Santorum Resolute on Boston Rebuke (It's all gay people's fault)

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http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/07/13/santorum_resolute_on_boston_rebuke?mode=PF

WASHINGTON -- Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, the third-ranking Republican in the Senate, refused yesterday to back off on his earlier statements connecting Boston's ''liberalism" with the Roman Catholic Church pedophile scandal, saying that the city's ''sexual license" and ''sexual freedom" nurtured an environment where sexual abuse would occur.

''The basic liberal attitude in that area . . . has an impact on people's behavior," Santorum said in an interview yesterday at the Capitol.

''If you have a world view that I'm describing . . . that affirms alternative views of sexuality, that can lead to a lot of people taking it the wrong way," Santorum said.

Santorum, a leader among Christian conservatives, was responding to questions about remarks he made three years ago on a website called Catholic Online. In those comments, Santorum said, ''It is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political, and cultural liberalism in America, lies at the center of the storm" of the clergy sexual abuse scandal.

[Scottie72]

1. Plain and simple

Santorum is a whole ass.

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4. The Democratic response to him is just priceless.

US Representative Barney Frank, a Newton Democrat, called Santorum ''a jerk" and pointed out that the senator tried to use the levers of the federal government to block the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, an act that Santorum likened to ''execution." An autopsy found that Schiavo's brain was half the normal size and that she could not see anything.

''This is one of those people who claims to have had eye contact with a blind woman," Frank said.

Representative Martin T. Meehan, Democrat of Lowell, said, ''There's not much you can say about someone who claims to have read the Bible cover to cover and came away from it thinking it encourages hatred for fellow human beings."

David Wade, spokesman for Senator John F. Kerry, said, ''Sometimes you wonder whether Rick Santorum can possibly believe the radically wrong words that escape his mouth."

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10. LOL

That just got laughing, thanks I needed that.

[patrice]

2. It is an axiom in Social Psychology, well supported by research,

that when explaining the faults of others, people usually ascribe causes to intrinsic faults; when explaining their own faults, people usually ascribe causes to temporary situational factors.

What happened to the Republican assumption the individuals are responsible for their own behavior?

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3. Keep it up Rick!

We'll link him with Mitt Romney and goodbye GOP hopeful.

[aintitfunny]

5. He is one sick puppy

Truly deranged.

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6. Of course, Rick, it couldn't be the 'culture' of your Catholic Church,

could it?

[earthboundmisfit]

7. Is Sanitarium a member of Opus Dei?

I seem to remember that he is...
I find it absurd but still quite chilling his statement that "a seat of academic, political, and cultural liberalism in America lies at the center of the storm" - implying that academic, political and cultural freedom should be limited or curtailed - and that would cure society's ills... Santorum is a creepy, creepy whackjob and I hate to think there are many more out there who believe as he does.:scared:

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8. Senator Saintwhorum, just how was it the liberal's fault?

How is it our fault that the church intimidated victims, moved abusive priests into unsuspecting parishes instead of notifying the police, and denied there was any abuse in the first place? Cmon Rickie, essplain to me...

How was it our fault that for 4 decades the hierarchy of the church demanded silence even though it's most vulnerable members were been SEXUALLY VIOLATED?

The answer is: It wasn't. Ever.


Rick, you're pond scum. And YOU should be Banned in Boston.

(Insert Mike Malloy quote here)

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9. Well, gee, how does he explain the sex scandal in Phoenix AZ?

It's hardly "liberal" here, and we sure had a big problem with it!