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(2,657 posts) Fri Mar 2, 2012, 07:08 PM Mar 2012

Santorum: ‘People 20 years ago couldn’t conceive of a cell phone’ [View all]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/02/santorum-people-20-years-ago-couldnt-conceive-of-a-cell-phone/

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says that 20 years ago people couldn’t even imagine cell phones, but now they are commonplace because Americans “recognize the rights God has given every person.”

Speaking to supporters in Chillicothe, Ohio on Friday, the former Pennsylvania senator explained that the U.S. had “transformed the world” with the a new form of government.

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Ricky there is no shame in admitting you need Psychological help.

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Santorum: ‘People 20 years ago couldn’t conceive of a cell phone’ [View all] Justice wanted Mar 2012 OP

cell phones are a God Given Right? um, what? uppityperson Mar 2012 #1

I'm kind of excited! Plucketeer Mar 2012 #23

I'm confused too sakabatou Mar 2012 #24

And the "founding fathers" couldn't conceive of voting minorities, women rights, and automatic nanabugg Mar 2012 #25

Um... TheWraith Mar 2012 #65

AT$T was satan, when we got rid of it God could give us cell phones Johonny Mar 2012 #32

Two weeks ago he might have had the nomination sewn up. pa28 Mar 2012 #57

More to the point, cell phones have existed for a lot more than 20 years. TheWraith Mar 2012 #64

But women's reproductive decisions should be left to celibate men. PeaceNikki Mar 2012 #79

Ricky is not a smart man ... I was working on GPS enabled smart phones in the late 90s. JoePhilly Mar 2012 #2

I had one of those monsters for 2 years. alittlelark Mar 2012 #60

We were building proof of concepts and one of the funniest things we found ... JoePhilly Mar 2012 #81

I kept my 'block' in the car - how would someone put it in a pocket? alittlelark Mar 2012 #83

Yes, it's pretty obvious that Santorum suffers from some psychological disorder... polichick Mar 2012 #3

he's got this conceive thing going through everything he says. Whisp Mar 2012 #4

I didn't know one could conceive a cell phone! Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2012 #41

that must hurt even more than round babies Whisp Mar 2012 #44

I wonder do they come with a ringtone Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2012 #48

yeh, it's Wah! waaaaaah!!! wah. wah. .... * gulp Wah!!!! Whisp Mar 2012 #49

What a dunce. KamaAina Mar 2012 #5

That sounds about right csziggy Mar 2012 #34

Oh please MadrasT Mar 2012 #6

20 years ago, my friends were whining that I DIDN'T have a cell phone, and annoyed that I didn't niyad Mar 2012 #12

I still don't have a cell phone and my friends are still whining! Luminous Animal Mar 2012 #55

one of my friends called me a luddite, until I finally had to get one last year. niyad Mar 2012 #70

LOL! cyberswede Mar 2012 #21

Maybe if you're an idiot. Wireless phones were available for decades before that. onehandle Mar 2012 #7

The first commercial cell phones came onto the market in the early 80's. Dawson Leery Mar 2012 #8

I saw one in 1982 LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2012 #42

I recall at least 30 maybe 35 years ago seeing people using those (now) chubby car phones angstlessk Mar 2012 #52

A brick in a brief case. But yeah. they were there. nt alphafemale Mar 2012 #82

bullshit shanti Mar 2012 #9

Santorum said his professors made fun of him in college Enrique Mar 2012 #10

almost positive they are now wendylaroux Mar 2012 #16

The only time he told the truth. FSogol Mar 2012 #17

Friend of mine had one in the late '80s. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2012 #11

Didn't Dick Tracy (1930s), Star Trek (60s) & Maxwell Smart (60s) all have some version of a cell FSogol Mar 2012 #13

LMAO.. talk about great minds.. SomethingFishy Mar 2012 #20

Rick Santorum - "Trapped in a world he never made" FSogol Mar 2012 #29

What a dumbass! El Supremo Mar 2012 #14

I STILL use a brick phone. ErikJ Mar 2012 #46

He's a Moran. trumad Mar 2012 #15

Ummm, Beam me up Scotty? Noodleboy13 Mar 2012 #18

This man really needs to be institutionalized. hifiguy Mar 2012 #19

Wow. Just...wow. Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #22

Wait a minute I used a cell phone for work in 1989-23 years ago! eom mrmpa Mar 2012 #26

So that cell phone I had 20 years ago was imaginary? proud2BlibKansan Mar 2012 #27

You mean in 1992, people couldn't conceive of a cell phone? sakabatou Mar 2012 #28

. ProSense Mar 2012 #43

we can quit all that sciency shit and education stuff rurallib Mar 2012 #30

lol SammyWinstonJack Mar 2012 #80

20 years ago, this lunatic couldn't have gotten this far in the POTUS race PlanetBev Mar 2012 #31

verbal spaghetti spanone Mar 2012 #33

I'm speechless. bayareamike Mar 2012 #35

I had one of these Go Vols Mar 2012 #36

20 Years Ago, People Couldn't Conceive A Dumbass Like Rick Santorum Being Close to the Presidency Yavin4 Mar 2012 #37

What year is this? 2012? RevStPatrick Mar 2012 #38

Wait, he's seriously banking on the idea that nobody can remember ... surrealAmerican Mar 2012 #39

Apparently God wanted to roll out the first cell networks in Japan and Europe, though. JBoy Mar 2012 #40

I need a drink after reading that. name not needed Mar 2012 #45

I helped launch a cell phone company in 1979-80. ErikJ Mar 2012 #47

What a nitwit. He's pretty funny. Quantess Mar 2012 #50

So his next proclamation will be pipi_k Mar 2012 #51

So God gave me my cell phone. Mumble Mar 2012 #53

20 years ago was 1992. white_wolf Mar 2012 #54

I had a cell phone 20 years ago Dip Shit. Devil_Fish Mar 2012 #56

An episode of "Columbo" had a car phone in it. krispos42 Mar 2012 #58

From Robert A. Heinlein's "Space Cadet", written in 1948: Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #59

1948 was basically when cell phone technology was actually invented at Bell Labs fishwax Mar 2012 #68

Well, Bobby was ahead of his time... malthaussen Mar 2012 #73

Good assumption! Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #77

They conceived of cell phones in the 1930's Tabasco_Dave Mar 2012 #61

Love it! malthaussen Mar 2012 #74

Um. laundry_queen Mar 2012 #62

I had a cell phone 20 years ago! liberal_mama Mar 2012 #63

Santorum really is a stupid piece of shit crimsonblue Mar 2012 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author crimsonblue Mar 2012 #67

If you believe that the Earth is only 5,000 years old, you have to adjust your timelines accordingly Warren DeMontague Mar 2012 #69

I bet he couldn't fit in with the Boy Scouts - because he was waaaaay too much of a twirp Douglas Carpenter Mar 2012 #71

He probably thinks dinosaurs lived twenty years ago. n/t Downtown Hound Mar 2012 #72

Wadda maroon. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2012 #75

It's intelligent design. Thumbs couldn't have evolved by accident. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #76

gawd. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2012 #78