santorum flip-flops over U2

This story is too funny! First, santorum tries to claim that U2 is playing a fund raiser for santorum, then we find out that this is a lie, then we find out this:

Santorum Panned U2 In His Book For Espousing "No Fault Liberalism"

NewsMax's misleading story that U2's Bono is raising money for Santorum is particularly interesting since in his book, It Takes A Family, Santorum describes Bono as satanic and ties U2 to the liberal view of society that Senator Rick hates so much. It's also noteworthy that Santorum is more than willing to stomach U2 when he's raising money for his campaign. His hypocrisy knows no bounds.

On page 14 of his tome, Santorum writes that liberals define freedom as "without limits (with the obligatory caveat that you can't hurt anyone else directly). But someone always gets hurt when masses of individuals do what is only in their self-interest. That is the great lie of liberal freedom, or as I like to say, 'No-Fault Freedom' (all of the choice, none of the responsibility). When I listen to the rock group U2's latest hit 'Vertigo,' which criticizes the dizzying culture surrounding us, a chill goes through me when I hear Bono sing, in a satanic voice, 'All of this, all of this can be yours -- just give me what I want and no one gets hurt.'

Santorum continues: "No one gets hurt? Believers in No-Fault Freedom turn a blind eye to the damage such a notion of freedom causes not to this or that individual but to society as a whole."

On pages 264 and 265, Santorum writes: "The world liberals see is one in which each of us is an island entire unto ourselves, supported by the village elders, doing what pleases us, as the U2 song says, 'as long as nobody gets hurt.' Except that everybody gets hurt."

(Capitol Buzz)
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I don't care for U2's all-too-bland music, but I do think that Bono is principled, so I had my doubts about the original story. It is not surprising that santorum was caught in yet another lie, though! Amazing how his principles come and go with the scent of money!
Of course, as well as being a hypocrite, the entire theory he espouses here makes no sense on a number of levels. First off, liberals are the ones who are always looking out for the other person - the poor, the disenfranchised, the disabled, the workers....The repugs are the ones who only look out for themselves and care nothing for the average person.
But it is true that liberals believe in personal freedom, which santorum seems to be against, even though he has no rational argument against it.
As usual, repugs don't feel they have to have silly things like "facts" or "logic" on their side - they simply spin non-sequitors and nonsense and hope that it sounds "right"-wing enough!