Pic Of The Moment: Santorum Says Struggle Against Apartheid Like Struggle Against Obamacare

[EarlG]

Spreading Santorum: Slick Rick's latest chart-topper

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[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

1. The struggle against Santorum is like...

...the struggle against a backed up sewer line, a little trickles through but the majority still floats to the top.

[dflprincess]

74. Is the little trickling through a "frothy mixture"? n/t

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

79. It's frothy for sure,

but a lot of chunks still present. he is a chunk!

[NewJeffCT]

2. He's got the moron level turned up to 11

Does he want to out-do Bachmann & Palin?

[lisby]

57. 11 is his default setting

What an ass he is. Either a dumb ass or a stupid ass, but an ass in either case.

[kardonb]

62. outdo

the repugs game is to be their hero : make an even crazier statement than the last nut made .

[Initech]

82. 11 - one idiot bigger

[Wait Wut]

3. Funny thing is...

...this won't go over well with his teaper buddies, either.

[yurbud]

36. "You said sumthin' nice 'bout that commie?"

[Botany]

4. So people getting health insurance is like Mandela's struggles?

The stupid is strong w/this one.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

84. Perhaps the polar bear

should bite Sanitarium's head off

[Jessy169]

5. When has Santorum been remotely correct about anything?

The pin-headed Bozo is a complete and total loon, "leading" a pack of some of the most confused and angry morons that exist in America today.

[Plucketeer]

40. You are correct, of course

Butt just how much would we EXPECT from rectal ooze???

[AAO]

42. Hehehe - yous said Butt.... LOL from Butthead!

[riverbendviewgal]

6. Very ignorant man

He is incredibley stupid. He can't let politics go even when a great man dies.....Even RS face looks like a dummy in this pic.

Nelson Mandela, may you RIP.. I am so fortunate to live on earth when you did.. You, Mandela have inspired me and many many others to do good and not hurt each other.

[AAO]

43. Wouldn't any decent person wait a while before they trashed an ICON?

[BlueMTexpat]

7. O.M.G.!!!!

Every time I think that the GOP of today has hit bottom, another party member opens his/her mouth and proves that the bottom is still a LONG way off.

Those in the world who are not mourning Mandela's passing today are likely laughing their a$$es off at the stupidity that passes for punditry in the US. That is, if they're thinking about us at all.

My most fervent wish for Santorum - and those like him - is that they actually could experience the adversity that the majority of ordinary men and women face every single day. If there were any justice anywhere, they could count on being reincarnated either as blacks in South Africa during the apartheid era, as slaves in the pre-Civil War US (although the situation of blacks did not necessarily improve wholesale in post-Civil War US), as hapless victims of Hurricane Katrina in the Superdome - literally as any era that these idiots keep comparing Obamacare to. They are clueless.

Any in the media - or anywhere else - who do not rightly call them out for the A-holes they are are literally as bad!

[AAO]

44. Have you ever seen such incompetence?

When exactly did our country become completely nuts?

[heaven05]

8. Tealiban bullshit, everytime I see this fool

I want to

[young_at_heart]

9. Will he ever disappear? He has NO compassion or common sense

I never could understand the people of Pennsylvania electing him (I lived in Pittsburgh at the time) and he didn't last long, fortunately. Somehow he just won't go away!

[OKNancy]

10. A good read/reaction to this from Andrew Sullivan

http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2013/12/06/yes-it-gets-worse/


<snip>
I just don’t know what to say about that. I really don’t. Except that Santorum’s mind is simply unhinged, and that the reflexive need to describe anything that this president has done as pure evil has become a kind of sickness of the mind and soul on the right. It has abandoned any connection to the real world. It lives in a narcissistic, warped, ideological echo-chamber of victimhood and utter obliviousness to the real tragedies of human history.

[lark]

20. +1

Sullivan nailed it!! Santorum is nothing more than a runny slimy pile of shit, who condemns others for actions he himself did (his wife's abortion), he has no redeeming qualities. Hyporctical asshole sums up my feelings about him.

[SCVDem]

23. Where is Martin Bashir when you need him?

We need his honesty!

[Cosmocat]

35. Right?

There really is no level of hyperbole they are unable or unwilling to engage.

Sadly, I knew when this broke last night there would be some lunatic Rs saying something along these lines.

[freshwest]

69. That was the part that struck me the most, and it's really disturbing...

Tnanks for the link.

[dhill926]

11. he is quite simply….

a fucking piece of shit….

