It ain't over til it's over ! ;-)
Posted on 03/25/2012 10:22:54 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
On Sunday’s “Face the Nation” on CBS, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum explained that his view of the Trayvon Martin shooting differed significantly from the one held by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Gingrich was critical of President Barack Obama’s reaction, but Santorum placed the blame on accused shooter George Zimmerman’s mental state.
“Well, you know, obviously, I’m not privy to what’s going on in someone’s mind,” Santorum said. “Obviously, in my opinion, someone … has a very sick mind who would pursue someone like this. This is clearly a heinous act. You know, there are a lot of people who have a lot of distorted views of reality. It’s a tragic, tragic case. And my heart goes out to the parents, too. I can’t imagine what they’re suffering, losing their son in such a horrific way. All I would say is that, whatever the motive is, it was a malicious one, and a very, very tragic one.”
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
I agree, none of us know what happened yet. One person is dead, otherwise we wouldn’t be talking about it.
So now we’ll spend the rest of the week being lectured to by the pioused all-knowing Rick Santorum and his entrenched followers like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh and those in the blogosphere (you know who you are), about how we didn’t interpret Santorum’s words correctly. Spare the lecture. Santorum is finished.
The only reason we’re even talking about it today is because fools like Obama and Santorum went out of their way to comment on it without knowing any facts of the investigation.
I’m sorry, but Santorum has proven himself not to be presidential material by daring to say that Zimmerman “has a very sick mind.” How does this man, Santorum, KNOW anything at all about the situation? He doesn’t. Yet he chose to speak about it. We certainly don’t need a man like this who speaks with authority before he knows all of the facts, and this isn’t the first time Santorum has done it.
Santorum: open mouth; change feet.
I don’t mind talking about it. I just don’t like judgement being passed. Zimmerman has a bounty on him, there have been death threats against him, and the media is going crazy fanning the flames of racial hatred without charges being pressed or a conviction. People need to step back.
Constitution...Rule of Law...Due Process...Innocent Until Proven Guilty. America.
Yeah and he's got Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin and all the fools in the conservative blogosphere and on FOX News, out there defending every stupid word that comes out of Santorum's pie-hole.
The sad part of this is that I think that race has very little to do with what happened or the outcome.
The media and the left is making this tragedy into something that it isn’t.
Right now, I wouldn’t take either side of this. I guess that is what presentation of the facts are about.
More facts and less hype are definitely needed.
Disappointing. Definitely going to lose some votes.
>> “we’ll survive this.” <<
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I can’t see how.
Even most of the Republicans in congress are worthless big government whores.
All the Republican candidates except Gingrich are jumping in condemn Zimmerman without knowing all the facts ...
It ain't over til it's over ! ;-)
Santorum is a pandering fool. He should just shut up.
I have yet to get the true facts in this case, way too many stories out there.
It’s bad enough with Obama, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and company out there stirring things up but Santorum really should keep quiet.
>> “I agree, none of us know what happened yet.” <<
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We do know basically what happened.
A thief entered a PUD community to case it for a burglary and was observad by an organized neighborhood watch patrol, who proceeded to follow standard proceedure to get a good description of the individual. Said individual objected to being observed and identified. He evaded the neighborhood watchman, and circuitously ambushed him, and attempted to beat him senseless. When no one in the neighborhood responded to the watchman’s calls for assistance, he was forced to use his concealed weapon to subdue his assailant, and in that process the assailant was fatally wounded.
This much is upheld by witnesses, and not refuted.
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I concurr.
Basically, I agree with your assessment.
The call refelects that he stopped running after Martin after he was told we don’t need you to do that, referring to following, to which he said OK.
It’s as simple as that.
Pretty dumb comment especially since he’s a lwwyer. Thought he was smarter than that.
...well..what?
Convicted of what?
Let’s see, I supposes if a private detective every follows me for any reason, and I see him following me, I am then entitled to assault him.
Gotcha.
Bravo ! !
I can follow anyone I want to follow.
Especially when it’s a thug, not a kid.
And when I follow someone, if that someone then assaults me, I then have the right to defend myself, don’t I?
Yes, yes I do.
