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Rick Santorum Giving ‘Islamic’ Language Lessons

Cry cry cry.Possibly the most ignorant motherfucker to ever walk the halls of the Senate, Rick Santorum was sent packing in 2006 because, even by Republican standards, he is an outrageously stupid bigot and total human failure. For some reason, he was allowed to give a “speech” at some college in Nebraska, where he gave his usual historically wrong and intellectually vapid comments about the exciting moros y cristianos battle still happening, in his mind. Oh yes, there were laughs to be had!

Santorum, the “third leg” in Peggy Noonan’s holy trinity — Reagan and the Dead Pope being the other two entities of her personal Comma Johanneum — has many comical beliefs about everything from fucking dogs to carrying around and worshiping his own dead feti. But his special-people view of Christianity and its role in historical governing is fantastic:

The lecture continued when Santorum pointed out what he thought were the main differences between Christians and Muslims. Santorum said Christians, who believe in Jesus Christ, never governed or conquered anyone, but Mohammed was a warrior and killed people.

Uhh, Rick? Maybe next time you’re reading Conservapedia or whatever, maybe try out that fancy “search box” with a couple of the following terms: Reconquista,, the Papal States, the Holy Roman Empire, los Reyes Católicos, Christendom, the Holy Land Crusades, the Cathars, the Albigensian Crusade, the Spanish Inquisition, the Conquistadors, Christopher Columbus, etc.

Or don’t, and just keep wandering around dispensing jewels of knowledge like this:

“A democracy could not exist because Mohammed already made the perfect law,” Santorum said. “The Quran is perfect just the way it is, that’s why it is only written in Islamic.”

Santorum speech excites crowd [Daily Nebraskan]


2:21 PM on Thu February 19 2009
By Ken Layne
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  1. ManchuCandidate says at 2:27 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Only proves that his namesake is smarter than he is.

    I would like to go to Saudi Islamica to ride an Islamic Horse while drinking coffee made from Islamica beans.

  2. Dumpster Muffin says at 2:27 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Yes, well, i looked up some of those “terms” like “inquisitve” and whatnot, and it told me it was the catholics who did it. catholics are just muslims who believe in jesus.

  3. nmmagayar says at 2:28 pm, February 19th, 2009

    what the fuck is “Islamic”?

  4. stink, but says at 2:28 pm, February 19th, 2009

    It shames me to this day that that twat-waffle was once my senator.

  5. nmmagayar says at 2:29 pm, February 19th, 2009

    and who is the fat, ugly girl?

  6. Crow T. Robot says at 2:29 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Jesus Goblin.

  7. Dumpster Muffin says at 2:29 pm, February 19th, 2009

    apparently that santorum fellow is a catholic, so never mind. sorry, i just had an abortion this morning.

  8. loquaciousmusic says at 2:29 pm, February 19th, 2009

    ManchuCandidate: His namesake? Do you mean Rick James?

  9. user-of-owls says at 2:30 pm, February 19th, 2009

    he was allowed to give a “speech” at some college in Nebraska

    You put the quotes around the wrong word. It should have said “college.”

  10. One Yield Regular says at 2:31 pm, February 19th, 2009

    How do you translate “Get a brain, moran” into Islamic?

  11. If I am intelligence, then Rick Santourum is clearly my No. 1 Enemy Combatant.

  12. Serolf Divad says at 2:32 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Hah! They don’t talk Islamic… they talk Mexican.

  13. etc: Colonialism, “the empire where the sun never set” because they had fracking colonized the entire planet, Afghanistan, Iraq. Also, did he say that Quran was perfect? That’s what I thought. He must be fluent in Islamic.

  14. Mr Blifil says at 2:34 pm, February 19th, 2009

    This is all a case of misperception. He was trying to institute Michael Steele’s new “hip hop” edict and meant to say something like “I be slammin’” or “we slam it” but it came out “is-lam-ic.” It’s an obvious slip of the tongue because if you take his comment at face value, it isn’t even English, let alone “Islamic.”

  15. DeLand DeLakes says at 2:34 pm, February 19th, 2009

    God, my favorite hobby after the 2006 elections was watching and re-watching the YouTube video of Santorum’s fucked-up kids crying at his concession speech. Thanks for making my day!

  16. jetjaguar says at 2:34 pm, February 19th, 2009

    after long and thoughtful consideration, I have come to the conclusion that that is one of the funniest photographs ever taken

  17. ManchuCandidate says at 2:36 pm, February 19th, 2009

    loquaciousmusic:
    No. Not Rick “I’m Rick James bitch!” James. I’m thinking of the byproduct of anal sex.

