December 20th, 2011
11:40 AM ET
10 years ago
Santorum gets backing from Vander Plaats
(CNN) - Republican presidential candidate and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania received the personal endorsement of Bob Vander Plaats, who heads the Family Leader, Tuesday. The Iowa-based Christian organization is influential among social conservative voters in the first-in-the-nation caucus state.
The endorsement comes just two weeks before the Jan. 3 caucuses, which kick off the primary and caucus calendar.
Four years ago, the Family Leader backed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who went on to score an upset victory in the Iowa caucuses.
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Geez, there's some news that will change my life.
Tom.Paine...I will now be able to sleep at nite, knowing Santorum and his go nowhere campaign now has the endorsement of a group that is obviously interested in only pushing their agenda and morals onto everyone else. That is what Santorum wants so these two are peas in a pod
Vander who? Who comes up with names like Vander? With a name like that, I'd pass on his endorsement.
this guy has about as much of a chance to be POTUS as I do and I have no interest in even trying. One of the few times I ever agreed with Sarah Palin is when she called Santorum a "knuckle-dragging Neanderthal". He couldn't even win re-election in is own home state!
As much as this would upset me if I thought the despised Santorum had a chance, I'm actually glad that Rick Perry missed out on a chance to gain momentum. So, in the end, I think Vander Plaats did the gay cause a huge favor by endorsing such a non-candidate.
Everybody needs a warm, fuzzy hug sometimes. This is Santorum's.
Yawn! This will make approximately 0% difference in the eventual outcome.
"Vander who? Who comes up with names like Vander?"
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His last name is Vander Plaats (it's Dutch)... try to keep up....
So now that Kim Jong Il is gone, does this mean The Economist will start taking photos of Santorum like the one above and adding the line "Greetings Earthlings!" to it? He makes a worthy successor for the part.
Who?
(by which I wonder who both of these guys are!)
Why would anybody want to keep up with Vandr Pants? Or any of the other "shame & blame" religulous hucksters out there?
That's the end for Santorium.
"Who?
(by which I wonder who both of these guys are!)"
Oh? It's easy....just Google "Santorum"...you'll learn all about him.