! This McCain sound bite made me think of that because it's about him and Palin and their campaign. This Citizens United Supreme Court decision, that's not the problem here. Money is not the problem in politics. Anyway, Santorum responded to this. He was on CBS This Morning today, and Charlie Rose said, "Senator McCain said that this the dirtiest campaign he's ever seen."

SANTORUM: Yeah, he should tell the guy, uh, that he's supporting to stop spending tens and tens of millions of dollars running negative ads. It's not Rick Santorum who's been running all the negative ads or even Newt Gingrich. It's Mitt Romney who's systematically just gone out there and run a negative campaign, has had no positive vision for this country, and spends billionaire dollars, uhh, to tear down every single opponent that's in his path.

RUSH: That happened in '08, too. And that's why there was the animosity for Romney back then. So that's Santorum's answer to McCain. "Hey, it's not the money; it's the guy spending it," is Santorum's point. "It's not the money. It's not the gun. It's the guy pulling the trigger." It's the same thing. But McCain has to say this. McCain-Feingold, campaign finance reform, all of that. But it's an absurd premise that the money is the problem. Then this morning on Scarborough's show on MSNBC, Santorum was again the guest, and Scarborough said, "Rick, just so you know, I've been critical of the focus on this issue of contraception. I brought it up to you today because we've talked about it a lot, and certainly now that we have you here, we want you to respond to it. Let's move beyond the issue of contraception. Rick, what are you doing?"

SANTORUM: Hold on one second. Go and come to any of my now almost thousand town hall meetings and let me assure you: I don't think the word "contraception" has ever come up. Let's just deal with reality instead of what the media trying to do which is to pigeonhole you and tell a narrative. We are losing our freedom. We have a government that is getting bigger and bigger. We have a group of elites who think they can run our lives better than we can run it ourselves. And unfortunately we have another candidate in the Republican Party, uh, who believes the same things as Barack Obama when it comes to the big issues of the day of government control of your life. And in specific, the biggest overreach of government and be that is in the area of health care --

SCARBOROUGH: All right.

SANTORUM: -- and on that score, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are the same. And that's what we can't have in this election.

RUSH: Scarborough was not pleased with that answer.

SCARBOROUGH: Well, I have certainly talked about your focus on this in the past, and you've known me for a long time. Do you think I'm trying to pigeonhole you and stereotype you?

SANTORUM: Well, I mean, the fact that you continue to bring it up? Yeah! Sure!

SCARBOROUGH: Why would I? I think my record on this in -- in Congress is the same as yours. All I'm saying is, it is a legitimate issue.

SANTORUM: Joe, the only reason I talk about this issue, as I said, is with respect to government mandates on people of faith. That's why this issue continues to be talked about and should continue to be talked about in the context of government forcing people of faith to do things that are against the religious beliefs -- something the federal government has never done and should never do when it comes to whether it's the Catholic Church or any other legitimate religion.

RUSH: Right on. Exactly right.

This is an issue because of Barack Obama violating the Constitution, acting without the authority to mandate that people who conscientiously object to these things must provide them. That's why it's in the news. It's in the news because Obama wants it in the news because Obama wants to be able to construct this phony Republican war on women. Nobody was talking about contraception until one of Obama's operatives, George Stephanopoulos at ABC News, brought it up in a question to Romney. It was in a Republican primary debate on January 7th in Manchester, New Hampshire.

It was not being discussed until then, and Stephanopoulos' question came literally out of the blue. And Romney said (paraphrased), "I don't know what you're talking about, George. This is silly. Nobody wants to ban contraception." Well, it turns out that Obama wanted to mandate that the Catholic Church buy it for everybody. If you want your own contraception, go down to Walmart and get it. It's five bucks or nine bucks. Going to do it! Why does everybody else have to pay for it? And where's the Obama get the authority to tell the Catholic Church or any other church or religious school to buy it for somebody?

That's what this is about.

And Santorum is dead-on right about it.

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[McGruff]

C'mon put up your dukes you pansy.

[Rome2000]

Symptoms of megalomania include delusions of grandeur.

When not representing wrestlers in court, sweater vest idiot man was busy supporting Romney for POTUS and Arlen Specter for Senate.

