Rick Santorum must have read one too many Frank Peretti novels. In Peretti's books, the Eee-vil One is usually an academic and a liberal who is ultimately defeated by a devout sweater-vested evangelical.
Santorum appears to be living in a Peretti-style Bizarro-World. According to Santorum, President Obama is not in denial about climate change, which makes him an earth-worshipping radical environmentalist--and he used to be a member of the liberal United Church of Christ. What more do you need to know? The man is in league with the devil!
That was nutty enough, but someone found this little gem today. Said Santorum in 2008:
“Woodstock is the great American orgy. This is who the Democratic Party has become. They have become the party of Woodstock. The prey upon our most basic primal lusts, and that’s sex. And the whole abortion culture, it’s not about life. It’s about sexual freedom. That’s what it’s about. Homosexuality. It’s about sexual freedom.”
This reminds me of a conversation I had with an evangelical pastor in the spring of 2004, and a subsequent conversation that was reported to me regarding the same individual. Literally within seconds of meeting this guy, he smiled a spooky smile and began talking about sex-trafficing in Asia. This is a legitimate issue, but generally not one you smile about or bring up right off the bat with a person you've just met.
When this same individual found out that I was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 2004, he later said to a common friend, "Do you know what these people do there?"
So I was pretty hyped up at the possibility of going to a real-live orgy, but this was Boston, 2004, and the Bostonians have apparently never gotten over their puritanical past. I searched high and low for an orgy and the best I could do was that one of John Kerry's step-sons flirted with my wife. This was disappointing. These are Democrats, after all. He should be flirting with me.
Alas, then in 2008, I signed up for the Orgy Caucus at the Denver convention, but it didn't meet even one time. I was forced to walk up and down the 16th Street Mall asking perfect strangers where the orgy was, but got no help at all until I ran into a member of the Fred Phelps family who told me where to go--or better, where I was going to go--but not where to go for the orgy.
The upshot was that I'd been to two national conventions of the libertine party, and never once even met a single libertine. I was forced to this incontrovertible truth: The Democrats ain't sexy. To their credit, however, at least they don't obsess about it.
It made me appreciate the truth of Martin Luther's remark: "I'd rather be governed by a smart Earth-worshipping liberal than a dumb altar boy culture-warrior."
That Luther was profound at times.
Posted by: lillianjane | February 22, 2012 at 12:27 PM
Actually what he said was: "I'd rather be governed by a smart Turk than a dumb Christian."
Same thing, pretty much.
Posted by: John Petty | February 22, 2012 at 12:47 PM
I read one Frank Peretti novel and that was one too many.
When I listen to Rick Santorum I fear for America.
Posted by: Brant | February 22, 2012 at 01:25 PM
I don't think he's going anywhere. Hope I'm not wrong.
Posted by: John Petty | February 23, 2012 at 09:32 AM
" I was forced to this incontrovertible truth: The Democrats ain't sexy."
And anyone who this they are should come to our monthly DFL meeting!!
Posted by: Heather | February 23, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Wisconsin Dems are different.
Posted by: John Petty | February 23, 2012 at 01:25 PM