Santorum is Quitting.

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Submitted by Coder on Tue, 2012-04-10 14:30

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Yep, its true.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/politics&id=8615445

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stein

Tue, 2012-04-10 14:31

how long til that other definition of santorum makes it back to the top of google searches?

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bozoloper

Tue, 2012-04-10 14:47

hopefully, soon.

where's the picture of the daughter crying? i've been waiting for that one all campaign.

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so speaketh the loper!

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th

Tue, 2012-04-10 15:37

bozoloper wrote:
hopefully, soon.

where's the picture of the daughter crying? i've been waiting for that one all campaign.

Uh, actually she's severely ill and in the hospital ...

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Mm, mm good.

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bozoloper

Tue, 2012-04-10 15:39

th wrote:
bozoloper wrote:
hopefully, soon.

where's the picture of the daughter crying? i've been waiting for that one all campaign.

Uh, actually she's severely ill and in the hospital ...

ouch.

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so speaketh the loper!

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Lauraska

Tue, 2012-04-10 15:41

th wrote:
bozoloper wrote:
hopefully, soon.

where's the picture of the daughter crying? i've been waiting for that one all campaign.

Uh, actually she's severely ill and in the hospital ...

Nice try. That's his 3-year old daughter that's sick. Unless he somehow has the magical power to go back in time so that the child that was a pre-teen in the infamous picture during the last election is suddenly now a toddler.

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fuzzybottoms

Tue, 2012-04-10 15:42

bozoloper wrote:
th wrote:
bozoloper wrote:
hopefully, soon.

where's the picture of the daughter crying? i've been waiting for that one all campaign.

Uh, actually she's severely ill and in the hospital ...

ouch.

Aren't these different daughters? I assumed Bozoloper was referring to the picture from a few years ago where an older daughter was crying. The one that is sick is just a couple of years old.

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austen

Tue, 2012-04-10 15:42

th wrote:
bozoloper wrote:
hopefully, soon.

where's the picture of the daughter crying? i've been waiting for that one all campaign.

Uh, actually she's severely ill and in the hospital ...

No, that's the youngest one, Isabella, who has trisomy 18, and was born in 2008.

The crying kid is in her teens now.

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th

Tue, 2012-04-10 15:51

Oh. Sorry. Carry on.

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bozoloper

Tue, 2012-04-10 15:51

ah, thanks! i don't feel like a big jerk, now.

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so speaketh the loper!

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sdm

Tue, 2012-04-10 16:05

bozoloper wrote:
ah, thanks! i don't feel like a big jerk, now.

Did you really feel like that big of a jerk before the confusion was cleared up?

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lighterthief

Tue, 2012-04-10 21:28

always sorry for a parent with a sick child but I cannot believe that RS made it this far or that his reason for leaving is genuine. He is a zealot and an embarrassment to American politics. His views are hateful, ignorant and wholly un-Christian. That he was entertained for so long is frightening. I hope his child recovers and he wanes into obscurity.

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2014 york

Tue, 2012-04-10 23:45

lighterthief wrote:
always sorry for a parent with a sick child but I cannot believe that RS made it this far or that his reason for leaving is genuine. He is a zealot and an embarrassment to American politics. His views are hateful, ignorant and wholly un-Christian. That he was entertained for so long is frightening. I hope his child recovers and he wanes into obscurity.

I too hope his child recovers. From both her illness and rearing.

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Cutter

Tue, 2012-04-10 23:52

Saw lots of Santorum signs on lawns when i drove around bucks county last weekend. This state is the worst.

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rinobio

Wed, 2012-04-11 03:11

I too hope his child recovers. From both her illness and rearing.

Yes to that.

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Coder

Wed, 2012-04-11 06:28

lighterthief wrote:
but I cannot believe that RS made it this far or that his reason for leaving is genuine.

I don't believe his reasons are genuine. If he lost the vote here, (after being drummed out of the state previously), it would not bode well for any future political aspirations. Two major losses in your home state doesn't look very good. He's certainly not done feeding at the public trough.

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sdm

Wed, 2012-04-11 08:50

Coder wrote:
lighterthief wrote:
but I cannot believe that RS made it this far or that his reason for leaving is genuine.

I don't believe his reasons are genuine. If he lost the vote here, (after being drummed out of the state previously), it would not bode well for any future political aspirations. Two major losses in your home state doesn't look very good. He's certainly not done feeding at the public trough.

The most terrifying thing is the article I read yesterday where some nobody made a passing comment about him getting the H&HS Cabinet position. I threw up a bit, then my dog happily ate it.

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fuzzybottoms

Wed, 2012-04-11 09:28

rinobio wrote:
I too hope his child recovers. From both her illness and rearing.

Yes to that.

The saddest thing about this is that children with Trisomy 18 do not recover and very few live to see their teenage years.
I don't agree with Santorum's politics or his opinion on many things, but I do think it's admirable for him to not continue to campaign if his daughter's condition is worsening.