When do you think Rick Santorum is just going to explode and fark everything in sight?

Hobodeluxe: Christians and Muslims

They're more alike than either would care to admit.

What with the same God and all that...

monty666: When do you think Rick Santorum is just going to explode and fark everything in sight?

I'd guess Romney first. This is wearing on him. Not helped by the fact that he's not the clear and unquestioned nominee.

Campaigning against birth control AND welfare? Nothing bad can come of this.

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The Onanist: What with the same God and all that...

Jack Chick disagrees; he believes they worship a moon god.

Jack Chick is considered by many other Christians, including myself, to be a moron.

Liberal whore!!! A zygote is a human being -NOW DIE!

The Republicans warning us gravely about "sharia law" is hilarious since they're simultaneously trying to make this into a Christian theocracy.

Because People in power are Stupid: [iranpoliticsclub.net image 450x314]
Liberal whore!!! A zygote is a human being -NOW DIE!

Whoa. That might be borderline time-out-inducing.

That having been said, I'd rather live under Shakira law than Sharia law.

/these hips don't lie

xanadian: Because People in power are Stupid: [iranpoliticsclub.net image 450x314]
Liberal whore!!! A zygote is a human being -NOW DIE!

Whoa. That might be borderline time-out-inducing.

Showing too much skin? or is it fake blood?

(Yes it's a scene from a movie)

Dusk-You-n-Me: [www.washingtonpost.com image 590x357] (new window)

That chart depresses me. Barring his hawkish stance towards Iran and his whole immigration thing with that wall crap, Huntsman is probably the sanest of the lot. Guess he's not entertaining enough for the electorate.

Romney is the flip-flopper from Hell. And I hate that god-awful smug smirk he always has.

Dusk-You-n-Me: [www.washingtonpost.com image 590x357] (new window)

The fact that (a) no one was over about 20% in the "do you agree with" category, and (b) anyone, let alone how many people apparently, agree with the poser, the politician and the four psychos (who are conveniently in that order on the graph) are just very, very, very sad things.

Because People in power are Stupid: xanadian: Because People in power are Stupid: [iranpoliticsclub.net image 450x314]
Liberal whore!!! A zygote is a human being -NOW DIE!

Whoa. That might be borderline time-out-inducing.

Showing too much skin? or is it fake blood?

(Yes it's a scene from a movie)

...

Skin, you silly. Isn't this a Sharia law thread?

/must be a hell of a movie

Shaggy_C: Democrats think a babby is a punishment. Republicans think babby is a miracle. When it comes to their policy positions that's all you need to know. Trying to pretend that being pro-babby means being anti-woman is a lie.

I can understand why RON PAUL would feel the way he does about abortion...he's a freakin' pediatrician, ferchrissakes. He's rather intimate with the subject of babies, so I can see why he has an emotional stake in it.

Note I said "emotional."

That having been said, if the baby is still a zygote, I see no reason why a woman can't abort it. That also having been said, if I were a woman and found out I had a future kid in me, I don't know if I could abort it.

Shaggy_C: Democrats think a babby is a punishment. Republicans think babby is a miracle. When it comes to their policy positions that's all you need to know. Trying to pretend that being pro-babby means being anti-woman is a lie.

It may not be equivalent, but there's a huge overlap.

And that's the problem with the "debate". On abortion, the two sides are arguing two entirely different things, and that's why the debate never progresses.

Rent is too damn high: Exactly. They don't want a secular government, the only thing they find offensive about Sharia law is that it's based on Islam and not Christianity.

It's all about rooting for your home team.

Shaggy_C: Democrats think a babby is a punishment. Republicans think babby is a miracle. When it comes to their policy positions that's all you need to know. Trying to pretend that being pro-babby means being anti-woman is a lie.

I was talking to my single-issue-voter conservative friend (go ahead - guess the single issue) and I told him I came up with a solution to the abortion problem. 1) lots of people are out there that desperate want a baby of their own but can't seem to have one. 2) lots of women are out there that are pregnant but don't want to be. Solution? Artificial incubators for babies. Suck the baby out of the pregnant lady, put it in this wondrous transparent box, put the box on your coffee table and for the next 8 months sit and watch your baby grow. What an excellent conversation piece! Much better than any stupid aquarium.

So then his argument switched over to "yeah, but that wouldn't really teach any responsibility to these women out there having unwanted pregnancies" and then I just slapped my forehead.

So apparently it's not just about saving the lives of the unborn, but it's forcing the women that have unwanted babies a hard lesson.

PlatinumDragon: Because teaching kids nothing but force-of-will abstinence and prohibiting access to any kind of reproductive control method works so well.

They're not interested in pragmatism. Being morally correct is all that matters.

Which is fine if you want to be an academic or something. But in politics, we need pragmatic solutions even if we find them somewhat distasteful.

Lando Lincoln: Suck the baby out of the pregnant lady, put it in this wondrous transparent box,

Why not just turn the women into incubators? I seem to recall some author somewhere writing about the descendants of Muslims doing just that - if only I could remember....

This is what happens when the deeply flawed primary process encourages candidates to only appeal to people who would consider Barry Goldwater a "filthy liberal egghead" and write in "Jesus/Pat Robertson" in the general election

Where were Romney and Perry when Karen Santorum was having *her* abortion?