„Konzervatismus nezradil Ameriku. To konzervativci zradili konzervatismus.“
Zdroj: [Rizika zarytého nesouhlasu, Respekt, 2010, 25, 51]
Richard John „Rick“ Santorum je americký politik, člen Republikánské strany, která je v Pensylvánii zastoupená v obou komorách kongresu. V roce 1990 byl poprvé zvolen do Sněmovny reprezentantů a v roce 1994 do Senátu.
Santorum je považován, i ve srovnání s ostatními republikánskými kandidáty, za velmi konzervativního, zvláště ve společenskopolitických tématech jako je interrupce a homosexualita, což vedlo k několika veřejným diskusím.
Sporné bydliště jeho rodiny ve Virginii a také všeobecná politická nespokojenost s Georgem Bushem a válkou v Iráku vedly k jeho prohře ve volbách do kongresu v roce 2006 a jeho odchodu ze senátu. Před tímto neúspěchem byl Santorum možným kandidátem v prezidentských volbách v roce 2008.
6. června 2011 Rick Santorum oznámil svou kandidaturu v prezidentských volbách v roce 2012. V souboji o republikánskou nominaci se postupně probojoval až mezi dva nejúspěšnější kandidáty republikánských primárek. Oficiálním kandidátem se však nakonec po přesvědčivém vítězství, právě nad Rickem Santorumem, stal Mitt Romney, který se tak stal jediným, byť později neúspěšným, republikánským vyzyvatelem stávajícího prezidenta Baracka Obamy v prezidentských volbách 2012.
Ucházel se neúspěšně také o republikánskou nominaci na prezidentského kandidáta pro volby v roce 2016, ale vzdal se počátkem února, když v prvním nominačním souboji ve státě Iowa získal pouhé 1 procento hlasů. V kampani pro nominaci za Republikánskou stranu podpořil Marca Rubia.
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„Konzervatismus nezradil Ameriku. To konzervativci zradili konzervatismus.“
Zdroj: [Rizika zarytého nesouhlasu, Respekt, 2010, 25, 51]
This is Israeli land.
Rick Santorum claims everyone who lives in the West Bank is Israeli
2011-11-22
Grace
Kiser
Reuters
http://blogs.reuters.com/political-theater/2011/11/22/rick-santorum-claims-everyone-who-lives-in-the-west-bank-is-israeli/
2012-01-19
2011-12-06
Santorum: No One Has Ever Died Because They Didn’t Have Health Care
David
Badash
The New Civil Rights Movement
http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/santorum-no-one-has-ever-died-because-they-didnt-have-health-care/politics/2011/12/06/31304
2012-03-29
Santorum: ‘Friends don't let friends use pink balls’
Think Progress
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/03/29/454470/santorum-friends-dont-let-friends-use-pink-balls/
2012-04-15
to a boy using a pink bowling ball, at a campaign stop in Wisconsin
2012-04-10
Santorum in His Own Words
Washington Wire
Wall Street Journal
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/04/10/santorum-in-his-own-words/
2012-04-13
New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania event, , quoted in * 2012-03-18
Rick Santorum To Single Mothers: Government Paternity Tests Or No Welfare
Jason
Cherkis
The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/08/rick-santorum-single-mothers-unwed-moms_n_1333302.html
on same-sex marriage
Santorum Draws Boos From College Crowd for Opposing Gay Marriage
Julianna
Goldman
2012-01-12
San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/01/10/bloomberg_articlesLXCV300D9L35.DTL#ixzz1jeLR1ECw
2012-01-16
http://web.archive.org/web/20120112222601/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/01/10/bloomberg_articlesLXCV300D9L35.DTL#ixzz1jeLR1ECw
2012-01-12
Campaign stop in Spartanburg, South Carolina, 2011-08-26, quoted in * Santorum: Gay community on 'jihad' against me for stance on marriage
The Hill
2011-08-29
Justin
Sink
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/178543-santorum-gay-community-on-jihad-against-me-for-stance-on-marriage
2011-09-01
2011-02-23
Santorum: Left hates 'Christendom'
Politico
Andy
Barr
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/50054.html
referring to Ninth Circuit ruling unconstitutional , which banned same-sex marriage
2012-03-20
Santorum: "I don't care" about unemployment rate
Sam
Jacobs
Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-usa-campaign-santorum-joblessbre82j0nb-20120320,0,7898443.story
2012-03-20
http://web.archive.org/web/20120322201518/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-usa-campaign-santorum-joblessbre82j0nb-20120320,0,7898443.story
2012-03-22
2010-02-27
Fox & Friends Saturday
Fox News
Television, quoted in * 2010-02-27
Santorum's health care stall tactic: "Offer literally thousands of amendments" to keep Senate in session for months
Media Matters for America
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201002270003
2012-02-21
The real trouble with Rick
John
Podhoretz
New York Post
1090-3321
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/the_real_trouble_with_rick_heWQPU8VoNAHl6Qu2ESYfO
Ladies and gentlemen, America was a great country before 1965.
Rick Santorum: 'America Was a Great Country Before 1965'
Crooks and Liars
2011-06-05
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/rick-santorum-america-was-great-country-19
2011-06-07
misquoting Barack Obama speech on 2011-04-13 in response to Paul Ryan's budget proposal, which would replace Medicare with a voucher program: "'There but for the grace of God go I,' we say to ourselves, and so we contribute to programs like Medicare and Social Security, which guarantee us health care and a measure of basic income after a lifetime of hard work; unemployment insurance, which protects us against unexpected job loss; and Medicaid, which provides care for millions of seniors in nursing homes, poor children, and those with disabilities. We are a better country because of these commitments. I'll go further — we would not be a great country without those commitments."
Rick Santorum Argues With A Student Over Gay Marriage, Fails
Buzzfeed
2011-08-31
Matt
Stopera
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/rick-santorum-argues-with-a-student-over-gay-marri
2011-09-02
referring to Piers Morgan asking him "And I have to say that your views you espoused on this issue are bordering on bigotry, aren't they?" on
2011-08-31
Piers Morgan Tonight
CNN
Television, quoted in * Santorum: I Stand By My 'Man on Dog' Comment
Crooks and Liars
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/santorum-i-stand-my-man-dog-comment
2011-09-01
2008 campaign speech at Ave Maria University, quoted in * 2012-02-21
Media Shifts Attention To Rick Santorum’s 2008 Speech About Satan’s Influence On U.S.
Alex
Alvarez
Mediaite
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/media-shifts-attention-to-rick-santorums-2008-speech-about-satans-influence-on-u-s/
2012-02-21
Mark Salter, aide of John McCain, Facebook, 2011-05-17, quoted in * Greg
Sargent
Happy Hour Roundup
2011-05-17
The Plum Line
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/happy-hour-roundup/2011/03/03/AF2ad25G_blog.html
2011-05-19
referring to Santorum's 2011-05-17 statement that John McCain "doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works"