Rick Santorum On The Rampage: Attacking Public Education, The Environment, And Prenatal Care

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is on the rampage, ranting and raving like a maniac, and making many mainstream Republicans roll their eyes as they see the chances of their party disintegrating for November.

Santorum yesterday, while campaigning in Ohio, attacked public education, saying it is outmoded, and should not be controlled or operated by national or state governments, but instead privatized. The fact that we have had public schools since the 1820s is ignored, as he calls such an idea “antiquated” and “anachronistic”! He calls public schools “factories”, and says that local school boards and parents should control the educational system, even though the historical record does not show that to have been done very well in the past! The idea that parents, who in many cases have no knowledge or understanding of educational curriculum, should control what is taught, is as dangerous as to let patients tell doctors how to do their job, or clients to tall attorneys how to conduct cases in court! It is also a great way to distort history and science, teaching a distorted view of the past, and allowing religion to become part of science in relation to evolution and climate change, already being promoted in many states dominated by the Christian Right.

Santorum also attacked those he says are following a false theology, such as Barack Obama, who feel that the earth comes before human beings, and that radical environmentalists want to prevent mankind from utilizing the earth, and therefore endangering the future prosperity of America. Teddy Roosevelt would turn over in his grave at such an assertion!

Santorum also accused those who promote prenatal care, including amniocentesis, of setting out to abort disabled children, preventing their birth. There is no evidence of such a claim, but it is interesting that Rick Santorum, as with other Republicans, constantly calls for cuts in Medicaid, the major program to help the disabled with health care. So Santorum is totally hypocritical on this matter.

The man is displaying all of his instability, weirdness, craziness, and lunacy, which will destroy his ability to attract educated voters, women, independents, moderate Democrats, and those who believe that religion should not be part of government policy, who want separation of church and state.

The more he rants and raves, the more the Republican Party is on the road to total defeat in November, so keep it coming, Rick!

3 comments on “Rick Santorum On The Rampage: Attacking Public Education, The Environment, And Prenatal Care

  1. Paul Doyle February 19, 2012 3:39 pm

    Pastor Rick Sanctimonious strikes again.
    I guess by his standards Jesus was a phony.
    EVERYTHING Jesus preached (helping the poor and sick, valuing peace over war, loving thy neighbor, judging not) was “phony”. There’s not a shred of Jesus’ teachings that Pastor Rick’s conservative pseudo christianity doesn’t consider “socialist”. It’s amazing this clown can spout all this with a straight face.

  2. Maggie February 19, 2012 5:10 pm

    This man is loon and I cannot believe anyone in the republican party even takes him serious but someone is voting for the guy. The farther he goes up in the poles the more bizzarre he becomes!

  3. Maggie February 19, 2012 5:13 pm

    I f shared this on my facebook page professor! Thanks for your outstanding discussion on these major issues.

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