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Subscribe to RSSRick Santorum's presidential campaign appears to have released a new video that subliminally links President Barack Obama with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
 M. Alex Johnson is a reporter for msnbc.com. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook. |
The video, titled "Obamaville," is a 65-second-long production that presents bleak images of an America in dire economic and social straits, interspersed with scenes of international unrest. Prominent among those is a segment showing images of protests and violence in Iran, featuring pictures of Ahmadinejad. It doesn't include the mandatory "I'm Rick Santorum and I approved this message" tagline that would be necessary if it were intended to air on television.
The video was posted Friday on the Santorum campaign's YouTube page, where it was marked as "unlisted," meaning you can't access it without a special link. But you should still be able to see it on a Twitter account identified as belonging to Michael Biundo, Santorum's campaign manager.
Biundo didn't respond to a request for comment Friday night.
The ad also was published by National Review Online, which touted it as an exclusive "first look at Rick Santorum's latest ad."
At the 40-second mark, an image of Ahmadinejad is shown on a small TV screen. For less than a half-second, the picture flashes to a similarly framed picture of Obama before returning to the Iranian dictator.
At full speed, it looks like a tiny video glitch or small lightning strike, but if you slow down the video, the image of Obama is clear in individual frames:
Reached by NBC News on Friday night, Hogan Gidley, a Santorum spokesman, said it is "absurd" to think the ad is likening Obama to Ahmadinejad.
"If Ahmadinejad gets a nuclear weapon, then we're obviously going to deal with the fallout and coverage of that," Gidley said. "All we're going to be seeing is images of him and the president. We were trying to illustrate that."
And Politico reported that John Brabender, the media consultant who made the video, also denied there was an attempt to conflate Obama and Ahmadinejad. Brabender told Politico that the video is part of an eight-part web series that will run on the Santorum website in two weeks focusing on specific Obama policies.
The ad in some ways is reminiscent of one produced by the Republican National Committee for George W. Bush in 2000, in which the word "RATS" briefly appeared on the screen in a reference to Al Gore's health care proposals before resolving into the word "BUREAUCRATS" at the 25-second mark.
Here are the frames in question:
YouTube.com
That ad was pulled after Democrats complained that it was a subliminal insult about Gore, a charge that the RNC and the Bush campaign denied.
NBC News' Andrew Rafferty contributed to this report.
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No surprise there. Santorum is almost as screwy as Pat Robertson.
Maybe more so, hehe. They both learned their history from the JBS and J. McCarthy era.
Memo to Mr. Santorum
If you are really a Roman Catholic, how about obeying the commandments... you know.. the ones about "Thou shalt not lie" and "Thou shalt not bear false witness"
Just more Santorum being spread around.
Obviously slime is contagious. (ewwwww)
"The force works easily on weak-minded fools" ... apparently it doesn't take much for Santorum's base.
If there was an ad with the Inquisition as the topic and pictures of Santorum being linked to torture videos. Might his campaign consider that Absurd?
Obviously they remember the earlier subliminal ads from the Bush/Gore time. It's pretty low to resort to ads like this, but we had to put up with the swift boat ads also, so it's no surprise that they're doing it. The sad part about the web is they can, while denying accountability because "it isn't running on TV".
I would have figured they would use Greece in such a message, Not Iran. But then, Greece is more about people having promised benefits reduced where Iran is about radical leadership supressing it's population through force and propaganda.
Then again, a lot of conservatives see Obama's BC mandate being forced upon the church as no different than Ahmadinejad and the mullah's forcing their brand of sharia law on their citizens.
He would if he had the time, but he's probably more interested in his NAMBLA membership/club with the catholic priests and pope, and all his gay pron stash under his bed.
DB Akron: What? What BC mandate is being forced on what church? The only problem I see is the churches trying to force their doctrines on the rest of us, and the priests forcing themselves on little boys.
The only thing we can ever believe that's come out of Rick Santorum's mouth is Jerry Sandusky's cock.
Fake Christians are always the worst of people on earth and it shows. And he must control everyone Elise's free-will because they don't know how and he knows what is right from wrong. Really? The man is a disgust for Christens of all stripes.
I bet this is how they control their Flock, they probably run it on Fox News and all over the Fox network, LOL.
There's no bar too low for the GOP to not be able to slither under. Maybe the left will fire back with showing Rick Santorum forcing a woman to carry to term a fetus conceived by rape. They could show a 2 headed critter popping out after 9 months and Santorum saying, "God's gift." You people in the GOP--all 500 of you left, are crazy as bat@!$%#.
Then there is Mittens from the HASBRO collection who sees this whole thing as some kind of a rich mans game. Oh lies are OK, after all it's just politics. That's the way it works. Well maybe that's what he really believes but I know many good and decent Republicans and they too see the delima of electing such a man who's entire life is about big money. So much so that he hides it overseas and claim not to have any knowledge of it because it's in a blind trust. Right and he has no input into his super-pack either. The SC sold this democracy out to the highest bidders and much of this money may be from out of this country. He is involved into all sorts of mulitnation businesses in his so called Blind trust. Just look at Mittens campaign and tell me the election isn't being bought. Any Questions?
One more thing
How do they claim to be pro-life but promote Stand your Ground laws all in the same breath?
Out of the womb and into the tomb. Justified homicide must not count as killing.
