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Andy Martin says he has started to feel like he needs to shower every time he hears or sees Rick Santorum on TV

Andy says Santorum is a religious tyrant who is seeking to exploit political bigotry for his own personal advantage

Andy reminds that he’s the only presidential candidate who actually shops at Wal-Mart (no Cadillacs, no multi-millionaire friends)

(NEW YORK) (March 1, 2012) When Rick Santorum was down in the polls, in the early debates, I liked his manufacturing policy. I think we need to do more than just level the playing field, tax-wise, for manufacturing. We need to create real incentives to bring manufacturing back to the United States. Whether he glommed on to a good issue, or really believes what he says about manufacturing, I don’t know. But “way back then” I liked and agreed with Santorum.

I also agreed with every Republican (including me) when we pushed back against Barack Obama’s attempt to use Obamacare to dictate medical insurance policy to religious institutions. No one had to “take one for the team” as Santorum says he did in the Senate, because the team was united against Obamacare and Obama’s religious diktats.

But I think I now know why the people of Pennsylvania rejected Rick Santorum for reelection in 2006. Santorum is a flake and a religious extremist.

I know Mitt Romney sometimes says stupid things, but Romney is basically a competent and sincere man who babbles on about his “Cadillacs” and “NASCAR owners.” Sometimes Romney reminds me of those goofy dads in 1950’s sitcoms (Life of Riley, Ozzie and Harriet?) Fundamentally, Romney is a conscientious conservative.

Santorum, on the other hand, wants to establish a Roman Catholic dictatorship in the White House. No birth control, no premarital sex, no abortions and (keep ‘em ignorant) no higher education (except for the Santorum family). Let the priests handle everything. The way it was back in the Middle Ages.

Why doesn't Santorum ask his wife about premarital sex? She lived for years with an abortion doctor. Santorum still married her despite her “past.”

I’m a conservative and I’m a Republican. I happen to think that then-Senator Jack Kennedy’s speech on religious freedom brought all religions into the mainstream, by separating religious doctrine from political policy. Kennedy broke down the barriers of bigotry against Roman Catholics. Santorum wants to rebuild them.

Frankly, I wanted to throw up when I heard Santorum say he wanted to throw up when he heard Kennedy’s 1960 speech.

Santorum (who is now trying to walk back his despicable comments, see link below) totally distorted what Kennedy said. But then Santorum distorts what everyone says. That’s because Santorum is basically a religious tyrant, as narrow-minded and dictatorial in his own way as the ayatollahs he obsesses over in Islam.

Kennedy never sought to block Roman Catholics “from the public square” as Santorum falsely accuses him. Kennedy stated Catholics could be welcome in government because Catholics were just as committed to safeguarding the public square as any other believers.

Today, in 2012, it is hard to remember how blindly some Roman Catholics followed priestly directions back in the 1960’s. One of my dearest girl friends used to start some discussions with “The church doesn’t…” Santorum still believes in that kind of priestly obeisance.

There are some states which conduct “open” primaries, where Democrats and independents can vote. Until Santorum made robo-calls to Democrats, asking them to vote against Romney in Michigan, I am not aware of other Republicans who have deliberately and intentionally and openly asked Democrats to interfere in a Republican primary. (Santorum says Romney solicited Democrats in New Hampshire, but I was there in New Hampshire and I do not remember any blatant invitations to Democrats to vote in January’s Republican primary).

I was Barack Obama’s first opponent, in 2004, when I began writing about him and exposing the truth about the “Mysterious Mr. Obama.” I desperately want to see Obama removed from the White House. Rick Santorum is not the man to do the job. Santorum is doing irreparable harm to the “Republican brand” by trying to gin up religious extremism as a “litmus test” for the ultimate Republican opponent who will face Obama.

Santorum was wrong for Pennsylvania in 2006; he is wrong for America in 2012.

Now let me shower. After writing about Santorum, let alone watching him on TV, I feel unclean. He has morphed from being a good guy into being the dirty of the dirtiest.

P.S. If you don’t like Romney, vote for me. I’m still working to be on the ballot in late primary states. I don’t have any Cadillacs and I don’t know any multi-millionaire auto racing owners. I’m the only presidential candidate who actually shops at Wal-Mart.

