Let's Hope this Election Means Less of Rick Santorum
When I heard that Rick Santorum blamed the Romney loss on homosexuals, I thought he must have been misquoted or taken out of context.  Sure, he is a well-known homophobe, but even he would not put his name behind such a loony idea, right?  Wrong.  In fact, his actual statement is worse than the headline.  I hope that the Tea Party losses and re-election of Obama, Sherrod Brown, and others signals the declining influence of the crazies within our grand old party.  We would all benefit, most of all the GOP.

Here is what Santorum said, as reported in The Daily Currant: 

‘The conservative catholic politician told CNN this morning that something about the official numbers "just didn't add up" and was forced to draw the only obvious conclusion:

"I see the hand of the homosexual in this massive election fraud," Santorum explained, "Romney was tied or leading in most polls before the election. And then he loses?... Homosexual dirty tricks. It's is the only explanation that makes sense."

Santorum said he wasn't sure how gay activists managed to steal a national election, but he's confident they are capable of such a feat:

"Homosexuals aren't like you and me. They don't have respect for democracy. Your average homosexual has no moral compass whatsoever. If anyone is capable of this fraud, its them."’

Shockingly ignorant, on so many levels, mean-spirited, counter productive, and as we saw this week part of an overall electoral strategy that might be described as a maximum cost-minimum gain strategy.