Reason No 47 Why Rick Santorum Should Never Be President – His Writings Give Him Away

Listen to the Comic Stylings of Mr. Santorum

Never shy about expressing an opinion, Presidential hopeful (soon not to be) Rick Santorum has spent a fair amount of time the past many years writing about various topics.

Over the last decade, Mr. Santorum has been a prolific writer of op-ed articles, letters to the editor and guest columns in some of the country’s largest and most influential newspapers. All the while he displayed many of the traits that define him as a presidential candidate today: a deep and unwavering Catholic faith, a suspicion of secularism and a conviction that the country was on a path toward cultural ruin.

And thanks to the research by the New York Times we can no all enjoy snippets of Mr. Santorum work.  For example there is this

In his Inquirer column, Mr. Santorum once raised the alarm about a fairy tale he said was introduced in Massachusetts public schools that featured two princes who marry. “One superintendent said the district was ‘committed to teaching children about the world they live in,’ ” he wrote. “Interesting.”

which one can easily interpret as Mr. Santorum being favor of not teaching children about the real world, but maybe teaching them about the world of Mr. Santorum.

And on science and education there is this howler.

He occasionally weighed in on issues of primary and secondary education as well, arguing as he did in The Washington Times in 2002 that intelligent design should be taught as an alternative theory to evolution. To not do so, he said, would deny students “a first-rate science education.”

Yes, not teaching superstitions and myths as science is denying students a first rate science education. 

Mr. Santorum wrote on the Catholic church pedophilia scandal

that linked the pedophilia scandal in the Catholic Church with an overall cultural corrosion. 

once again affirming the Conservative position of not taking responsibility for one’s own actions.

As far as religion is concerned, in Mr. Santorum’s world one’s religious beliefs are fair game for running for office, never mind that pesky Constitution which says otherwise.

In the column, which has not received much attention since it was written, Mr. Santorum says people should have an open mind about Mr. Romney’s faith. But he also says it is perfectly reasonable to make judgments about the former Massachusetts governor based on his religious beliefs.

“His supporters say it is akin to rejecting a Barack Obama because he is black,” Mr. Santorum wrote. “But Obama was born black; Romney is a Mormon because he accepts the beliefs of the Mormon faith. This permits us, therefore, to make inferences about his judgment and character, good or bad.”

And yes, there’s nothing like a little religious bigotry to liven things up.

Well, everyone gets the picture.  So it is not with fond regret that we watch Mr. Santorum exit the Presidential race inside another one of his fantasies, that the Republican convention is going to toss out the winner of the most delegates and the most important primaries and take instead a man who could not even manage to get on the ballot in Virginia.