Santoram's a Christian? Doesn't God and truth come first? I guess you can justify anything when you "think" you are doing the right thing.
The man wants to sell himself at Christ's expense. That's Sickening. That is precisely why there is a separation of church and state no matter what the religion may be. We are all Americans first and foremost and this is still America based on that fundamental Right. Rick needs to get out of every-ones personal life and either be a politician or disciple, but not both. No one can, and that is for certain in America. Only a fool thinks otherwise. That is American patriotism.
While I'm a follower of Christ (and I'm sure poorly at best), I don't want anyone selling my savior for their own personal power, anywhere! Not in Church, Politics or otherwise. Period! There is few other disgusts than this.
Interesting how it seems to always be the "God-fearing, Bible-believing" REPUBLICANS who start the attack ads full of lies and deception........
No surprise, Rick, report to the fed prison tomorrow. This is far beyond disgusting.
You chicken@!$%# Santorum, implying anything about the one who ordered the death of Bin Ladin. Fall on your sword and don't ever bother us again.
No wonder folks are giving up their illusions. Good to have such a prime example of Christianity. Hoped for more but didn't expect it.
Santoum is living down to my expectations and up to his name. Santorum, you are disgusting.
...the saddest thing of all is that you all actually believe the filth you spew about the GOP and conservatism in general...
...and you claim that conservatives are the ones blindly following a doctrine of hatred and intolerance?
Arieus equates Catholicism with NAMBLA. Really, a**wipe? How about you move out of your parent's basement, get a job and stop masturbating over photos of Obama?
Debbie conveniently forgets that the whole BC bs started when Obama tried to use his presidential power to force religious institutions to pay for something that many of them object to, then backed off and tried to make it a matter for the health insurance companies, which is still outside his boundaries as Chief Executive. But what the heck, he can make recess appointments while Congress is still in session, so why should a little thing like the Constitution slow him down?
Santrich seems to think that Santorum would force a woman to bear a rape baby to full term when he has said explicitly that a rape or incestuous abortionwould still be protected under his administration even if the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade. But then, he also seems to think that all rape babies are two-headed mutants. Put down the foil and the straw and slowly back away, my friend. Some nice young men in white coats will be by to take you on a lovely trip to the country real soon.
If there's one thing I've learned from watching how liberals operate in the last few years with their "Gotcha!" journalism, it's that whatever they say, or whatever they say YOU'VE said is nearly always the complete opposite of the truth.
For a bunch of self proclaimed men of God Republicans sure do "bear false witness" alot.
Yet again, far too much TeaBlather to even attempt rational comprehension. Obama's such a power sponge - hee hee! Moving on...
Say, NeighborOfTheBeast - I think that Beast has stumbled next door and wedged himself way up your hapless keister... Be very afraid!
brutisbear
more bs
the NDRP does not give the President any authority to "take over all resources"
It only defines and outlines which agencies are given authorities granted under a previous law to prioritize purchase contracts and make plans to ensure preparadness
Stop cherry picking lines from the order to fit your bs, read the entire order
What a sad state of affairs America is in today, and it is all because so many people lack common sense and are uneducated on what is really happening under the administration of the "Anointed" one. Only two posters to comment #1 are informed -- They are NeighborOfTheBeast and BrutisBear5. Great posts guys!
If Obama gets reelected, this country will be destroyed and it will take decades to undo the mess. All you liberals need to go and research HR 4646 being proposed by Obama and his minions. They plan to wait until after the election to push this bill. It is a 1% tax on every bank transaction everyone makes.
The government wants to take 1% of every check cashed, every account transfer, and every deposit regardless of whether it is electronic funds transfer, direct deposit, cash or by any other means. Do you liberals realize how this will hurt the poor, the middle class and our seniors on SS and other pension/retirement plans? Yes, the "Anointed" one wants to take another 1% of everything you have or earn. But, the liberals will say 1% is not much, but wait, once enacted this percentage can and will be increased over time. Wake up sheeple, anybody but Obama in November.
@raleigh dolly
Quite misleading. It's true (as of this writing) that there's a bill in the House of Representatives, the Debt Free America Act (H.R. 1125), which would impose a one percent tax on certain financial transactions if passed, and it's also true that the bill was introduced by a Democrat, Rep. Chaka Fattah of Pennsylvania (who introduced more or less the same legislation in 2010 asH.R. 4646).
However, the legislation has zero co-sponsors, nor has it ever been acknowledged, let alone endorsed or supported, by anyone in the Obama administration.
Moreover, contrary to what is repeatedly claimed in the email, under the proposed legislation personal bank deposits would not be subject to subject to the tax. Section 4501(b)(2) of the current version of the bill reads as follows:
Like all previous iterations of the Debt Free America Act, the 2011 version isn't expected to be voted on, let alone passed by Congress.
-From Urban Legends . com
RonB,
You can't let facts get in the way of ignorant haters like raleigh dolly. I mean, seriously, if someone sends you an email. it must be true right? People only show their ignorance by not taking two minutes to verify these ridiculous statements.
Thank you for your post.
To the conservatives on this thread talking about Obama forcing religious institutions to pay for birth control -- WRONG. The mandate was simply that employers offering health insurance must offer plans that include contraceptive coverage. Newsflash -- religious institutions are often employers. They have to abide by the same rules as any other employer. You don't get to make your own laws or exceptions to laws based on a "right of conscience." Obama didn't tell religious institutions they have to support birth control. He simply said you can't DENY your employees birth control as a condition of employment.
