Rick Santorum, who is running for the Republican Presidential nomination has a substantial marriage problem. No I'm not talking about between he and his wife. He, being the very staunch social conservative that he is, is against marriage equality. I have heard that stance explained in many different ways by many different people. While I disagree with all of the explanations, I have to say that Santorum's have been particularly bad. Why? His problem is that he repeatedly has compared marriage and marriage equality to random objects. Let's roll through the list; napkins and paper towels, water and beer, tea and basketball, and the latest was cars and trees (did I miss anything?). It sounds more like a game of "I Spy" than a serious presidential contest. This man is campaigning ultimately to become the leader of the free world and these are the best talking points that he can come up with? It is particularly bad that these are the issues he is harping on when the unemployment rate is over 9%. People are looking for what candidates will do about the jobs situation and Rick Santorum is looking around to see what he will compare marriage to next.
It's little wonder that his poll numbers are so anemic.
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