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Why I Voted For Rick Santorum

Just some of the reasons I crossed the party line and voted for the craziest cuckoo nut job north of the Mason Dixon line.

You may not believe it, but I'm not a registered Democrat, so it's not like I broke any sacred vows when I cast a vote for right wing nut job and Presidential candidate Rick Santorum in Wisconsin's GOP (Greedy One Percenters) Primary.

I voted for Santorum not because:

  • I want to keep the entertaining dog and pony show going
  • I agree with Rick that "Rape is a gift from God" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2012/jan/25/rick-santorum-rape-pregnancy
  • I want to turn our Democracy into a Theocracy where all non-Christians are shunned upon and stoned to death for working on a Sunday
  • I want payback for the GOP running fake Democrats in last Summer's recalls
  • I want revenge for being verbally assaulted on a daily basis while collecting recall signatures
  • I received 37 robo-calls this week with a computerized Mitt Romney voice (how can you tell) letting me know how great he is
  • Like Rick Santorum I am a major homophobe 
  • I want to even the playing field since Romney and his Super PAC are out-spending Santorum 50-1
  • I agree with Rick that wanting kids to go to college makes President Obama a snob
  • Like Santorum, simply thinking of JFK almost makes me want to throw up
  • Like Santorum, I mutter racial slurs whenever I go south of the Mason Dixon line
  • I want payback for Charlie Sykes telling his empty-headed listeners last Friday to run fake Democrats again during this Summer's recalls
  • I have a secret sweater vest fetish and Rick is driving my hormones CRAZY!

Nope, none of those reasons.

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I voted for Rick Santorum because as I drive around Milwaukee County I don't see ANY (not a single damn one) Mitt Romney signs. Nobody here (or anywhere, besides Utah) is exactly thrilled about Mitt - but they vote for him because polls tell us he is the only Republican who stands a chance against President Obama this Fall.

I am simply helping you move along the only real conservative candidate you have in this election. He is a social and fiscal conservative who is not a mega-millionaire, silver-spoon-fed daddy's boy or a womanizer with more ex-wives than miles on my 9 year old Hyundai or a wrinkled-up old man who thinks we should shrink Government to the size of Sarah Palin's brain.

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Rick Santorum, though I disagree with all that he stands for, is the only real conservative in this band of nut jobs. And we deserve an open and honest comparison between a true progressive (Obama) and a true conservative (Santorum)

If you care more about defeating Obama, but are willing to let Obama-lite (Romney) slip into the white house and are willing to sacrifice your true conservative ideals, be my guest.

I however, think Americans deserve the starkest contrast possible when it comes to liberalism vs. conservatism - and who better to represent than Rick Santorum...

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