But apparently for some people on the religious right, "freedom of religion" means the freedom to force your religious views on the rest of us.
Oh, and Raleigh - the financial transaction tax is for equity transactions, i.e. the stock market. Most other stock markets have a tax of this sort. Critics claim that it will drive companies to list on foreign exchanges. But when Britain instituted theirs, their stock exchanges GREW. So that's a load of crap. The transaction tax is a way to get wealthy people who make millions of dollars on the stock market, and pay only 15% tax on it by calling it "capital gains," to pay a little more. It will have no effect on your banking, check writing, etc. Besides, the bill is going nowhere, so relax.
All Obama has to do is intersperse comments made by Santorum with similar comments made by Ahmadinejad, then finish with Santoram saying "better we stay with what we've got..." Santorum is just as much a religious extremist as Ahmadinejad, and he's absolutely right about it being better to keep Obama in the White House than to replace him with any of the current GOP clown posse.
jones-1576915
Speaking the truth about people like Sicktorum will soon become a crime in America.
Voters beware!
Funny story. With Santorum no subliminal messages were required for people to reckognize a frothy side effect.
Any attempt to link President Obama with Imadinnerjacket is absurd. Just another example of a very weak and non-effective candidate grasping at straws. It is similar in situation to Gnu Gingrich insulting remarks about the President's message on Trayvon Martin. President Obama was a true gentleman, wearing the hat of father and president. His words of comfort to the Martin family were heartfelt and well spoken. A tip of the hat to you, Mr. President.
All President Obama has to do is his job and the Obama haters are right in there digging his grave. Since when is president hatred a prerequisite for citizenship? And these people call themselves Americans? These Obama haters are about as dangerous as it needs to get. Does anyone believe they'd stand together in a real national crisis? You bet they wouldn't. DogPatch is an inbred, insular haven for Lil Abner and Daisy Mae okee dokes who sit on their porches and watch the world go by while they bash anyone who tries to be a real American and support their president.
Peel back the skin of an okee doke and you see a kind of rot you wish you hadn't.
This hilariously ironic considering the fact that Santorum's positions are much more like that Iranian douchebag
Can't believe there is a fuss about this. Yet, it is OK to give a speech and tell Americans that Republicans are our enemies, and they should get in the back of the bus, and if they bring a knife to the fight, we'll bring a gun??????????????????
You want the Truth! The Left can't handle the Truth. You may not get the nomionation but what a Great commercial!
It's called subliminal advertising and its very effective. This story gets people to see it, which is what they wanted.
Santorum has sunk to a new low.
LOL, the subliminal might work on the stupid, but the blatant stupidity in the ad reveals the moronic state of the GOP to anyone with a little intelligence.
All I can say is poopstain! I think it's true, didn't he bow down to him and kiss his hand in NY or something?
darrell, in what univerise to you live that delusions are considered fact. You are an uninformed nutcase.
"Santorum moves a step closer to the boot, the GOP are wary of him as a candidate"
"Santorum is like a disease against our freedom"
"A desperate Santorum said, I will vote for Obama if you don't vote for me"
"True Americans will reject this Loser, this guy definitely has a serious problem"
"I feel sorry for Santorum, I think he needs some serious help.
I really hate these extreme nut jobs like Frothy Santorum. They make the future and the present seem like puke...
Imagine watching his sour puss on the evening news every night???????????? Just make him go away please...
Oh yeah siestasis, it was the saudi guy is what that was all about huh. same universe as you just don't have the cup of cool-aid & rose color glasses I guess. No I'm not uniformed, just don't form the same opinion that you do!
(nutcase) now I have one of those, but, don't most men?
"SantorumISaPIG, I second that, Ricky's Madness is big trouble in the GOP"
desperate times call for desperate measures-----santorum is a desperate man. he's throwing mud hoping some of it will stick. at this point none of these attacks will net him any new supporters. the crazies who buy into his madness are his to the finish line but i doubt he'll garner any new supporters with his antics. the finish line is fast approaching and santorum is finished. obama 2012!
Yeah, except for the President never said any one of those things. Try again!
This is about 10 Santorum antics beyond any reasonable debate.
Would you really want this f*cking moron anywhere near any kind of power? He was voted out by his state by a landslide years ago. The only reason we have to listen to this idiot is because some clown is funding his Super-PAC in the name of "anyone but Romney".
He claimed that the devil exists... he is it.
All this really does is take what's out there in the sanitariums of talk radio and put it out in front of the broader American public. The Radical Right which controls the GOP has been equating the duly elected President of the United States to petty theocrat Ahmadinijad for YEARS.
This jarring combination of sleazy campaign tactics and bat-crazy beliefs isn't surprising to anyone who's been paying attention. The Republican Party is actually that bad.
For Raddave: You can google and get many incendiary remarks from the White House.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/01/did-barack-obama-cause-the-shootings-yesterday-in-tucson/
..............."Is Santorum on Crack" ?????????
Waves, you're expecting us to see a credible source in a blog that;
Supported continuing the war in Iraq
Links to the Drudge Report
Currently features support for the "rallies to repeal" Affordable Care
Continues to whine about the New Black Panther Party
Has an inflammatory piece up about the radical federal judiciary (mostly Republican appointees, btw) favoring "flag desecration
Repeats the lie that Affordable Care uses taxpayer money to pay for abortions
Celebrated the Komen Foundation cutting funding to Planned Parenthood
Moderates forums funded by the Koch brothers
So don't pretend the Gateway Pundit is anything other than a radical Conservative propaganda mill.
