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Santorum Tells Van Susteren He Gave Trump A Piece Of His Mind After ‘Stewing’ Over Attacks

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A few days ago on On the Record, newly minted Mitt Romney surrogate Donald Trump told host Greta Van Susteren that he could barely believe a loser like Rick Santorum was running for president, colorfully adding “give me a break!” to the fact that someone who lost his Senate seat so decisively thinks he can beat President Obama. Being a proactive sort, Santorum told Van Susteren last night that he reacted by picking up the phone and calling Trump directly, and asking for an explanation.

RELATED: Donald Trump Blasts Santorum As A Loser: ‘He Wants To Be President? Give Me A Break’

Van Susteren goaded Santorum a bit noting that Trump “took a swipe at you,” but added that after a while “he chilled out on you.” Santorum then told the story of what happened after that conversation. “I was just stewing about it, and I finally just picked up the phone and called him,” he told Van Susteren, “To his credit, he called me right back.” Santorum then made his case. “I said, ‘Donald, did you ever fail at anything? When you did, did they give you another chance, or did they say, you failed once, you’re done?’” Santorum added that Trump had failed “many times” but “he’s doing pretty well right now.” Trump did respond that he considered it a good point, according to Santorum, but that he was concerned about Santorum talking about social issues too much. “I said, ‘The only reason I talk about social issues on this campaign right now is I talk about the importance of families in our economy, that when families are broken, it’s harder for them to do well economically.’”

“He may not remember that conversation. I remember it very well,” Santorum concluded. There will be some waiting to do to see whether the conversation thawed Trump a bit toward Santorum, even if he endorsed Romney, though if the national polls out today are any indication, Trump will have to defend his candidate harder than ever.

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  • Anonymous

    when a scientologist and a fascist get together, hilarity ensues…

  • Anonymous

    The fact that anyone including Santorum takes Trump serious is what is wrong with this GOP primary!

  • Anonymous

    You’d better hope Santorum doesn’t track you down. Hide yourself.

  • Anonymous

    Tea Baggers took him seriously…. Trump was leading the polls at one point.

  • Anonymous

    God knows Trump could use a piece of a mind, but does Santorum really have some to spare ?

  • Anonymous

    So Trump asked how someone who lost his Senate seat so decisively thinks he can beat President Obama? That seems like the least crazy thing Trump has put forward all year.

  • Anonymous

    I like Santorum, he’s a pretty upbeat guy. Unlike Obama who hates America’s great history with a passion. 

  • Anonymous

    Guy wants to force his nutty catholic views on America.  Avoid at all costs.

  • Anonymous

    Santorum and Gingrich signed up for the Trump debate. So I guess he took him serious then.

  • Anonymous

    Only problem is that Santorum likes the “REVISED” version of America’s great history.

  • Anonymous

     The correct question to ask is, “Why does a republican from a traditionally democrat state who was elected to the senate against a democratic incumbent think he can defeat Obama?”  Not such a crazy idea if you are Santorum.  Next time you think Trump is saying something rational, stop and think again.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Among other things ….

  • http://www.facebook.com/codemon Cody Hill

    After this presidential nomination gig ends, Santorum will need a new way to get on TV, so burning one’s “bridges” with Trump isn’t a good way to get on his show. “Rick Santorum… you have not bubbled to the top; YOU’RE FIRED!” 

  • Anonymous

    Trump is correct,Rick has to be called out on his racist hypocracy. anti black, latino,jew,Gay,woman.His wife Karen, lived and slept with the doctor that delivered her most of the 80″s. Dr.Tom Allen,abortion provider 40 years her senior.obviously she used birth control because according to Dr. allen they broke up because she wanted to have children and he didn”t. also,she filed frivulous lawsits regarding her still born child that Rick testified on her behalf and received very large awards in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.To advocate mating in public, having litters when you are fifty years old and continue to deliver unhealthy children is not being about family values but irresponsible and a fool. His continous talk about man on dog suggest that he obviously have some very dangerous fantasies that should give everyone pause.He lost his senate seat not because it was a down year but because after two terms people realized he was a whack job and was not fit to serve

  • Anonymous

    Pretty upbeat as long as you aren’t gay, a female, a minority, or Muslim.

  • Anonymous

    All of our history is by no means great, and any intelligent American knows that.

  • Anonymous

    Maybe you should ask Romney how many Blacks or Mexicans belong to his church ! It is a White Man’s Religion !!!

  • Anonymous

    You can any of these candidates what ever you want.  It won’t matter.  President Obama will win against any of the 4 that are left.

  • Centrist79

    It is better to just ignore Trump, why give him any credibilty.

