Today in Wev

Gates approved as new Secretary of Defense. Everyone voted for him except Jim Bunning (R-KY) and—wait for it—Rick Santorum, who "took to the Senate floor" after Gates was confirmed to deliver an hourlong speech:

[He warned] of the dangers of not confronting "Islamic fascism" and its budding alliances with anti-American countries such as Venezuela, North Korea and Cuba.

"We are sleepwalking through the storm," Santorum said. "How do those who deny this evil propose to save us from these people? By negotiating through the U.N. or directly with Iran? By firing Don Rumsfeld, (and) now getting rid of John Bolton? That's going to solve the problem?"
It's a crying shame such a brilliant mind just got voted out of the Senate.

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