Well, you are certainly not going to hear about anything else but Government approved propaganda from the State run mainstream media! Between Attackwatch, Rapid Response Teams, Facebook streaming of all political posts going directly to the WhiteHouse, they are doing a pretty good job of indocrinating and hiding facts from the public. I would like to see proof that Affordable Care will NOT use tax payer money for abortions. And the New Black Panther party has been given passes for breaking laws, so there should be discussions regarding them. What is this forum, a LIBERAL ONLY opinion forum? No opposing opinions allowed??
Ike, I disagree, Santorum makes Robertson look sane and rational.
All well-founded opinions are welcome here, but organizations like Drudge and Gateway Pundit that exist for no other reason than to spread misinformation deserve to be called on their lies.
As for your demand for proof that Affordable Care won't use tax money to pay for abortions;
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/mar/23/bart-stupak/stupak-says-there-no-federal-funding-abortion-sena/
Happy now?
I just love all the conservatives posting on here that say if president Obama is re-elected it will be the end of the U.S. as we know it. I wish everybody that voted for Bush in 2004 would of realized that re-electing the worst president ever was a terrible idea would be the end of our financial future for years to come but they think that electing people that will take what Bush did and double down by taking his policies even further by giving even more tax breaks for the so called job creators which will just go into their bank accounts to use for investments that are only taxed at their preferred rate of 15% and will not create one job.
Good Point!!!
The "Spring" countries/Egypt said they were inspired to uprise and implement the brotherhood by listening to a speech by Mr. Obama in 2009. It is a shame these countries, once our allies, are now hostile and unfriendly, erasing centuries of human/women's rights advancements.
You would assume that, under leadership of a Nobel Peace Prize winner, we would not have this extreme malcontent, in and out of America.
How ironic is it that "freedom" and "democracy" are only important to Conservatives to the extent that nation is unfriendly to the United States? If they're friendly to American interests they can be as oppressive and dictatorial as necessary.
Actually I'm being a little unfair here...that's been a standard of US policy for both parties since the Shah of Iran was installed in a puppet regime, overthrowing a democratically-elected government in 1952. All it's done is to make new enemies for America.
It seems to me the Obama approach is a refreshing change in that regard.
The reality is that Santorum's positions on such issues as the use of birth control, abortion, homosexuality, and having religion play an active role in government are nearly identical to Ahmadinejad's. If any Presidential candidate deserves to be compared to Ahmadinejad, it would be Rick Santorum.
am I the only one that can see that sanctorum is pulling thesame kind of thing pol pot pulled
All politicians lie. Republicker's lie all the time about everything. When someone says, I am a Christian and I am a Repbulickan, the first part of the statement is a lie. FrothyBrownStuff is perfect proof of that.
One can not profess to be a Christian and then deliberately spred lies. To do so, you are a hypocrite. Seems Santoreum has that part down to a pat.
Friendliness to the USA is not a prerequisite for a country to be free, waves. Many nations allied with us in the Middle East are as despotic as those we call enemy. If they're people are sick of it, so be it, and if they now mistrust America because we supported past regimes, well, chickens coming home to roost. How many times does it have to happen before we learn the lesson? Apparently Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan weren't lesson enough?
Don't forget Chile and Nicaragua, Capt.
How does Santorum expect to earn respect when he shows none for the Office of the President or the very Presidential man who holds the office?
Childish......immature.....not worthy of our confidence as a contender for the office of President of The United States of America.
Uhemmmm.... Meanwhile TheVomitoriums Masters over at the republicanCrimeCartel are increasing prices of EVERYTHING VIRAL. And! AND!!! the republicanCrimeCartelOilIndustrySoldiers are center Stage to stall the economy AGAIN!!!. Nationalize the American OIL Industry and throw those B@$T@rds in prison with their GodDamned l@wyerMouthpieces.
Hey!, It is either the Repunlican 1-10%ers or We Americans Left Standing. An Armed Civil War is Coming and the Cops won't be able to stop It; They'll Just Switch Sides. America has 40,000,000 Guns registered and not! Do the math! When the republicanCrimeCartel gets Gas to $10.00PER/Gallon and a loaf of bread is $20.00 and your loved Ones are Sick and HAVE NO NationalUniversalHealthCareSystem like OUR ALLIES HAVE, Even the TowelHeads have HealthCareSystems!!! AND Here, MittTaxPittance Rommel Has his INHOUSE CAR ELEVATOR bring him his Lamborghini Diablo, $375,000 Car so he can go to the doctor with a sore thumb and use his EXQUISITE EVERYTHING HealthCare Plan WE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS PAID FOR; and As for your sick loved One?? The RepublicanCriminals say: Ooohh...Sick???,,,Well, Die Quick!!! Think About It Sister and Fellow Americans.
And yet Rick sees no irony in the fact that he himself is a religious fanatic...
Just like in "Jesus Camp" religious fanaticism is only bad if it's a religion other than your own. Your own will never stoop to the level of the Mullahs. NEVER.
"And yet Rick sees no irony in the fact that he himself is a religious fanatic..."
