# In My Heart

Does it ever seem like politics and religion dominate the news? Too bad there wasn't some sort of sports events happening for people to watch. Oh, well, on with the show.

Advertisers are rushing to leave Rush Limbaugh, apparently. Even the U.S. Army. That' right, the army is pulling out of Rush. Stephen suggested that maybe it's time for a Pledge Drive for Rush and even had an example of a gift that sponsors could get. This is all confusing to Limbaugh. How can he be anti-woman? He judged the Miss America Pageant! This seems to him to be all part of a plan, all orchestrated.

Said Stephen, "What's the alternative? That a 30-year old woman had her own thoughts and feelings about her reproductive rights? C'mon, what do you take me for, a girl?"

We got to see a quick video clip of Mitt Romney's core message of hope. "I made a lot of money."

Rick Santorum does not pander. He was in Puerto Rico and said that "Like in every other state, there has to be compliance with this and any other federal law. And that is that English has to be the principal language."

I have seen Santorum's quote worded a bit differently in different sources, but it does seem to be that he thinks it is a federal law that English be the official language of any state. (It isn't. There is no federal law stating that.) Stephen expressed that it takes a lot of, (what did he say ...) a lot of "fortitude" to make such a statement and tell people which language they should be speaking.

Rick Santorum also had ideas about the "dangers of socialized medicine." Here's what he said about the Netherlands.

"In the Netherlands, people wear a different bracelet if you're elderly, and the bracelet is 'do not euthanize me.' Half the people who are euthanized every year, and it's ten percent of all deaths, in the Netherlands, half of those people are euthanized involuntarily at hospitals, because they are older and sick."

Shocking, and turns out, NOT true.
But, the Press secretary explained that, "A lot of these things, it's a matter of what's in his heart." Three times she gives an answer, not the answer to the question, but an answer that definitely shows she can memorize stuff.

Stephen, technical wizard that he is, fired off this tweet:

Rick Santorum has body hair in the exact shape of his sweater vest. #InMyHeart

Finally, a wee bit of the Irish and some fun in anticipation of St. Patrick's Day: Stephen touted his newest Formula 401 in a bright green jar! The perfect product for anyone this weekend. Do you need some food for your party? How about Lucky Charms with some slivers of Irish Spring. Yummy.

Back to more serious matters. The guest tonight was Dexter Filkins, premiere combat journalist of his generation. He new book is "The Forever War." Recently he was in Pakistan and said to Stephen about Pakistan and other countries he has been to, "Things are unbelievably more complicated than what you hear on TV." Stephen suggested that since Filkins works for the New Yorker, he might want to think about something like just doing movie reviews.

Stephen also suggested that people go out and buy "House of Stone" by Anthony Shadid.

Rick Santorum hasn't played basketball since he accidentally chest-bumped a teammate. #InMyHeart