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wndycty

(17,445 posts)
Sun Mar 18, 2012, 10:52 PM Mar 2012

Santorum gets owned, called out for Obama pornography comments while staying silent on Paterno

DuMont, Santorum spar over child porn, Penn State, Catholic church
BY ABDON M. PALLASCH Political Reporter apallasch@suntimes.com March 18, 2012 6:56PM



Conservative GOP Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum tangled with “Beyond the Beltway” radio talk show host Bruce DuMont in a 5-minute interview Sunday evening.

The Chicago-based host asked Santorum to compare his criticism of President Obama for “favoring pornographers over children” for allegedly not targeting child pornography with his lack of criticism of Penn State icon Joe Paterno in that school’s child sex abuse scandal or the Catholic church’s child sex abuse scandal.

Santorum, a Penn State alum and a Catholic, said he found the questions “insulting.”

“Do you really believe the president really does not care about protecting children and going after pornographers?” DuMont asked.

“He’s not,” Santorum answered. “The Bush administration had a very active program of going after folks who were purveying pornography to children, and this administration has halted most of those prosecutions.”
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http://www.suntimes.com/11385694-417/dumont-santorum-spar-over-child-porn-penn-state-catholic-church.html
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Santorum gets owned, called out for Obama pornography comments while staying silent on Paterno (Original Post) wndycty Mar 2012 OP
double standards demtenjeep Mar 2012 #1
Santorum is such a hypocritical asshole... MrScorpio Mar 2012 #2
Just Ridiculous- the Moral Relativity of the Right fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #3
Here's a VIDEO of Santorum on CNN regarding pornographers Tx4obama Mar 2012 #4
Ugh. What a poser. AtomicKitten Mar 2012 #12
On Chicago Tv right now channel 20 !!!! lunasun Mar 2012 #5
Beyond the Beltway is always good!! lunasun Mar 2012 #7
Yowza. Fantastic! blue neen Mar 2012 #6
The story distorts Santorum's position to make it seem less nutso starroute Mar 2012 #8
The SCOTUS ruled on this decades ago xtraxritical Mar 2012 #9
Too easy. Quantess Mar 2012 #10
And you are a ridiculous candidate, Mr. Santorum. AtomicKitten Mar 2012 #11
Santorum called out? Blue Owl Mar 2012 #13
Santorump just wants livingonearth Mar 2012 #14
Your right. Another Palin saying Do as I say, not as I do. You got that? You betcha southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #15
Santorum accuses the President being lenient on Child Pornographers? DearAbby Mar 2012 #16
why Bruce Dumont doesn't think child porn prosecution is a big deal BroadcastSnooze Feb 2016 #17
 

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)
1. double standards
Sun Mar 18, 2012, 10:54 PM
Mar 2012

and when someone questions him, he gets insulted. He should not NOT be even this close

 

AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts)
12. Ugh. What a poser.
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 03:07 PM
Mar 2012

He won't comment on the child rapists in the Catholic Church nor Paterno covering up for a child rapist to protect a football team, but he's got no problem spewing fact-less accusations about the president.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
7. Beyond the Beltway is always good!!
Sun Mar 18, 2012, 11:59 PM
Mar 2012

the repugs on the show -Even the repug supporting Ricky on the show - agreed the questions were not unfair

BBWAAAH Ricky is not happy him and his friend the Catholic Church just got pwnd

i like how Dumont ended the interview saying that Sainto had to go to another commitment and probably is glad he does
all with a straight face

One of the pugs on the show just compared frothy to Torquemada! good compare


oh they are eating their own here on the show
( it is a recording of the radio show that runs Sunday nights)

starroute

(12,977 posts)
8. The story distorts Santorum's position to make it seem less nutso
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 01:07 AM
Mar 2012

As quoted in the OP, it says, "The Chicago-based host asked Santorum to compare his criticism of President Obama for 'favoring pornographers over children' for allegedly not targeting child pornography..."

But Santorum isn't just talking about kiddie porn. He wants to do away with *all* porn, since he alleges it harms children -- just by its very existence, I guess. Or maybe he thinks porn peddlers are hanging out on street corners, trying to peddle their wares to eight-year-olds. Or maybe he believes that television in general is pornographic.

Now that I think about it, it isn't clear to me exactly what Santorum does believe. But in any case, suggesting he only cares about child porn is letting him off the hook.

 

xtraxritical

(3,576 posts)
9. The SCOTUS ruled on this decades ago
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 11:48 AM
Mar 2012

essentially ruling that porn cannot be adequately defined (eye of the beholder), and it contradicts the 1st Amendment to try and do so.
Saint-torum is grasping at straws with nothing else to hang his hat on, to bad the conservacons love this kind of smoke blowing up their butts.

DearAbby

(12,461 posts)
16. Santorum accuses the President being lenient on Child Pornographers?
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 05:57 PM
Mar 2012

And no one has called this son of a bitch out on it?

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