Rick Santorum Bemoans Gay Soldiers Who 'Shower With People'

[w8liftinglady]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/09/rick-santorum-gay-soldiers-shower-dadt_n_1002244.html

WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum doubled down on his recent comments opposing allowing gay soldiers to serve in the U.S. military, invoking the image of soldiers showering together to explain his support for reinstating the discriminatory "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

"The problem is that sexual activity with people who you are in close quarters with who happen to be of the same sex is different than being open about your sexuality," Santorum said on "Fox News Sunday."

Fox host Chris Wallace pushed back, asking Santorum if he was suggesting gay soldiers would "go after" their colleagues.

"They're in close quarters, they live with people, they obviously shower with people," Santorum said, saying the presence of gay soldiers could have an adverse "effect on retention and recruitment."

Wallace played a clip of Santorum insisting during a recent Republican primary debate that the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" was an improper injection of "social policy" into the armed forces. Wallace then presented a quote from a former military official to Santorum and asked whether he agreed with its basic idea: "The army is not a sociological laboratory. ... Experiments ... are a danger to efficiency, discipline and morale and would result in ultimate defeat."

Santorum, looking uncomfortable, said that he did agree with the general idea of the statement. Wallace then revealed that the quote was from Colonel E.R. Householder, a World War II-era official whose comments were made in opposition to the racial integration of the military.

[CanonRay]

1. Santorum should be under a Psychiatrist's care

he has some real deep-seated problems.

[roguevalley]

15. he's turned on by it. why else fixate on it like he does?

[trumad]

2. His obsession with teh Gays is plain weird

Fact of the matter is...Rick Santorum is dumber than a brick....

Although...apologies to bricks.

[Atman]

3. I think he's overcompensating just a bit.

He clearly has trouble with his own sexuality. And I bet he likes dogs, too.

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[Initech]

14. Yeah it is a bit on the weird side isn't it?

[Scuba]

4. He's a small blob of cantor. n/t

[USA_1]

5. Sweden's Army

I've heard the guys and girls shower together in Sweden's army but that never causes any problems. Don't know if it's true but I bet it is so.

[toddwv]

9. I've read that as well.

Women can join any unit as long as they past the tests. The men and women sleep and shower in the same areas.

[Epiphany4z]

6. jeeze laweeze

gay and strait soldiers have been sharing showers all along. The only thing new is now they can say yup I am gay. I mean lol Santorum should welcome this. Now he will know when he needs to wear his swim trunks into the shower.

Because ya know he is just sooo hot no gay would be able to resist. Simply put they would have to "go after" him. uggg

[yodermon]

7. Hell, gimme gay soldiers any day

They guy fighting next to me might be more inclined to save my ass if there's a chance he might get a piece of it later
j/k

[unblock]

8. the destroyer i was on had individual shower stalls

and the high school i attended didn't.

do you think santorum will propose more money to build separate shower stalls in high schools across the country?

[LiberalFighter]

10. What are the odds that Santorum

only has sex when the lights are off? Does not have sex with his wife more than once a month? Makes his wife wear nighties that cover her legs?

[Hepburn]

11. And...

...they only "do it" for reproductive reasons! :hi:

[Blue Owl]

12. He sure spends a lot of time imagining all possible scenarios...

Hmmmm, Ricky... Hmmmm....

[Scuba]

13. +1

[NMMNG]

16. People like him

always think gay men are just dying to see him naked. :puke:

[BillStein]

17. I definitely picture him without clothes...

...covered in tar and feathers! :fistbump:

[HillWilliam]

18. I'm a vet and gay as hell

and I can say this for certain: If anyone had approached me at oh-dark-thirty in the shower, they'd bett' have a mug of strong coffee, some bacon, eggs and maybe some hashbrowns. I don't care if it was the hunk of the world with a d*ck of death, as for me, at that obscene hour of the day, I didn't want shit-else.

Now, later, after that hot cuppa, might've been a different story :)

Look, Rick, in a war zone, that guy next to you in the shower isn't worried about your ass. He's worried about not getting his blown off that day.