Santorum Stands By Calling Obama a “Snob”
He also said JFK’s speech on the separation of church and state made him “want to throw up.”
| Posted Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, at 1:55 PM
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Rick Santorum once again went to the Sunday talk shows to defend controversial statements. He stood by comments on Saturday in which he characterized Obama as a “snob” for wanting everyone to go to college, although he emphasized there was nothing wrong with pursuing a higher education.
Although “anti-elitism is a popular chord” Santorum’s remarks made headlines because they “seemed to clash with the American ideal of self-betterment and the fact that college graduates fared much better through the recession than those lacking degrees,” notes the Los Angeles Times.
On Sunday, Santorum emphasized that “everyone should have the opportunity” to go to college or pursue “whatever other higher training skills.” In a speech to conservatives in Michigan, Santorum said the reason why Obama “wants you to go to college” is because “he wants to remake you in his image,” reports the Hill.
Santorum was also asked to respond to a clip of him criticizing President John F. Kennedy’s famous 1960 speech on the separation of church and state. “I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute,” he said. “To say that people of faith have no role in the public square? You bet that makes me want to throw up.”
For his part, Mitt Romney found himself once again trying to quash allegations that he’s too wealthy to understand the hardship of ordinary Americans following comments that his wife drives “a couple of Cadillacs.” On Fox News Sunday, Romney explained the cars are at two homes on opposite coasts. “If people think there’s something wrong with being successful in America then they’d better vote for the other guy, because I’ve been extraordinarily successful,” he said, reports the Wall Street Journal.