  18. Come here a minute says at 2:37 pm, February 19th, 2009

    This is hilarious and an excellent opportunity to repost my favorite Wonkette photo ever, but I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if the dimwit Daily Nebraskan “reporter” incorrectly transcribed the quote, since she doesn’t point out its outright stupidity.

  19. jetjaguar: I had just assumed the picture was photoshopped. Is that girl real?

  20. AgentSparks says at 2:39 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Ken Layne, I love you. I mean that in a gay way.

  21. norbizness says at 2:40 pm, February 19th, 2009

    You can laugh, but he’s getting a shitload of As-Salāmu Alaykums from the Black Panthers at the local Dairy Queen.

  22. AfghanVet says at 2:40 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Religion…providing cover for retardation for over 2000 years.

  23. Lascauxcaveman says at 2:40 pm, February 19th, 2009

    “The Quran is perfect just the way it is, that’s why it is only written in Islamic.”

    What’re you guys complaining about? Sounds like Rick is finally on board, praise Allah.

  24. What’s the matter with…wait…Nebraska?

  25. Woodwards Friend says at 2:41 pm, February 19th, 2009

    The crying daughter is priceless but the children of the corn so behind her and to the right is even better. That kid is going to grow up to be a clown with dead third graders buried beneath his porch.

  26. cheeto_jeebus says at 2:42 pm, February 19th, 2009

    While I’m sitting here waiting for my can of hobo beans to warm over my little zippo oven i get noggin pains trying to follow this pinhead’s train of thought. thanks for nuttin’ Ooops they’re ready. let the feasting begin, bye.

  27. AngryBlakGuy says at 2:42 pm, February 19th, 2009

    …I wonder what you would get if Rick Santorum and Michelle Bachman/Sarah Palin bred?!

  28. So America’s enemies “read their religion literally and apply it to real life, instead of in historical context“?

    Does this mean we can bomb Alabama?

  29. Why does Santorum’s family look like it should be living on a polygamist compound in Arizona?

  30. NoWireHangers says at 2:42 pm, February 19th, 2009

    You can write whatever you want as long as you keep “Little House on the Prairie and the Chamber of Secrets” alive forever.

  31. Dudes, Christians had the permission slip signed by God to do all those things that would otherwise (i.e., perpetrated by Muslims, Mexicans, and teh Gays, etc.) be seen as “wrong.” Moral relativism is a right reserved and invoked only by Jesus Goblins when deemed necessary - which is almost always, actually.

  32. AngryBlakGuy says at 2:44 pm, February 19th, 2009

    ManchuCandidate: …you mean a greasy K-Y jelly covered turd?

  33. norbizness says at 2:45 pm, February 19th, 2009

    The little girl is crying because she knows she’s off the luxuriant teat of government perks and back to churning butter.

  34. To this day, that is the best political photograph taken in the history of politics or photography. It is pitch perfect in every respect, from the total vacant look on Santorum’s face, to the “I put up with his shit for THIS?” expression on his wife, the crying daughter holding her doll with matching clothes, and best of all the 1,000 yard “I will straight up murder you all” stare the son is giving off.

  35. Gorillionaire says at 2:46 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Ken, that was the vodka in my orange juice-free screwdriver. Gracias.

  36. Texan Bulldoggette says at 2:46 pm, February 19th, 2009

    “Possibly the most ignorant motherfucker to ever walk the halls of the Senate” … oh, I don’t know–he has a lot of competition, but he’s definitely in the top 3 representing the Jesus Goblins (racists & crooks fill out the others).

  37. How do these numbnuts even manage to make a living? A “university” asked this dimwit to speak? That photo is fucking primo: she’s cryin cuz she had to abort a baby, ALL BY HERSELF.

  38. tehbenton says at 2:47 pm, February 19th, 2009

    God, that man has the most un-photogenic kids of anyone I’ve ever seen in the history of ever. Are those pouts real or did he have to pay to make them point that way?

    written in Islamic

    I’m not needed here; the comedy writes itself.

  39. Mista Eko says at 2:48 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Fool! They translated it into Muslim back in the 13th Century!

  40. The Station Manager says at 2:49 pm, February 19th, 2009

    I went to Google Translate and tried to translate “Christ Potatoes” into Islamic, and all I got was a misspelling of “Santorum”.

