Rick Santorum

Randy Rainbow Works A Chick-Fil-A

In his latest video, Randy Rainbow--the gayest creation since Spandex kneepads--lands a job at a Chick-Fil-A, where he gamely sings show tunes, dons a festive tiara, and makes out with a young male coworker. ("Talk about chicken!")

Bloomberg Signs Off on Chick-Fil-A in NYC

On Sundays, Chick-fil-A closes its door to respect the Sabbath - the day God gave mankind to rest after a long week. The assembly line of chicken sandwiches stops its engines and customers take the day off from consuming the famous Chick-fil-A sauce. Along the Bible Belt, where a majority of the Atl ... More >>

Here Are Other Things Santorum Said That "Went Too Far"

Okay, we've missed the guy a bit. And this is a reflection post, if anything.This morning, CNN host Candy Crowley asked the former Presidential vier and fierce ex-cultural-warrior Rick Santorum if he'd ever serve in the Romney administration if offered a position. His response: "It is pretty much a ... More >>

Sorry, Ladies: Mitt Romney's Women Problem Might Not Matter in The Election

Back when Rick Santorum was still gunning for the G.O.P presidential nomination, it looked like both the candidate and Republican party had major trouble with this nation's ladies. Santorum's screeds on abortion, rape, contraception, and combat sure did support the idea that the Right was waging a w ... More >>

Rick Santorum Bails On New York GOP's (Pricey) Dinner

There's bad news if you forked over $1,000 to New York's Republican Party to attend its annual dinner: former presidential candidate Rick Santorum won't be there.GOP spokeswoman Becky Miller tells the Voice Santorum is out. Santorum, she says, didn't give a specific reason, but we can only assume th ... More >>

New York GOP Mum On Whether Rick Santorum Will Still Attend Party's Fancy ($1,000 A Plate) Dinner

The New York state Republican Party is holding its annual dinner next week, at which now-former presidential candidate Rick Santorum currently is scheduled to be a guest of honor. However, now that he's bailed on his campaign, it's unclear whether Santorum will actually show up -- and that's because ... More >>

Rick Santorum To Hold 2 p.m. Press Conference. Expected To Suspend Campaign *BREAKING*

Moments from now, GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum will hold a press conference where he's expected to end his hopeless campaign.The press conference was initially intended to be a campaign rally, according to Fox News, but is now a media event for Santorum to discuss the "future of his camp ... More >>

Rick Santorum Finally Throws In The Towel; Romney Has GOP Nomination In The Bag

When (or if) Rick Santorum comes to New York next week, he'll do so as a former presidential candidate -- the former Pennsylvania senator announced this afternoon that he's suspending his campaign...finally."We made a decision over the weekend that, while this presidential race for us, is over for ... More >>

Should Mitt Romney Give Rick Santorum a Break?

New York and Pennsylvania's April 24 primaries are fast approaching and while Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have mainly eyed the Empire State's 95 delegates, the Keystone State's contest might ultimately decide Santorum's electability. Indeed, the former Pennsylvania Senator suffered a shattering l ... More >>

Rick Santorum Wants To Get His Hands on New York's Precious Delegates

First, another look at the numbers, because some people running for office don't seem to get it: Mitt Romney has 658 delegates compared to Rick Santorum's 281. You need 1,144 delegates to win the Republican ticket. At this stage of the primaries, the likelihood of Santorum sinking enough delegates i ... More >>

Mitt Romney Beats Rick Santorum 2-1 in New York: Poll

Remember a few weeks ago, when it looked like New York's April 24 primary might actually matter? Well, even though the G.O.P. presidential candidate has yet to be definitively decided, national stats suggest that Mitt Romney has a very healthy lead, with 658 delegates compared to Rick Santorum's ... More >>

Hide Your Porn! Rick Santorum's Coming to New York. Newt Gingrich, Too

Wannabe presidential candidate Rick Santorum -- who the Washington Post has decided is edging "towards the embarrassment zone" -- apparently still thinks he can win the GOP presidential primary -- which is adorable. Sadly, that means he'll soon start campaigning in New York, where 95 delegates are a ... More >>

The 10 Most Ridiculous Things Old White Politicos Have Said About Vaginas

Everything from insisting that abortions cause breast cancer to wanting to tax abortions (even for rape victims) to not knowing how birth control even works. (Rush Limbaugh is the one responsible for that last gaffe. Thanks for the laffe, Rush!). And who can forget Rick Santorum's assertion that ... More >>

Cheney Gets Heart Transplant; Santorum Wins Louisiana; Sandusky Had 'Likely Pedophile's Pattern' In 1998

71-year-old former Vice President Dick Cheney received a heart transplant yesterday. Cheney had been on a waiting list for a new heart for 20 months, and had his operation at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia. "Although the former vice president and his family do not know the identity ... More >>

Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum: Who Is The Bigger Right-Winger?

In terms of his political views, Mitt Romney has heard it all: flip-flopper, moderate, secret liberal, pseudo-conservative, Etch-A-Sketch; the list goes on and on. Republican voters have had a rather excessively hard time throwing their support behind a guy who influenced Obamacare and was pro-choic ... More >>

Who Has Two Thumbs and Hates More Primaries? Mitt Romney!

