Making progress and trying to sail over the top of the fleet before heading south.
Santorum Santorum Says of the Day: Speaking with George Stephanopoulos on this morning’s This Week, presidential candidate Rick Santorum was asked to clarify a statement he made last October, concerning JFK’s famous separation of church and state speech to Baptist ministers.
“Earlier in my political career, I had the opportunity to read the speech, and I almost threw up,” Santorum told an audience at the College of Saint Mary Magdalen.
“Why did it make you throw up?” inquired Stephanopoulos. “I don’t believe in an America where the separation between church and state is absolute,” replied Santorum. “The idea that the church can have no influence or no involvement in the operation of the state is absolutely antithetical to the objectives and visions of our country.”
Later, on Meet The Press, Santorum doubled down on his position, telling host David Gregory that the separation of church and state was “not the founders’ vision.”
Of course, the principle of church-state separation is one that has been long-held by American lawmakers, statesmen, and presidents — including GOP deity Ronald Reagan.
“We establish no religion in this country, we command no worship, we mandate no belief, nor will we ever,” Reagan said in a 1984 campaign speech. “Church and state are, and must remain, separate.”
Santorum’s most recent head-scratching comments follow a double-taker he made yesterday at a Tea Party Rally in Tory, Michigan.
“President Obama wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob,” Santorum told an applauding audience. “There are good, decent men and women who work hard every day and put their skills to the test that aren’t taught by some liberal college professor.”
In addition to being disconcertingly anti-intellectual, Talking Points Memo also points out that Santorum’s remark contradicts his own support for universal higher education.
From his 2006 Senate campaign website:
In addition to Rick’s support of ensuring that primary and secondary schools in Pennsylvania are equipped for success, he is equally committed to ensuring the every Pennsylvanian has access to higher education.
Oh, what’s that you say? Puma went from 6th to 3rd and is flying at 18 knots? That’s what you get when you step up to the plate and gamble all or nothing.
Daring, crazy, and possibly not worth it. Fortunately, when you’re already in last place those things don’t matter.
We realize a few of you might be wondering “where the HELL is PUMA going right now?!” Well, we have a plan…if you look at the weather patterns over the next 24-72 hours, we’re sailing towards the center of a large front with strong winds, the intention is ride this southeast towards New Zealand. The rest of the fleet is currently sailing away from the weather, our hope is to slingshot past them while in the middle of this thing. It is a bit of a gamble, but with the competition being this good, you need to roll the dice when you see a slight advantage. Play around with the Volvo Ocean Race tracker, overlay the weather, run some scenarios. What would you do?
Leg 4 Day 6 blog from Amory Ross onboard PUMA’s Mar Mostro:
Two things were certain of 2012: The world was going to end, and PUMA Ocean Racing was going to sail north on Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race…f o r e v e r. Well, the world lives on and we’ve turned east! Incredible.
Mar Mostro’s…
When we’re at home in Newport, RI, Mar Mostro is based at the Newport Shipyard. This is just a sample of the NSY logo plastering PUMA’s shore base.
