The Other McCain

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How Low Will They Go? This Low.

Posted on | January 16, 2012 | 63 Comments

Rick and Karen Santorum greet supporters
in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Jan. 16, 2012

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.
I just got through covering Rick Santorum’s speech to the Faith and Freedom Coalition event here. Afterwards, Senator Santorum, his wife Karen and their four oldest children — Elizabeth, John, Daniel and Sarah — greeted supporters here for tonight’s debate. The senator’s wife was kind enough to say a few words to my son Jefferson. who came along on this trip as my assistant.

So I came back to sit down and upload photos and video and check my e-mail, and there was an e-mail informing me that the Daily Beast has done a story about Mrs. Santorum’s ex-boyfriend from nearly 30 years ago, before she met her husband.

Stop and think about that for a minute, folks. I’m 52 — a year younger than the senator and a year older than his wife — and I’m thinking back to who I was and how I lived 30 years ago.

Would I want somebody doing a story based on an interview with one of my ex-girlfriends from back then? Would I want my wife and children and friends to read such a story?

Exactly what political relevance or news value this Daily Beast story has, I’m at a loss to explain, but I’m shocked that they would publish such a thing, especially considering how any critical inquiry into Barack Obama’s past associations was declared off-limits —  even racist — four years ago.

Update (Smitty): linked at The Camp of the Saints.

Category: Election 2012, Media Bias, Rick Santorum, South Carolina

Comments

63 Responses to “How Low Will They Go? This Low.”

  1. StanW
    January 17th, 2012 @ 5:05 pm

    And here is a FINE example of the type of “class” and “self-respect” that Liberals like Vega show to those of us on the Right.

    And in a few moments, he will justify everything he has said, while at the same time continuing to lecture the rest of us on having CLASS!

  2. ThePaganTemple
    January 17th, 2012 @ 5:15 pm

    You have to have a willing audience before you can “educate” somebody. The days when you leftist communist cocksuckers had a captive audience that you could indoctrinate with your traitorous shit are rapidly coming to a close.

    I am what I am. If you think I dislike Obama because he’s black, guess what, you leftist freak? I don’t give a good god motherfucking damn. All you have to know is I definitely don’t like the scumbag socialist piece of shit, and if all you leftist dick lickers died tomorrow, the world would be a much better place in my honest opinion.

  3. Vega - Poli-Cultural Humorist
    January 17th, 2012 @ 5:57 pm

    I know you don’t give a damn, because you know it’s the truth. Now go back to your wife/sister. She misses you.

  4. Vega - Poli-Cultural Humorist
    January 17th, 2012 @ 5:58 pm

    Yup. You deserve what you get. You are in similiar company here, Stan. Classless, ignorant, hateful stooges of the pundits. Birds of a feather.

  5. StanW
    January 17th, 2012 @ 6:03 pm

    Amazing, another cowardly and quisling reason why Vega thinks he can act like a total douchebag and STILL have the moral high-ground to lecture everyone else on having class.

    Hey Vega, know who else deserves what they get? Michelle Obama!

  6. Tennwriter
    January 17th, 2012 @ 6:13 pm

    I’d be pleased, moderators, to vote Vega off the island.

  7. ThePaganTemple
    January 17th, 2012 @ 6:45 pm

    I don’t engage in incestuous relationships with family members. I don’t live like you leftist welfare freaks, fucking your sisters and daughters, what time you’re not pimping them out to other scumbags.

    Then when they get pregnant you expect the taxpayers to support them with extra welfare and food stamps. You’re all a bunch of scumbags and the best thing about the abortion industry is it helps the gods make sure you fucking scumbag freaks are kept down to somewhat manageable levels.

    That’s why I’m thankful the Chinese adopted a one-child policy. Hopefully you fucking leftist faggot cocksuckers will adopt a No-Child policy and abort your worthless asses to extinction.

  8. Vega - Poli-Cultural Humorist
    January 17th, 2012 @ 8:25 pm

    It’s no newsflash you all hated her from Day One, to go along with your instant, imagined, deluded hatred of Obama. Wallow in your hate, tadpole.

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    January 19th, 2012 @ 6:25 pm

    Linked.

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