[AAO]

45. Doesn't it suck

when the worst description you can think of (or justifiably post in public) - does no justice to how you REALLY feel about these fucks? I don't even have the vocabulary to describe these scumbags. Are there English Majors (preferably PHD level) that can help us with this problem?

[maddiemom]

54. I taught English for many years and am just short of a PHD.

I'm also from Pennsylvania, but certainly never voted for the man. Still, words fail me when it comes to Lil' Ricky. I'm just tired of hoping he'll go away. Ignoring him doesn't help. I'm sure he's gearing up for 2016.

[AAO]

56. Thanks for your input. I wish he would gear up to anonymity.

[Half-Century Man]

63. You are not alone

I speak both English and Japanese and due to years serving in the Navy, I have a firm grasp of profanity from around Europe and Asia.

When confronted by public displays of evil stupid like this I find myself searching for adequate words.

[LynneSin]

12. Doesn't South Africa have some form of Universal Healthcare

Santorum is an asshole but it's not like I've said something we all didn't already know.

[Maraya1969]

81. Yes they do and it's not perfect but Mandela ushered in way to get treatment

specifically to help poor people living in rural areas.


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nelson-mandelas-legacy-train-of-hope-bridges-health-care-divide-in-south-africa/

"As CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller reported in 2012 from Eastern Cape, South Africa, four out of five South Africans depend on the public health care system that Mandela championed. But access remains vastly unequal between blacks and whites."

"But a train – called Phelophepa – cuts through South Africa's countryside nine months a year delivering low-cost medical care to the rural poor.

Hundreds camp out for days for a place in line. For them it's worth every uncomfortable moment to see a doctor."

[Iliyah]

13. UGH

[erpowers]

14. Waiting For This

I was pretty much so waiting for something like this to happen. To some degree I am surprised more comments like this have not been made. Before I saw this post I thought of creating a post asking if the Republican Party had yet attempted to claim Nelson Mandela's message. Even yesterday, I thought some Republican would try to claim Mandela's message as the message of the Republican Party. However, I did not think any of them would use it to go after the Affordable Care Act. I thought they would use Mandela's message to attack the SNAP program, TANF, or some other social program that helped the poor. I figured one of them would say, as Mandela fought for the freedom of the people of South Africa from Apartheid they were fighting for the freedom of America's poor from government programs.

I guess I should have known one of them would use Nelson Mandela's message to attack the Affordable Care Act. For some of them, ending it is the biggest goal in their lives. Of course they would claim they are America's Nelson Mandela fighting against the oppression of healthcare.

It seems to me this is another "You're no John F. Kennedy" moment, or maybe it can stand alone as; No, you sir are no Nelson Mandela. The Republican Party is not fighting for the freedom of a nation.

[underpants]

53. Ted Cruz tried re-write history on Facebook and the response from HIS supporters was brutal

There is at least one thread on it (with a link) on DU. Hilarious stuff

[greatauntoftriplets]

15. Oh FFS.

[Jamaal510]

16. .

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[deafskeptic]

90. That should be a quadruple facepalm. Yes, it's that bad! :P n/t

[Reformed Bully]

17. As always.........

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Alexander Pope.

[Major Hogwash]

18. Insignificant mental midget says something stupid on Faux Snooze again.

With absolutely no shame of not possessing a scintilla of knowledge of what he is talking about!!
Proving once again, some things never change!!

Yet, Mandela not only changed the country of South Africa, he changed the entire continent of Africa, and thereby, the whole world.

Whereas, you, Mr. Sweater Vest, may just be smart enough to know how to change your own socks!!

"Honey, tell me which one goes on the right foot again."

[mdbl]

86. Thanks for the eloquence

which leaves me immediately when that stupid moran says anything. You described the situation exactly without all the hate and profanity I keep thinking about him.

[oldandhappy]

19. Ah, Ricky, you are not even in the same universe as Mandela.

Check out your t-pub history and look at all the things your party has said about this man and done to this man.

ugh.

[Kurovski]

21. How can it be possible that every single thing that bubbles out of Santorum is so very feculant?

He beats the odds.

[RoccoR5955]

22. There's a reason why they call him Santorum...

You know.

[lib87]

24. Ignorance in its Purest Form!

I expect nothing less from McFrothy when discusing Blaaah I mean Black people.

[Enthusiast]

25. Santorum is always wrong............nt

[SCVDem]

26. There are no last straws

The camels back is cracking from the weight of so much indefensible stupidity, hatred and ignorance.

By now even the majority of the old GOP is tired of this nonsense.

