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« Is Steven Tyler Married Just A Week After Getting Engaged? | Home January 03, 2012 12:41 PM by Amelia Cooper Patriarch of the Duggar clan, Jim Bob Duggar of TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting is tossing his support behind Rick Santorum in the upcoming 2012 presidential campaign. And when Jim Bob Duggar is behind you, so are quite a few other people. At least half of the family was in Iowa this week, stumping for Rick Santorum. Jim Bob Duggar and Rick Santorum have quite a bit in common. They are both fathers of large families (there are 19 kids in the Duggar family and seven kids in the Santorum family), homeschooling advocates, and share many of the same political stances, including being pro-life. “I’m asking families, Christians all over America, to get behind Rick Santorum for the next president of the United States,” Jim Bob Duggar said. Michelle Duggar, Jim Bob’s wife since 1984, is even reportedly recording an automated campaign call for Rick Santorum, a Republican who is hopin...

TLC »     by Andy Dehnart / January 3, 2012, 11:59 AM TLC reality stars the Duggar family have become the most prominent celebrities to endorse a candidate for president, throwing their weight and fertility behind Rick Santorum—but only because Jesus Christ wasn’t available. Really. The Los Angeles Times reports that “fixtures from the celebrity firmament have been noticeably absent from Iowa this year” until yesterday, though it adds “Sort of,” because the celebrities were Jim Bob Duggar and “about half of reality television’s Duggar family,” where “Duggar filled some time, telling regular Iowans, who were outnumbered by members of the media, that he is endorsing the former Pennsylvania senator, despite the fact that the Duggars live in Arkansas and cannot vote in the Iowa caucus.” Jim Bob offered this insightful and not at all cliche assessment of the candidate: “He’s somebody that doesn’t take a poll to know where he stands.” But he did say Santorum isn’t his first choice. “You’re...