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ABOUT ANDY: Andy is a legendary New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, talk television pioneer, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. Chicago Public Radio calls Andy a “boisterous Internet activist.” The Chicago Tribune calls him “Chicago’s own…political activist.” He has over forty years of background in radio and television. He is the author of “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” [www.OrangeStatePress.com] and he produced the Internet film "Obama: The Hawaii’ Years” [www.BoycottHawaii.com]. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and international events with more than four decades of investigative and analytical experience both in the USA and around the world.

Andy has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois and American politics and courts for over forty years. [www.AndyMartin.com] He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com. See also www.FirstRespondersOnline.us; www.EnglishforAmerica.org

He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

“Caninegate?” Andy Martin defends Mitt Romney’s dog – and Mitt Romney

Independent Republican Presidential Candidate and conservative blogger Andy Martin says that attacks on Mitt Romney for putting his dog in a rooftop carrier on Romney’s station wagon are ridiculous. Andy says back in the day dog lovers routinely allowed pets to ride in the back of pickup trucks. In rural areas, they probably still do.

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Andy reminisces about his departed dogs and gives Mitt Romney a pass on Seamus

(NEW YORK) (February 15, 2012) Tuesday night Ed Shultz on MSNBC was bashing Mitt Romney because decades ago Mitt put the family dog on a rooftop carrier of his station wagon for a vacation. The story of Romney’s dog-on-the-roof has become a political legend (link below). Newton Gingrich, who used cars for more heinous purposes, made a campaign commercial about Romney’s rooftop mutt (link below).

The way things are going right now, with Gingrich heading for the political morgue, and Romney and Santorum fighting to the “death,” I might just emerge from the forthcoming “brokered” convention as the Republican Party’s presidential candidate. At least I know how to fight back against Obama’s dirty tricks. “Barry O” would have to behave himself if I was the Republicans’ presidential candidate. (I knew David Axelrod when he actually worked for a living, before he started spending his time digging up dirt on peoples’ personal lives.) I’m the only “Chicago tough” presidential candidate.

So by defending Mitt Romney I am not endorsing his candidacy. This is just a shout out.

Mitt deserves a respite on “Caninegate.” He did nothing wrong. Rather, placing the family pet in secure carrier on the roof of his station wagon may have been a wise decision. It was certainly a “conservative” approach.

I take a back seat to no one as a dog lover. One of the highlights of my life was serving as the self-appointed “Superintendent” of the “Royal Baghdad Canine Constabulary” in Iraq in 2003. While living in Baghdad I trained wild dogs and used them in the search for Saddam Hussein. We had our secret codes and I ended up as a veterinarian to a litter of puppies. You can see a picture of my two big babies on my personal web site (www.AndyMartin.com).

My love for those animal companions and my work to treat and love homeless dogs in Baghdad became military lore in the neighborhood. The dogs also became a recruiting tool for information gathering.

When my St. Bernard “Grumpy” died in 1977, her passing was a media event in Chi-town. “Grumpy” was one of Chicago’s best-known and beloved canines (certainly more beloved than me). And “Goofy,” a former Chicago girl friend’s dog, still has a place in my heart. The lady is long gone but the love for the dog lingers.

So what gives with the Romney smears?

Let me tell you about my experiences, with the hindsight of decades.

Coming of age in semi-rural Illinois (Champaign-Urbana and exurban farming areas) I had red Chevy pickup truck. And guess what, my dog, and then Goofy and Grumpy together, loved to ride in the back of the open truck. Open, exposed, endangered. And occasionally wet. Yes, we did things like than in those days. In retrospect I don’t think it was very safe, and I’m not sure if it is even still allowed (people can’t ride in the back of pickups any more).

But my dogs died of old age and illness, not from any injury riding along highways in the back of a red pickup truck. They loved the back of the truck. Looking back forty (40) years it seems to me that an open truck is a dangerous way to transport the family pet. But we did it then without a second thought.

And if Governor Rick Perry invited me to campaign down in Texas (he has the time now) I am sure we’d see dogs riding in the back of pickup trucks in rural areas of the state.

Romney, on the other hand, had a special custom carrier for his dog Seamus. My guess is the only complaint Seamus had was that the Romneys didn’t have a pickup truck so he could ride in the open air.

Today most people are a lot more careful than we were back in the day. But back then, dogs loved to ride in the back of pickups. And somewhere up in the sky, Grumpy and Goofy are looking down and barking “Yes we did.”

So lay off Romney for taking his dog on a family vacation. There are reasons to criticize Romney, but endangering the family pet is not one of them. He didn’t leave Seamus back home at a kennel.