Toasty, it really does take at least some higher thinking skills to see irony or to appreciate subtlety or nuance. Yes?
The bleak images are really how America will look if Sanitizer Santoriam becomes POTUS, as everything good, fun, friendly, bright, and fresh will be made sinfully illegal. It will quickly become dark foreboding horizons, drab clothing, and dreary unhappy citizens. But at least they will be able to have sex whenever they intend to procreate... about 10 times in a lifetime.
Easy does it there, easydoesit. 10 times? Rush will be calling you and your spouse sluts if you're not careful.
Rick must love negative attention. I think Obama is too much the gentleman to respond to this claptrap. Wish Rickie would go away. He is only suited to be neighbors with the ignorant, such as, the Duggars.
Toasty...You have to wonder what Santorum is hiding from his past. People who go all religious nutjob are usually guilty as sin. They go around with their religious fanaticism to cover their own black pasts. We've seen this too many times before Jim Bakker? Jim Jones? David Koresh?
Santorum may be Catholic but his words speak far differently than the foundation of Catholicism. In a way, Santorum is John the Baptist to the RNC's JC they'll pull out of their hat come convention time. The RNC knows the religious bigots in red states won't vote for either Santorum or Romney. And the religions of these men are the reasons why. No...they have a convention surprise coming...a real card-carrying WASP GOP tradition, name candidate. Want to bet it'll be Jeb Bush and Rubio on their ticket?
These lunatics want to return to the Bush era policies. President Obama's election interferred with their grand scheme of amassing wealth for the 1% and Big Business. That's why you see this hatred. Their scheme would have had the rest of us in a feudal system constantly working our butts off to insure that the 1% have constant 25% annual wealth increases. If you don't believe it, just take a look at what transpired among some of the biggest financial institutions CEOs in 2007 and 2008. That Financial Meltdown was the biggest scam in US history.
Subliminal advertising should be outlawed. It's very effective at manipulating people's perceptions.
Look here: http://www.subliminal-messaging.com/visual-examples-of-subliminal-messages/
It is illegal in several countries, but even in the US, companies can lose their broadcasting licenses if they air ads containing subliminal messages. At the moment, I guess it's only on Ricky's website, but if he starts running it on TV, it'll be time to inundate the FCC with complaints.
"Its time to kick this "A$$HOLE" Out, Santorum" This guy is a loose Nut.
No, keep this @!$%# in. I'm having fun watching him kill his own chances and the GOP's credibility. He has so many feet in his mouth he has to put some up his ass. He's bound to say something so stupid the only thing that would be worse is if he holds a baby as a human shield during an assassination attempt. Regardless his chances of beating Obama in November is very slim, even if he gets the nomination.
Who's more, "off-the-wall"? Santorum ...or his followers that believe that God talks through him?
Always can tell who's losing; they are the most desperate
I agree screaming Raven. Every day the economy gets better and every day the GOP attacks get more and more vile, vicious and false.
G-9 / Even if a growing economy is a figment of your imagination, the rest of your post is spot on ...
G-9
Thats just to each other. Wait till one of them needs to face Obama. Will they attack his record? Well lets see. Stock about 8k when eh took over above 12 now. Will they bash the Stimulus which love it or hate it created jobs and saved the country from total depression and at least let it hit a floor to slowly move up. Will They say hes weak on Defense because he hasnt attacked Iran yet and killed more Americans? While leaving out Bin Laden dead, and more top terrorists then Bush in 8 years. Go after Libya which we didnt lose a single life on and was over in months with a man with as much blood o his hands as anyone? Will they go after his bailout of the auto industry which they think should have went bankrupt?
No they will go on religion. Abortion. Oil forgetting we have produced more and imported less then in 50 years. Go against immigration, hes had more people deported then Bush. Go after his health care plan. Hi Mittens. Taxes? That temp break that will not be allowed to end except for those who need it in the middle class unless they all get it.
Seems like they have a lot to go against while showing there own records which will be torn apart. A guy who rather be pope, things school is for snobs, birth control should be illegal, and lost his own state seat by double digits. Or the other guy who slips more then a gymnast and doesnt care about the little people or the poor. Interesting
This is absolute trickery of that very evil ploy that Rick spoke of he says he defies. Yet he has sold out to the very entity he pretends to run from on his ill-founded quest for power. A real disgust of a self proclaimed Christian.
Well sir, my brother, "the Christ" is not up for sell. Not for you, or for anybody, so please quit trying to sell yourself at his expense. You boldly and audaciously represent the very evil in men that Christ warned us about. Go away!
Heh, especially after endorsing the Democratic candidate you're running against! Does anyone really still think Santorum is smart enough to be President, let alone sane enough?
Watch Florida...Jeb Bush is waiting in the wings. He just last week endorsed Rubio for VP. Note the tone Jeb Bush used when he did so. Kind of like a seasoned politician ready for the GOP nomination...roflmao.
Well we do have Ron Paul and no-one likes him! Still he must be looked upon as the different one. Just may be what this country need to get away from the past money grabbing politicians we had and have now. You Mr. Obama-mites are sadly mistaken and call for him to get re-elected after all the broken promises you got to be kidding; right!
We don't need a dictator, we need a good president period. The only people he helped out were the ones who donated the most to him and that's my take on it. Did he help the rich, yes. Did he help the unions, yes. Did he stop a depression, I don't know. Did he do anything good for the common working man w/o any union, not that I know of and I know a lot of people.