  41. MoodProcessor says at 2:49 pm, February 19th, 2009

    norbizness:
    And Jesus didn’t come through on her prayers for Daddy’s election.
    What a let-down!

  42. rmontcal says at 2:50 pm, February 19th, 2009

    ManchuCandidate: The frothy mix of lube and fecal matter. Thanks Dan Savage!

  43. user-of-owls says at 2:51 pm, February 19th, 2009

    AngryBlakGuy: …I wonder what you would get if Rick Santorum and Michelle Bachman/Sarah Palin bred?!

    A refutation of the core principle of Darwinism.

  44. iwillsavethispatient says at 2:52 pm, February 19th, 2009

    AngryBlakGuy: rmontcal: http://www.spreadingsantorum.com/
    Still number 1 on Google when searching for Santorum…

  45. Delicious says at 2:52 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Santorum received two standing ovations from the crowd.

    And then the audience was showered with Santorum.

  46. Colander says at 2:53 pm, February 19th, 2009

    The Quran is pretty perfect, you guys. He’s got a point.

    Crow T. Robot: Christ Potato?

  47. Well, this finally proves why the Bible isn’t the perfect book, being written and edited at multiple times, by various people who may or may not have witnessed anything, produced in different versions, translated into heathen languages (English) and printed on the blasphmous Gutenburg Printing Press.

  48. whiskey tango foxtrot says at 2:54 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Swear his daughter looks like she just stepped off the polygamist compound in the show “Big Love”. http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/sex/why-do-women-in-polygamist-mormon-sects-dress-like-that-161061/

  49. Where are the Children of the Corn when you need them?

  50. SayItWithWookies says at 2:54 pm, February 19th, 2009

    MoodProcessor: That’ll be nothing compared to her prayer for a husband who’s a good lay.

    And of course the Mooslim bible ain’t perfect — if it was, it’d be written in English, like the Jesus Bible.

  51. NotAnEvilLobbyist says at 2:54 pm, February 19th, 2009

    “I agree that it is a major concern that we don’t know the whole truth, I certainly did not until today,” said Andrew McClure, a sophomore political science major.

    Ya, and to think that kid will grow up and become the next Santorum. In thirty years, we will be talking about batshit crazy ex-Senator Andrew McClure.

  52. Come here a minute: I’m with you. A reporter who could write that Santorum believes that citizens should be “more inquisitive of their government” is certainly capable of misquoting and misreporting his actual words. Of course S himself may well have said “inquisitive of their government.” It’s entirely possible that your average human could lose IQ points just from hearing a Santorum speech.

  53. iwillsavethispatient says at 2:54 pm, February 19th, 2009

    I suspect he’s angry at “the Islamics”, because they invented Algebra, back in the glory days of Christianity (or, as we call it, the Dark Ages).

  54. Hooray For Anything says at 2:55 pm, February 19th, 2009

    The fact that he’s going around trying to teach Americans about Islam by spouting off complete, bigoted, unmitigated crap and that apparently a bunch of college students who don’t even know that there’s two branches of Islam are finding this all enlightening and exciting depresses the shit out of me.

  55. Nerdalicious says at 2:55 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Santorum speaking the the choir in Nebraska is like Beyond the Palin speaking in one chromo off the DNA chain South Carolina, to that lady who was more confused than McShame talkin’ about Prez being a Muslin. As Bill Mahr said, the Repugs look to the future & they found radio (as in Limbaugh) Ha!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRq6Y4NmB6U

  56. AngryBlakGuy says at 2:57 pm, February 19th, 2009

    “The Quran is perfect just the way it is, that’s why it is only written in Islamic.”

    …hmmmmmmm, I smell a great big steaming pile of IRONNY! Its funny how all the right-wingers are always bitching and moaning about how all federal/state/local documents and signage should be in English. They love to push the meme that this country was founded by English speakers therefore EVERYONE should speak ENGLISH; and by English they are referring to the mongrelized hodge-podge of chewing tobacco soaked phrases, spoken in trailer parks throughout the deep south. However when Islam dictates that all Korans should be written in Arabic for traditional and cultural purposes, now all of a sudden its a sign of intolerance! I wish someone would punch this shyt bag in his TAINT!

  57. Texan Bulldoggette says at 3:00 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Well, between this brain surgeon & Santelli, it’s Rick the Prick day at Wonkette.