  • Charles Ulysses Feney

    Remember that Rick “Woody” Santorum was one of two ass kissers that sucked up to  Donald “Buzz Lightyear” Trump to act as sock puppets in his Punch and Judy debate.

    Santorum views Trump as a kingmaker, and that gives us insight into his perception of the Presidency.

  • Anonymous

    And after Santorum gave Trump a “piece of his mind” – there was nothing left.

  • Anonymous

    Gracie, save your typing. That line of reasoning is EXTREME logic that the haters will have trouble wrapping their mind around.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jj-Wisniewski/100002654075475 Jj Wisniewski

    Rick, What you should have said to Madman Trump is “You didn’t even have the gutts to run, just out to get publicity for your stupid reality show of has beens”. 

  • Anonymous

    Santorum shouldn’t have even dignified Trump’s comments. I uses to respect Trump back in the day but ever since he started getting into feuds & politics, he has been making himself look like a buffoon. He should stick to real estate, his show, & minimize the feuding/politics. Unless of course he doesn’t mind being a laughing stock.

  • Anonymous

    American politics have become a reality tv show. It’s a disgrace. 

  • Anonymous

    I Agree with you and my post was not an endorsement of Romney by no means my point was that Paul, Gingrich and Romney have done a pretty good job of establishing who they are. Paul the closeted Klansman, Gingrich the racist adulterer.Romney the Pathological lying polygamist but it”s santorum that preaches the hollier than thou crap. and of the four there are no good choices just bad and worst

  • Anonymous

    Trump would’ve used that as a chance to feud with Santorum. Then Santorum would be bogged down with Trump instead of focusing on his campaign. Best to ignore Trump, especially if you’re a politician.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/3EV7LMBN3SWQMEVDJCAKUCTCKM Top

    The more time Fox gives to the Combover, the worse the GOP clown car looks.

    Lard Limpo already questioned the Combover’s conservative cred, as well as Mittens’s. The Combover is pissing over Santorum as a loser, but Limpo is behind the a$$ juice. Meanwhile, Dr. Paul is the old fool on the hill. He keeps warning the GOP lemmings running to the cliff but they ain’t listening.

    Pass the popcorn, please!

  • Anonymous

    But there’s so little to give.

  • Anonymous

    You’re just mad because he didn’t endorse Newt.  Sour grapes all around.

  • Anonymous

    Many Mexicans are joining the Mormon church every day.

  • Anonymous

    The answer is simple: Santorum got progressively crazier during his term, espousing increasingly right wing positions. Voters rejected his reelection bid because he proved himself a fringer — and lost BIG.

  • Anonymous

    Why would you assume I’m a Newt supporter? His Moon base idea is sort of interesting but besides that there’s nothing about him that appeals to me.

  • Anonymous

    I can’t understand why Trump takes Trump seriuously.

  • Anonymous

    Have you copywritten that steaming load?
    Why do you come here and say that in front of rational people?
    Really, you’re beyond stupid.

  • Anonymous

    How does that include “TangledThorns “?

  • Anonymous

    “His continous talk about man on dog suggest that he obviously have some very dangerous fantasies ”

    Maybe he has a future in adult films.

  • Anonymous

    For the unbridled joy of dumping on him.

  • Anonymous

    Maybe it is because Santorum is so extreme – wanting to overturn Griswold v Connecticut. this is 2012 and we women are not going back to 1922

  • Anonymous

    He doesn’t believe that he is a laughing stock.
    He thinks that we’re all jealous of him, and while I’d take his money, I’d never take being him, if that were part of the deal.
     

  • BajaLaJolla

    And all YOU do is remind us that “liberal fascist” is reality, not just the title of a history book.  Hitler was a socialist, Mussolini was a socialist.  In fact Benito was a red diaper baby – his father sat next to Lenin at the First International.

    But then as the bumper sticker says, “You want to see REAL hate?  Disagree with a liberal”

  • BajaLaJolla

    Far better the kindness and rationality of modern Catholicism than the hate, bigotry, and fascistic beliefs of Obama and his mentor Bill Ayers.

  • BajaLaJolla

    When it comes to racist hatemongers, NO one tops the scum who call themselves Democrats.

    Proof?  Al Sharpton.

  • Anonymous

    I wouldn’t mind being him but I would probably act differently. I would just focus on my show & not worry about being all controversial about everything.

  • Anonymous

    Reality causing you some pain? Santorum and Trump are idiots of their own caliber! They alienate so many its laughable! When your feelings get hurt refer to Hitler, Mussolini, and Lenin that will make you feel better…..

