Santorum Secedes from Hawaii

You know, it’s easy to forget how much you loathe Rick Santorum, and then he goes and says something like this:

Obama is detached from the American experience.  He just doesn’t identify with the average American because of his own background.  Indonesia and Hawaii.  His view is from the viewpoint of academics and the halls of the Ivy league schools that he went to and it’s not a love of this country and an understanding of the basic values and wants and desires of it’s people.  And as a result of that, he doesn’t connect with people at that level.

Now, barring the fact that Hawaii is, while quite distant from Pennsylvania, still a US state, I think this quote says more about Rick’s view of a homogenous, nativist America than it does about Obama’s character. Rick is also pretty famous for blaming the world’s ills on people with Ivy League educations, unless they happen to also be Republicans. Rick went to Penn State, a “Public Ivy,” so he technically get a pass on that one.

Ricky is currently mulling a presidential bid, which is why he’s spending so much quality time with the people of Iowa. Whatever. Rick’s biggest enemy is himself, and the only thing we need to do to guarantee his defeat is to keep him talking.