  58. PAbitter says at 3:02 pm, February 19th, 2009

    norbizness: Damn straight. No more cyber-school paid for by the taxpayers of PA because your parents think ya’ll are too holy to mingle with the riff-raff kiddies!!! It’s off to regular school in VA now!

    Texan Bulldoggette: One of my old AP government teachers who had worked in Washington and still had some friends in PA politics said that Specter and Santorum were usually voted “Meanest Senator” and “Dumbest Senator” respectively.

  59. Nerdalicious says at 3:05 pm, February 19th, 2009
  60. Capitol Hillbilly says at 3:07 pm, February 19th, 2009

    A few weeks after the election I passed him on the street. I looked him in the eye and said, “loser.” I figured he’d take a swing at me but he apparently is a pussy as well.

  61. Texan Bulldoggette says at 3:09 pm, February 19th, 2009

    PAbitter: I suspect brain cancer & near death (not to mention a serious Republican primary challenger) have mellowed Arlen out. Now for Santorum, as that redneck comedian Ron White says, ‘You can’t fix stupid.’

  62. Mr Blifil says at 3:09 pm, February 19th, 2009

    iwillsavethispatient: He may be confused that Arabs, known for their prowess in early arithmetic, had something to do with inventing the concept of “Zero.” Santorum probably views this as a kind of copyright infringement, since he longs to be the biggest zero out there.

    Joke’s on him as it was really the Indians who pretty much invented Zero. Which is why Indians earn so much as tech support specialists.

  63. “and by English they are referring to the mongrelized hodge-podge of chewing tobacco soaked phrases, spoken in trailer parks throughout the deep south.”

    Know as ‘Authentic Frontier Gibberish’ in my household.

  64. johnnypantalones says at 3:12 pm, February 19th, 2009

    God I am so glad I got the fuck out of Nebraska. Now I know how those people on the last chopper out of Nam must feel.

  65. I still laugh hysterically when I see that photo. Yes, I’m going to hell.

  66. Tommmcatt says at 3:14 pm, February 19th, 2009

    AngryBlakGuy:

    I don’t know, but I bet Trig would be smarter than whatever-it-was by half.

  67. ioksotot23 says at 3:16 pm, February 19th, 2009

    AngryBlakGuy: The iRonny, now with more Evil Empire apps, and fist shakes at Qaddafi, upgrade to the iRonny 1992 version and get free drool resevoir and gibberish reminiscence about Bonzo, mommy, and McCarthy….senescent violence sold separately…

  68. MysteriousTraveller says at 3:17 pm, February 19th, 2009

    The jar with the fetus is leaking formaldehyde.

  69. Nerdalicious says at 3:18 pm, February 19th, 2009

    johnnypantalones:
    My friend just moved there. She has drunk the kool aid in NE. She’s all don’t vote yada yada yada. She’s a Paultard. We is no longer friends.

  70. nonbeliever7 says at 3:22 pm, February 19th, 2009

    C’mon fellow breeders, lets give the children some credit. What they’re actually thinking is (From top to bottom) “what an asshole”, “nobody can tell I’m jerking off right now”, “why was mommy naked with the pool boy”. They’ll all grow up to be just like some of us.

  71. Reefpilot says at 3:23 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Right: we got a Hogwarts student, with Mark Foley “tickling” him from behind.

    Middle upper right: the snarling, emo-ravaged remnants of a character left on the editing room’s floor of JJ Abrams’ “My So-Called Life.”

    Lower right: posterchild for independent baptist homeschooling. She cries because she is not allowed to talk and can only read the Bible, or watch an animated feature of someone’s hands turning pages of the Bible.

    Middle: republican man in drag who’s totally not gay.

    Left, behind podium: Ricky, whose love of dog-on-dog action has finally brought state-wide leash laws to Nebraska, as he was known to go around setting up scenarios for dogs to pile onto one another like a battle royale while filming and holding his crotch.

  72. I would cry just like that if I had to be Rick Santorum’s daughter.

  73. johnnypantalones says at 3:23 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Seriously, Wonkette needs to have a reader poll as to who the dumbest Senator ever is, complete with profiles in ignorance to help us determine how to vote. I’m pretty sure Santorum is the dumbest, but there are tons of other candidates and I would derive great joy from seeing the cases made for many of them.

  74. can you guys please start using this to illustrate santorum stories?

    http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb297/santorumdotjpg/SANTORUM1.jpg

  75. What’s going on with Barry’s Canada visit? I understand the Canucks all got their shoes shined for it.

    Dave J.: Best photcaption ever.

