Yup. You know all that debt you’re getting into paying your tuition? You better just drop out now, says presidential candidate Rick Santorum.
Not really, but pretty close. Santorum, who has a BA, an MBA and JD, criticized President Barack Obama for saying in the State of the Union that everybody should go to college, saying he is a “snob.”
Santorum also did not want students to get an education to be taught by “liberal college professor who’re going to indoctrinate them.”
“I understand why he wants you to go to college: He wants to remake you in his image,” Santorum said.
Obama said in his State of the Union that he wanted all Americans to commit to one year at a trade school, apprenticeship, or a four-year college. At a meeting of the National Governors Association, Obama repeated those remarks, saying, “When I speak about higher education we’re not just talking about a four-year degree.”
Felicia Sonmez at the Washington Post posited that Santorum was catering to Michigan voters without college degrees. But GOP governors visiting Washington this week for the National Governors Association weren’t pleased with the comments. Among those governors, according to the Washington Post, were:
- Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell
- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal
- Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant
- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer
Jon Stewart on the Daily Show put it best: “Why Is It Mitt Romney Hasn’t Crushed This Guy Already?”
Either way, Sonmez’s prediction seemed to come true: Santorum won 42 percent percent of the non-college graduate vote in Michigan, the most of any voting block there, according to CNN exit polls
But that was not enough to stop former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney from picking up 29 delegates on Feb. 28 in Arizona (Santorum got none). In Michigan, Romney’s third home (behind Massachusetts and ahead of Utah), Romney and Santorum both walked away with 11 delegates.
In Arizona, Romney still trounced Santorum, gaining 47 percent percent of the vote compared to Santorum’s 27. In Michigan, Romney’s victory was only slightly above that of Santorum.
Ron Paul, true to form, was able to gain early support from college age students. By the end of the night, 37 percent of voters between 18 and 29 years old in Michigan had joined Paul. In Arizona, Romney garnered a whopping 52 percent of college-age vote, way ahead of Santorum’s 20 percent and Paul’s 18 percent.
In all fairness, let’s mention Newt Gingrich … He was there, and he got votes…
But going back to Santorum for a second. We should also talk about what he thinks about college students’ favorite activity: sex. Check out the Huffington Post’s round-up of Santorum’s positions on all things sexual (pun intended). One of the highlights? Santorum, in an interview with the Associated Press, implied that oral sex should be illegal, saying, “We have laws in states … that has sodomy laws and they were there for a purpose.”
