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Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot

Posted by AlM on Sun Feb 19 16:14:41 2012

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“Yes the government can help,” Mr. Santorum added. “But the idea that the federal government should be running schools, frankly — much less that the state government should be running schools — is anachronistic. It goes back to the time of industrialization of America when people came off the farms where they did home-school or have the little neighborhood school, and into these big factories, so we built equal factories called public schools. And while those factories as we all know in Ohio and Pennsylvania have fundamentally changed, the factory school has not.”

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/santorum-defends-comments-on-obama-and-education

Amusing, given that (a) he went to Penn State, which I believe is a state-government-run school, and (b) got PA to pay for a good portion of his home schooling expenses.


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Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot

Posted by bingbong on Sun Feb 19 16:20:39 2012, in response to Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot, posted by AlM on Sun Feb 19 16:14:41 2012.

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Public schools are inherently American. They were first started by the original colonists,long before there was a USA. Over in England, only the wealthiest could afford schooling. Beyond religious freedom, the colonists wanted to change that.

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Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot

Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Feb 19 16:26:57 2012, in response to Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot, posted by AlM on Sun Feb 19 16:14:41 2012.

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Amusing indeed. That's why you read NYTimes political coverage. To be amused.

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Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot

Posted by Fred G on Sun Feb 19 16:32:39 2012, in response to Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Feb 19 16:26:57 2012.

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That, and read the stuff that gets posted here :)

your pal,
Fred

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Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot

Posted by italianstallion on Sun Feb 19 16:34:46 2012, in response to Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot, posted by bingbong on Sun Feb 19 16:20:39 2012.

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The right again shows its ignorance of basic American history.

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Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot

Posted by italianstallion on Sun Feb 19 16:36:14 2012, in response to Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Feb 19 16:26:57 2012.

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Let's see, the Times is to be criticized for transcribing his remarks, but he is not to be criticized for saying them?

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Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot

Posted by italianstallion on Sun Feb 19 16:37:44 2012, in response to Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot, posted by AlM on Sun Feb 19 16:14:41 2012.

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Plus, neither the federal nor state government actually run the public schools (except for state colleges).

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Re: Santorum

Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Feb 19 16:47:51 2012, in response to Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot, posted by AlM on Sun Feb 19 16:14:41 2012.

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You're not making a bit of sense.

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Re: Santorum

Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Feb 19 16:51:25 2012, in response to Re: Santorum, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Feb 19 16:47:51 2012.

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He thinks North Carolina is a conservative state. He has a very "Hey, look at me, I'm from NY and read the NY Times, and vote liberal and everyone between me and Miami is a confederate flag waving pickup truck driving idiot".

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Re: Santorum

Posted by Easy on Sun Feb 19 16:56:24 2012, in response to Re: Santorum, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Feb 19 16:51:25 2012.

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North Carolina is still conservative compared to the northeast and California, but it's very progressive for the south.

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Re: Santorum

Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Feb 19 17:05:16 2012, in response to Re: Santorum, posted by Easy on Sun Feb 19 16:56:24 2012.

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I think NC has a liberal governor and Obama won the state in 2008. It's not as liberal as Manhattan's Upper West Side, which I guess was what AlM was comparing them too.



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Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot

Posted by bingbong on Sun Feb 19 17:10:08 2012, in response to Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot, posted by italianstallion on Sun Feb 19 16:36:14 2012.

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I would think people should have more issues with the latter. (BTW this was widely reported)

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Re: Santorum

Posted by Fred G on Sun Feb 19 17:16:43 2012, in response to Re: Santorum, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Feb 19 16:47:51 2012.

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He's quoting Santorum so perhaps you're correct.

your pal,
Fred

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Re: Santorum

Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Feb 19 17:18:18 2012, in response to Re: Santorum, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Feb 19 16:51:25 2012.

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He seems to also think that a graduate of public schools of any kind is not permitted to criticize the system that he went through. And that's without understanding a single thing that Santorum said.

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Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot

Posted by Stephen Bauman on Sun Feb 19 17:26:32 2012, in response to Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot, posted by AlM on Sun Feb 19 16:14:41 2012.