    Serolf Divad: Messicans live in Latin America and speak Latin, duh.

  76. Cape Clod says at 3:25 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Is K-Lo still campaigning to get this knuckleburger on the Supreme Court?

    Oh, and by the way. How can you call him the stupidest motherfucker to walk the halls of the Senate when David Vitter is still there?

  77. DustBowlBlues says at 3:26 pm, February 19th, 2009

    “Possibly the most ignorant motherfucker to ever walk the halls of the Senate, Rick Santorum ”

    I guess Ken won’t be competing for president of the Rick Santorum Loves Jesus fan club. Unless it would give him the chance to stage a sneak shoe-flinging attack on that cretinous bastard. I’ve got a heavy pair of cowboy boots I’d contribute to the cause.

  78. PerhapsSo says at 3:26 pm, February 19th, 2009

    So wait now, I just read the whole article. He gave the speech to criticize how Americans don’t know what we’re fighting against. He concludes that we are fighting against Islam because Mohammed was a big meanie. So Rick Santorum is declaring holy war from Nebraska? That’s “why the United States is at war”? My head just exploded.

  79. I really never understood how this barely functioning imbecile got elected in the first place.

  80. Gopherit says at 3:28 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Now I know why his daughter was crying. Stupid fuck.

  81. SlouchingTowardsWasilla says at 3:34 pm, February 19th, 2009

    I’m pretty sure this means someone paid him to bestow these pearls of wisdom. I have got to go on that lucrative idiot circuit. How hard can it be to make this shit up?

  82. johnnypantalones:
    I still think the crown belongs to Michele Bachmann. The crazy eyes give her the edge.

  83. Iggy Plop says at 3:36 pm, February 19th, 2009

    “He said he believes that Muslims are America’s enemy because they read their religion literally and apply it to real life, instead of in historical context.”

    Perhaps there’s an irony gene? And Santorum is a new mutation bereft of that particular gene? Because stupidity alone cannot account for this.

  84. springfield_meltdown says at 3:38 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Dumpster Muffin: According to wikipedia, Santorum goes to Latin mass so he is probably sympathetic to the Pius X nutbags. Although he would probably fit in better with the fundies since he is anti-evolution and unforgivable twit.

  85. blinky_twinkie says at 3:39 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Please Jeebus let him bring this roadshow to the campus of UC Berkeley. If they weren’t all already vegans, they’d eat him alive.

  86. El Pinche says at 3:41 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Oh Allah, why does this guy still breath? And why does he have so many offspring? There is no Allah, only zuul.

  87. gjdodger says at 3:41 pm, February 19th, 2009

    user-of-owls: You put the quotes around the wrong word. It should have said “college.”

    Hey, you know what the “N” on Nebraska football helmets stands for? “Nowledge.”

  88. Everybody knows conservatives refuse to acknowledge the existence of search functionality.

  89. Hobgobbler says at 4:09 pm, February 19th, 2009
  90. Varchar: Mouse on Mars. Also.

  91. Every time I think we’re the best country a fuckwit like this speaks and then I think – we’re not so hot because we’ve elected someone like that.

  92. chascates says at 4:29 pm, February 19th, 2009

    He said if he wasn’t reelected the Muslins would take over and now he has to pack up his carny show and go on the road to prove it. Or escape his creditors.

  93. wickedlittledoll says at 4:32 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Rick Santorum, the same genius who thinks same-sex marriage is the gateway to bestiality and other apocalyptic behavior. Save our souls Rick!

    http://democralypsenow.blogspot.com/

  94. Frothy!

  95. AutomaticPilot says at 4:45 pm, February 19th, 2009

    AngryBlakGuy: Damn right! If English was good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for me!

  96. Posts like these are why I read this blog.

  97. sailingthestyx says at 5:25 pm, February 19th, 2009

    AngryBlakGuy: dumber and dumber and dumber…scary; very scary…the picture of the guy with his gut in the wheelbarrow, strains of the theme from Deliverance, an all expenses paid holiday at a condominium in central Florida, the 18% who sincerely believe that Bush is smarter than he’s been given credit, and so on…please don’t ever put that vision in my head again. Thank you.

  98. xaviero: “The missiles launch in 5 … 4 … ”

    Islamic, Mexican… WTF They should talk English, which was good enough for Jesus.

  99. DustBowlBlues says at 5:42 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Dumpster Muffin: And I’m scheduling one for tonight, just because it will make Rick sad.

