QOTY: Crusades edition
by digby
Long before Newtie established himself as the leading conservative historian in this presidential race, Rick Santorum had been giving interesting history lectures on the campaign trail. This is from a year ago:
“The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow an aggression on our part is absolutely anti-historical.And that is what the perception is by the American left who hates Christendom.”
Defending the crusades isn’t something you hear every day. I have to give him credit. Newtie only had the nerve to re-write the history of the civil war.
Referring to the “American left,” Santorum observed: “They hate Western civilization at the core. That’s the problem.” Santorum also suggested that American involvement in the Middle East is part of our “core American values.”
“What I’m talking about is onward American soldiers,” Santorum continued. “What we’re talking about are core American values. ‘All men are created equal’ — that’s a Christian value, but it’s an American value.”
Ken Silverstein, “Dim and Dimmer” a list of the ten dumbest members of Congress The Progressive, March 1998:
Senator Rick Santorum is No. 1: “The boy blunder of American politics and a one-time lobbyist for the World Wrestling Federation, thirty-nine-year-old Santorum repeatedly humiliates himself in public.
h/t to @delong
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