So once again would you at least explain what did he do for America again? He got bin laden hmm, damn didn't know he was in on the raid. I don't give someone a check if they aren't there and don't deserve it. Seal team six did the deed and deserve the credit. If he keeps going the direction he is in, the heck with Spanish you'd better learn some Chinese.
And to embrace the unbridled unregulated free-market that will ensure that the money grubbing corporatists will replace completely the money grubbing politicians.
Just what we need.
"Santorum is the best the Tea Retards have, a little nutty l would say"
Sabotaging the recovering economy and ruining countless lives is not too high a price for the Repubs to pay to get this president out of office. They seem to want the world to end.
DUe to a random juxtaposition of occurrences it has become clar that should Mr. Santorum get the Republican nomination Geraldo Rivera would be a perfect running mate for him.
Purnell, Presidential candidates usually choose a VP running mate to fill some weakness in their own background. Example: Obama needed to bolster his foreign policy credentials, so he picked Biden who, for all of his own gaffes, is very knowledgeable on foreign policy.
Santorum would need to choose someone whose long suit is sanity and normalcy.
I'm thinking Bozo the Clown is the natural choice. Worlds ahead of Santorum in both categories. Plus, he has a big red nose.
Nobody's linked Santorum with Koresh, yet that seems to be a more accurate pairing...
The ad is perfect for the republican base. They are all crazy.
What's really sad is the fact that the Republicans are losing their most savvy political base. One by one the most intelligent Republicans are leaving the party. You have to wonder what the rest of the world sees when the GOP puts such nutty fruitcakes out there as candidates.
ewent, I'd like to argue that one, but, I can't. Still I'd like someone else to stand up and give it a good ole American try. There is Ron Paul and he just might be what America needs to get away from the good ole norm of politics. At least we'd be looking out for America and not every other nation on this world.
"The Tea Retards are destroying the GOP" (Is that good or Bad ??)
It's good, because only by rising from the ashes of humiliating defeat will the Republican Party be able to function as a responsible part of our two party system.
John I dunno, did the democrats rise up from the beating they took in the last nov elections?
The polls would tend to say yes.
That or the success of astroturf movements like the Tea Party tends to be shortlived...after all, Democrats did pretty well in 2006 and 2008.
Is Rick voting for
Ahmadinejad
now?
It seems like there are odd parallels since they both favor the oppression of women under a theocracy.
American Taliban, coming to a political rally near you! Santorum will pray for you as he throws you to the wolves.
"When will this Nut Santorum stop with his lies"
Seems reasonable to me...aren't BAMA and AJ in Iran facebook buddies....Bama said he would be talking with no preconditions...he didn't say it would be to help facilitate the burning of the ME.
I thought it was great, and the first thing Rick's ever done that was accurate. Too bed the messenger isn't the real deal.
txmom, you used to be pretty savvy and use good judgment and give reasonable arguments, but lately you have just become another right wing whack job.
I sort of miss the old sensible you. Too bad you have gone completely over to the dark side.
I used to respect you opinions, lately.........not so much.
"TEXAS" mom...that just about sums it up your post.
Oh, and what exactly is "Bama"?
I think Bama was once a brand of jelly. Grape was the most popular flavor. :-)
Bama -- a University in Tuscaloosa!
Vernp...sorry to upsent you...But Bo is the one who touted how important it was to have discussions without preconditions with Foreign Nations that hate America....Is it really so coincidential that ME countries that have had historic good relations with America or improving relations with America have suddenly gone up in smoke? This is a very easy parallel to make.
As for the Progressive facists who like to just collapse free speech....what in the world have you to fear from me?
BAMA...Big A$$ Mistake for America
Tex mom been walking up right long?
Yeah, and zip to do with those pesky little 9 year invasion/occupations of two of their own countries, right?
txmom in 7.6,
that has more to do with the wars then Obama specifically, and the atrocious acts being committed by unstable service members as well as other actions that raise tensions. It has nothing to do with Obama personally but with the fact that America has been in Afghanistan and Iraq the past ten years blowing @!$%# up, and the tensions that have been sparked off since then with all the unfortunate events such as the mass murder a few weeks ago or the Pakistan boarder killings.
The same thing would have happened if McCain had been President, might even be worse now if he was; we would be in Iran right now more then likely.
Bama also made mayonnaise and peanut butter. It was a brand sold in Alabama.
Good Point!!!
The "Spring" countries/Egypt said they were inspired to uprise and implement the brotherhood by listening to a speech by Mr. Obama in 2009. It is a shame these countries, once our allies, are now hostile and unfriendly, erasing centuries of human/women's rights advancements.
You would assume that, under leadership of a Nobel Peace Prize winner, we would not have this extreme malcontent world wide. But, it has been nothing but turmoil since the prize was awarded.
You seem to have a problem with the concept of free speech. It's that the GOVERNMENT cannot infringe, not anyone else! Or private companies. You might also consider looking up the terms "progressive" and "fascist" before trying to use them in a sentence together.
However, I think for the most part, collapsing comments is the way to show disagreement. Newsvine gives us an easy way to AGREE (just click the up arrow) but no easy way to disagree other than collapse. Newsvine needs to add a down arrow.
Seems to me if you have legitimate things to say you wouldn't need to try to trick people and hide frames...but I guess if you don't you have to do sneaky tricks to try to fool people.
