Protesters escorted out of Rick Santorum rally in Tacoma

gritz said on February 14, 2012 at 1:57 PM

spacedover - puff, puff PASS

spacedover said on February 14, 2012 at 1:39 PM

There is so many losers who are used to listening of Obuma's lies that they can't handle some one who tells the truth.Throw them all is jail because their free lunch from Obama is only a state of mind and not a reality. It will all end in Nov 2012.

dakotanative said on February 14, 2012 at 12:30 PM

So, where are these videos of Santorum saying these things about women?

meatplow said on February 14, 2012 at 12:27 PM

So with him coming here means that the Gog Hates Fags pukes showed up anyway just under a different form of hate and bigotry. This country needs to wake up and stand up to the hate that people like him spew. Hiding behind their hate filled religious beliefs.

duckling said on February 14, 2012 at 12:22 PM

I'm sure Rick Santorum is a human being, but he believes that men and woman should only have sex when the intention is to create a child, or at the very least, if a child results from sex, then you must give birth to the child. He does not believe in unprotected sex, which is probably why his wife gave birth at age 48 to a child with a serious genetic disorder. Santorum supporters should follow his direction and be abstinent until such time that they wish to have a baby. Also, since he wants America to be a Christian nation, the rest of us will I guess have to move to Mexico or something.

duanesworld said on February 14, 2012 at 11:53 AM

"value voters" read wackos!

javajoe said on February 14, 2012 at 10:18 AM

Were the people that had to be escorted out of the rally part of the "do away with hateful speech crowd" Neat ☺

serve said on February 14, 2012 at 9:58 AM

Santorum is actually speaking with women present? What a hipocrit! He doesn't feel women should have rights at all, even the right to vote - so why should they listen to him, or worse yet vote for him!

Daytrader said on February 14, 2012 at 9:54 AM

Rick gotta give you credit for coming to Washington state home of the left wing Peoples Republic of left wing and assorted nut jobs.

gritz said on February 14, 2012 at 9:09 AM

Dakotanative - Maybe you should do a little homework and look into why the state Republicans kicked him to the curb. As a lawyer Santorum fought for and won for the WWF (1989) to allow anabolic steroids to its athletes sighting that it wasn’t a sport, but entertainment. Large percentages of those athletes are now dead. He added to the No Child Left behind Bill, a provision that included the teaching of Intelligent Design. - I.D. takes the science out of evolution and uses religion as the creation of man. Basically using his position as a Senator, to enact theology teaching into law. Santorum introduced the National Weather Service Duties Act which would have prohibited the National Weather Service from publishing weather for free. AccuWeather, a commercial weather company which is based in Pennsylvania, donated $10,500 to his PAC. Santorum criticized the National Weather Service in 2005, saying its evacuation warnings for Katrina were insufficient, to help prove his point. He's no M.J

saynotolibs said on February 14, 2012 at 7:35 AM

Yup, that's what libs do.

dakotanative said on February 14, 2012 at 4:27 AM

What do you mean when you say the president can't tell the supreme court how to rule? Do you know how the court is picked? I don't think any modern president with the opportunity to nominate a justice has ever picked someone from the other side.

dakotanative said on February 14, 2012 at 4:17 AM

Gritz, Michael Jordan got booted from his high school basketball team, but it wasn't the end of the line for him!

invalid said on February 14, 2012 at 12:50 AM

@asceptictoo: Then somebody needs to explain to our current president what Congress and the courts are for. Did you not hear him say in his Superbowl interview with Matt Lauer that he hasn't accomplished everything he set out to do because he couldn't force Congress to do what he wanted? He seems to believe that Congress and the courts exist to rubber stamp and carry out his agenda.

Sir_Real said on February 13, 2012 at 11:51 PM

man, this guy sounds like a piece of work, ha ha. But he knows that feeling burning deep down inside his heart, he deserved the protesting. When I vote this November, all I need to think is George W. Bush and I know which candidate will get another 4 years.

asceptictoo said on February 13, 2012 at 11:49 PM

actually, I was quite surprised that he thinks he can tell the supreme court how to rule. I believe he needs to go back to his high school civics class and learn why we have congress, the supreme court and a president. It's called checks and balances. Granted he is allowed his own personal opinion, as a woman he cannot tell me what I can and can't do with my body! Nor should any govt agency, it's sad how we have become such a nanny state because we let it happen. So for all you out there who agree or disagree with this man, stop pointing fingers and being hypocrites. We either work together as a people or we go down the toilet as a nation!

Texasman said on February 13, 2012 at 11:29 PM

Sanatorium is a politician's politician -- the Pennsylvsnia Progressive. He endorsed the liberal Arlen Specter then like a typical Washington politician explains his actions away with excuses. Santorum is no doubt a social conservative. But that is only one leg of a three-legged stool. He is not a true fiscal conservative, voting to keep Amtrak. Again like a typical Washington politician explains his liberal vote away. Santorum is a Sanatorium is a politician's politician -- the Pennsylvsnia Progressive. He endorsed the liberal Arlen Specter then like a typical Washington politician explains his actions away with excuses. Santorum is no doubt a social conservative. But that is only one leg of a three-legged stool. He is not a true fiscal conservative, voting to keep Amtrak. Again like a typical Washington politician explains his liberal vote away. Santorum is a man of excuses.

