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DuMont, Santorum spar over child porn, Penn State, Catholic churchBY ABDON M. PALLASCH Political Reporter apallasch@suntimes.com March 18, 2012 6:56PM
Conservative GOP Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum tangled with Beyond the Beltway radio talk show host Bruce DuMont in a 5-minute interview Sunday evening.
The Chicago-based host asked Santorum to compare his criticism of President Obama for favoring pornographers over children for allegedly not targeting child pornography with his lack of criticism of Penn State icon Joe Paterno in that schools child sex abuse scandal or the Catholic churchs child sex abuse scandal.
Santorum, a Penn State alum and a Catholic, said he found the questions insulting.
Do you really believe the president really does not care about protecting children and going after pornographers? DuMont asked.
Hes not, Santorum answered. The Bush administration had a very active program of going after folks who were purveying pornography to children, and this administration has halted most of those prosecutions.
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http://www.suntimes.com/11385694-417/dumont-santorum-spar-over-child-porn-penn-state-catholic-church.html
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)and when someone questions him, he gets insulted. He should not NOT be even this close
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Which, of course, is why he's a conservative Republican.
fightthegoodfightnow
(7,042 posts)thanks for posting.
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Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Santorum Doubles Down: Obama Admin Putting Children At Risk By Not Prosecuting Pornographers
VIDEO here: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/santorum-doubles-down-obama-admin-putting-children-at-risk-by-not-prosecuting-pornographers/
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)He won't comment on the child rapists in the Catholic Church nor Paterno covering up for a child rapist to protect a football team, but he's got no problem spewing fact-less accusations about the president.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)turn it on if in the area 10:30 pm just started
lunasun
(21,646 posts)the repugs on the show -Even the repug supporting Ricky on the show - agreed the questions were not unfair
BBWAAAH Ricky is not happy him and his friend the Catholic Church just got pwnd
i like how Dumont ended the interview saying that Sainto had to go to another commitment and probably is glad he does
all with a straight face
One of the pugs on the show just compared frothy to Torquemada! good compare
oh they are eating their own here on the show
( it is a recording of the radio show that runs Sunday nights)
blue neen
(12,322 posts)Ricky and his hypocrisy were totally owned!
starroute
(12,977 posts)As quoted in the OP, it says, "The Chicago-based host asked Santorum to compare his criticism of President Obama for 'favoring pornographers over children' for allegedly not targeting child pornography..."
But Santorum isn't just talking about kiddie porn. He wants to do away with *all* porn, since he alleges it harms children -- just by its very existence, I guess. Or maybe he thinks porn peddlers are hanging out on street corners, trying to peddle their wares to eight-year-olds. Or maybe he believes that television in general is pornographic.
Now that I think about it, it isn't clear to me exactly what Santorum does believe. But in any case, suggesting he only cares about child porn is letting him off the hook.
xtraxritical
(3,576 posts)essentially ruling that porn cannot be adequately defined (eye of the beholder), and it contradicts the 1st Amendment to try and do so.
Saint-torum is grasping at straws with nothing else to hang his hat on, to bad the conservacons love this kind of smoke blowing up their butts.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)What, is this some kind of voice-activated enema or something?
livingonearth
(728 posts)to bash Obama, not think or ask questions. He's like a male Palin. What an ass!
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)DearAbby
(12,461 posts)And no one has called this son of a bitch out on it?
BroadcastSnooze
(2 posts)He gets testy about it because his boyfriend was arrested at their home for child porn 2 1/2 years before he had Santorum on his show:
http://www.caringforourchildrenfoundation.org/ex-columbia-college-professor-sentenced-to-six-years-for-child-pornography-chicago-sun/
http://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/11-24-2009/Oak-Park-child-porn-suspect-on-electronic-monitor/