VIDEO ADDED- Rick Santorum: Pres. Obama’s a snob. Not every child should go to college.

Relevant segment at about 7:10 or so.

Via The Hill:

Rick Santorum said Saturday he was “outraged” that President Obama has suggested that every child should go to college. [...]

“I have seven kids. Maybe they’ll all go to college. But if one of my kids wants to go and be an auto mechanic, good for him! That’s a good-paying job,” he said.

He went on to accuse the president of “snobbery” and “hubris” in pushing an advanced education for the nation’s children.

VIDEO ADDED, via Think Progress.

Rick Santorum might want to do a little research and provide accurate information before he opens his big, right wing mouth. He should also go back to college and learn a few things, like how to stop being such a hypocridiot.

Via Richard John Santorum’s Wiki:

Santorum earned a B.A. in political science from Pennsylvania State University in 1980 and an M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. In 1986, Santorum received a Juris Doctorate degree from the Dickinson School of Law, was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar…

What a snob.

Anyone recall the president mocking auto mechanics? Hardly:

After a near collapse at the height of the Great Recession, the streamlined U.S. auto industry defied the odds and outperformed the greater economy this year with solid sales increases, job growth and product innovations that signal that a full industry recovery no longer is just possible, but probable.

Via Whitehouse.gov:

The President began his remarks by congratulating the students and the Kalamazoo community on their innovative approach to education:

The Commencement Challenge asked high schools around the country to submit an application telling the President how their school is making significant strides on personal responsibility, academic excellence and college readiness, and how they are working toward the President’s national goal of having the most college graduates by 2020.

Here’s what President Obama said:

Together as a community, you’ve embraced the motto of this school district: “Every child, every opportunity, every time,” because you believe, like I do, that every child – regardless of what they look like, where they come from, or how much money their parents have – every child who walks through your schoolhouse doors deserves a quality education. 

And this is from the president’s 2011 State of the Union Address:

Because people need to be able to train for new jobs and careers in today’s fast-changing economy, we are also revitalizing America’s community colleges. [...]

If we take these steps – if we raise expectations for every child, and give them the best possible chance at an education, from the day they’re born until the last job they take – we will reach the goal I set two years ago: by the end of the decade, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.

Here’s a little something from the McCain-Obama speeches at 99th NAACP Convention, Jul 12, 2008:

That’s why I’ve introduced a comprehensive strategy to recruit an army of new quality teachers to our communities–and to pay them more & give them more support. We’ll invest in early childhood education programs so that our kids don’t begin the race of life behind the starting line and offer a $4,000 tax credit to make college affordable for anyone who wants to go. Because as the NAACP knows better than anyone, the fight for social justice and economic justice begins in the classroom.

Provide the best possible opportunity to our kids? Social and economic justice? What could he be thinking? What terrible advice (not a demand, advice)! By the way, it’s pretty obvious that getting a college education is being suggested because it’s a really, really good idea.

And there’s this:

“Jobs today often require at least a bachelor’s degree,” he said, “and that degree is even more important in tough times like these. In fact, the unemployment rate for folks who’ve never gone to college is over twice as high as for folks with a college degree or more.”

Source: Third World America, by Arianna Huffington, p.114-115 , Sep 2, 2010

You get the idea.

Of course, if you get that idea, then you also get that Ricky Santorum doesn’t care about jobs or social or economic justice. Welcome to GOP Land.