You guys need to back off on the picture of Santorum's daughter. If you just found out Rick was going to molest you later that night, you'd be crying too.

Lord Binky: The look on his son's face in that pick still cracks me up. His daughter sobers me though. The crying is one thing, but the doll and her hands... I'm just gonna look at the son again.

The one who really depresses me is the girl in back. I met girls like that when I was trapped in evangelical christianity. Twenty-five years old and still mentally twelve, scared of the world, following their dad around and waiting until they could be introduced to someone who was appropriate. Arranged marriages aren't dead in the United States, and it's not brown people doing it.

She's one of those, and she's famous and she's rich and her entire mind is going to be locked into a shoebox unless something amazing shakes up her life. She's a living prop, and that scares the hell out of me.

vernonFL: Fun Fact: Rick Santorum was a lawyer for the World Wrestling Federation, and argued that wrestling should be exempt from steroid testing because wrestling is not a sport.

... That is awesome.

Lord Binky: The look on his son's face in that pick still cracks me up. His daughter sobers me though. The crying is one thing, but the doll and her hands... I'm just gonna look at the son again.

ever heard of trisomy 18?

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little fat girl so sad they are leaving the midwest

a story told thousands of times a day

TalenLee: Lord Binky: The look on his son's face in that pick still cracks me up. His daughter sobers me though. The crying is one thing, but the doll and her hands... I'm just gonna look at the son again.

The one who really depresses me is the girl in back. I met girls like that when I was trapped in evangelical christianity. Twenty-five years old and still mentally twelve, scared of the world, following their dad around and waiting until they could be introduced to someone who was appropriate. Arranged marriages aren't dead in the United States, and it's not brown people doing it.

She's one of those, and she's famous and she's rich and her entire mind is going to be locked into a shoebox unless something amazing shakes up her life. She's a living prop, and that scares the hell out of me.

vernonFL: Fun Fact: Rick Santorum was a lawyer for the World Wrestling Federation, and argued that wrestling should be exempt from steroid testing because wrestling is not a sport.

... That is awesome.

No shiat? Dammit, I am now forced to practice my wikijutsu on Mr. Santorum.

Speaking of wrestling, what if he was El Santorum, la Enmascarada de Caca?

Britney Spear's Speculum: Lord Binky: The look on his son's face in that pick still cracks me up. His daughter sobers me though. The crying is one thing, but the doll and her hands... I'm just gonna look at the son again.

ever heard of trisomy 18?

Yep. She's the reason I know about it. That and an earlier Fark thread about Santorum. The politician I mean. I think.

gaspode: The girl at the back is actually disabled. The girl in the front is theoretically normal.

Ah, that enlightens. Thanks!

quickdraw: Biological Ali: There's no hostility towards his daughter - just amusement.

You don't think making fun of someone is a hostile act?

/ha ha Biological Ali has a tiny peener and gigantic nose hair

Of course it isn't hostile - it's just a funny picture. People seeing the picture for the first time who have no idea who Santorum is (and thus no reason for hostility) will still laugh at it - it's just that funny. It's sort of like the infamous paint huffer picture - people laugh and make jokes about it despite the fact that they have nothing against the guy personally.

quickdraw: Biological Ali: Of course it isn't hostile - it's just a funny picture. People seeing the picture for the first time who have no idea who Santorum is (and thus no reason for hostility) will still laugh at it - it's just that funny. It's sort of like the infamous paint huffer picture - people laugh and make jokes about it despite the fact that they have nothing against the guy personally.

I don't mind the picture. It is what it is. But dredging it up years later as the punchline to a fark headline is petty and vindictive. Really we don't need to stoop to mocking his kids. He is plenty mockworthy on his own.

You sound concerned.

Ken VeryBigLiar: You could rewrite this with just about anyone on either side. From Boehner, Pelosi, Kerry and a host more lining their pockets (while not having to pay any mind to insider trading rules) to the recently voted out getting lobbying/consulting gig and board appointments, it's hard to be broke when you leave office anymore.

Agreed, but they don't all pretend to be pious moral beacons.

Good luck getting into heaven that wealthy santorum.

quickdraw: I don't mind the picture. It is what it is. But dredging it up years later as the punchline to a fark headline is petty and vindictive. Really we don't need to stoop to mocking his kids. He is plenty mockworthy on his own.

