Santorum Strikes Back: 'My 12-Year-Old Will Out-Reason Bill Maher'
As NewsBusters reported, HBO's Bill Maher on Friday disgracefully claimed Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum homeschools his children to keep them locked up in his "Christian madrassa" where they won't be exposed to knowledge and reason.
On Fox New's Hannity Monday, the former Pennsylvania Senator struck back at the vulgar comedian saying, "My 12-year-old will out-reason Bill Maher" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
SEAN HANNITY, HOST:: Let me ask you about -- and I -- I don't even like asking you, but this has right now become a really important part of the campaign. And the president's been lecturing this country repeatedly about the tone and civility, et cetera, and he lectures everybody, but he takes a million dollars from Bill Maher.
The president -- we played it earlier in the program -- says you can't attack children of presidential candidates or people in politics, which I agree with. But yet Bill Maher, the guy he took a million dollars from, attacked you. And I want to air this tape and get your reaction.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
BILL MAHER, HOST, "REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER": It's no coincidence that the type of tree which God forbade Adam and Eve eating from was the tree of knowledge. Rick Santorum home schools his children because he does not want them eating that (EXPLETIVE DELETED) apple.
(LAUGHTER)
MAHER: He wants them locked up in the Christian madrassa that is the family living room, not out in public, where they could be infected by the virus of reason.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: All right, and it got worse than that -- Christian madrassa, all of this -- what do you think about the president taking the million dollars, his PAC taking a million dollars from Bill Maher? They have said they will not return the money, but yet they're lecturing the rest of the country on, on discourse and civility?
RICK SANTORUM: It's an absolute double standard. I mean, there isn't a -- there isn't an interview that went by over the last week where I wasn't asked a question about Rush Limbaugh. And yet repeatedly, these, these folks on the left, whether it's Maher or Letterman or you name it, they're out there trashing anybody who stands up for Christian conservative values, anybody who dares to actually teach their children faith in their home.
All of a sudden, if you're instilling faith and teaching them about God in your home, you're a madrassa, according to these folks, and as if reason doesn't take place in the home. Our -- our children will out-reason him -- my 12-year-old will out-reason Bill Maher when it comes to understanding, you know, what, you know, how logic works because he is completely illogical.
They have abandoned not just faith in Bill Maher but they've abandoned reason, too! They are pure emotion! They have absolutely nothing to offer this country. And yet they are -- they jus spew vitriol toward anybody who stands up and argues both faith and reason, which I've done throughout the course of my public career.
I looked forward to debating when I was in the Senate all of those folks on the left. You saw them, Sean! I remember Barbara Boxer. We would be debating bills, and by the end of that debate, she'd be out the door! She wouldn't want to debate with us. Why? Because he were the party of reason!
HANNITY: All right...
SANTORUM: They're -- they -- the left is just a bunch -- spewing a bunch of emotion and trying to incite people and try to cast them down! And we're going stand up for the things that made this country great, and that's science, reason and faith. All of those have a role in the public square.
As NewsBusters reported Saturday, homeschooled children perform far better in school and lead more productive lives than the average public educated person in this country.
As such, most of them would out-reason Maher.
Bravo, Senator! Bravo!
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Comments
Hey Rick, no offense to your
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 9:25am.
Hey Rick, no offense to your 12-year-old, but my YORKIE can out-reason Bill Maher!
I'd bet
Submitted by panzerakc on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 2:09am.
Santorum's dining room furniture could out-reason Maher.
Ah come on!
Submitted by chiefpayne on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 9:38am.
You KNOW it's unfair putting Bill Maher up against a 12 year old!
At the very least give him a CHANCE and put him up against a 3 year old.
Chief
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 10:25am.
I think there is a court order prohibiting him from either of those scenarios.
OOOOOoooo.
Submitted by almostacowboy on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:48am.
Good one, Phil! :-)
maher
Submitted by driguana on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 9:50am.
There is no reason for Bill Maher!
"He wants them locked up in
Submitted by Cappmann1962 on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 2:25pm.
"He wants them locked up in the Christian madrassa that is the family living room, not out in public, where they could be infected by the virus of reason."
Apparently Bill (madrassa) Mahamar had a childhood vaccination against this particular virus...
maher
Submitted by driguana on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 9:51am.
There is no reason for Bill Maher!
If you have low blood pressure he can...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:57am.
raise it sans pills.
Think of the savings!
Jim
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 12:59pm.
Maher also serves as a free alternative to Ipecac.
Bill Maher should demand an apology!
Submitted by NC Boy on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 10:22am.
Santorum was very uncivil in this statement. He owes Mr. Maher an apology, and should contribute $1000 to the PAC of Maher's choice.