P.S. If anyone wants more pictures of my Baghdad babies, Jake and Lucy, just say the word and I’ll post them or send them along. They are in my heart everyday. As for Seamus, if Mitt reads this, Mitt send me an autographed picture of Seamus. It will go in a place of honor (but not on the roof of my car).

P.P.S. You don’t want to know what Newt was doing in his family car. If you want the link, just ask. X-rated. People who live in glass houses…

P.P.P.S. I have a good friend down in Wayne County, Illinois. I’m sure if I had a new dog and a truck and went down to visit my friend Bob for the fall Pumpkin Festival, my dog would want to ride outside in the back. Who’s to say if my better judgment would succumb to let my pooch have an old-fashioned, open-air ride?

Love to all. Beat Obama!

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Friday, February 10, 2012

President Barack Obama finally finds a weapons system he can endorse

Independent Republican Presidential Candidate and conservative blogger Andy Martin says he is relieved to report that President Barack Obama has finally endorsed a new weapons system: the marshmallow gun. Andy says the GOP presidential campaign now has a “Michael Dukakis moment” with the pictures of Obama firing his powerful new weapon.

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Andy Martin says Americans can finally be confident our national defense is in strong hands: Obama has found a new weapon he endorses

Andy says Iran is building a nuclear bomb; Barack Obama is preparing to deploy the Marshmallow Gun

Andy says the 2012 GOP race finally has a “Michael Dukakis moment” with an image that can be used against Obama

Will the Marshmallow Gun confuse and defuse the Ayatollahs?

(NEW YORK) (February 11, 2012) With all of the hullabaloo of about birth control (“contraception” in polite media speak) you may have missed a magical moment for the nation’s defense: President Barack Obama has finally found a new weapons system he can endorse: the marshmallow gun. (See links below)

Obama wants to gut our national defense. He wants to shrink the Navy (“Water, water every where, and all the boards did shrink…” – The Rime of the Ancient Mariner). He wants to shrink the Army (“Hup two three, four; hup two three; hup two,” oh well.) He has ordered a new supply of kites for the Air Force. The Marines? They always get Navy leftovers, anyway. Space exploration? Fuggedaboutit.

But HALT. The Mighty Warrior Obama has now found a new weapons system that he can deploy to make the world safer for Islam: the marshmallow gun.

We are indebted to a high school student who brought his science fair project to the White House, where Obama was mesmerized by the new weapons system. Obama probably thought to himself, “Now here is a weapon I can deploy. It saves money, and won’t hurt anyone. It’s totally useless. What a weapon!”

On the phone Obama may have called, “Panetta, I found the answer to our downsizing problems. Get over here…”

During the 1988 campaign Democratic presidential candidate Governor Mike Dukakis was photographed in a tank (link below). The image backfired. Dukakis was already viewed as soft on defense and the tank moment became a joke.

Obama has been more careful about embarrassing images. But now Republicans have their “Dukakis in the tank” picture: Obama firing the marshmallow gun.

The marshmallow gun exemplifies everything bad about Obama’s defense policies. He is cutting national security to finance handouts to entitlement recipients. The military, already challenged by a decade of war, is being gutted and deprived of new weapons and adequate forces. (Here is where Barack Obama and Ron Paul are “two-leftists-in-a-pod;” both want to undermine our national security. Ron Paul, an Obama Republican?)

Maybe the ayatollahs will be frightened into submission now that we have the marshmallow gun. Can you imagine the gossip in Qum? (“‘Marshmallow gun,’ is that some sort of secret weapon the Americans have developed? I smell an American plot to undermine the Islamic Republic.”)

Footnote: Former president George W. Bush saw the reports of the weapon and phoned in to the White House. Bush wanted to know if Obama would report the marshmallow gun to the United Nations as a “weapon of mass destruction” because the gun’s deployment might lead to childhood obesity.

Iran is building a nuclear bomb; Barack Obama is building the marshmallow gun. Need I say more?

Campfire, anyone? Somewhere in heaven, Peter Sellers is smiling.

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

NEW YORK NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY: Did gay sex cause Senator Mark Kirk’s stroke?

Independent Republican Presidential Candidate Andy Martin will hold a New York City news conference today, Wednesday, February 8th to suggest that Senator Mark Kirk or his medical representative should authorize the release of Kirk’s complete medical files for public and media scrutiny. Martin says rumors circulating on the Internet claim that gay sex may have helped trigger the senator’s stroke. The rumors should be addressed and put to rest by full disclosure of all Kirk’s medical records.

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