Agorism
10-03-2011, 09:23 AM
Rick Santorum: ‘I Don’t Stay Awake At Night’ Worrying About The Jeering Of A Gay Soldier
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http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/10/03/334107/rick-santorum-i-dont-stay-awake-at-night-worrying-about-the-jeering-of-a-gay-soldier/
The issue flared again in the last debate, when Santorum told Stephen Hill, a gay soldier, that he would reinstitute the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Critics knocked him for failing to chastise the audience members who booed at Hill, and for failing to thank Hill for his service.
“In a perfect world,” Santorum said, he would have thanked the soldier. “I don’t stay awake at night thinking about this.” As for the booing, he said he didn’t hear it.
"Santorum, in other words, doesn’t see the reaction as a particular problem, so his apology for failing to speak out against the jeers at the debate is less than sincere. After all, Santorum did not mention the incident during his first appearance on Fox & Friends the morning after the debate (he actually said that soldiers will feel “uncomfortable” and “odd” around openly gay servicemembers) and didn’t condemn the jeering until that afternoon, after a day of criticism from media and conservatives."
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IoSF6GgbAJQ/TinHMtCZptI/AAAAAAAAAks/BTps-SKMfQg/s400/santorum_ice_cream_2.jpg
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/10/03/334107/rick-santorum-i-dont-stay-awake-at-night-worrying-about-the-jeering-of-a-gay-soldier/
The issue flared again in the last debate, when Santorum told Stephen Hill, a gay soldier, that he would reinstitute the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Critics knocked him for failing to chastise the audience members who booed at Hill, and for failing to thank Hill for his service.
“In a perfect world,” Santorum said, he would have thanked the soldier. “I don’t stay awake at night thinking about this.” As for the booing, he said he didn’t hear it.
"Santorum, in other words, doesn’t see the reaction as a particular problem, so his apology for failing to speak out against the jeers at the debate is less than sincere. After all, Santorum did not mention the incident during his first appearance on Fox & Friends the morning after the debate (he actually said that soldiers will feel “uncomfortable” and “odd” around openly gay servicemembers) and didn’t condemn the jeering until that afternoon, after a day of criticism from media and conservatives."