{"id":6432,"date":"2006-01-25T09:51:37","date_gmt":"2006-01-25T14:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/?p=6432"},"modified":"2006-01-25T09:51:37","modified_gmt":"2006-01-25T14:51:37","slug":"he-wasnt-talking-about-a-support-your-troops-bumper-sticker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/he-wasnt-talking-about-a-support-your-troops-bumper-sticker\/","title":{"rendered":"He wasn’t talking about a ‘support your troops’ bumper sticker"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve never been able to relate to Rick Santorum’s values or worldview, but I never expected him to equate supporting his Senate campaign with serving in the military<\/a> in Iraq or Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

[Santorum] literally said that putting one of his bumper stickers on your vehicle was a way “to step up and serve your country.” […]<\/p>\n

Santorum: “And yet we have brave men and women who are willing to step forward because they know what’s at stake. They’re willing to sacrifice their lives for this great country. What I’m asking all of you tonight is not to put on a uniform. Put on a bumper sticker. Is it that much to ask? Is it that much to ask to step up and serve your country?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I couldn’t believe it until I saw the video<\/a>. He really did say exactly that.<\/p>\n

The context is even more amazing. Santorum decried the culture that puts “me first,” and refuses to honor sacrifice. In the next breath, Santorum implores Republicans to honor him with a bumper sticker, which is somehow similar to serving your country in the military.<\/p>\n

You know, I’m really not going to miss this guy. Granted, Bob Casey probably won’t be a senator with whom I’ll always agree<\/a>, but Santorum is such an embarrassment, it’ll be a relief to see him go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve never been able to relate to Rick Santorum’s values or worldview, but I never expected him to equate supporting his Senate campaign with serving in the military in Iraq or Afghanistan. [Santorum] literally said that putting one of his bumper stickers on your vehicle was a way “to step up and serve your country.” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}