You say "dredging it up" as though it's some obscure thing that's only just now being brought up to spite the guy. The truth is, this is an iconic photograph - this is the picture against which all future awkward political awkward family photo-ops will be measured. Everything about it is perfect, and the girl is the centerpiece. It's a legendary photo - I've shown it to friends and family members who couldn't even name the political parties in the US, much less Rick Santorum personally, and just about all of them agree that it's just about one of the oddest and funniest non-staged pictures they've seen.

All this is quite separate from how people feel about Rick himself, and there's no need to conflate the two. People might dislike Rick Santorum and find this picture amusing; indeed, they might even reference the picture while criticizing the guy or just generally snarking around, but that doesn't mean that they hate everybody else in the picture too.

vernonFL: Fun Fact: Rick Santorum was a lawyer for the World Wrestling Federation, and argued that wrestling should be exempt from steroid testing because wrestling is not a sport.

I think sports teams should be sponsored by drug companies and they should have patches and decals like in NASCAR.

At least then we would know which drugs were best.

Britney Spear's Speculum: Lord Binky: The look on his son's face in that pick still cracks me up. His daughter sobers me though. The crying is one thing, but the doll and her hands... I'm just gonna look at the son again.

ever heard of trisomy 18?

Lord Binky: Yep. She's the reason I know about it. That and an earlier Fark thread about Santorum. The politician I mean. I think.

Wrong daughter; Bella, the one with Edwards syndrome is three and a half years old. (The one with the doll has her own set of learning disabilities thanks to being homeschooled, but by any reckoning, I figure she's in her tweens by now.)

TMYK...

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let it haunt your soul

I'll see your disturbing Beckorum image, and raise you 5 more.

quickdraw: Biological Ali: Of course it isn't hostile - it's just a funny picture. People seeing the picture for the first time who have no idea who Santorum is (and thus no reason for hostility) will still laugh at it - it's just that funny. It's sort of like the infamous paint huffer picture - people laugh and make jokes about it despite the fact that they have nothing against the guy personally.

I don't mind the picture. It is what it is. But dredging it up years later as the punchline to a fark headline is petty and vindictive. Really we don't need to stoop to mocking his kids. He is plenty mockworthy on his own.

She looks like a horrible child, worthy of derision and scorn.

namatad: bobbette: What a marvellous and bootstrappy success story of making bank by saying gay people are destroying civilization and are worse than criminals.

not worse ... just as bad as ...
:D

Actually, worse:

Santorum suggests a dad in prison is better than a gay dad; faces more NH hecklers

As Farkers have joked in earlier threads with that famous pic, the kids look horrified that Dad is going to be spending more time at home.

The last I heard about Santorum's NH appearances, they were full to capacity.. but he was getting no applause, and more than a few rounds of booing.

quickdraw: I know their parents exploit them but does that really require that we treat them in just as callow a fashion? It's not like she had a choice in the matter.

It's not like she is reading these posts either.

Parental control of her Internet? I'm guessing...yes.

Bigdogdaddy: I don't give a big rat's ass how he earns his money. He's not mentally fit to be president, I mean let's not forget he brought his dead infant home to meet his brothers and sisters and slept with it and sang it lullabys. If that isn't enough to convince you, then I don't know what is.

He murdered it, too. But if you want to murder YOUR baby, he's against that.

vernonFL: Actually, that would be an awesome question for Santorum in a debate!

"Mr. Santorum, you argued that wrestlers should be allowed to use steroids. Do you feel any regret for the dozens of wrestlers (Chris Benoit being one example) who were injured or died as a direct result of that policy?"

WHAT?

relcec: a lot of that money *came from lobbying prepaid bribery

bobbette: namatad: bobbette: What a marvellous and bootstrappy success story of making bank by saying gay people are destroying civilization and are worse than criminals.

not worse ... just as bad as ...
:D

Actually, worse:

Santorum suggests a dad in prison is better than a gay dad; faces more NH hecklers

FTL: ""You're robbing children of something that they need, they deserve, they have a right to. They have a right to be know and be loved by their dad or their mom," Santorum told the students."

So, logically that would mean he's against adoption by heterosexual couples too? Every time I think he can't possibly say anything dumber or more offensive, he does.

