SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE MAKES SANTORUM WANNA HURL ('cause nothin' says 'God loves America' like a politician with a Bible)

          I'd like to think 21st century Americans are enlightened enough to find idiots like Rick Santorum laughable when they suggest our nation needs fundamentalist religious zealots at the helm of our ship of state. But if this GOP primary season has taught me anything it's that you can never underestimate the ignorance and gullibility of the American voter. 
          Santorum (Latin word meaning "asshole") has been on a tear lately, rising in the popular polls as the new Anti-Mitt frontrunner, and making an ass of himself every time he opens his mouth in public.  In the span of two weeks he managed to suggest that our President is a "snob" because he wants every American child to have an opportunity to attend college after graduation, that birth control pills are unsafe for women and lead to risky behavior, and that John Kennedy's speech reaffirming his belief in the separation of church and state makes him want to vomit.
           In a perfect world, (Santorumstan?)  fundamentalist religious leaders would not only rise to positions of authority, but govern.  Every decision on every issue would be resolved with a thorough study of that infallible historical guide, The Holy Bible, and anyone who proposes a secular rationale for their differing opinion would risk being stoned in the town square.
          Of course, I'm taking Rick's positions too far... and realize he's probably not in favor of public stonings.  Yet.  But if he were to appoint the appropriate judges and have his way with Congress there's no reason to believe he wouldn't be in favor of some good ol' Biblical punishments for evildoers.
           The idea of an American theocracy isn't new, by any means.  Many religious leaders have urged our country to take such a turn since it's inception.  But wiser minds have carried the day, and one of those is currently serving in the White House.
            Here's what Barack Obama had to say about Santorum's batshit crazy idea that Church and State should merge:

“Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values,” he said in 2006, in his own Kennedy-style speech on church and state. “It requires that their proposals be subject to argument, and amenable to reason. I may be opposed to abortion for religious reasons, but if I seek to pass a law banning the practice, I cannot simply point to the teachings of my church or evoke God's will. I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all.”


             Keep an eye on Santorum.  Leading up to the South Carolina primary I make the prediction that he would turn out to be the leading contender for the GOP nomination, supplanting Romney from this scheduled coronation.  But I didn't thing the bastard could actually WIN the nomination, just be a pain in Romney's ass.  Now I'm beginning to fear there might just be enough troglodytes and Bible thumpers out there to give this tool a shot on a national ticket.
             God help us... that is, if he's not too busy balancing the budget in Santorum's administration.