Santorum's Iraq non-remarks: "Reporters don't write everything I say"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/index.html?blog=/politics/war_room/2005/08/25/santorum/index.html

Santorum's troubles: For once, it's what he didn't say

Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum has had a lot to say about a lot of things: He's said that "standing up and defending marriage" is the "ultimate homeland security"; he's said that decriminalizing sex between consenting gay men would lead to adultery, bigamy, polygamy, incest and bestiality; and he's said that liberals in Boston are somehow to blame for the pedophilia scandal that has rocked the Catholic church nationwide. But when Santorum claimed last week that he has, in the past, publicly expressed his concerns about the Iraq war -- well, maybe he finally found something on which he's had nothing to say.

As the war in Iraq becomes increasingly unpopular, Santorum has come under fire from his likely Democratic challenger, Robert P. Casey, Jr., for failing to "ask tough questions" about the war. In response to that charge, Santorum claimed last week that he has, in fact, raised questions about the war both publicly and privately. But as the Philadelphia Inquirer reports today, Santorum's office is now admitting that it can't find any record that Santorum has ever done any such thing.

The Inquirer reports: "Robert L. Traynham, Santorum's spokesman, said a search of Nexis, a news database, and the office's press clippings had not turned up any account of those comments." Traynham and Santorum both say, however, that Santorum may have made comments about Iraq that just haven't shown up in any record. "I do a lot of interviews on TV, on radio, with print reporters who don't happen to write everything I say," Santorum told the Inquirer. "The fact that it hasn't turned up in print doesn't mean I haven't said it."

[BlueJac]

1. A clown for all seasons!

[rodeodance]

4. a sorry sack of s***.

[Oldpals]

2. Santa

Yeah, right.

[welshTerrier2]

3. maybe not, but they wrote this down ...

from an earlier thread on DU regarding Clinton sending troops into Bosnia ... bet Mr. Hypocrite hasn't said anything like this lately:

"President (referring to Clinton) ... is once again releasing American military might on a foreign country with an ill-defined objective and no exit strategy. He has yet to tell the Congress how much this operation will cost. And he has not informed our nation's armed forces about how long they will be away from home. These strikes do not make for a sound foreign policy."
---Sen Rick Santorum (R-PA)

[Hissyspit]

8. It didn't cost $200 billion, I know that! n/t

[LTRS]

5. This is a perfect example....

... of my post re: how long are we going to put up with wussy dem pols? Clearly Santorum is lying here. The press would glom on to any "tough question" he asked about Iraq.

So, why are dems en masse saying, "Why won't Santorum be honest?"

Why, because they are wussies.

[tabasco]

6. Butter yourself, Rickie.

:nuke:YOU'RE TOAST:nuke:

[Hissyspit]

9. Stick a fork in him...

not cause he's done, necessarily, just because it would be fun to poke him with a fork. Or a stick. Or just stick your tongue out at him.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

14. OK, I salute you for giving me the best laugh I've had today:

"Stick a fork in him...not cause he's done, necessarily, just because it would be fun to poke him with a fork."

GENIUS.

:rofl:

:toast:

[Hissyspit]

7. Ha, ha, hah on you, Santorum. You don't get to get on this bandwagon.

We're leaving you behind.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

10. Jean Pirro is joining the search for Santorum's comments

She thinks it is on page 10.

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Thanks for the line, Cocoa (in LBN)...it is an awesome line.:rofl:

[PA Democrat]

11. Santorum is a filthy liar.

I have written and called his office DOZENS of times voicing my opposition to the Iraq invasion. In response, I have received DOZENS of pro-war, pro-Bush responses which incorporated every single tired cliche for the justification for the slaughter that is occurring in Iraq.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

12. Did you save the letters? Can yo scan them to DU?

:evilgrin:

[PA Democrat]

13. I wish I had, but it was like keeping hazardous waste in my house

I will ask my hubby if he kept any that he received from Rick (the "P" is silent) Santorum.

[gratuitous]

15. Oh yeah, I'm sure Santorum raised tough questions

It just got lost in the avalanche of all the tough questions that all the other Republican Senators were asking, so it's totally understandable that Santorum's piling on to the administration went unnoticed in real time.

Sounds pretty stupid when you think about it: If Santorum let the slightest crack of daylight between himself and the administration, he would have been jumped on by the Mighty Republican Wurlitzer the same way any other Republicans were who fell out of lockstep on the Glorious March to Chimpy's War.

Hard to say what's more offensive if you're a Pennsylvanian: That your junior Senator thinks this is a legitimate excuse, or that he thinks his constituents are stupid enough to fall for it.

[gratuitous]

16. Genuine, gratuitous-style

Kick, because Santorum's weaseliness is just too fucking brazen this time.