REPORT: WHITE HOUSE IRRITATED WITH

[julialnyc]

REPORT: WHITE HOUSE IRRITATED WITH
GOP SENATOR SANTORUM... DEVELOPING...

www.rawstory.com

[Pirate Smile]

1. LOL. Well, welcome to our world although I'm sure we are not irritated

for the same reasons.:D

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. ok.. will be interested to hear that

[bluedawg12]

9. Jesus was a liberal n/t

[Tempest]

3. It's politics as usual

Rickie is positioning himself for a 2008 run (which he doesn't stand a chance in hell of getting the nomination) and any Repug who plans to run needs to distance themselves as far away from this train wreck administration as possible.

[julialnyc]

4. I'm sure your right

but wonder what issue he will choose

[rkc3]

5. Which santorum are they irritated with - the senator or the other stuff?

[The Witch]

6. Santorum can be irritating, you know...

and so can the Senator...

:evilgrin:

[Mandate My Ass]

7. Good one

:rofl: :applause:

[TWiley]

8. Well, that butt-hole has sure irritated the masses.

Why not the White House? We need to do everything in our power to help this disagreement escalate into a fierce battle.

[fudge stripe cookays]

12. Perhaps the theme on this thread is affecting my vision....

but I initially read your thread as "ejaculate into a fierce battle!"

:spray:
FSC

[DS1]

16. Yes, that fierce battleground that is Jeff Gannon's ass

:-)

[TWiley]

21. .

[TWiley]

20. Well, we are discussing the republicraps

so, maybe ejaculate would be a better term.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Is Santorum's frothy mixture an irritating head on Bush's beer?

[atommom]

11. The WH is ALWAYS irritated. If GW ever takes that pissy expression

off his face, THAT will be news.

[alcibiades_mystery]

13. Santorum dared to mention that Dubya may be a drag on his run

Of course, he is trying to distance himself from a White House that is increasingly unpopular in the state he claims to represent (Pennsylvania), but is apparently not good enough for his family to actually reside in. (We in PA call Santorum the Senator from Virginia).

About a week ago, Santorum was asked if Bush may be a reason for his 15% point deficit in the current polls. He said "That may be." Apopstasy! Dubya is the Holy Child of the GOP, and could never hurt anyone in polls! He is beloved by all Pennsylvanians! Beloved, I say! Any suggestion otherwise by the Senator from Virginia may harm the grand illusion that Dubya holds some sort of political magic.

Then again, at a very pragmatic level, this could very well, as another poster suggests, be a coordinated distancing. Mayhaps the political gurus in the West Wing recognize that Pennsylvania is well and truly lost (Dubya, of course, lost Pennsylvania TWICE!), and the only thing that may save Santorum's tenuous seat and overall career is to make him look like some outsider maverick, rather than among the most strident Dubya ass-kissers, which he certainly is. Will Pennsylvanians forget Santorum's asinine shilling for Dubya's FAILED Social Security heist? I don't think so. Santorum was Dubya's frontman on that catastrophe; I actually went to one of these forums, and they were....just....awful. By the end of them, even the obvious GOPers were shaking their heads at the obvious disjunction between the "problem" (as stated) and the supposed "solution" - a rift that any schoolchild could understand. It's no surprise that the lousy PowerPoint and atrocious logic actually caused the proposal to decrease significantly in popularity, and that sinking ball and chain is firmly attached to Man-on-Dog's simpleton ankle.

Maybe, after he is ushered out of office, the Senator from Virginia can go and run in the state of Virginia. We certainly don't want him.

[YouthInAsia]

14. this is cuz Santorum is in SERIOUS TROUBLE here in Pennsyl.

He very may well loose the election in 2006 (I GOD....how I hope) so I think he's trying to distance himself from Bu$hCo. Watch him start to disagree with how the war in Iraq is going anyday now. Mark my worlds. Santorum is scum

[DS1]

15. Oh God, more rawstory "developing" crap

Why not just wait till it's developed before posting it.

Oh, right, DU is a race.

[julialnyc]

17. here's story (about SS)

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/White_House_ire_as_conservative_senator_keeps_going_on_Social_Sec_0927.html

[Mandate My Ass]

18. WTF?

Santorum has been a vitriolic critic of President Bush's now all-but-defeated plan to privatize Social Security. Now, it seems, White House allies are pushing back."

He went on a freaking tour of the entire state trying to push that crap down people's throats. He is such a tool.

[zbdent]

19. Someone finally explained to them what Santorum really meant?

Wow . . .

[in_cog_ni_to]

22. Join the crowd. I wonder what he's done to irritate the cabal. This should

be good. :popcorn:

[durablend]

23. Probably just a ploy

WH will just have Santorum "distance" himself from * long enough to get back in next year, then it's back to butt kissing as usual.

I SMELL A RAT