Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum (Winchester, Virginia, May 10, 1958 - ) is an American lawyer and politician. He is member of the Republican Party. Santorum served as United States Senator from Pennsylvania from January, 1995 through January, 2007. During that time, Santorum was known for his conservative political views. In 2000, he was elected by his peers to the position of Senate Republican Conference Chairman.
Santorum was an author and floor manager of the landmark "Welfare Reform Act" which passed in 1996 that has empowered millions of Americans to leave the welfare rolls and enter the workforce. Senator Santorum wrote and championed legislation that outlawed the heinous procedure known as "Partial Birth Abortion" as well as the "Born Alive Infants Protection Act", the "Unborn Victims of Violence Act", and the "Combating Autism Act" because he believes each and every individual has value and the most vulnerable in our society need to be protected. Senator Santorum fought to maintain fiscal sanity in Washington before it was in fashion, fighting for a balanced budget and a line item veto. [1]
A movement among intelligent thoughtful people against discrimination, and particularly activists, vilified Santorum for his forthright and bigoted statements. In the Senate, Santorum stood for outdated values, and fought for marriage defined by one group of people against another. His "Santorum Amendment" to the No Child Left Behind Act sought (albeit unsuccessfully) to undermine curricula which presents something that runs contrary to his worldview theory of evolution, but amendment opponents said it the language would have the effect of supporting the teaching of intelligent design in public schools, which they regard as Creationism rather than as a legitimate scientific theory.
In 2006 Bob Casey, Jr., the liberal son of a popular former Pennsylvania governor who had been pro-life, defeated Santorum as part of a Democratic sweep in that election. Casey subsequently endorsed pro-choice Barack Obama for president in 2008.
Santorum is currently a candidate for the 2012 Presidential Election.
Small mindedness of Santorum
Anyone with half a brain became disgusted with Santorum, particularly after he stood up for 'so called' traditional marriage and drew an analogy between support for homosexual marriage and other illegal forms of marriage and conduct. Similarly to comparing someone to Hitler to get an overstated point across, amirite? They argued that because the other kinds of conduct are so universally repulsive, pointing out the parallels with homosexual acts and homosexual marriage unduly disparages homosexuals. But they knew the ugly truth -- that homosexuality is just one step away on the slippery slope(according to some) towards many other disgustingly immoral(according to some) proclivities. Since they had no legitimate arguments, they could only resort to liberal namecalling and personal attacks. (Because this site is full of no personal attacks against people that don't agree with them, amirite?)
Dan Savage
Homosexual advice columnist Dan Savage instigated a campaign on Google to associate Santorum's name with vile slang. Alluding him to be the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of homosexual sex.
2012 Presidential Race
On June 6, 2011[2], Santorum announced his intention to run for the Republican Party nomination in the US Presidential election of 2012.[3]
In the Iowa caucuses, January, 3, 2012, Santorum and Mitt Romney Fight to a Draw. In the first Republican contest of the season, the two candidates were separated by only a sliver of votes, offering Rick Santorum a chance to emerge as the alternative to Mitt Romney. [4]
Rick Santorum and his wife Karen are the parents of seven children: Elizabeth, John, Daniel, Sarah Maria, Peter, Patrick and Isabella.