Shirley, you jest. Apparently to apologize means...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:53am.
nothing anymore.
Rush apologized and all it did was release countless Liberals on him.
Lately, I can't watch a Liberal on TV who doesn't go out of his/her way to stick it to Rush even if it means ignoring the subject at hand.
The marching orders have been sent out and it is obvious they are being followed very well.
The stories they tell!
Submitted by NC Boy on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 1:08pm.
A liberal on another forum told the story of how he had renounced his conservative roots as a teenager when Rush constantly played the sound of a dog barking as he talked about Chelsea Clinton. I pointed out that this was simply untrue, and that if it had been true the Internet would be filled with references to it. Surprisingly, he admitted he couldn't find anything on it. I wonder if he will quit telling the story? Nope.
Like Little League v. Major League,
Submitted by fscarn on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 10:24am.
With Maher being the Little League entrant from New Rochelle,
...bill maher must have eaten from the tree of ignorance
Submitted by vrwc13 on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 10:30am.
BILL MAHER, HOST, "REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER": It's no coincidence that the type of tree which God forbade Adam and Eve eating from was the tree of knowledge. Rick Santorum home schools his children because he does not want them eating that (EXPLETIVE DELETED) apple.
bill... it was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and you mock God with your ill-conceived humor.
Someday, bill, you will stand in front of Him and make an account of your wasted life...
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
Someday, bill, you will stand in front of Him & make an account
Submitted by NC Boy on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 1:10pm.
That won't be a very long interview
The hate from the left is very disturbing and disgusting
Submitted by I hate marxists on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 10:33am.
Someday Mr. Maher's life will come to an end. How he treated all people will be judged. If he continues his vile comments believe me his death will not be sudden and unpainful.
...biggest joke of the day is actually bill maher
Submitted by vrwc13 on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 12:08pm.
He is, yes this is real, on the Advisory Board for Project Reason!
Project Reason is a U.S. 501(c)(3) foundation whose main aim is the promotion of scientific knowledge and secular values within society. - wiki
Former member (Christopher Hitchens — (now deceased) author, journalist, and literary critic; author of God Is Not Great)... has since met his Maker and now knows just how great He is!
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The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
Unfortunatly this is a no win
Submitted by inquiringmind on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 10:59am.
Unfortunatly this is a no win situation for Santorum. By giving Maher time Santorum raises up Bill to Santorum's level.
Santorum's best answer would have been Sean, I won't dignify him with a response. I would rather talk about, gas prices, the economy, etc.
It's Seans job to hit back at Maher not Snatorum's
Bush was a master at staying above the catcalls.
Yes, but Bush was criticized for not fighting back. If you...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:38am.
tell the truth about someone, you win. If Rick says his teenager is smarter than Maher, I believe him.
If you say stuff just to be hateful, you lose.
Bill Maher is a loser.
Exactly, Santorum is just a
Submitted by tombaker on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 5:24pm.
Exactly, Santorum is just a Senator who wants to jabber about anything. He flows with the tide.
Santorum needs to take control, avoid getting into mud fights, and talk policy. Santorum lost his state in a landslide, and he is a loser when in comes to a match up against Obama.
Tom Parrot
Submitted by Free Stinker on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 5:44pm.
Never met a Conservative he liked.
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One cannot engage in a
Submitted by Beukeboom on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:00am.
One cannot engage in a logical debate with an illogical and irrational person. And Maher fits the illogical and irrational mold aptly.
Bill Maher is what happens
Submitted by ForeverOnTheRight on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:09am.
Bill Maher is what happens when you let narcissism set in. Common sense and loosing touch with reality is what happens. You begin to think that whatever you say is true, and what you say has no or little basis in truth. He has become deluted into thinking that "comedians" are the modern sages of our time.
My 4 Year Old Beagle Can Out-Reason Bildo Maher
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:07am.
Little Bildo Maher... The midget (not that there is anything wrong with that...) with the oversized head.
This no-talent gerbil reminds me of the New York State's Lottery "mascot", Little Bit O' Luck
One thing is very clear... He has a sever case of Napoleon Syndrome. he's short, he doesn't feel manly, he knows he's inadequate and unattractive to any real woman. So he lashes out with his vile rhetoric spewed to his adoring audience of sycophants.
Why?
Because he knows he doesn't have the intellectual horsepower to debate anyone intelligent.
And he couldn't find a real woman so he decided to date this twit who is young enough to be his daughter if he was able to father anything human. Which his is not.
Lastly, I canceled HBO today and it will stay canceled forever or until this jackass is taken off the air.
The Obamination... A crisis leading to a catastrophe..(please donate to MRC)
Bildo Maher states: "I'm not good-looking enough to be gay..."
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:13am.
