Breaking on Ed Shultz- Santorum just said that

[malaise]

he will take all State and Federal money out of Education.

Ed said it was radical - Shrum said it was insane

[madaboutharry]

1. That would mean the end of the state university systems.

He has turned into a John Bircher right before our eyes.

[malaise]

3. That's exactly what Shrum said

it would be education for the rich.
These greedy connected ReTHUGS are something else.
They want cheap labor by any means.

[abelenkpe]

2. All remaining republicans are birchers

he's just sucking up to his tiny base.

[jaysunb]

4. Go Rick, Go !

Keep talking old buddy, cause the spotlight is on You now...being the latest frontrunner, and all. I've often wondered what little tidbits we may learn about you.

[nanabugg]

5. OK. Stick a fork in him. nt

[baldguy]

6. Little Ricky shows that he has no understanding of how the education system works.

God, I hope he wins the nomination!

[Webster Green]

7. He's on a roll.

Isn't this all just a dog and pony show hoax to achieve a year-long infusion of insane right-wing talking points into the discussion, all leading to a brokered convention where the real nightmare candidate will be nominated?

[spanone]

8. so....who would pay for education? or would we just stop that silly business??

just when you think it can't get any freakier

[malaise]

9. Education is for the rich only

[Generic Brad]

27. Not so

It is also for the home schooled. We all need to become experts at everything so we can teach our kids every subject under the sun.

[spanone]

33. i agree with shrum

[niyad]

11. as I have been saying for decades, you cannot control a populace which is capable of critical

thought. therefore, you destroy the educational system, make it unattainable, and leave the masses in clueless misery.

as an article pointed out many years ago in "signs", we cannot be spending so much money to have the results (people who are functionally illiterate, incapable of critical thought) be an accident.

[Canuckistanian]

35. For-profit corporations, of course

Paid for by us taxpayers, natch. Or "vouchers" at vastly inflated prices, using Jeb Bush software exclusively.

Why, the investment opportunities are LIMITLESS! Buy in now, while the prices are low! And them schools is completely free of them nasty, profit-robbing union folk!

[matmar]

10. Schools, schmools.....we have Fox (not) News to tell us what to think. n/t

[Major Hogwash]

12. Little Ricky is beginning to sound a lot like Rick Perry.

"I'm going to cancel 3 departments, education, energy, and um, um, um . . . oops."

[Icicle]

13. Sinclair Lewis warned us about this guy....

....in 1935, no less.

“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.”

[cantbeserious]

14. He's Driving All God's Children To The Church For Fire and Brimstone Educations

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[Bigmack]

15. Hey... Repubs... PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE nominate this guy....

... he's alienating lots of groups.

By election time, he's gonna have the RW fringe, the Fundies, and the Catholic bishops on his side. That's it.

We need to start putting pressure on the "moderate" Dems in Congress to move left or be left behind in the new Dem-controlled House and Senate.

[zbdent]

16. Move to liberal states ...

death knell for education in RW/red states ...

[AlinPA]

17. In PA, the teabagger governor is cutting public education like a madman, yet increasing vouchers

for private and religious schools. By the time Corbett leaves office, PA will not have kindergarten except in religious schools. The state house and senate are stamping everything he proposes. These bastards are serious.

[Motown_Johnny]

18. How does he think he can take State money out?

Denying even more Federal money for other programs if a state chooses to fund education?

I thought the Conservatives were all about state's rights. This is stomping on them with a lead boot.

[Vattel]

19. Um, Rick, the US Constitution does allow the states to decide to use state taxes for education.

[TheCowsCameHome]

20. Please nominate this guy - he's such a gift.

[provis99]

21. what do we need literacy for anyways?

Look how well Somalia and Afghanistan do without literacy!

[Politicalboi]

24. Look no further than

The Repuke base.

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. How did the frothy mixture propose we pay to educate our kids?

For that matter, why would he believe the president has the authority to do this?

[yellowcanine]

23. As President how could he take state money out of education? Last time I looked each state decides

how much to spend on education. Not to mention that the President can't take Federal money out of education either all by his little self.

[Ilsa]

25. Education: all the barefoot, pregnant mommies

have to homeschool all the kids. Forget that they may not know what they are doing, especially with children with special education needs.

[MNBrewer]

26. He IS a home schooler type

And in that spirt, I just granted myself a couple of advanced degrees.

[crunch60]

31. Santorum Catholic, sound like Bachmann, dominionist, scary

Yes, teach your kids what to think, not how to think. Christian, my butt! Right wing loony's.

You know the segments in my "dominionism's parallel economy" series on dominionist medical associations and especially dominionist alternatives to mainstream mental health groups? You know how increasingly there is a heavy, heavy push for dominionist parents to pull their kids out of the public and even private school systems in favour of dominionist correspondence-schooling promoted as "Christian homeschools"?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/08/15/371898/-Dominionism-and-child-abuse-part-3-Why-they-aren-t-in-jail

[oldhippydude]

36. not so fast..

maybe Liberty U. can fix you up cheap...

[FSogol]

28. What do you expect from someone who doesn't think women should be educated?

Santorum is the Taliban.

[opihimoimoi]

30. relax, the dude not gonna make shit...too mamas boy

[fascisthunter]

29. so he wants only the upper classes to be educated

for those right wing nazis reading my post, you are as un-American as Bin Laden himself. You are destroying America.

[la la]

32. do i remember correctly?....

didn't little ricky have problems in PA with paying for his kid's education?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

34. Yep. He was caught scamming money out of his "home" county.

He took county money to home school his kids. Only problem was the kids no longer lived in the district and his "home" was a rental unit. The kids lived in Va.

[Ganja Ninja]

37. It's truly mind boggling.

Every time one of these guys gets in the lead they say something crazy or stupid or insensitive. It's as if they really don't want the nomination.

[Vinca]

38. Wait, wait. Let me guess. The churches will do it for free.

Santorum is the current biggest idiot in the race.

[lunatica]

41. Do you mean the biggest Idiocrat?

Santorum -->

[morningfog]

39. I wish he had waited to reveal his radicalism.

It would have been great had he beaten Romney and faced Obama. He is quickly losing the little credibility he had, even among the idiots who have supported him.

[lunatica]

40. It's good not to invest in the future of this country

Christians don't need no educating. They have zillionaire preachers who God picks to educate them. Educating is the Satan way of making good people question thangs.

Questioning thangs = bad