Santorum: ‘Mabye It Wasn’t Bad’ That Founders Limited Who Could Vote
Rick Santorum, who would like to be president, seems to pine for the day when many Americans (like women, for example) couldn’t vote.
…Santorum was on C-SPAN today, and during a discussion about U.S. foreign policy and bringing democracy to other nations, Santorum suggested that “maybe it wasn’t” bad that the Founding Fathers placed certain limits on who could vote in U.S. elections at the start…
Santorum did not say in any way that the U.S. ought to have any limits on who can vote nowadays, but he did suggest that the Founders might have done the right thing in limiting who could vote back when America got started:
“Were we ready for an election when the United States was formed to have everybody in the United States vote? Well, our Founders didn’t think so. They limited the people who could vote in an election. Now you could say that’s horrible, that’s terrible. Well, maybe it was, maybe it wasn’t. But it was a decision that was made to make sure that there was some continuity and stability within the government.”
Eric Trommater June 30th, 2014 at 1:04 am
September 11, 1973. Allende is over thrown by a CIA backed coupe. Henry Kissenger says almost the exact thing. It’s like a broken record I swear!
Obewon June 30th, 2014 at 1:23 am
Santorum agreeing with GOP voter disenfranchisement goes great with Repubs War on Women and against all legacy minorities. Oy vey!
fahvel June 30th, 2014 at 3:32 am
it’s really not broken – it is a perverse tactic that works – just regard the rich in the usa and point out two or three who earned the money they have without crushing at least one innocent for their wealth and power.
Dawn9476 June 30th, 2014 at 1:26 am
So basically his wife having a right to a gun is ok but her right to vote is not.
jasperjava June 30th, 2014 at 2:00 am
The only way that the GOP can win elections is to have just angry white males have the vote, as well as millionaires, billionaires, “Christian” fanatics, and racist bigots.
Linda1961 June 30th, 2014 at 6:04 am
Did Frothy also mention that he thought it wasn’t a bad idea to count the “blahs,” as he calls them, as 3/5 of a person?
m2old4bs June 30th, 2014 at 6:43 am
What utter BS from a completely irrelevant person. Go home Frothy, shut the door, and do not under any circumstances show your face out in public again. Argh, it’s too early for this type of crap. Need more java juice.
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker June 30th, 2014 at 7:36 am
Frothy Santorum is the face of a political party that’s circling the drain.
With no ideas for the country they can only instigate more fear and hate in their dwindling base. Republicans have all the big corporate donors, they have gerrymandering, they have voter suppression, they have the evangelical whackjobs and they even have an entire propaganda network dominating radio & TV, yet they only make gains in midterms when most people stay home. It’s time to show this off-the-rails theocratic party the door.
R.J. Carter June 30th, 2014 at 9:38 am
There’s a certain logic to making sure that people making the decisions actually have some skin in the game.
mmmjv June 30th, 2014 at 4:07 pm
This isn’t about having skin in the game. This is about suppressing the vote
William June 30th, 2014 at 9:50 am
There was a time that I felt a little sorry for the generations of Santorum kid who would for eons tug at their parents leg and ask, “Mommy what does this mean”? as they googled their own name.
voice_reason June 30th, 2014 at 1:54 pm
i guess republicans are starting to rethink this whole democracy thing.
Weeble1150 June 30th, 2014 at 3:54 pm
Do you all not realize that they are talking about elections in the Middle East? Talk about jumping to conclusions!!! Alan picks out one quote and sets an entirely new context for it, and you all fall for it!
Dawn9476 June 30th, 2014 at 5:44 pm
Santourm said a few weeks ago that his wife has more guns than him. That is why I made the comment.
SkeeterVT June 30th, 2014 at 8:11 pm
So now the truth has finally come out, thanks to Rick Santorum. He spilled the beans on why Republicans are doing what they are doing: To restore the power, privilege and dominance of weathy white males over everyone else.
Thanks, Rick. You just made it easier for everyone who’s not a wealthy white male to act to ensure that guys like you never regain that exclusive power, privilege and dominance of this country again, for wealthy white males are a tiny minority of the American populace — and you need to know that this is not apartheid-era South Africa!
greenfloyd July 1st, 2014 at 12:38 am
So out of touch! Sen. Santorum, like most so-called “conservatives” are deaf to history, real history and all it’s many inconvenient truths. the Founders had, by today’s standards, a very limited idea of Freedom and Justice. It was a bad idea then, and it’s an even worse idea today.