CaptainLarry said on February 13, 2012 at 10:56 PM

Hey all you psycho liberals: How is it you will only celebrate YOUR version of Diversity? What a bunch of narrow minded bigots

DragonRydr said on February 13, 2012 at 10:14 PM

I understand how Santorum wants to protect peoples "religious liberty" as he mentions in the video. However I DON'T understand how someone running for President cannot understand that personal liberties like freedom of religion ENDS when another person is involved. You DO NOT have the right to force YOUR religions beliefs onto another. So yes, his anti-gay stance IS hate and bigotry. You don't like gay marriage? DON'T HAVE ONE, end of discussion, shut up about what SOMEONE ELSE decides about it.

DragonRydr said on February 13, 2012 at 9:56 PM

Tell this bozo and his 18th Century politics to go home. He is not wanted here, and his hatred and bigotry have no place in Washington state!

mr_conservative said on February 13, 2012 at 9:15 PM

Aaahhhhh...those liberal lovers of free speech - as long as it's liberal speech.

Jinjerella said on February 13, 2012 at 8:25 PM

Video only works if you log in? Gregoire is only signing the bill now, pushing it thru now... to keep anyone from noticing she is ruining the state's economy and keeps threatening children's medical coverage every time she has to make "painful cuts".. they are only painful because she wants to spend and spend. It's the one thing she will talk about during her campaign. Dems always do this so you vote for them to make yourself feel good because you are "letting" someone else have rights. It's all theater. Obama is doing the same theater with birth control, which is not a "right" and is not mandatory medicine and should not be free unless a doctor determines it is a health issue, not a clear up your skin issue, or a convenience, but a necessary medicine. Also King didn't even post this until 6 pm so it isn't like they wanted anyone to attend, way to manipulate your coverage. Our economy is important but King manipulates our news to protect the dems running this chicken outfit.

invalid said on February 13, 2012 at 8:14 PM

@josefina: Do you know what fascism is? My dictionary says that fascism tends to include a contempt for democracy, insistence on obedience to a powerful leader, and a strong demagogic approach. That sounds an awful lot like our current president.

seattle_fudge said on February 13, 2012 at 7:28 PM

emptynestr, I find that that's how most of those types of people roll...

seattle_fudge said on February 13, 2012 at 7:27 PM

Sadly, 'tis true, gritz...

rnl52 said on February 13, 2012 at 7:11 PM

@emptynester, every word that comes out of congressional and senatorial cons mouths is a lie.....ditto for fox propaganda "OBL would be alive if Obama had his way".......you only value the wealthy, your "principals" nearly destroyed the country over the past decade and Newt Gingrich personifies your ethics.

emptynestr said on February 13, 2012 at 6:02 PM

The comments you people are making on this article are disgusting, rude, disrespectful and abusive as well as OFFENSIVE. And that makes you people BETTER THAN conservatives who DO have values and priciples and ethics???? Hmm sure couldn't prove it to me by the language that comes out of your mouths.

josefina said on February 13, 2012 at 5:43 PM

This guy is a religious nut and a fascist. He is not worthy of consideration by anyone except the superstitious zealots.

ccole said on February 13, 2012 at 4:29 PM

Only Ron Paul can beat Obama.

priv62 said on February 13, 2012 at 3:07 PM

gritz...that is my prediction exactly.

JSpace said on February 13, 2012 at 2:48 PM

Get out of our state.

gritz said on February 13, 2012 at 1:37 PM

Coug9 - Santorum lost his job as a senator, he got booted out after his first term. He lost re-election by over 20% of the vote. How he figures he is now ready to take the helm as President, only you Republicans can figure out, for I am perplexed. The conservative base does not like Romney. They don’t trust him. His ability to change into whatever type of candidate he needs to be in order to win makes some wonder on which Mitt they are voting for. A lot are hesitant to vote, only to find out he isn’t as conservative as he tries to be. All in all, the Republicans are hosed. All their candidates are flawed and they know it, they will select someone, but the enthusiasm and turn out needed to beat the President is not there at all.

meatplow said on February 13, 2012 at 12:04 PM

I goes to show you how brain dead sheeple are that this guy is even considered. But then again George bush served two terms and we all know the great job he did. Man... people are dumb!

royboy361 said on February 13, 2012 at 11:29 AM

College guy is abolutely right! Anyone who has a religious agenda if they do go in office will never fly. This country is for everyone, not just the right wing religious.

ccole said on February 13, 2012 at 11:10 AM

He voted against Right to Work. He's a sham.

collegeguy said on February 13, 2012 at 11:06 AM

He might be a nice guy, Coug9, but he will never be president. As long as he stays true to the conservative mold, he will always lose because most of this country will not put up with his attempts to make this a Christian country. This country was founded on the principles of Freedom and Justice and to escape religious persecution. However, there is a big push by the Christian powers to circumvent those right by pushing their beliefs on the rest of the country, even thought Christians are only one part of the make-up of this country. Hence why he will lose.

Coug9 said on February 13, 2012 at 10:22 AM

Rick Santorum is a good man, and would make a fine President....someday. However, like President Obama, he has little/no executive experience. Rick needs to run for Govn. of some state first, then take another shot at the Presidency. Romney has the executive experience in both the private sector and government. His "flip-flops" will be kept in check by the conservative base. I only wish that Romney had HALF the moral substance that Santorum has............. maybe he does, but he isn't showing it.

gritz said on February 13, 2012 at 9:17 AM

Think he would have better luck on the other side of the State.