No, he wasn't. He said something similar a couple of days or so ago. You cannot claim he was suckered when he doubled down on stupid this morning, he had plenty of time for his staff to tell him he was off-base and to come out with a corrected view in alignment with the known facts this morning.
I have said for a couple of months that I could support either Newt or Santorum. Santorum is making that position harder and harder to adhere to.
You’re my hero again on this thread too!
All of your posts = well done!
GO NEWT!
About halfway into this thread it really struck me how overwhelming the trending sentiment was.
I think our fella still has a shot at this .. if he could just get S to jump into the wagon with him . . .
cheers !
I've been saying for week that the anti-Santorum faction in the GOP is now bigger than the anti-Romney faction.
I am now certain.
Santorum must be stopped...and the votes will stop him as the primaries move north and west. Hell, he will probably lose PA.
Problem is, he will taint everything GOP on his way out.
What a disgrace.
Thank you for posting the transcript.
Words matter, just like Romney’s. Both would be easily rolled by obama and the lamestream; a fact that’s become increasingly obvious.
Newt Gingrich is the qualified warrior. Give him the delegates to take to a brokered convention.
Elect our next worthy Commander-in-Chief.
GO NEWT!
GO NEWT!! Ther is no other logical choice.
Bu so did Jimmy Carter...
I sure hope Newt Gingrich still has good chances, particularly in Texas!
I’ve never been partial to lawyers turned politicians and never trusted them and here’s a sterling example of just one reason, aside from the fact that they’re usually grand scale, glib liars, like Romney and obama.
While we are focused on the presidential election, don’t forget your local elections. The worst thing that could happen is if conservatives stay home in November and fail to vote for conservatives running in other elections.
Just in case you didn’t see VinL this, but Santo stepped in pooooooooh.
I agree with you, CynicalBear, except that Santorum will ignite the democrats and possibly independents he scares!
We don't have a sure winner, but I would rather go with Newt and vote FOR him.
Let’s go Newt!
That makes complete sense to me. Of course their rhetoric is so similar to Obama supporters, that it’s hard to tell one from the other."
Please tell me you don't really believe that. I was told last night that, unless I get on board with Santorum, I have outed myself as a "secret Romney operative". LOL!
Draw your own conclusions.
But don't worry...we slipped into a parallel universe in 2008. The standard rules do not apply!
Go Newt!
Elect our next worthy Commander-in-Chief.
GO NEWT!"
AMEN! Rick needs to shut up---he keeps digging this hole deeper and deeper. For what? To seem tolerant and caring? To get some props from the mainstream media? I don't want another "leader" like that. I want a man with the spirit and the guts to shun the accolades of the leftwing crowd, and to boldly say what's right.
We have one, and his name is Newt Gingrich. Folks, please keep praying for Newt!
He's still on a roll and his Evangelical voters will continue to vote for him, despite this "latest misstep."
It started in Iowa, and but for one brief, and uplifting interruption in South Carolina, it continues onward. They're not voting for our next Commander-in-Chief, or for solid solutions to our economic problems, but they are voting....
What's going to change their vote to Newt Gingrich at this late date?
Santorum will never drop out. He should have done that after Florida, but he had his eye set on the Beauty Contests and it worked for him! Newt must have been asleep.
I don't see anyone dropping out. I just hope Newt Gingrich hangs tough and gets a lot more delegates to take us to a brokered convention!
THANK YOU. Exactly right. Whites like Santorum, Beck, etc., who are so eager to get in touch with their caring side, to appear tolerant, fall all over themselves in their hurry to pander. And the race baiters smell blood in the water and know they can have anything they want.
If more real men (and women) would stand up and say "ENOUGH", it would be over. Or maybe not; possibly it's gone too far. Either way, I have had MORE than a belly full.
I say, let him keep talking now. Better for his supporters to see him now. He's not the "true conservative" he tries to represent.
People should be voting for our next ADULT Commander-in-Chief, not an impulsive, argumentative teenager, given to pandering.
We have one, and his name is Newt Gingrich. Folks, please keep praying for Newt!
AMEN!
>> “You’re my hero...” <<
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Sniff, sniff, I’m jealous, sniff, sniff...
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The next time these racist fools burn down a ghetto, I say don't rebuild it. They burned it---let them live in the ruins.
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