Rick Santorum On Big Bird: ‘You Can Kill Things And Still Like Them'

[DonViejo]

Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum says, "You can kill things and still like them."

The Pennsylvania Republican made the suggestion in defining his stance on the idea of pulling funding from PBS during an appearance on CNN on Thursday night.

"I've voted to kill Big Bird in the past," he said when asked about his position on the issue. "So, I have a record there that I have to disclose. That doesn't mean I don’t like Big Bird. I mean, you can kill things and still like them, maybe to eat them, I don’t know."

Santorum, who fell short in his presidential primary bid against Republican nominee Mitt Romney earlier this year, appeared to recognize that his choice of words could ruffle some feathers. After asking, "Can we go back on that one?" he quipped, "That's a bad youtube moment right there."

The comments come on the heels of Big Bird getting caught in the crossfire in Wednesday night's presidential debate between Romney and Barack Obama.

Romney vowed to defund PBS if elected president during the event moderated by PBS NewsHour Executive Editor Jim Lehrer. He said, "I'm sorry, Jim, I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS. I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I like you too."

Video:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/05/rick-santorum-big-bird_n_1942119.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

[msanthrope]

1. What a doofus. Keep talking and helping, Ricky....nt

[tk2kewl]

2. Sounds more like the Onion

[GoneOffShore]

3. One can always relie on Frothy to continue to shoot himself in the foot.

Remember -

DON'T GOOGLE SANTORUM!

[JRLeft]

4. That sounds like a psychopath, stating: "If I can't have you no one can."

Last edited Fri Oct 5, 2012, 02:41 PM - Edit history (1)

" I am killing you, because I love you." or "I am saving you from the world." Sanitarium needs help.

[yellowcanine]

5. Even Ricky realized he had stepped in big bird poop.

After asking, "Can we go back on that one?" he quipped, "That's a bad youtube moment right there."

[Jennicut]

6. Like turning your back on the precious fetuses that he loves so much once they are born.

Blech. Disgusting man. When the unborn are born that he loves so much most Repubs don't invest in public education or govt. assistance for college, or Head Start, or school lunches for poor kids or any other program which helps children. Screw him. Never mind, that is gross. Send him to an island somewhere with sharks surrounding it.

[BarackTheVote]

18. Not to mention social programs that financially aid low-income mothers

but, hey, they're just welfare queens anyway, right? Just popping out babies for cash! Despicable.

[abumbyanyothername]

7. Again raising the question:

Is he campaigning for or against rMoney?

[reformist2]

8. Santorum is channelling Oscar Wilde!

[randome]

9. DNC, use it!

[BarackTheVote]

10. THAT'S A DEFENSE?!

I don't give two FLYING FUCKS if Mitt Romney LIKES Big Bird--what I CARE about is you're trying to eradicate a public treasure in Public Broadcasting because of your shameless ideology that the people should have no say in ANYTHING! This is an extension of Wal-Mart grinding mom and pop into the ground, an extension of the SS and Welfare cuts, an extension of VOTER FRAUD. PBS is beloved by 70% of people in this country--for many people in rural areas and many poor people who can't AFFORD CABLE, PBS is their primary source for REAL NEWS and QUALITY PROGRAMMING... and you want to take that away, or else pervert it into another mind-numbing cable station that will be 90% reality TV within a month of being wrenched from the public trust!

If Mitt said he loved Big Bird to show that he was some kind of human being... human beings don't KILL what they love. And furthermore, I DO NOT CARE IF YOU LIKE BIG BIRD!!!!!!!

[Indpndnt]

11. "I mean, you can kill things and still like them, maybe to eat them, I don’t know."

OMG!! Little Ricky just keeps giving and giving.

[uppityperson]

12. OMG, Santorum wants to eat Big Bird!!!

[pinboy3niner]

16. It's okay--he'd share him with the other Muppets

[uppityperson]

17. 0_0!!!!!

[gopiscrap]

13. what a fucking idiot and he's the gop's 2016 front runner?

[Spirochete]

14. He would have been pretty funny too

as a presidential candidate.

[marions ghost]

15. The Power To Kill

...think about it...