{"id":135983,"date":"2018-03-26T08:20:07","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T14:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135983"},"modified":"2018-03-30T00:16:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T06:16:24","slug":"rick-santorum-dolt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/03\/26\/rick-santorum-dolt.html","title":{"rendered":"Rick Santorum Is a Dolt"},"content":{"rendered":"

I would never suggest kids shouldn’t<\/i> learn CPR, but that’s beside the point. It’s not an either\/or, of course, any more than “petition for a stop light at that dangerous intersection” and “learn defensive driving” are a binary choice.<\/p>\n

And the suggestion that collective political action is useless, and in fact worthy of ridicule, is particularly pernicious from a former elected official.<\/p>\n

Originally shared by +Kee Hinckley<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

“How about kids instead of looking to someone else to solve their problem, do something about maybe taking CPR classes or trying to deal with situations that when there is a violent shooter that you can actually respond to that.\u201d\u2014Santorum Translation. \u201cWe\u2019re going to let you get shot at, and if you die, it\u2019s your fault.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n


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\nRick Santorum: Students should learn CPR, not seek gun laws<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I would never suggest kids shouldn’t learn CPR, but that’s beside the point. It’s not an either\/or, of course, any more than “petition for a stop light at that dangerous intersection” and “learn defensive driving” are a binary choice. 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