First, there was Iowa and New Hampshire. Then, there was Super Tuesday. At some point, there were other Republican primaries. And tonight, the resilient candidates find themselves in Illinois -- a contest that is "make-or-break" for Mitt Romney. With 54 delegates up for grabs in the state that is ... More >>

Rightbloggers Denounce Rick Santorum's War on Porn -- As a Liberal Conspiracy

Obama's coming up for reelection, and gas prices and unemployment are high. So why do rightbloggers concentrate instead on cultural issues like abortion, contraception and Rush Limbaugh's opinion of Sandra Fluke? Some think it's because they're bunch of misogynists*. We think it's because they h ... More >>

Rick Santorum Wants to Ban Porn, Declares 'War' on Adult Video Industry

Rick Santorum, who earlier this week told Puerto Ricans to speak English if they wanted to become a state, has continued his tradition of saying wacky shit. Now, not-so-slick Rick is calling for a war on pornography! Apparently, vids of naked, consenting adults threaten the very fabric of America ... More >>

Ask What Rick Santorum Will Do to Your Country

In 1960, during his Democratic campaign against Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy made his views on the First Amendment's establishment clause known to a group of Texas ministers by saying he supported an "America where the separation between church and state are absolute." That tidbit of jurisprudence ... More >>

No, There Is Still Not a GOP Presidential Nominee

So you just wanted to know which Republican would go face-to-face with Barack Obama in November and were kinda hoping that Super Tuesday would finally produce an obvious Presidential candidate. Too bad! As detailed by The Associated Press, yesterday's contests suggest that Mitt Romney will probab ... More >>

Arizona and Michigan: Super Tuesday Pregame Is a Romney-Santorum Standoff

Tonight is the night... for more primaries. Arizona and Michigan are next up for primaries as voters in these states have until this evening to choose their favorite Republican presidential candidate. Contrary to popular belief, these two primaries are actually worth something: Arizona will award 29 ... More >>

Sex Mad: Why the Rightblogger Obsession With Ladyparts Never Ends

With all the recent women's health controversies -- Komen/Planned Parenthood, contraception in Catholic hospitals, and Virginia's plan to wand women who want abortions -- and their potential to steer women's votes away from Republicans, you'd think conservatives would prefer to get back to talking a ... More >>

Rick Santorum Thinks The Separation of Church and State Is Nauseating

​Rick Santorum wants religion to play a bigger role in U.S. politics and the total separation of church and state makes him want to hurl. On the campaign trail today, Santorum emphasized his feelings about secularism -- that he finds it barf-worthy, according to The Associated Press (via Was ... More >>

Could Rick Santorum Beat Barack Obama?

Barack Obama is ahead of Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum in 12 swing states -- but the incumbent might still have to do some work to beat the pol from Pennsylvania, according to a new poll by Purple Strategies, a political consulting group. Santorum has stolen the G.O.P lead from Romney in these batt ... More >>

Ron Paul Calls Rick Santorum a 'Fake' Fiscal Conservative in New Ad

Ron Paul wants to know: "Is this dude serious?" And by "this dude," he means Rick Santorum, ostensibly the front-runner in the GOP presidential field. Featuring a voiceover best described as male valley-girl-meets-political-smear, Paul's latest campaign commercial challenges Santorum's fiscal-con ... More >>

Rick Santorum Opposes Prenatal Testing, Women

​Rick Santorum doesn't think that insurance companies should have to pay for a simple diagnostic test that determines whether a baby will be born sick or severely disabled. Santorum, who is so anti-abortion that he would make his own daughter carry a rape-baby to term, thinks that amniocente ... More >>

A Brief History of Dave Mustaine Saying Conservative Things

Courtesy of MSO PRPolitical Pundit Dave Mustaine​ Last night press representatives of Dave Mustaine sent out a statement clarifying the Megadeth frontman's recent supposed-by-not-really endorsement of Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum.

Georgia Jilted by Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum; CNN Cancels Debate

Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are just too busy for Georgia and pulled out of a final debate before the Super Tuesday Primaries, so CNN canceled the Republican showdown scheduled for March 1, Slate notes. Romney and Santorum, who are pretty much neck-and-neck in polls, basically decided to blow of ... More >>

Republicans Might Think that Rick Santorum Is 'Mr. Right,' Challenging Mitt Romney's Lead

​Rick Santorum, whose last name has come to popularly mean "the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex," has emerged as top contender in the Republican field -- beating rival Mitt Romney in a national poll. The Los Angeles Times reports that Santorum ... More >>

Santorum Spreads Across Michigan in New Campaign Ads

​Rick Santorum, who despite being pretty un-electable on a national level has gained the favor of his fellow Republicans, has started to do battle with top rival Mitt Romney in Michigan in a series of televised ads. As detailed in the Los Angeles Times, Santorum decided to release commercial ... More >>

