Posted on 04/02/2012 7:58:29 AM PDT by Windy City Conservative
But the likely effects of Santorum’s current campaign are being misjudged. It is social conservatives, above all, who have the most to fear from his campaign, because it has done serious, if inadvertent, damage to their, and his, causes. It could yet do more.
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Sounds more like they are just obeying their marching orders from the establishment to help Mitt Romney.
I’m sure the Mittbots will all agree. After all, what could be better for conservatives than a liberal republican. /s
The thing is, anybody who believes in social and fiscal conservatives as separate entities is a liar or an idiot.
And RINOmney doesn’t?
I’ll nevah vote for the vapid dork.
Nor will I vote for the wimpoid quota baby.
Guess I’ll just have to leave the president block blank, cuz it just will not matter which idiot gets in.
CW-II, here we come.
He's voicing a complaint of so many "new Conservatives" (E.g. Catholics who've come over from decades of voting straight line Democrat) that they don't think Protestants (Lots of 'em are Conservatives eh) should find out they, Catholics, officially reject contraception.
Sorry, that argument is SO IGNANT. Conservatives and Republicans know all about the contraception thing and simply ignore it.
Conservatism does not require strict adherence to the party line such as that's done in the Democrat party! It truly is a "Big Tent" but one without Socialists, Commies, Fascists ~ their running dog lackeys, and you can't be a Christian and believe in abortion anyway.
Conservative orthodoxy draws a line at Romney and his supporters.
Well that Santorum does it, social conservative, and fiscal liberal as evidenced by his economic plan; vote buying with tripling the dependent child income tax credit and offering a liberal progressive income tax solution. No thanks, give me Barabbas Romney.
I've never understood the short-sightedness of some economic conservatives who think they can build a firewall between social conservatism and economic conservatism. If you think it was expensive keeping the pink mafia out of the military, just as one example, then wait until you see the bill for allowing them in it.
Sorry to say that he’s right. For all of the leftist extremism of Obama, and the cynicism that can be induced by Romney, with all of this rich and outrageous material for Santorum to pick from, he again and again picks on issues that the public has accepted and is not outraged by. His political judgment has been terrible. I have got to say that when his preachiness and moralizing gets to rub ME the wrong way, I can’t imagine what it does to people in the middle and on the left. Even though I am both a fiscal and social conservative, it’s people like him that makes many people nervous about giving too much power to social conservatives, even though social liberals keep using the power given to them to force people to act against their conscience. Seeing Obama and Santorum in action makes one see the many advantages of libertarianism.
Romney has done nothing but shove conservatives aside and insult us as he wins in Obama strongholds he can’t possibly win in November.
Add the fact that his campaign has already signaled their intent to move to the ..ahem... “center”, and Obama couldn’t hope for a better opponent.
Agree 100%. He’s a plant/tool to disrupt us from our fiscal/social goals.
As if I needed another validation for cancelling my NR subscription some time ago. NR does more to hurt the conservative movement than the mid stream media...wait, no, that’s wrong. NR is the mid stream media.
My former congressman, a fiscal conservative / social moderate republican, is considering running as a democrat to help defeat the extremist anti choice GOP in my district.
The term I would use is morally strong or morally courageous. It is someone who actually stands for something other than political correctness, government hand outs and self-gratification. The political arena has become so amoral and dishonest that is a pleasure to see someone willing to speak the difficult truth and identify the moral corruption that is harming America.
That being said, I think if Santorum had been able to better articulate his ideas and deal with the media he would be the front runner right now. It is true that the media attacked him and lied about him. It is true he was massively outspent and subject to a continual barrage of negative advertisements coupled with media attacks. But if Santorum could have done a little better identifying a theme and hammering it home he would have won.
The problem with Saqntorum is not his positions. They are great. The problem is his inability to articulate them effectively in the face of a hostile and dishonest media.
What is the point of the post? The GOP candidate sounds like FR's kind of congressman.
Why do you use the words of the left?
“My former congressman, a fiscal conservative / social moderate republican”
Almost all politicians, even the most irresponsible big spenders, like to brag about how they are “fiscal conservatives”.
In most cases it is a lie. Ask yourself these questions. With so many “fiscal conservatives” in Washington why is spending so out of control? Why is our country running unsustainable multitrillion dollar deficits? Why is our credit rating downgraded? Why can’t they even pass a budget?
The fact is “social moderate and fiscal conservative” is a dishonest description. It means big spending coward in Washington, liar before the voters.
The pressure is on for Santorum to get out so that Mitt can save money and finish this off.
I don’t know if anyone heard Crazy Ann on FOX this morning, but she was totally hysterical.
Gretchen asked her why the process upset her so much when the GOP set it up the way it is to keep the interest going longer.
Honest to God, I have never seen Ann so tongue tied and left speechless. She looked so foolish. Ann is fallin’ on the sword to have her some Mitt love.
In the fall of Rick Santorum’s second year as a senator, he asked an impertinent question of his colleague Russ Feingold (D., Wis.)
Impertinent?? Says all I need to know about the writer.
Since Feingold was championing the killing of babies how could any question be impertinent?
I’m thinking that Mitty doesn’t have the lock on the nomination that we’re led to believe.
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