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Amusing, given that (a) he went to Penn State, which I believe is a state-government-run school,

It's not only a state-government-run school, it's a Land Grant college.

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Re: Santorum

Posted by Fred G on Sun Feb 19 17:26:39 2012, in response to Re: Santorum, posted by Easy on Sun Feb 19 16:56:24 2012.

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Raleigh-Durham is progressive but the rest of the state is conservative.

your pal,
Fred

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Re: Santorum

Posted by AlM on Sun Feb 19 17:27:09 2012, in response to Re: Santorum, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Feb 19 16:51:25 2012.

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You have to be ultra-conservative to think that public schools are a dumb idea. Santorum obviously thought well enough of them to go to one for college.



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Re: Santorum

Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Feb 19 17:28:42 2012, in response to Re: Santorum, posted by Fred G on Sun Feb 19 17:26:39 2012.

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Not sure about that one.

Charlotte and Greensboro are right up there with Raleigh. Charlotte is half Mexican now.

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Re: Santorum

Posted by Fred G on Sun Feb 19 17:31:39 2012, in response to Re: Santorum, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Feb 19 17:28:42 2012.

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Don't forget Asheville!

your pal,
Fred

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Re: Santorum

Posted by italianstallion on Sun Feb 19 17:41:53 2012, in response to Re: Santorum, posted by Fred G on Sun Feb 19 17:16:43 2012.

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LOL.

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Re: Santorum Opens mouth, inserts Olog's penis

Posted by RockParkMan on Sun Feb 19 17:48:48 2012, in response to Re: Santorum, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Feb 19 16:47:51 2012.

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Fuck you, subhuman idiot. you should be a medical experiment.
The altrernative to a strong German based EU is a strong Russia. Now stop vandalizing threads and scrub my toilet, you shanty trash piece of shit. Then learn to love the EU which is the strongest defender of Western Civilization besides America and Israel.


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Re: Santorum

Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Feb 19 17:51:04 2012, in response to Re: Santorum, posted by Fred G on Sun Feb 19 17:16:43 2012.

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The two of them would make a perfect pair. :)

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Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot

Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Feb 19 17:51:38 2012, in response to Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot, posted by AlM on Sun Feb 19 16:14:41 2012.

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I am *so* looking forward to him getting the knobination. :)

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Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot

Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Feb 19 17:57:58 2012, in response to Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot, posted by AlM on Sun Feb 19 16:14:41 2012.

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He kind of has a point. America's public school system was formed in a different time and operates basically as if nothing has changed since 1850.

What's that about conservatives being unwilling to change with the times again?

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Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot

Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Feb 19 18:03:45 2012, in response to Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Feb 19 17:57:58 2012.

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Heh. Of course what didn't make it to print was WHO he wants running those schools ... protestant church groups with taxpayer funding. At least you don't have to read the bible instead of geography books in socialist schools. No thanks.

We can fix our schools. We can't fix crazies with bibles.

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Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot

Posted by AlM on Sun Feb 19 18:07:45 2012, in response to Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Feb 19 17:57:58 2012.

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If he had only said that public schools need serious fixing, it wouldn't have been so foolish. It was his suggestion that government should get out of the school business that was pretty extreme.



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Re: Santorum

Posted by Fred G on Sun Feb 19 18:18:31 2012, in response to Re: Santorum, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Feb 19 17:51:04 2012.

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wow just like scrota.

your pal,
Fred

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Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot

Posted by SMAZ on Mon Feb 20 04:09:57 2012, in response to Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot, posted by AlM on Sun Feb 19 16:14:41 2012.

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GO SANTORUM GO!!!!!

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Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot

Posted by Edwards! on Mon Feb 20 04:49:18 2012, in response to Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot, posted by AlM on Sun Feb 19 16:14:41 2012.

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he's a fucking idiot..and a joke. he should laugh himself right into retirement before its too late.

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Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot

Posted by Fred G on Mon Feb 20 07:21:42 2012, in response to Re: Santorum Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot, posted by Edwards! on Mon Feb 20 04:49:18 2012.

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No, he should run for President.

your pal,
Fred

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