They should tip their king for the next two elections in order to purge the stupid.

[Turbineguy]

27. Well, yes, but

since when can Santorum insult Mandela?

[Vietnameravet]

28. How long before the Hitler analogy?

How long before the GOP releases a statement like :

"Well we Republicans are certainly in favor of Medicare..we always loved that,.,In fact we have fought hard against Democrats who want to destroy it...,.but extending Medicare to all or some form of insurance reform to make health care more affordable to all !!! Why that is something only Adolph Hitler could have thought of!!"

Delusional morons working for failure and taking advantage of hate and ignorance, hoping to ride the resulting turmoil back to power, as they wave their flags and spout their patriotic nonsense!

[lunasun]

29. Screw that asshole - he never runs out of hate!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

30. Santorum has a point.

In many ways, Santorum IS correct about the Republicans and their struggle against Apartheid and Obamacare.

They were for both before they were against both.

[kath]

31. Wow. Just when you think Republicans can't say or do anything more stupid, they top themselves.

Jeebus H. Christ on a Trailer Hitch.

[malthaussen]

32. Can this sucker sink any lower?

I shouldn't ask that question, he'd probably be glad to answer it.

-- Mal

[calimary]

33. Gimme a J. Gimme an E. Gimme an R. Gimme a K! What's that spell?

Yep, santorum!

Jerk, santorum, no difference.

[world wide wally]

34. Does the term "fucking idiot" ring a bell?

[kelliekat44]

37. So wanting to give everyone access to affordable health care insurance is like fighting apartheid?

Right now they are throwing bricks against the wall instead of shit. I wonder just how far and how much they will spend trying to ruin the ACA? I bet their insurance company buddies and AMA supporters are waiting in line to throw money at their feet.

[NBachers]

38. Yes, I remember Mandela's passionate condemnation against Obamacare

[SDjack]

39. Getting Rickie to understand how he is an awful little man would be more difficult than

nailing Santorum to a tree.

[FiveGoodMen]

61. So let's just go with that second option

[SDjack]

66. Oh no! No way will I try to nail "frothy material" to a tree.

[FiveGoodMen]

67. Okay, when you put it that way...

[AAO]

41. That makes me more sad than angry.

Nelson Mandela was a great man. For anyone to come out with ANY criticism before he's even been buried is normal - If You Are A Republican. Otherwise, not so much. It's sad that Mandela's righteousness, and his humanity, is denied by the Rethuglicans. It will come back to bite them in the genitalia - which is a good thing.

[TBF]

46. In the same way an apple is like an orange ...

Mandela fought against apartheid (a force oppressing folks), while Rick Santorum is willing to fight to watch folks die rather than offer them health care. Exactly the same like that ...

[Cha]

47. Sorry, that asshole is Beyond Classless and Clueless.

A fucking idiot.. pandering to fucking idiots.

Bet he hates the Pope.

[Blue Owl]

48. Santorum's Friday Froth Dump

n/t

[Hawaiianlight]

49. In his next lifetime Santorum will be

A poor black bi-sexual single mother of six with HIV and no insurance. It will help help him to ultimately develop compassion.

[tofuandbeer]

50. Wasn't he riding high in the last GOP primary? Wow!

[KansDem]

51. Santorum is a f*cking shumbdit!

And he looks like Billy the Kid!

[iandhr]

52. This falls into the you can't make this **** up category

[underpants]

55. Santorum tried to privatize the weather when he was a Senator

But this comment is even dumber than that.

(p)Rick wanted to do away with NOAA and contract Accuweather. Want to guess who was a big campaign donor?

[mstinamotorcity2]

58. The Blah people

just wish Rick would get the other Ricks ( Snyder and Scott ), and hold hands and dance on hot coals.

[redstatebluegirl]

59. He is pandering to that crazy base of his.

Dick "Darth Vader" came out today saying similar things. What a bunch of nuts they have in the fringes of the Republican party.

[PatrynXX]

60. Some people have no morals and he keeps proving that.

Still stuck in the 1980's. Frankly he's a bad parent. If he has any kids someone should remove them. Really sick!
This coming from someone who wants to force women to have a long probe shoved up their vagina???

[maddiemom]

80. Santorum has LOTS of kids and only ever had one aborted that we know of.

There's a great picture of his kids that's been out there for a while. It's worth a thousand words.

[SoapBox]

64. OMG!

Disgraceful.

