• Rick Santorum: It Would Be 'Suicidal' For GOP To Embrace Gay Marriage
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[QUOTE]Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) continued to bolster his social conservative platform on Monday, telling the Des Moines Register that the GOP must maintain its opposition to marriage equality to avert political suicide. He also predicted that the Supreme Court would reject gay-marriage rights in upcoming rulings. “I’m sure you could go back and read stories, oh, you know, ‘The Republican party’s going to change. This is the future.’ Obviously that didn’t happen,” Santorum said.[I] “I think you’re going to see the same stories written now and it’s not going to happen. The Republican Party’s not going to change on this issue. In my opinion it would be suicidal if it did.”[/I][/QUOTE] [url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/08/rick-santorum-gop-gay-marriage_n_3040225.html]Read the source, it has a video[/url] [thumb]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/shakespeares_sister/shakes4/santorumgenius.jpg[/thumb]
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Yeah, getting all of those votes for finally supporting gay marriage will surely be the death of the party.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;40215163]Yeah, [B]getting all of those votes [/B]for finally supporting gay marriage will surely be the death of the party.[/QUOTE] But wouldn't that be against what they're trying to do????
I obviously can't cite a source, but I'm pretty damn sure this has definitely been said, just replace the homosexual marriage stuff with, say, black people.
"It would be suicidal to embrace a rapidly increasing social equality movement" The GOP ladies and gents.
[QUOTE=Reds;40215211]I obviously can't cite a source, but I'm pretty damn sure this has definitely been said, just replace the homosexual marriage stuff with, say, black people.[/QUOTE] [thumb]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17j9aaniswp4fjpg/original.jpg[/thumb] I got your source right here.
[QUOTE=J!NX;40215220][thumb]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17j9aaniswp4fjpg/original.jpg[/thumb] I got your source right here.[/QUOTE] The irony is, at the time of that picture, odds are those men would be voting for Democrats, not Republicans.
-sniptastrophy-
[QUOTE=J!NX;40215220][thumb]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17j9aaniswp4fjpg/original.jpg[/thumb] I got your source right here.[/QUOTE] Oh, of course. Just by a bunch of old-timey Santorums-esque figures. Which I'm sure made up the entire Republican party/i don't know american history so sorry if i'm wrong in attitude.
[QUOTE=Creid;40215255]Might be nitpicking but [I]suicidal?[/I] Think before you throw that word around.[/QUOTE] After officially adding acceptance of homosexuality to the party platform, the RNC leadership will collectively commit seppeku
Klan at that time wouldn't support Catholics either, not sure about now though. He is crazy enough to be a klansman.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;40215270]After officially adding acceptance of homosexuality to the party platform, the RNC leadership will collectively commit seppeku[/QUOTE] what, the number game?
it's a good thing santorum isn't relevant anymore.
[QUOTE=N-12_Aden;40215273]Klan at that time wouldn't support Catholics either, not sure about now though. He is crazy enough to be a klansman.[/QUOTE] Klan is still very much against Catholics. Anything aside from American-born Caucasian Puritan Baptists is a no-go for them.
[QUOTE=T2L_Goose;40215278]what, the number game?[/QUOTE] Nah, he mispelt. He meant Sudoku, the Japanese thing for impaling yourself in an act of suicide.
[QUOTE=gonedead0;40215294]it's a good thing santorum isn't relevant anymore.[/QUOTE] It is still scary to think how close he got to being GOP.
[QUOTE=Reds;40215256]Oh, of course. Just by a bunch of old-timey Santorums-esque figures. Which I'm sure made up the entire Republican party/i don't know american history so sorry if i'm wrong in attitude.[/QUOTE] As Scorpious pointed out, they would support Democrat. The roles have switched since the 20s-30s. I'm not sure they dominated politics legitimately in the late 1800s because they would mostly just intimidate or kill freed slaves and republicans, but they had a lot of pull in the 20s until the whole damned group unraveled. I think that photo of them marching in Washington DC will always disgust me.
[QUOTE=Reds;40215299]Nah, he mispelt. He meant Sudoku, the Japanese thing for impaling yourself in an act of suicide.[/QUOTE] Sudoku is the number game. What you're both referring to to is Seppuku
[QUOTE=Moustacheman;40215295]Klan is still very much against Catholics. Anything aside from American-born Caucasian Puritan Baptists is a no-go for them.[/QUOTE] Thought so. I just stay the hell away from the Klan. I'm pretty sure where I am from there are at least sympathizers to those bastards.
oh, Frothy still trying to be relevant
[QUOTE=Dougz;40215317]Sudoku is the number game. What you're both referring to to is Seppuku[/QUOTE] You ruined the joke.
[QUOTE=Mr._N;40215366]You ruined the joke.[/QUOTE] My bad, seems I've been doing that a lot recently.
[QUOTE=N-12_Aden;40215312]As Scorpious pointed out, they would support Democrat. The roles have switched since the 20s-30s. I'm not sure they dominated politics legitimately in the late 1800s because they would mostly just intimidate or kill freed slaves and republicans, but they had a lot of pull in the 20s until the whole damned group unraveled. I think that photo of them marching in Washington DC will always disgust me.[/QUOTE] Thanks. I knew they swapped their roles, I just wasn't sure just when it happened.
[QUOTE=Reds;40215416]Thanks. I knew they swapped their roles, I just wasn't sure just when it happened.[/QUOTE] It actually occurred in the 60s if I remember correctly. That picture was from the 20s to 30s so that would still be in the Democrat era.
Man, what a load of santorum.
fuck rick santorum
I haven't even heard santorum's name in so long, I was about to ask who he is :v:
It would be suicidal for the GOP [i]not[/i] to embrace Gay Marriage.
[QUOTE=N-12_Aden;40215312]As Scorpious pointed out, they would support Democrat. The roles have switched since the 20s-30s. I'm not sure they dominated politics legitimately in the late 1800s because they would mostly just intimidate or kill freed slaves and republicans, but they had a lot of pull in the 20s until the whole damned group unraveled. I think that photo of them marching in Washington DC will always disgust me.[/QUOTE] "The democratic party believes in equal rights to all and special privilege to none. The republican party holds that special privileges are essential to national prosperity. It believes that national prosperity must originate with the special interests and seep down through the channels of trade to the less favored industries to the wage earners and small salaried employes. It has accordingly enthroned privilege and nurtured selfishness. The republican party is concerned chiefly with material things; the democratic party is concerned chiefly with human rights. The masses, burdened by discriminating laws and unjust administration, are demanding relief. The favored special interests, represented by the republican party, contented with their unjust privileges, are demanding that no change be made. The democratic party stands for remedial legislation and progress. The republican party stands still." - Democratic Principles of the Democratic party platform in 1924 ([url]http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=29593[/url]) People always say they switched, but it sure doesn't seem like it when you actually read what each party supported. You could take this exact quote, put it in the modern democratic platform, and no one would be able to tell the difference.
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