Bono Said Santorum Is A ‘Defender Of The Vulnerable’
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A 2006 quote from Bono, the lead singer of U2, is getting attention again now that Rick Santorum won the Iowa caucuses. From Yahoo News:
“Rick has had intelligence briefings, he has been on the Senate armed services committee,” said Barbara Ledeen, a former Santorum Senate aide, in a telephone interview with Yahoo News Wednesday.
“He has a deep concern about China, about the Middle East and about America’s place in the world,” Ledeen added. “He is well read and well informed. And he believes that America is a gift to the world.”
Indeed, in 2006, Santorum earned a surprise–if somewhat backhanded–nod for his support for international anti-poverty work in Africa from U2 front-man and humanitarian activist Bono.
Santorum “has a kind of Tourette’s disease,” Bono told New York Times columnist David Brooks in 2006. “He will always say the most unpopular thing. But on our issues, he has been a defender of the most vulnerable.”
“We need to keep and expand our commitment to humanitarian aid, especially in Africa,” Santorum said in a speech to the National Press Club in April 2011. “China and Islam are competing for the hearts and minds of much of Africa, and we cannot turn our back from the investment and commitments we have made. I helped lead many of our efforts to address third-world debt and the global AIDS crisis, and our investments have paid off.”Not a ringing endorsement from Bono but a compliment about Santorum’s concern about Africa.
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