  100. teebob2000 says at 5:44 pm, February 19th, 2009
  101. ToeCramps says at 5:48 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Get this ass plug out of my Wonkette reading eyes!

  102. “Get a brain, morans!” in Islamic is “Inshallah, get a brain, morans!”

  103. Joe the Truck Nutz says at 6:20 pm, February 19th, 2009

    nmmagayar:

    Piper Palin’s pick for Commerce in 2044

  104. ManchuCandidate: For cryin’ out loud, get it right . . . yes, Santorum does have lube and poop in it, but HELLO, but what is the THIRD ingredient found in Santorum? SPERM, you idiot.

  105. johnnypantalones says at 6:43 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Servo: Ms. Bachmann, while tremendously stupid, would not be a contender because she is a lowly Congresscritter. I don’t expect any semblance of intelligence from Congresscritters, however, the Senate is supposed to be the big leagues and as such is held to a higher standard. Plus if we expanded it to the House it would just open up the field way too much and take forever to discuss and vote on.

  106. johnnypantalones says at 6:46 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Nerdalicious: Oh God, I’m sorry dude. There were a lot of Paultards there when I left, but then I lived in Omaha and it went to Unicorn Man, so maybe the state isn’t a total loss. Also.

  107. That Santorum pic makes me so happy. Any time I’m having a bad day, I look at it, moving from face to face, and things just seem so much better.

    The man and his family are fucking cartoons.* And not cool cartoons, we’re talking like.. Popeye, which is NOT cool, so, like, I don’t need Popeye apologists trying to sell me on this. You won’t win me over.

    * Yeah, I know. You don’t even have to say it. I know.

  108. Scandalabra says at 7:14 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Any devout christian named after the blessed blending of cum and fecal matter has his own crown of thorns to brag about.

  109. DustBowlBlues says at 7:35 pm, February 19th, 2009

    AutomaticPilot: “Damn right! If English was good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for me!”

    With God as my witness, when I was in college at the U of Ok in 19–what the fuck, the last century, okay? I was watching the local PBS affiliates statewide news program. The idiots at the legislature were debating teaching foreign (ferrin’) language and, I’m not making this up, one of the nutcases said, “If English is good enough for my Lord Jesus Christ in the Bible, it’s good enough for me.” This bunch of losers also produced the line, “Bobby Kennedy is tryin’ to deny God’s right to be in Viet Nam.”

  110. DemmeFatale says at 8:06 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Ahem…

  111. AnnieGetYourFun says at 8:26 pm, February 19th, 2009

    DemmeFatale: Aw, no! They didn’t mean it. You’re a pretty… girl? Yes?

  112. AnnieGetYourFun says at 8:27 pm, February 19th, 2009

    The weird thing is that I could actually launch a relatively worthwhile defense of referring to Qur’anic Arabic as being classified as “Islamic.” But I won’t because I wouldn’t want anyone to ever see it.

  113. BrownPenance says at 9:12 pm, February 19th, 2009

    @AnnieGetYourFun: My guess is that your defense would fail or involve false premises. I’m sorry, but the Arabic of the Quran, classical Arabic, is the same Arabic used by atheist and pagan poets of that period. It may be an extinct dialect, but it is not specifically Islamic. What next–call Aramaic “the Christian language”?

  114. Chicagoan in New York says at 9:14 pm, February 19th, 2009

    The Albigensian Crusade was the best! “Kill them all and let God sort ‘em out” turns out to be a reasonable paraphrase of the actual quote from Papal Legate Arnaud Amalric in 1209, as he attempted to eliminate the “heretical” Albigensians/Cathars, who were weird, ascetic Christians.

    His troops were asking how they could distinguish loyal Catholics from evil Cathars in the beseiged city of Beziers.

    Caedite eos! Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius (Kill them all; for the Lord knoweth them that are His.)

    The entire population of Beziers, roughly 10,000 men, women, and children, Catholic and Cathar, were massacred. Arnaud was later made an Archbishop.

    Go Jesus!

  115. TastesLikeBurning says at 10:24 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Oh how I’ve missed him, with his wee beady eyes.

    On the photo: the children were probably told that Daddy losing would be a sign of the Last Days, and she’s simply waiting to be raptured.

  116. ladymacbeth says at 11:31 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Chicagoan in New York: damn you! i was going to eruditely talk about the albigensian crusade but then you did.

    chicagoans in LA now must listen to, oh i don’t know, billy idol.