[pangaia]

65. This is why they invented euthanasia.

[freshwest]

68. Backasswards, as always. It's the aparteid of privatization of essentials of life the ACA fights.

The GOP stands for economic apartheid by discrimination to maintain poverty and increase the power of the few.

The real battle is economic. Rick knows it, and in a way, I wonder if a smidgen of conscience that has not yet been seared beyond the ability to care about others that is calling the GOP to trip all over themselves on the deaths of Mandela, Kennedy, etc.

They have no heroes but war criminals and crooks and actors like Reagan, who had nothing of value to say, but who was paid plenty for selling his soul.

[nonoxy9]

70. The definition of ignorant!

[dawn frenzy adams]

71. But Martin Bashir had to resign?

Here again we have a presidential candidate that makes an insulting comparison. The right is permitted to use the most disgusting similarities. Yet, when Martin Bashir challenged their behavior, he had to resign.

[Kennah]

72. I cannot help but feel somewhat responsible ...

... for all those times I've thought, "That asshole cannot get any more stupid."

Oh Ricky. The stupid is indeed strong in you.

[dflprincess]

73. +1

[skzzlemister]

75. Little insignificant people....

always try to stand on the shoulders of the greats of humanity. We must never let the likes of Rick Santorum associate his misguided efforts with the legacy of a great leader and movement against oppression.

[HoosierCowboy]

76. Are we really...

...supposed to take that seriously? This isn't from the Onion?

[marias23]

77. O'Reilly repeatedly calls Mandela a "Communist"

And lets not forget that O'Reilly has repeatedly called Mandela a "Communist."

[Bradical79]

78. Just looking at Santorum makes me want to vomit.

He really is a disgusting little moron. Unlike some of these awful sociopathic/narcissistic politicians who just want to use teapartiers as part of their political gameplaying, Santorum strikes me as a true believer.

[Warren DeMontague]

83. "Is Santorum The Flavor Of The Week"?

[Cartoonist]

85. My GOP-Mandela memory

With so many threads honoring this man, I just picked this one to post.

I remember being really burned up when GHW Bush challenged Nelson to decry violence. This just after he launched Desert Storm.

[Nonhlanhla]

87. This is so offensive

I don't even know how to begin to express my disgust at this vile excuse of a man. When I was a teenager in South Africa in the 80's, I vowed never to vote for the National Party, because I said I could never vote for the party of apartheid, even if they change their ways. Later, when I moved to the US for studies and eventually stayed on for work, I quickly discerned that the Republican Party is cut of the same cloth, and in some of its extreme corners are even worse than the National Party. (And yes, in South Africa there were worse groups than the National Party, namely the ultra far right Conservative Party - many of whose members find their natural counterparts in the Tea party types here in the US.) So I find it deeply offensive and deeply ironic that this vile man, Rick Santorum, would even dare to say Mr. Mandela's name, when in fact he and his kind represent the very people who put Mr. Mandla in prison for so many years.

Mr. Santorum, I did not know Mr. Mandela himself, but I knew something of Mr. Mandela's world in a way that you most certainly do not. When you were confessing your masturbation adventures to your priest, or hanging around your equally worthless friends thinking you're the kings of the world, I was walking around in black townships with black and white Christians, seeking with them to build bridges in a broken society. There I met ANC comrades and church folk in the anti-apartheid struggle, people who had been tortured by the apartheid government, children, and old people. We visited a Catholic church and together with the congregation marched along the route where kids walked in 1976 when the apartheid police shot them, and sang Nkosi Sikel iAfrika (God bless Africa) together. (I don't think those folks were your kind of Catholic, by the way, Mr. Santorum.) We went to see Mr. Mandela's home. We met conscientious objectors and warriors and quiet serious people and warm hosts with open arms in places like Soweto and Mamelodi. So, while I never had the privilege of meeting Mr. Mandela himself, I do know people who did, and I knew his world and his people and his struggle and his story in a way that you, Mr. Santorum, did not. And you, Mr. Santorum, are no Mandela. Not even close.

Oh, and by the way, just as I vowed all those years ago that I would never vote for the National Party, so I vow never to vote for the Republican Party. Because you are cut from the same cloth.

[undeterred]

88. There's something breathtaking about pure stupidity.

It almost makes you stop breathing for a few seconds.

[Baitball Blogger]

89. People who do not have a moral center are apt to swing to crazy.

[Coyotl]

91. Yes, Obama is planning to confine everyone w/o insuance into separate townships and take their vote

Oh wait, it is the Republicans trying to take votes away from the minorities in the USA. No that is an injustice.