This genius lost his reelection bid in his own state by 18%, and decided that was a good reason to run for POTUS .

You do know that he is being bankrolled by Romney supporter Foster Friess in order to take out Gingrich, and that Friess will pull the plug on him 2 seconds after Gingrich drops out right?

And that his family in Italy are TOP COMMUNIST PARTY MEMBERS, right?

Yeah, RICK SANTORUM, just what the USSA needs to defeat Hussein Obama and pick up huge majorities in both houses of Congress

[pallis]

Just when we think McCain can’t possibly be more idiotic, he surprises us, but not much. As his senility rapidly advances, expect him to become even more incoherent, and unable to comprehend simple questions.

[Jewbacca]

“I am curious why Obama thinks it’s OK to force Orthodox Jewish people and Catholics to fund abortions, but makes compromises in ObamaCare bill itself to comply with Sharia law”

“Because he’s a Muslim who hates Christians and Jews. And he loves killing babies.”

Of course, you and I know that. But I wonder what his justification is -— that is, if he’s even been called on it.

[Rome2000]

I am certain that it would be a real threat to the Democrat/Socialist/Progressive movement,

Curious how we don't hear a peep out of sweater vest man about kicking the communist leadership in the balls and taking away their license to steal.

And where is Mr. pro wrestler lawyer on Tort Reform?

He's with Bill and Hillary and Barry Hussein and Moochelle and Mitt, that's where he is.

NOWHERE

[Linda Frances]

Hey, is that you Romney?

[cripplecreek]

Second, you would suddenly see MASSIVE refusals of Unionization, more Right-to-Work States.

The unions are getting hammered now without the federal government. Just last week in Michigan the governor signed a bill that says grad students can't be unionized and another that ended automatic dues deductions for teachers and school employees.

Snyder Signs Bill Reinforcing That Graduate Students Are Students, Not Employees

Our view: The motive behind teacher union dues legislation(Whining)


Also last week a local factory voted down joining the Teamsters.

Employees at Jackson's Production Engineering Inc. vote against unionization

The unions also have other problems growing from within.

UAW Member: Union Workers 'Need to Embrace' Right-to-Work Laws

[Osage Orange]

Rush is right.

And Santorum is right.

[Rome2000]

Great

So by your logic, if Alabama decided to re institute slavery tomorrow, that would be OK?

Destroying the institution of forced unionism requires federal action

[cripplecreek]

Honestly I don’t care what you think because you’re kind of an idiot.

[Rome2000]

You think Michigan is the greatest place in the world and I'm an idiot?

Far out man!!

[Always A Marine]

That was a very impressive performance by Santorum, taking Scarborough apart. He is getting downright scrappy and pretty good on his feet. I like that.

[Always A Marine]

That was a very impressive performance by Santorum, taking Scarborough apart. He is getting downright scrappy and pretty good on his feet. I like that.

[napscoordinator]

Rick the lawyer voted against right to work legislation, and is a megalomaniac fraud.

How many dang times do you have to be told that the people of Pennsylvania overwhelmingly do not want right to work. Are you stupid? Just an innocent question.

[lentulusgracchus]

Joseph Stalin didn't need a writ of attainder when he executed half the Soviet officer corps.

He didn't need one when he executed scores of thousands of Polish officers.

He didn't need one when he executed millions of Ukrainians, Volga Germans, and Tatars just for being who they were.

But Warren cries a river over this Commie s.o.b., who supported everything Stalin ever did, and would have done the same here in America if given the chance.

[Rome2000]

How many dang times do you have to be told that the people of Pennsylvania overwhelmingly do not want right to work. Are you stupid?

I know you are, but what am I?

[Rome2000]

Right on

COMMIES OUT!!!!

[Yaelle]

This was great! I heard it on Rush and was cheering in my car.

[Revolting cat!]

Are you going to (say that) Scarborough's Fair?

[nickcarraway]

I can’t believe there are people he tricked into still believing he’s Muslim. If he was Muslim, he’d be way more conservative on a lot of issues. He’s leftist. They like Muslims and dislike Jews & Catholics, even though Muslim’s hold positions that leftists strongly disagree with. (i.e. abortion, homosexuality, etc.) His only religion is leftism.