Rick Santorum: 'I Feel Sorry' For Man Who Glitter-Bombed Me

WASHINGTON -- On Dec. 30, a man threw glitter on Rick Santorum at a campaign stop in Johnston, Iowa, yelling, "Stop the hate! Taste the rainbow!" The incident was part of a spate of "glitter-bombing" of public figures, meant to protest anti-gay policies. It started in May, when activist Nick Espinosa threw glitter on Newt Gingrich.

When asked by conservative Iowa radio host Jan Mickelson about the glitter-bombing on Tuesday, Santorum said he felt "sorry" for the man.

It's one of those things where there are a lot of people out there who are hurting, who are struggling with a lot of different issues. My feeling is, that's part when you open yourself up to the public, you're going to get good things happen to you and not so nice things. What I'm taking the approach of is you move on. I feel sorry for that man that he felt like he was compelled he had to do that. Like I do, what I'm supposed to do, is you know, according to our faith, is to pray for them, and I hope people work that out.

Mickelson sympathized with Santorum, saying, "I'm not encouraging people to do this, but if you ever want to see hate, just enter Rick Santorum's name on the Internet and just see what the gay lobby has tried to do to Rick Santorum. If there ever was an example of seething, satanic, wicked hatred directed toward a decent person, it's that. And when I saw that guy do that to you, I just wish I had been there."

Santorum is an ardent opponent of LGBT rights, saying that children raised by same-sex couples will lead to "dysfunction" in society and that the "country will fall" as a result of same-sex marriage.

 

 

Comments

[peachfuzz]

10:12 AM on 01/22/2012

Nobody needs Santorum's prayers as much as they need him to stop promoting hate against people who are not just like him. If he can't see that he is contributing to hate & bullying, helping to create hurt, no one needs his prayers, they need his actions here in Earth.

[weirdamerica]

03:30 AM on 01/22/2012

I feel sorry for my friends and relations who have somehow been smitten with the right-wing bug. I hope there is a cure.

[nelandquinten]

05:04 PM on 01/12/2012

Assaulted by glitter? THAT'S going to get on Santorum's peeves.

[LynnyC]

03:31 PM on 01/06/2012

I don't like what the guy says to Santorum. It's just not catchy or quirky enough. I'd prefer "Now you look fabulous!"

[landskroon]

03:21 AM on 01/04/2012

Mr Santorum was covered by glitter, one of his campaign assistants named it herpes. Well, the glitter can be brushed off. The offences Santorum made to Homosexual people and, people that had an abortion is not that easy to be brushed away. But every time Santorum points at his "faith" that makes him offending these people, I remember how many children were raped by the professionals in that "faith".

[DessieRandom]

09:26 PM on 01/03/2012

Finally! XD I was actually wondering when that was going to happen!

[dadw5boys]

07:48 PM on 01/03/2012

Got glitter boomed and about 2 weeks later was standing before a jury arguing my case and looked down only to see sparkles coming out of the design in the leather on my wingtips.

[rockysparks]

09:00 PM on 01/03/2012

Why were you glitter-bombed?

[dadw5boys]

09:29 PM on 01/03/2012

oh that was when small containers of glitter was first being sold and around the 4th of July in St. Augustine everyone was having a blast this was back in 1986.

[Celtic0k9]

07:15 PM on 01/03/2012

I agree with Santorum's comment wholeheartedly -- "I feel sorry for that man that he felt like he was compelled he had to do that..." -- each and everytime I hear him open his mouth and rail against equal rights, gay marriage and the re-instatement of DADT. If anybody was ever in need of pity -- its a hate-monger like Santorum who hides behind his purported religious positions to attack others.

[BIllyDelyon]

06:55 PM on 01/03/2012

These bigoted thugs need to form their own country somewhere far away from here...

[rockysparks]

09:01 PM on 01/03/2012

I agree. Let's start by deporting Rick and his santorum ...

[MartiniVirtuoso]

06:35 PM on 01/03/2012

There is no more hate-motivated person than someone who says they "love" the poor sinners whom they are condemning and trying to take rights away from. They seem to smile sympathetically as they stick in the knife. That's Santorum and Bachmann as well.

[KAYLEE BURRIS]

06:25 PM on 01/03/2012

"STOP THE HATE, TASTE THE RAINBOW" lol like that i'll add it to my list lol

[Blaze Burton]

01:15 PM on 01/04/2012

TASTE THE RAINBOW!!! thats what I'm gonna start yelling that during sex now in honor of Santorum

[KAYLEE BURRIS]

01:42 PM on 01/04/2012

just dont visually picture him while you do it lol

[NYC619]

06:02 PM on 01/03/2012

Go away Little Dicky Sanctimonious, go far far away, take your flock of fool supporters, form your own little "nation" and spend the rest of your sad little "lives" spying on each other to make sure no one would "turn gay."

[Cactusman]

02:44 AM on 01/04/2012

Love the micro-bio!

[Okoge]

05:57 PM on 01/03/2012

There are some republicans who do not believe in same-sex marriage. They also believe that homosexuality is a sin. They do not try and beleaguer the public with constant disgusting remarks about the gay "lifestyle" and they do not say vile things.

Everyone has a right to what they believe. Your beliefs do not get to infringe on other's rights. And when you spew hatred and foul things about human beings, expect some of us to throw the metaphorical monkey feces at you.

Count yourself lucky it's glitter and not /actual/ monkey feces.

[jggrow]

05:53 PM on 01/03/2012

Nazi Germany 2.0

[Steve84]

06:25 PM on 01/03/2012

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carry a cross"

[jggrow]

05:47 PM on 01/03/2012

Santorum is one of the last of what we should hope is a nearly vanished breed of American Politician. They advocated laws against Asians, Germans, Irish, and of course blacks...any blacks they could legislate to be blacks. He needs to be folded into the history of America under "really sorry people."