"Rickety is just fooling him self"
Video was kind of cool, looked like an ad for a new apocalyptic tv series or something. Based in reality, not. Good try though! I'll give some cool points for that one
What a desperate sick man. Santorum has no bottom to his pit of hate-politics, lies and deception. And Insani was surprised when the woman yelled (to the laughter of others) "pretend it is Obama," when he was shooting the pistol at a target range? I expect not!
Santorum is the lowest politician there is (oh, except maybe Gingrich) and I'm not defending him (if he would ever get elected, I'm moving to Costa Rica), but he did denounce that woman's comments at the gun range. "It's absurd. No I'm not pretending it's anybody but shooting pistols. It's a very terrible and horrible remark and I'm glad I didn't hear it." He couldn't have been surprised, tho. I'm sure he knows what kind of people support him.
The Republican party deserves Santorum, hateful, bottom feeding bigots.
TXMom...You state does more to surpress First Amendment rights than any other state. What are you talking about? Didn't you state just pass stricter voting laws that the Supreme Court shot down because it would have denied anyone poorer than the Big Oil Big Daddies their right to vote?
Coming from a state where men swagger all day long and talk out of the sides of their mouths while they ram predatory oil prices down Middle Class throats doesn't substantiate your hatred for this president.
ewent, I totally agree with your statement. = doesn't substantiate your hatred for this president. I think it's because of his policies and the way he has handled things; since being in office.
I still don't know who will be the right man for the job. I will cast a vote for Ron Paul though. Something needs to change and I guess he couldn't do any worse than everyone else has. I would have a lot more respect for Mr. Obama if he would just step down like he promised. It's to be sure he won't like all of the other broken promises.
'Is Rick Sanatorium Sane, would you put him next to the "N" Button"
Wow, that's almost as bad as sitting in a church with a crazy preacher who hates America and rubbing elbows with commies.
Jasper must be Slick Rick's major acolyte.. get a life, man, YOUR GUY IS TOAST!!!!!!
I think in Ricky's church they call them priests, not preachers. Is rubbing elbows with commies why Rick wears sweater vests all the time?
Here comes the Fox noise bubble folk again. Right out of their coma and into their bubble spewing what others tell them to repeat. Like a cockatoo in a cage. Polly want a "cracker"...ya I hate Obuma ahhhrrr, he's this, he's that and .....ahhhr...
Kind of like the parrots who say; ya I love Mr. Obama is great, his wife is great, his policies are great. Is that the parroting your talking about?
Rick Santorum should get out of the race.
If he has to stoop to the lowest rung of the decency ladder.
Politically he's finished.
End of his Campaign. FINAL NOTE.
if you want to win..
challenge the rat at his own game..
the start of chicago politics..
sickening on both sides..
Satan is using slander to control the conservative evangelical Christian church. Slander, no matter how alarming, is not Truth.
Satan isnt doing anything....we have free will and men will do what men do for power...yes it is inherently evil to slander but it is men who are doing...not some diabolical, mysterious force....it is a simple ploy to fool people
A blogger threw this thing in a video editor, what he found is very disturbing,
It's not just the Obama / Ahmadinejad flash, the whole add is interspersed with subtle image flashes, many only a frame or two long. Including meat coming out of a meat grinder, a smashing piggy bank, close ups on a blood shot human eye, a distorted face of a woman in glasses, a dark image of a child alone in a forest, the capital building through a red color filter, multiple unflattering shots of Obama's face. Not to mention the more obvious smokey backroom, and baby all in red disturbing red tones. This is not an accident, and it isn't bait, this is a ham handed attempt at some sort of subliminal messaging, some sort of psych op.
apparently can't put a link in a comment, the diary is entitled "Shots from Santorum's "Obamaville" Ad
over at Daily Kos, it contains links to the isolated frames that he discovered.
American Tealiban mind control.
Creepy - almost like he is Satan-like. Santorum is a very scary person - too radical and controlling.
Interesting. If true, I hope the stations running the ads realize they can lose their licenses for doing so:
You have to wonder who on Santorum team is that insane to even consider such a politically classless ad.
As someone said above, he's getting desperate.
Well the liberal media wouldn't want the truth getting out there and all! I could see were this would cause a confusion in the populace.hehe.
Boy ain't it the truth; I heard if the liberals didn't have double standards they'd have no standard at all. The agenda is to deflect, attack and blame everyone else.
"God is walking away from Santorum"
To flbikerchick who stated
The ad is intended to be viewed only online, thus allowing it to skip around all regulations that require stations to tell the truth.
If Ricky Sanitarium, is going to play dirty he needs to read Mein Kampf
and pay close attention to the Big Lie. Come on now, Iranian puppet leader
and Obama? He must really be talking down to extremely stupid people.
If he only reads the Bible he won't get very far. There's way too much fornication and killing
in the Bible to be helpful in a Presidential election. Not a good guide to winning an election
or defeating your foes.
Santorum is a Catholic, he doesn't read Bible. Because his Bible is in Latin. Catholics have a Cathechism - layman's digest.
The LAST and Final steps ~`In Removing Obama From Washington, are upon us.
The Final Chapter with { OBAMA. } ~` His Terrorist Connections AND His WorldWide Co-Conspirators, have been REELED – in, Like Fish, on a Fishing line / Swallowing Hook, Line and Sinker, Deep Throating the entire Pole, up to the Steel Reel.