  117. hobospacejungle says at 11:44 pm, February 19th, 2009

    Chicagoan in New York: Thanks for the history lesson. I would read more about folks like the Cathars, but every time an interesting sect of Jeebusers arose they were inevitably exterminated by Ratzinger’s predecessors in the inquisition and it’s just so depressing. Xtianity could’ve been so much more interesting and amusing but instead is just bloodbath after bloodbath extinguishing the interesting people.

  118. ManchuCandidate says at 11:50 pm, February 19th, 2009

    jilly:
    Gee, thanks for the lesson.

  119. “Uhh, Rick? Maybe next time you’re reading Conservapedia or whatever, maybe try out that fancy ’search box’ with a couple of the following terms: Reconquista,, the Papal States, the Holy Roman Empire, los Reyes Católicos, Christendom, the Holy Land Crusades, the Cathars, the Albigensian Crusade, the Spanish Inquisition, the Conquistadors, Christopher Columbus, etc.”

    Maybe it’s just me, but if you want an objective and historically accurate account of those events, the last place you should look is Conservapedia.

    Also, you left out “Manifest Destiny”.

    “For some reason, he was allowed to give a “speech” at some college in Nebraska…”

    Actually, it’s a university, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
    Sorry, just nitpicking. It being my alma mater and all.

    And I went and did some investigating about the event, and found out that it had been planned and funded by something called the “Intercollegiate Studies Institute”, whose mission, according to their website, is to:

    “enhance the rising generation’s knowledge of our nation’s founding principles — limited government, individual liberty, personal responsibility, the rule of law, market economy, and moral norms.”

    In other words, try to make more Rick Santorums.

    Great.

  120. dilhavarti says at 12:07 am, February 20th, 2009

    Butt foam.

  121. Rick was not comparing Christianity, the religion, to Mohammad, the man. He was comparing Christ, the man, to Mohammad, the man. Christ did not rule nor kill, Mohammad did.

    The Qur’an is indeed written in Islamic. Google “Islamic Calligraphy”

    Who is stupid? The person who thinks that Rick was comparing apples to oranges (a religion to a man) or the person who made the apples to apples (man to man) comparison? The person who knows enough to know that the Qur’an is written in Islamic or the person who makes fun of the idea.

  122. El Pinche says at 2:49 am, February 20th, 2009

    When you dress like your doll or when you dress your doll like you, you’ll probably end up being Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction.

  123. Why is that kid crying?

  124. lumpenprole says at 4:22 am, February 20th, 2009

    Maybe there should be a White History Month. I imagine would be three weeks of whacko shit like “Christians, who believe in Jesus Christ, never governed or conquered anyone…”

  125. hobospacejungle says at 4:32 am, February 20th, 2009

    Ifticar: You’re kidding, right? Not that you were funny, but you can’t really be serious, of that I am sure. Anyhos, I think maybe you wandered into the wrong room. We’re talking about santorum, the mix of semen, fecal matter and lubricant which is the result of teh buttsecks. You seem to be talking about that asshole former senator who thinks Islamic is a language, calligraphy or no calligraphy. Now go back to wherever you came from and go fuck yourself. Also.

  126. hobospacejungle -> تحذير شخصا جاهلا

  127. skyinator says at 8:42 am, February 20th, 2009

    Those “students” in Nebraska just got rick-rolled.

  128. AutomaticPilot says at 10:51 am, February 20th, 2009

    DustBowlBlues: I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

  129. Jeepers! I never noticed that his daughter wore the Mormon Classic Little House on the Prairie get-up in this picture.
    No wonder she’s crying.
    Or is it the Secret Magickal Underwear that makes the gal weep?

    Whatevs. Anyway, she’s waaay to big for the doll; isn’t she already Sealed to one of Mitten’s brothers or something?

  130. Oopsie. I was thinking Frothy Mixture was a Mormon, too.
    nevermind.

  131. Oddly enough, Santorum’s hand-written original of the speech was written in Stupidic.

  132. cathcart says at 6:11 pm, February 20th, 2009

    ‘A democracy could not exist because Mohammed already made the perfect law,” Santorum said. “The Quran is perfect just the way it is, that’s why it is only written in Islamic.”’

    Can someone please explain to me what’s supposed to be so dumb about this? I mean, Santorum is clearly a shitard (which by the way is so obvious that we could do with less “Santorum dumb mooslim jesus hoho” sophomorocity), but having a majority of people believe in a text of law (Sharia law) as directly ordained by God does indeed not bode well for democracy, which is based on compromise. And the reason why the Qu’ran is supposed to be read in Arabic only is exactly because it is assumed to be perfect just the way it is. Even a Santorum sometimes accidentally says something that’s true. And now, like Ifticar, I might be told to go fuck myself by one of the Wonkette comment sages.

