Rick Santorum wants to ban porn

[Jasper]

Rick Santorum wants to put an end to the distribution of pornography in the United States.

"America is suffering a pandemic of harm from pornography," Santorum's official website reads. "Pornography is toxic to marriages and relationships. It contributes to misogyny and violence against women. It is a contributing factor to prostitution and sex trafficking."

The former Pennsylvania senator states that, "as a parent, I am concerned about the widespread distribution of illegal obscene pornography and its profound effects on our culture."

Santorum criticized the Obama administration for turning "a blind eye ... to the scourge of pornography" and for refusing to enforce obscenity laws.

"If elected President, I will appoint an Attorney General who will do so," Santorum writes. "While the Obama Department of Justice seems to favor pornographers over children and families, that will change under a Santorum Administration."

Santorum is not the first presidential candidate to take up the obscenity issue. In July, Michele Bachmann signed a pledge vowing her support of a constitutional amendment that, among other things, called for a ban on all pornography. (It also effectively called for a ban on same-sex marriage.)

The Atlantic wonders if Santorum's wide-scale crackdown on porn could actually work.

The Daily Caller found someone who thinks it could. "If the government wanted to aggressively move against Internet pornography, it could do so," UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh told the site.

Wonkette's Rebecca Schoenkopf pointed out it's just another example of Santorum positioning himself as the extremely conservative choice for president.

"It seems that Rick Santorum has found time in his busy schedule of condemning 'radical' women for working outside the home and using birth control, and nagging English-speaking Puerto Ricans to speak English, and now is turning his hot, penetrating gaze to manfolk-bizness," she wrote.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/rick ... AM-;_ylv=3

[Larry B.]

[Matz]

fuck, if a candidate proposed something like that in Denmark he would pretty much be finished based on that alone. Not because Danes' world revolves around porn but because he'd be considered a total nut and he'd be laughed out of town.

[creep]

fuck, if a candidate proposed something like that in Denmark he would pretty much be finished based on that alone. Not because Danes' world revolves around porn but because he'd be considered a total nut and he'd be laughed out of town.

it really amazes me that this guy is actually winning primaries. obama has to do something really stupid to lose this election.

[Larry B.]

fuck, if a candidate proposed something like that in Denmark he would pretty much be finished based on that alone. Not because Danes' world revolves around porn but because he'd be considered a total nut and he'd be laughed out of town.

it really amazes me that this guy is actually winning primaries. obama has to do something really stupid to lose this election.

I don't think Obama is to blame for right-wing stupidity.

[Romeo]

Santorum also stated yesterday in Puerto Rico that in order to become a state English should be the main language.

then back peddled and said they should be bilingual. They've been speaking spanish there since 1493...

[Hokahey]

Rick is just desparately pandering to the extreme social conservatives as a political manuever. It's his only hope of winning.

- Edit

Not that he's NOT an idiot, but as with most politicians I doubt he even has a solid foundation of an actual belief system or set of ethos. It's just winwinwinwinmoneymoneymoneypowerpowerpower.

[crater]

fuck, if a candidate proposed something like that in Denmark he would pretty much be finished based on that alone. Not because Danes' world revolves around porn but because he'd be considered a total nut and he'd be laughed out of town.

What about someone that believes that the entire Universe is somewhere in the neighborhood of 10,000 years old and that evolution isn't a fact? You have any of those kind of people in office there?

[Matz]

nope. Our politicians are pretty boring for the most part and never do or say anythig bizarre like that. I wish we had some of those village idiot types here it would add some color, but we don't and we never will probably

we had a comedian who ran for parliament about ten years ago as a joke. He promised he'd deliver tail wind on bike paths and stuff like that and he actually got elected which he hadn't really hoped for at all or thought in a million years that he would have been.

[Larry B.]

I wish we had some of those village idiot types here it would add some color

You don't. Believe me... you don't.

Our current President is a multimillionaire who promised to give a annual bond to the poor in March. His opponent didn't made such promise, and the millionaire won. He gave his bond in March 2010 (USD $40. Yes, USD $40). In March 2011, people were asking for their bond and he said 'I never said it was a permanent bond. By 'annual' I meant it was for THAT year.'