  • Anonymous

    I despise Santorum, he’s a pretty depressing guy! Not the biggest President Obama fan but I won’t fabricate unfounded intensions he might have. He’s a good American that appreciates freedom for Americans. Clearly Santorum hates America and Americans and the freedoms we are given in the Constitution and the laws of the land.

  • Anonymous

    Does that include protecting criminal priests? Very rational very kind!!Lets fabricate more lies about the President there aren’t enough yet!

  • Ben

    Correct me if I’m wrong,but isn’t that guy Santorum running for POTUS?

    Now,this conversation right there should tell you everything you need to know about Rick,Donald,and Greta.

    Think about it…but if you’re not sure what I’m saying,just call The Donald…he’ll explain it you…moron.

  • Anonymous

    One loser recognizes another loser its the “why” they leave out about each other!

  • Anonymous

    Greta should have asked him how he expects to win anything while pissing on and pissing off most of the voting population.

  • Anonymous

    Funny you should ask… There are more LDS members in Central and South America than there are in the whole US.  There are a large number of Asians and Africans, not to mention a good number of Black Americans and Hispanic US citizens that are members of the LDS church. 

  • Anonymous

    Romney the pathological lying polygamist… I’m not sure I can work through that one without laughing.  Romney – 1 wife … ever.  Never cheated either.  Lying? Not hardly.  He might get a few positions about his opponents incorrect at times, but this is politics.  And politicians are very good at speaking a lot of words without saying anything.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    Not too big a piece of your mind, I hope, Rick.  There’s not much to spare. 

  • Morgan_Said

    I like Rick. He is a stand up guy you can count on.
     
    As I see it, when all these debates started, all the candidates agreed that their number one objective was to defeat Obama in November. There have been two clear lasting leaders in the running for the GOP nomination: Romney and Gingrich, with Romney having the greater war chest. As the number of candidates kept dwindling toward the end it appeared that Romney would last out to win.
     
    At a critical point, Perry threw himself on the grenades to stop the Romney machine and perhaps throw the final selection into an open convention. The first question I would ask would be how did Romney spend his campaign chest to further the number one objective of defeating Obama? He destroyed Ginrich, one of the two strongest candidates the GOP had.
     
     This demonstrated that Romney lacked the judgment necessary to be president, eliminating the leading GOP contender. As noted, Romney’s war chest was spent destroying Gingrich instead of weakening Obama. Therefore, the millions of negative dollars spent to destroy Gingrich removed the GOP’s second strongest candidate (can’t waste more dollars to undo Romney’s negative advertising).
     
    Where I had originally hoped to bring in a new outsider (much new young talent) through an open convention, what we learned from the debates was that a newcomer to the scene can not get up to speed (even Sarah Palin did badly when thrown in on short notice; she could not get up to speed).
    I am convinced now that our best bet is with Perry for president. IT IS the economy stupid, and he is a proven governor of a successful state. This is where I see Rick Santorum as the GOP VP candidate as he has the fire and the drive to talk issues.
     
    As a VP, he will develop the executive skills to make a better president in eight years–just as Barack Obama would have been if he were Hillary’s VP in the following eight years.

  • BooBoo Bear

    I would suggest that you go back to school.

    Yes, the word NAZI used the word Socialist in it’s name, but if you would study their party they hated Socialism. It was a FASCIST party.

    True Mussolini’s father was a revolutionary socialist beginning in 1873, but he couldn’t have been seated next to Lenin at the “First International”  Alessandro Mussolini would have been Eleven years old if he had attended the “First International”…And Lenin wasn’t born until 4 years afterwards.

    But again Benito led the National FASCIST Party. He was anti-socialist.

    I just figured out something…You are getting Stalin being painted into being beside Lenin mixed up with Mussolini.

  • Wendy Manwaring

    “politicians are very good at speaking a lot of words without saying anything.”

     In fact politicians have to speak almost 24/7 for over a year.  Now that is an extremely difficult task and no one gives them credit for the critique they are given every second of every day.  Talk about pressure!  Most of us tremble under a single job interview.   We all want to say the right thing to get the job, putting our best side forward.  We recognize our weaknesses, but we hope our strengths can compensate as we become better at what we do.   These candidates are amazingly patient with the lies that are told about them (much of it coming through the media who like to rouse the emotions of people).  I for one think the candidates are handling the pressure pretty well. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DJQECYTY4MCQKPHROSGH36FISQ Ernesto

    I have not read such an upside down view on Obama, are you on the same planet? 
    Obama appreciates freedom? You really, really need to know what is really going on becuse you are in total ignorance.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DJQECYTY4MCQKPHROSGH36FISQ Ernesto

    Santorum has had a lack of funding to get his platform out and many people are not sure what he is about to his own hurt.

