I sure hope you guys nominate Santorum
At times, it seems as if Santorum is running to become theologian in chief. He made the bizarre allegation Saturday that Obama’s actions are motivated by “some phony theology, not a theology based on the Bible.” On Sunday, he said by way of clarification that he understands Obama is a Christian, but that the president was somehow misinterpreting God’s truth — as revealed to Rick Santorum — about our duty to be stewards of the Earth.
This is not customary fodder for a presidential campaign. Nor is Santorum’s obvious obsession with women’s reproductive issues — not just his absolute opposition to abortion but his criticism of contraception and prenatal testing as well.
Santorum’s social conservatism is a huge iceberg, and his views on women and childbearing are just the tip. He not only opposes gay marriage but has criticized the Supreme Court decision that struck down anti-sodomy laws and declared that “I have no problem with homosexuality. I have a problem with homosexual acts.” That alone would be enough to put him well outside the mainstream. But his Ozzie-and-Harriet ideas about family life place him in a different solar system.
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Considering there’s still a core of us who back Gingrich, I’m not quite sure how to answer this. I hate Romney for all the reasons the Not-Romneys generally discuss here and Santorum for all the reasons the Romneys generally discuss here. Neither candidate is in the least bit acceptable because neither is interested in maximizing my personal freedom.
alwaysfiredup on February 21, 2012 at 12:38 PM
Eugene, I sure hope your head explodes. Whether from the implosion of your fevered utopia or when we dismantle the same.
AH_C on February 21, 2012 at 12:49 PM
I don’t think any candidate is good economically or constitutionally. The reason I support Santorum is how after staring the worst kind of death in the eye, he stood up to the “playing with his dead baby’ charges with such coolness and confidence. Its that rare ability that makes me believe that he’s only candidate that “may” stand up for the Constitution and stand up to the rioters when our economy collapse.
The vast majority of America supposedly wants the budget rapidly balanced. That requires laying off about 1/3rd of federal workers. When just a percent of those join the OWS and riot, I think that Newt will compromise with progressives (quoting Woodrow Wilson and FDR along the way), ending American liberty but saving his self engrossed butt and legacy.
I think when the economic plug is pulled, Romney will reflexively reach to save the financial sector. He’ll be a lighting rod for OWS and seek a progressive alliance out of necessity, like Romney-care but larger. In the end he’ll continue to fail to understand the radical progressives agenda and where this leads until American is unrecognizable.
Santorum talks as if he understands the magnitude of or impending collapse and the progressive agenda. The importance his social positions are trivial in comparison. Santorum was the wrong man as I understood politics 4 or even 2 years ago, but maybe he’s the right man for this time.
elfman on February 21, 2012 at 1:20 PM
Hey Einstein – when his utopia implodes there will be a lot of other things exploding besides his head. So don’t start laughing just yet.
MelonCollie on February 21, 2012 at 1:25 PM
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