Santorum: Bush lacks support because of too few "Islamic Fascist" remarks

[Human Torch]

President Bush lacks broad support for the war in Iraq because he's reluctant to depict it as part of a larger struggle against "Islamic fascism" -- a major threat to the nation's security -- U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum said Monday.

"He (Bush) is managing the public relations on this war very poorly," Santorum, the third-ranking Republican in the Senate, said during a meeting with editors and reporters of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

Bush is more concerned about "making the State Department comfortable" than providing the American people with "a clear message and a clear understanding of what we are up against," said Santorum, in his sharpest criticism of the president to date.

Santorum, who faces an uphill battle for re-election against Democrat Bob Casey, said he discussed the issue with Bush several times and said the president "has given a few good speeches on it, but he does not continually do it." Bush dropped references to Islamic fascists when the State Department "went ballistic because we are offending our allies in the Middle East," Santorum said. "I don't care if we offend our allies in the Middle East."

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_474278.html

[Bucky]

1. Why again is OUR symbol the jackass?

They obviously don't need the symbol when they have so many of the real thing.

Yes, Ricko, Fuck those stupid allies. Who needs 'em!

[leesa]

2. Sieg Heil. Baby. I wonder what degree of atrophy his brain has

experienced.

[IndianaGreen]

5. He would look good in a Storm Trooper uniform

What a despicable creature!

[Freedomofspeech]

8. Have you seen his children?

That he exploited in his ads against Casey?

[MO_Dem]

3. Santorum doesn't care.....

if we offend our allies in the Middle East? Santorum is even crazier than I thought! In fact, I believe he's even crazier than Duh?bya.

[Amonester]

4. This guy is sick. Mentally afflicted. He needs good treatments.

Seriously. That's all there is to say for the moment.

[chemenger]

12. Although I'm not a sadist

I sure would like to give Santorum a few electroshock treatments.

[Ilsa]

6. God, rapture this SOB out already, will ya? nt

[Erika]

7. The rabid right wing went wild... islamopignazisfacists,etc

W is calling Islam a religion of peace while at the same time unleashing his rabid dogs such as Hannity, Rush, Savage, and Ingraham to tear open Muslim throats.

So thankful W will soon be gone. Maybe we can again bring peace and respect to the world, and our role as a leader.

[Joe Bacon]

9. Bye Bye Ricky Retardo

One look at his ugly-assed face and I had to send another $50 to Casey!

[sutz12]

10. "managing the public relations on this war very poorly"

That about sums it up. In the end, it was all about PR. All they ever had was image, with no substance to back it up. Now that the PR image has been pulled aside, there is nothing there. Just a tired old man pulling levers behind a curtain. Unfortunately, people died and are dying because of it.

[Vickers]

11. "the third-ranking Republican in the Senate"

That right there should be enough to scare the SHIT out of all intelligent Pennsylvanians.