Seems like he is protesting just a bit too strongly.
For someone so liberated, you would think he'd have an easier time accepting his innate lifestyle.
The Obamination... A crisis leading to a catastrophe..(please donate to MRC)
bill maher, the special needs child of the left.
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:15am.
this fool is not funny except to a very small group of people that HATE AMERICA with a vengeance because "it's just not fair" that Americans have the Freedoms, Liberties, AND God Given RIGHTS that people in dictators do not have.
AMERICA SHOULD BE PUNISHED and made 'equal' to the most downtrodden in life.
I suggest exporting those types to the communities of the "most downtrodden in life" and allow them to "feel the pain" firsthand and achieve atonement in their own right instead of punishing the intelligent majority of Americans that believe in floating all bats instead of sinking all boats that do float....
liberals can make themselves feel a lot better by living among their.... no... wait, 'liberals' want to be the dictators that do the punishing of Americans for the successes they have EARNED.....
End 'gun violence in America' - Require training and MANDATORY "Shall Carry" by every Citizen.
If harry reid is the best person to lead the senate, what does that say about the other 99 senators?
Smart parents
Submitted by CJohnson on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:26am.
Why do we have public schools? So Maher's mother would not forget about him. She made sure Bill got on the school bus everyday and left.
Liberals excuse Maher by saying he is just a comedian.
Submitted by jawebster1 on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:30am.
Well, if he is just a comedian, then how come he is not funny?
Sign the "Remove Bill Maher" Petition
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:33am.
Let's give this clown a run for his money.
He got thrown off the air once before, let's do it again.
Punish him where it hurts the most... in his wallet.
TAKE BILL MAHER OFF THE AIR
The Obamination... A crisis leading to a catastrophe..(please donate to MRC)
But, Maher....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:51am.
will out-vile a 13 year-old............and just about anyone else, including Larry Flynt.
Bill Maher knows nothing but hate
Submitted by c5then on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:52am.
I thought that the children of candidates were supposed to be off-limits?
Is that only true for children of liberal candidates?
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
Liberals don't have
Submitted by jkwtrading on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 12:32pm.
Liberals don't have kids...they kill them .. the ones who do survive look like cockroaches..
So, is OK for Libs to go after children not Fluke's grouppies?
Submitted by gruyere cheese on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 12:17pm.
Didn't their "Messiah" blab about his two daughters over the Limbaugh tsunami -- Madam Fluke? Yet, it is perfectly ok when the liberal bubble heads like Maher and everyone else make fun of Palin's son, Santorum's kid and Rommey's children because of their party affiliation? Obama and his followers complain about the lack of civility only when it has to do with one of their own grouppies, the rest, well they just don't matter. Nice example to give your children Mr. & Ms. O. Accepting money for re-election campaign from one of the most vile mouth piece representing the Liberals.
Bill Maher looks like a
Submitted by marpel on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 12:22pm.
Bill Maher looks like a cadaver...
"Deep within my heart lies a memory. A song of ol' San Antone..."
Of Maher is the result of
Submitted by jkwtrading on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 12:30pm.
If Maher is the result of reason..I want no part of it..
Just view him as another
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 12:48pm.
Just view him as another liberal genetic throwback.
End 'gun violence in America' - Require training and MANDATORY "Shall Carry" by every Citizen.
If harry reid is the best person to lead the senate, what does that say about the other 99 senators?
If I printed what truly was
Submitted by jkwtrading on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 1:10pm.
If I printed what truly was on my mind...the entire Federal government and their gestapo agencies would be on my door asap.
That pretty much covers the entirety
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 1:25pm.
of the Conservative posters on here.
Sort of offsetting to know that everything posted here is tracked and the goon squads are waiting for their orders.
I wonder if they understand what they would be walking into?
End 'gun violence in America' - Require training and MANDATORY "Shall Carry" by every Citizen.
If harry reid is the best person to lead the senate, what does that say about the other 99 senators?
science, reason and faith
Submitted by lotr on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 1:10pm.
"...science, reason and faith. All of those have a role in the public square."
It cannot get any more reasonable than that.
"Christian Madrassa"
Submitted by miss911ninja on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 2:42pm.
Does Ill Bill realize that while slamming Santorum's home-schooling as a "Christian madrassa," he was also saying he believes Muslim schools for young boys are places where they aren't "infected by the virus of reason?"
Better be careful when insulting Muslims, Billy Boy. As you may have noticed, they tend to react in a way that you don't have to fear from Christians.
Apples to Oranges
Submitted by IrateNate on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 9:55pm.
I understand your point, Rick, but I think you're selling your son a bit short. One of the piles my dog leaves on the lawn could out-reason Bill Maher - and we're not even talking a fresh one!