Uchiha_Cycliste: Is she holding a dolly that is wearing the same dress as her?

Creepy.

My daughter has at least one dress that's the same as one of her dolls. Places do sell matching girl and doll dresses.

/I'd tell you to walk through the girls department at Sears but that would be creepier.

Bigdogdaddy: I don't give a big rat's ass how he earns his money. He's not mentally fit to be president, I mean let's not forget he brought his dead infant home to meet his brothers and sisters and slept with it and sang it lullabys. If that isn't enough to convince you, then I don't know what is.

And if they had videoed it and distributed it on DVDs, it could have been called "Weekend at Bernie's Santorum's."

justafarkingchef: Call me a softie, but I always felt bad for her. Maybe it's because I have daughters. She was too young at that age to realize what an assbag her dad is.

Don't be too merciful. I've noticed that 99.99% of the time, the offspring of right wing republicans tend to be just as nasty if not even more vicious than their parents. The home-schooled kind (which she was) increases the likelihood by a horrific factor. This is how/why we get Epic Assholes of the Kim Jung Un and Uday Hussein variety.

This kid could have grown up to be right of Shirley Phelps-Roper for all we know.

His dad mined Italian coal. That's gotta be code for something.

With $1.3 million there's a buyer and a seller. Good guess at what was sold, but who paid for it. Retail.

What's the problem subby? Obama is worth millions and has never had a job. But that's ok, right?

bookmarking

Magorn: Which is a point of near-rage for me. The doctrine is VERY clear, abortion and the Death Penalty are equally bad, and yet we heard plenty of Catholic Bishops condemning Kerry for being pro-choice (as is their right) but nary a peep about the fact that W had set a world record for executions while Governor of Texas

The Catholic church in America has been taken over by ideologues. If Rome has any integrity at all, they should really be worried about American Bishops putting their fingers on the scale of sin.

Magorn: Triaxis: What's the problem subby? Obama is worth millions and has never had a job. But that's ok, right?

Never had a Job other than associate at a law firm, state senator, Author of two best-selling books, adjunct professor of Constitutional Law at a top 10 law school, US senator and president of the US you mean?

and by "Millions" you mean according to the latest figures, about $790,000 including his house?

Those aren't real jobs.

Uchiha_Cycliste: Is she holding a dolly that is wearing the same dress as her?

Creepy.

The doll shares her soul.

Magorn: Triaxis: What's the problem subby? Obama is worth millions and has never had a job. But that's ok, right?

Never had a Job other than associate at a law firm, state senator, Author of two best-selling books, adjunct professor of Constitutional Law at a top 10 law school, US senator and president of the US you mean?

and by "Millions" you mean according to the latest figures, about $790,000 including his house?

Those aren't jobs because it doesn't involve things Triaxis is used to, like putting hamburgers into boxes, cleaning toilets, and counting to potato.

He still makes less money than Obama did when he was elected. Just sayin.

I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body: vernonFL: My beef with Santorum is that he claims to be an Orthodox Catholic - BUT he is for the death penalty and pro-torture and pro-war.

You can't be Catholic and be pro-death penalty and pro-war. The Catholic Church was and is very clear on those issues.

But you can be catholic and be pro-pedophile.

In fact, you HAVE to be pro-pedophile if you belong to that cult.

You also have to be one of the stupidest farks on earth to give money to that piece of shiat organization.

catholic cult members =

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Baaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!


Come to think of it, I'd actually have more respect for that cult if they were sheep farkers instead of little children farkers.

/Bunch of sick farkers, that's for damn sure.

//Enjoy burning in Hell!!!!

///Cheers!!!

CSB, the Arch Diocese of Philadelphia just closed like... half a dozen schools. At least one of them ended up being sold to a charter school organization. After members of the school board worked their asses off trying to find buyers and partners who were willing to maintain the schools current level of funding, curriculum, etc.

The Arch Diocese of Philadelphia is about to experience a dramatic drop in Sunday morning donations. There's a campaign going now to drop your envelope in the collection basket with nothing but a note in there expressing your displeasure at the management of funds and demanding greater transparency.

Are they paying for better schools locally? Or are they paying for another layer of gilding on one of the statues at the Vatican? (Or more likely for settlement fees, political payoffs, and power moves)