Mario Piperni on Santorum’s Sanity

Idiot Quote of the Day: Rick Santorum on Single Mothers

October 17, 2011 By mario piperni

You know it’s gotten to the point where they’re pulling this stuff straight out of their ass.

“Look at the political base of the Democratic Party: it is single mothers who run a household. Why? Because it’s so tough economically that they look to the government for help and therefore they’re going to vote. So if you want to reduce the Democratic advantage, what you want to do is build two parent families, you eliminate that desire for government.”  —Rick Santorum

OK, assuming that one accepts Santorum’s premise that 66,882,230 single mothers voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, here’s the next question: How exactly does he propose that Republicans eliminate single mothers from the population?  How would that work? Abolish divorce?  Make premarital sex illegal?

Also, I do hope he realizes that if conservatives ever do get to fulfill their dream of overturning Roe. v. Wade, it’s going to mean even more single mothers out there to vote for Democrats.

The Borowitz Report

Libyan Government Warns NYPD to Exercise Restraint

Urges NATO Action to Protect American Dissidents

TRIPOLI (The Borowitz Report) – As arrests mounted in the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City, Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) issued a stern statement today warning the NYPD to exercise restraint.

“The Libyan transitional government regards any attempt to infringe upon the American protesters’ right to express themselves as a violation of international standards of free speech and liberty,” the Libyan statement read.  “We will not sit idly by and watch this happen.”

Libyan government officials also hinted that if the arrests continue, it would consider forming a NATO coalition “to ensure the safety and security of the American people.”

While it did not state it as an explicit goal, insiders believe that if the arrests continue Libya may seek the ouster of New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose whereabouts remain unknown.

Perhaps in response to the Libyan statement, the U.S. State Department today responded with a statement of its own: “The United States is one hundred percent opposed to the suppression of popular uprisings as long as they aren’t happening here.”