I JUST CAN'T SEE HOW THIS CAN BE DEFENDED

Fetus Boy Rick Santorum said that JFK's famous speech about religious liberty made Ricky almost "throw up."   The only "out" I can think of is to claim that Ricky didn't understand the speech because that only makes him dense, not hateful.

OTOH, Maureen Dowd may have the best take:

The Republicans, with their crazed Reagan fixation, are a last-gasp party, living posthumously, fighting battles on sex, race, immigration and public education long ago won by the other side.

They’re trying to roll back the clock, but time is passing them by.