All of Obama's Corrupt Political Partners in Washington, have also been REELED in, like an OLD TIME Reel to Reel Movie PROjECTOR.
THEIR eXposure has successfully been Framed and They are NOW `Seen {CAPTURED} UPON the Screen, eXposed and Snared in the VERY OWN TRAPS, that they Themselves had set for YOU- [ The Prey ] The American Citizens.
These traitors, have FALLEN Head-Long, Down into the very SAME eXact Pits, that THEY themselves HAD dug for YOU, { the Game ]\ American Citizens.
All of Obamas Corrupted Political Partners in Washington and Terrorist Connections and His Co-Conspirator WORLDWIDE, have been Snared / CAUGHT in the very Jaws that they had Sprung for YOU, The American Citizens.
Their Ropes and Lines of DECEPTION, TREASON and FRAUD, that They had Drawn, Planted, eXtended and INTENDED to Hang and Trip Up YOUR Freedoms { YOU The American Patriots / Great Sons and Daughters of Liberity } These Ropes, Have ALL been Un Tied, Unravled and Unstrung.
You MUST continue A Peaceful Resistance. You MUSt Maintain a POSITIVE, AGGRESSIVE, firm Focus on the Facts and Truth /\ as WE Stand by OUR convictions and NEVER Fall or Surrender to this mob of Traitors :
In Fact, THE ONLY THING in America - that was trully Needing`“ CHANGE ” ! Was Barry or Barack Hussein OR, .Soetoro OR….Obama the JR. l. or II. ............ HIMSELF. !
Obama, has MADE every criminal CHANGE to his reality that is possible, to Disguise his NAME with many LIES and Forgeries, With multiple FAKE Social Security numbers for his entire adult life.
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Zerex Rex......WTF? If these right wing wacko's get into office I am starting to think about moving to a different country. I figure....what the heck !! Might as well start living in a third world country somewhere else because that's where the US is headed if they get into office.
Time to go Rick, your bid for president has shot its wad and i think its in your own face. Hypocrite
Santorum is a wacko.
That guy needs a checkup from the neck up.
Nutso and delusional from the neck up
And probably wears a bra under those sissy boy vest
He is probably a cross dresser
Looks like the dirty tricks the Republicans like to use is on again. Don't be fooled by this, it is illegal to do this and fool me once shame on me, fool me twice shame on you. Now would you vote for these liars.
The money guy behind the despicable Swiftboaters is backing Romney this time around so, he isn't paying for this one. Then again, from the looks of it, it could probably have been paid for by some dinky, little TP group somewhere.
How crazy can Santorum be,Every one knows he is in this up to his eye balls.
Can't wait for the Pope's boy Sanitarium to be president of the right wing radical cracked teanuts, the gay, rapist, pedophile catholic priests and the braindead evangelical Children of the Corn zombies. Men will no longer have to purchase condoms, as they will no longer be allowed in this country. All mens sperm must be used to create babies. Cameras will be in every bedroom. Catholic priests don't have to worry however, because, according to the testimony of former raped little boys, they don't use them.
I think Sanitarium is in desperate need of a vaginal ultrasound to find out what happed to his brains.
The Pope's first order to his boy will be to release all catholic rapist pediophile priests from prison as the Pope is running out of people to continue the process of shearing his sheep. He is running out of collection pot fillers. After all, he needs the money to fight off all of the lawsuits against the church worldwide.
His second order to RickyDickyDo will be to move the White House to Vatican City.
Life2: Uhhhh, what pedophile priests in prison?
You need to perform a RECTAL ultrasound to look for Santorums brains. That's where his head is.
whitekracker banned, new user making loads of personal attacks.
Well, I guess Santorum is done. Pathetic is the word that comes to mind. There are enough legitimate reasons to attack Obama this bottom feeding is base, political trash. Romney versus Obama. Oh joy.
Wow, three Santomum zingers in 24 hours;
Obama would be better than Romney
I didn't say that, and if I did, I didn't mean it and Romney should be ashamed for mentioning what I didn't say
And now Obama and AJ.
What a peach.
if frothy had a BRAIN, he'd take it out and PLAY WITH IT. Throw the bustard back under the BUS where he BELONGS
That Santorum quote has already been added to the Re-Elect Obama clip library.
Santorum certainly is learning from the last christian conservative trying pull his country out of a severe economic collapse. Adolf found that the big lie worked well for him, until the rest of the world buried him.
Rick Santorum recognizes $15 trillion in debt is a problem. He's smarter than Obama. Obama spends, and spends, and spends with no end in sight
Actually no he isn't. He'll take the money we'll "save" when slashing programs he longer sees fit and spend it on enforcing all of the ludicrous social agendas he has like defining obscenity, restricting porn and of course, women's reproductive rights.
Where were you when Bush broke the bank?
The president (any president) doesn't spend anything. Congress does nimrods. Can you name your congressman? Do you know how they voted on the spending you're complaining about? Did you reelect them?
if frothy had a BRAIN, he'd take it out and PLAY WITH IT. Throw the bustard back under the BUS where he BELONGS
You are nuts!
InSaneSanititorium- yes of course the budget is the presidents problems. Insanity Rick only voted for programs including earmarks for his state. He never voted to increase the deficit cap. You cant blame him for the deficit. Right sure you bethca.