Rick Santorum Sweeps Three GOP Primaries in Missouri, Colorado, and Minnesota

Just as it was starting to look inevitable that America would soon be under the tutelage of its first Mormon leader, Rick Santorum surprised the GOP by winning three primary victories yesterday in Missouri, Minnesota, and Colorado. Even though none of these states carry much weight toward the party ... More >>

Occupy Oakland Protesters Arrested; Cain Endorses Gingrich; More Details In Greg Kelly Case

Chaos broke out in Oakland Saturday, after Occupy protesters tried to take over the vacant Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, in what they called "Move-in Day," a plan to turn a vacant building "social center, convergence center and headquarters." Hundreds of people were arrested, and three police o ... More >>

Rick Santorum Sweater Vests for Sale for $100 a Pop

​Do you want to not only vote for but also look like Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum? If so, you are in luck! Rick Santorum has leveraged his viral fashion-backward menswear choices into a donation campaign for none other than Rick Santorum. But you, too, will benefit -- if you ... More >>

Rightbloggers Prepare to Swallow Their Santorum and Root for Romney

Since the recent Iowa one-two finish by Romney and Santorum, there've been a couple more debates and a lot of palaver about the GOP Presidential race. But let us level with you: Despite all our jokes about The Next President of the United States of The Week/Month, it's become painfully obvious tha ... More >>

The Temperature of 2012: Cold, With a Chance of Flurries (and Sweater Vests)

Welcome back, all! Perhaps you've been working for days already, or perhaps you've been relaxing on a balmy beach -- in any case, we're here to ease you through your troubled Tuesday. First up: Weather. It is cold, the coldest all year (you've heard that joke already?): 27 degrees with a low of 16, ... More >>

Same-Sex Marriage Takes New York By Storm in 2011, Tosses Salad in Iowa in 2012

​Happy New Year. We're kicking things off here this January by taking a quick look at how same-sex marriage affected life in New York in 2011, and how it's shaping up primary politics in Iowa in advance of tomorrow's caucuses. Gay marriage, of course, just became official in New York last ye ... More >>

Surgin' Santorum! Rightbloggers Not So Frothy for This Week's Next President of the United States

The wheel of fortune has spun once again, and the GOP Next President of the United States of the Week is now Rick Santorum. Mind you, no one thinks Santorum will actually be the nominee. He's just running third in some optimistic polls -- of the Iowa caucuses, which is no bellwether. Yet all the wo ... More >>

Keith Olbermann And I Dish Half-Naked Republicans!

Vanity Fair has posted a hilarious mock calendar of various Repuglicans in various states of undress. (At least I think they're fake photos. The Repugs' real nudie spreads are no doubt buried somewhere deep inside their cell phones.)

Ron Paul to Jay Leno: Michele Bachmann 'Hates' Muslims

​Last night, Ron Paul was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno promoting his new romantic comedy Unfair Trade, in which he plays a Libertarian Congressman who won't settle for anyone less than Ayn Rand (played by Katherine Heigl). He's also running for president, so Leno decided to ask him some q ... More >>

Mitt Romney: "I'm Running for Office, for Pete's Sake! I Can't Have Illegals!"

It was a strange debate last night, even by the standards of this year's crop of Republican primary candidates. Michelle Bachmann (who looked disarmingly like a post Jedi Princess Leia) promised to build a "double fence" along the length of the United States/Mexico border; Herman Cain slipped into h ... More >>

Tea Party Audience Boos Gay Soldier at GOP Debate

Last night was the night of the Fox-Google GOP debate, notable for the just-like-getting-a-gchat beep that went off whenever anyone talked too long, as well as a moment in which Stephen Hill, a gay soldier serving in Iraq, asked Rick Santorum whether he'd circumvent the progress that's been made for ... More >>

Michele Bachmann "Glittered" By Gay Rights Activist at RightOnline Conference

Newt Gingrich. Tim Pawlenty. Now Michele Bachmann, at a conservative conference in Minneapolis today. Next: Rick Santorum? [TPM] [@_rosiegray]

Planned Parenthood: The Too Obvious Fate of a Pregnant Teen in Lebanon, Pa.

Rick Santorum, Presidential Hopeful, Can't Beat Google, Dan Savage, or Anal Sex

​Rick Santorum, at least on the Internet, is at the mercy of Google's algorithm, by way of syndicated sex columnist Dan Savage, almost eight years after the writer, enraged by Santorum's ignorant stance on homosexuality, started a campaign to define (and defile) the politician's surname. The w ... More >>

Morning Report 6/22/05
I'm With the Band!

Let Them Eat Comp Time

Bush, Congress nix minimum wage hike, push tough bankruptcy bill

The Sunshine Patriots

The GOP's champions of this war had a hard time finding their own way to the battlefield

What Gay-Friendly Republicans?

Homos Get the Glad Hand, Phobes Get the Power

The 'Partial' Ploy

How the antichoice campaign against a nonexistent procedure threatens Roe

House of Hypocrites

While congress is set to sit in judgment of President Clinton, many of its members have their own indiscretions to deal with. Lucky for them Ken Starr isn't investigating them and the notoriously lax ethics committee is.