  133. verbenco says at 8:13 pm, February 20th, 2009

    perhaps, before calling anyone an “ignorant m…f..” it might be prudent to learn a few non-profane adjectives. although not a prude, i am convinced there are better ways to communicate. maybe the profanity in this article says more about the author than about the subject of the article.

    this no longer has any shock value, it is just lazy writing.

  134. verbenco: No it is efficient writing to say Ignorant Motherfucker.

    Example what’s more efficient: One Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Nine Dollars and Fifty Two Cents
    or
    $1989.52

    When someone is a Ignorant Motherfucker its much more efficient to say Ignorant Motherfucker rather than blab on and on and dance around the point.

    I’m not one who would critisize Ken, but the argument you can make here is why he didn’t say “Ignorant MoFo” which is even more efficient.

  135. JDHART: She’s crying because daddy’s gonna blame her beacuse he lost the election.

  136. AngryBlakGuy: Do Republicans even have opposite sex illicit affairs anymore?

  137. sweet old bob says at 2:32 pm, February 21st, 2009

    Finally, this works again and by some miracle I can post. I can only believe it came to pass so I could spew venomous remarks about the best argument for abortion since that Hitler guy and by that I mean Rick Santorum who I thought I would never have to see again. Why won’t he just go away like his smarter clone, Dan Quayle?

  138. hobgoblin of little minds says at 5:08 pm, February 21st, 2009

    cathcart: Go fuck yourself, you concern trolling cretin. David Denby, is that you? How are your amazon reviews? also.

  139. patrickhenry says at 8:03 pm, February 21st, 2009

    ahh let see the obamanation doesn’t even go to a church any more and you are putting this guy down ..you really need to read your bible jesus except for one time attacking money changers was a peaceful guy this muhamahad ingaged in war on a daily bases..wake up

  140. patrickhenry says at 8:03 pm, February 21st, 2009

    hello

  141. sistagurl says at 10:18 pm, February 21st, 2009

    Ifticar: cathcart:
    Can someone please explain to me what’s supposed to be so dumb about this?

    Do we start with the fact that “islamic” is not a language, or should I back up a bit for the slow ones in class?

  142. sistgurl, as a Muslim-American, I am telling you that the Qur’an is written in Islamic Calligraphy. We call it Islamic for short. Islamic Calligraphy, aka Islamic, is a unique form of Arabic script that is used only in the Qur’an. This is as Mr. Santorum says. I strongly disagree with Mr. Santorum’s intent to denigrate Islam but his knowledge about Islam is correct.

    You are, of course, free to believe whatever you wish about this topic. You can believe a Muslim about a Muslim issue or you can continue with your racist, incorrect beliefs. What you choose will be that which God wills you to choose. If you continue to believe that which is incorrect then God has a reason for you believing that.

    ان شاء الله

  143. NebraskashireGentry says at 12:22 pm, February 22nd, 2009

    he must know anyone can say anything and excite a crowd in Nebraska.

    Nebraskans are just happy someone decided to visit.

    unfortunately, given a long history of raucous cheers for right-wing idiots (those who most often need a ringer-crowd), no one of substance thinks of Nebraska as anything but a lost cause.

    in short: please, Biden, come to Omaha. turn the tide.

  144. Pittsburgh58 says at 9:20 pm, February 22nd, 2009

    This moron was elected during the JesusFest that passed as political discourse in this country. He was a mediocre lawyer and so he jumped on the Jimmy Swaggert/Jerry Falwell express to Washington. Throwing him out of office was the smartest thing Pennsylvania voters ever did. He is a total embarrassment. He and Mary Beth Buchanan were the Frank Burns and Hot Lips of Pennsylvania politics. Good riddance to both of them.

  145. Bruno: by your logic, moron would be even more efficient, for example - only a moron would defend the use of profanity as efficient language. few of my friends from the 60’s are embarrassed about their politics, but many are embarrassed for their demeanour. you are probably quite young and therefor much smarter than i, so if you wish to defend untoward language - have at it.

  146. Ifticar: thank you. yours is one of the few comments from which i learned something. i am not a muslim and quite ignorant regarding islam. i am just a little more informed now than i was before reading your comment.

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