Now we're stuck with that asshole, there are student demonstrations almost daily, there have been 3 major emergencies for which the government's reaction has been absurdly slow, the Chilean Patagonia is demonstrating because they want more autonomy and some benefits related to the fact that they're located in the end of the world, and basically the 70% of Chile is unhappy with this government.

Stick to your boring, efficient-enough politics

[creep]

are we the only country where elections are based on silly social/religious/moral issues like abortion, contraception and porn and the belief that it is the governments responsibility to find you a job?

[Hokahey]

are we the only country where elections are based on silly social/religious/moral issues like abortion, contraception and porn and the belief that it is the governments responsibility to find you a job?

[chaos]

it really amazes me that this guy is actually winning primaries.

After two terms of Bush #2, nothing surprises me.

I can't wait for the upcoming convention fiasco.

[Jasper]

fuck, if a candidate proposed something like that in Denmark he would pretty much be finished based on that alone. Not because Danes' world revolves around porn but because he'd be considered a total nut and he'd be laughed out of town.

it really amazes me that this guy is actually winning primaries. obama has to do something really stupid to lose this election.

That's the only reason why Santorum doesn't completely terrify me - he has no hope of being elected president. The guy will never appeal to independents, and that's something you have to do. Romney is more worrisome, because he could appeal to those independents, even though his own party can't quite agree to back him. I'd rather see Santorum go up against Obama, because Santorum would have no chance. It was a great pleasure seeing that piece of shit voted out of office a few years ago, and I'd enjoy seeing him up there making another concession speech.


Classic.

[Matz]

wtf

[Matz]

I had to see that photo again. Never seen anything that comes even close to the weirdness in it. Something tells me this isn't the most functional family on the planet

[guysmiley]

holy crap, at first I thought that was photoshopped.

[chaos]

Classic.

[chaos]

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics ... ing/50020/

A stump speech delivered last night by Rick Santorum to a crowd of about 2,000 at Christian Liberty Academy in Arlington Heights, IL., was interrupted 15 minutes in by shouts of "Mic check! Mr. Santorum! Mr. Santorum!" ("mic check" is a familiar Occupy Wall Street battle cry) -- followed by the sight of two men kissing passionately in the stands. The crowd responded with loud booing and chants of "USA! USA!" as the kissers, identified by The Palatine Patch as Timothy Tross and Ben Clifford, were ejected from the venue.

Asked by the Patch if the kiss was a "public display of affection or merely a symbolic act," Tross replied, "I don’t think the message should be about what my sexuality is. It’s the message that he’s saying about sexuality that matters.” [via Towleroad]

The disruption occurs around 3:30

[Larry B.]

The crowd responded with loud booing and chants of "USA! USA!" as the kissers, identified by The Palatine Patch as Timothy Tross and Ben Clifford, were ejected from the venue.

DAY TWOOOK ER JEEEEERBZ!!!

[Pandemonium]

Modern day Adams Family. I'd actually like to go to a rally just to check out the freaks that support this guy.

[Mescal]

Modern day Adams Family. I'd actually like to go to a rally just to check out the freaks that support this guy.

Why are they all looking so sad?

[Mescal]

The crowd responded with loud booing and chants of "USA! USA!" as the kissers, identified by The Palatine Patch as Timothy Tross and Ben Clifford, were ejected from the venue.

I was in a bar once, In England I believe that was, where this bunch of 18 year old Americans were getting drunk, some were already outside puking their guts out, .... you know the typical "I never drank before" type scenes, when I went back inside the others were all shouting "USA! USA! USA!"

What's up with that? I don't go around shouting Belgium, Belgium?

[mockbee]

The crowd responded with loud booing and chants of "USA! USA!" as the kissers, identified by The Palatine Patch as Timothy Tross and Ben Clifford, were ejected from the venue.

I was in a bar once, In England I believe that was, where this bunch of 18 year old Americans were getting drunk, some were already outside puking their guts out, .... you know the typical "I never drank before" type scenes, when I went back inside the others were all shouting "USA! USA! USA!"

What's up with that? I don't go around shouting Belgium, Belgium?

It's to remind themselves what country they are from. Like, wearing a flag pin is to remind politicians and other public officials what country they are in.

[Larry B.]

Same with 'God bless America'...

What the fuck is that about?