I don't mind that he has beliefs, or that he is essentially a lobby running to be its own government. Those people will be out there, and they are part of the process. I don't even mind that he would like English to be an official language. Those people will be out there too. But it's pretty safe to say that when you demonstrate you would fail the citizenship test, and don't understand the basic legal structure of American civics, you shouldn't be President.“Like in every other state, it [must comply] with this and every other federal law,- and that is that English should be the main language,” Santorum said in an interview with the El Vocero newspaper Wednesday. “There are other states with more than one language, as is the case with Hawaii, but to be a state of the U.S., English should be the main language.”
Santorum just had an overseas culture gaffe in his own country.
I don't think anybody would be surprised to learn that civics is, for Rick Santorum, a highly personal matter as he vows to wage war on pornography. I might even give him credit for calling attention to the flimsy structure of the legal protections (or ability to prosecute, from his perspective) here. But beyond being the butt of literal jokes, it's pretty clear that he exemplifies that segment of America (and every nation) that feels that somebody needs to dictate The Rules, and that civics should be based only on a few dearly held principles - anything else (i.e., the modern definition of civics and society) is fiction, and not useful fiction, either.
In other news, as her husband's campaign calls Santorum the "Black Knight" of Monty Python, Ann Romney had this to say:
So that's how they breed."We need to send a message that it's time to coalesce," she said, Mitt at her side. "It's time to get behind one candidate and get the job done so we can move on to the next challenge, bringing us one step closer to defeating Barack Obama."
I'm getting pretty hot and bothered by the thought of the amorphous amoebae of the Republican party shakin' and bakin' after you sprinkle some coffee grounds in their test tube.
Edit: William O. Douglas and Scott Brown are the best.