  • Anonymous

    Thank you for your kind words torward me. That being said you must be one of those individuals who will not give a fellow American any credit because of his hatred. As I said I’m no President Obama fan but I won’t fabricate lies about him. Those who hate will call him Muslim he is not they will say he hates America he does not. If I am in total ignorance please enlighten me with your wisdom and please do so without showing hatred toward him or me just facts. 

  • http://gamewhen.com/ Michael T

    I try to never miss an opportunity to bash the Trumpster.

    But in this instance I salute him for being reasonably civil with Rick and not totally backing down. I like the fact he wasn’t shy about telling Santorum he focuses on social issues too much.
     

  • Anonymous

    Revised????  Revised??? You dumb Liberals are the ones trying to revise our history…and anyone with any knowledge knows that!  You were all taught by the Socialist/Communists professors that flood our universities today and they brainwash you to the point you can’t be blamed for your ignorance.

  • Anonymous

    Any American who has been taught by the Commies that teach at our universities today, that is.

  • Anonymous

    Obama promised to “RADICALLY CHANGE” this country and he’s doing his best to do just that.  That’s where this BS “revisionist history” comes from.

  • Anonymous

    Exactly the opposite.  Any one who tries to become King, as Obama and his Administration are trying to do, with little regard for the Constitution upon which this country was founded and grown, is the one who hates America, certainly not Santorum or anyone else who tries to stand up for and defend the Constitution.  Obama swore to do that, then laughed up his sleeve.

  • Anonymous

    He loves the “America” he is trying to make…not the one that is and has been since it’s foundin g…based on the Constitution, not on his personal likes and dislikes.

  • Anonymous

    How about that kindly Obama and Holder, lying about their involvement in gun running to the Mexican drug gangs and causing the death of American drug and border agents.

  • Anonymous

    LOL!  Talk about accusing someone without proof…you guys kill me…I’m rolling on the floor with laughter.

  • Anonymous

    How about asking the NAACP or the Black Caucus how many white men are in thier church…or Rev. Jeremiah Wright?  Man, what Racism!!!

  • Anonymous

    LOL!!!!

  • Anonymous

    What hyperbole (if you don’t know what that means, look it up).  You think because you say it, it must be so.  Well, it’s clear that you are incapable of thinking clearly.

    Where’s the proof for any of those assertions you just made?

  • Anonymous

    Not to mention those who try to stir up class war fare, like Obama and his crew.

  • Anonymous

    We all know that this site is home to mostly Lefty Liberals who cannot find a kind word or thought for anyone who does not think exactly as they do, and they love to heap insults on anyone with the temerity to contradict their absurd assertions.

    So folks, take the comments you read here with a grain of salt, pull up a chair, and try not to laugh.

  • Anonymous

    Keep fabricating falsehood since it is the methode of the Republican Tea Party. That won’t get the Republican Party back in the White House. Santorum wants to deny Americans their rights because they don’t fall into his perception of what an American is or should be. The President has openly sought to add those rights denied by the likes of Santorum. You can’t see thru your blind hatred which is most obvious. Keep fabricating people can and will see for themselves for they are not the fools you think! 

  • Anonymous

    I’m going to pretend that you actually mean the ridiculous things you’re saying and address them.  The words ‘liberal’ and ‘conservative’ and their Italian/German synonyms, used in the context of 1940 Europe have no relevance to their use in 2012 United States.  Hitler’s Nazis were severely anti-communist, anti-gay, and used patriotism to appeal to traditional German nationalism in a way often described as conservative.  They were hawkishly opposed by liberal Democratic President Franklin Delano Roosevelt who had to fight for years against American republicans who were staunchly against attacking Hitler (not because they were Nazis but because they were anti-tax).  Oh and somewhere along the line their was an alleged attempt at a coup against FDR, launched by Fascist economic conservatives in the US that may have succeed if not for the intervention of a conservative general who refused to go along with it, but the facts are kind of sketchy on that one.

    The point is, our grandparents’ policies and the political language of their day are almost completely divorced from any coherent meaning in our day and age.

    Regarding your other claim that liberals are hateful when you disagree with them, I hope one day you’ll grow up and have friends who don’t all believe the things you do, and then you’ll see that there are plenty of nice thougthful people on both sides of almost any political divide who are willing to have sincere and intelligent dialogue about the issues.  And then there are the zealots of any movement who are quite the reverse.  The good and bad pars of human nature apply to conservatives and liberals alike.

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