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Friendly Atheist correspondent attends a Rick Santorum rally, live blogs on the enthusiastic crowd

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2/12/12 at 6:28pm
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http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/02/12/i-went-to-a-rick-santorum-speech-and-lived-to-blog-about-it/#disqus_thread

 

Just thought it was an interesting perspective on a well-attended and apparently enthused rally for Rick Santorum.

 

 

 

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 The final standing ovation was long and enthusiastic, and the chant “We want Rick” gained some momentum.

As I made my way out of the arena, I looked around and saw a lot of smiling, enthused people. I don’t know if they will all vote for Santorum on March 6th, but I do know that they really liked what they heard.

 

 

 

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The experience of hearing his ideas unmediated, delivered to a sympathetic audience, was revelatory. The people I sat with on Thursday were not freaks. They were not on the fringes of society. Santorum’s crowd is indistinguishable from the people I see and interact with every day as they politely go about their business in the city of Tulsa.

I suppose I always knew that, but to see it in practice was terrifying.

 

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post #2 of 3
2/12/12 at 9:09pm

The GOP is divided.  I don't think there is any middle ground between Romney types and Santorum types, and unless you're completely blind or desperate, Gingrich is plainly a grifter.  I don't doubt that Santorum's followers are sincere, but clearly to support him you have firm beliefs that you hold sacred and nothing else matters.  It's its own kind of bubble.  I know lots of people in everyday life who are not aware of the realities of others' lives in this country--they believe everyone should be like them and don't understand that for some that's either impossible or unthinkable.

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2/12/12 at 9:31pm

Wait is Santorum really going to be the nominee? Santorum? Really? Wow this rather sad I mean Obama will beat him easily but it won't be fun. He 's too right wing to get elected. But maybe the GOP getting a good ass kicking to get a reality check and realize that there policies are failed like Democrats from 1972-1992 and 2000-2008.

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