Posted on 12/02/2011 9:19:54 AM PST by heiss
Praise from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin could be just what Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum needs. And he got some of that Thursday night.
Palin lavished praise on Santorum during a televised interview, suggesting conservatives should give him a second look for being a consistent conservative.
The former Pennsylvania senator has campaigned hard in Iowa and New Hampshire, but has not gained much traction.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
According to most people around here they have to have served in the government as a CEO.
I am on the same page with you - I have pledged to not “hold my nose” to vote this time around. But you acknowledge that Santorum won’t likely get the nod... so what happens next November when the ballot choices are something like:
Obama
Romney
And some idiot from the Green Party
Some dope-loving, anti-national defense Libertarian Party candidate
Who will you vote for - or will you just not vote? Better ponder it, because that’s what your choices will likely be (and I pray to God Almighty to save us from such a ballot!!!)
I believe reference to Palin requiring executive experience on her list of qualifications was because Santorum lacks executive experience, and that’s who the thread was about (her praise of Santorum), not about Cain.
But I think the question is moot anyway as I see no way of him getting the nomination. Do you? The pattern thus far is for GOP voters to coalesce around the anti-Romney candidate.
Currently Newt enjoys that aura. Unless he says or does something really stupid, I don't see that changing.
I wonder what the “everything” Santorum meant was. Decapitating the factions of the ISI that back (or by some accounts created) the Taliban with plausibly deniable covert ops would go a long way to making Pakistan our friend. Much further, indeed, than any amount of military or development aid.
Channeling aid to and through the Nizari Shi’ites who follow the Aga Khan to attract more Pakistanis to that sect (which actually lives up to the notion of moderate Islam completely unknown in any organized fashion among Sunnis) would help, too.
“I think it is time to take Rick Santorum seriously. He is actual conservative. Yes, he supported Arlen in primary in 2004, but this was bad judgement made by many others as well. He lost in a bad year for GOP. ..”
Santorum, Bachmann and Cain have been my favorites, but about Santorum:
The Truth Regarding Santorum’s Endorsement of Arlen Specter
Posted on October 12, 2011
“The reason I endorsed Arlen Specter is because we were going to have two Supreme Court nominees coming up,” said Santorum. “I got a commitment from Arlen Specter that no matter who George W. Bush would nominate, he would support that nominee.”
The former senator didn’t win over everyone with that, and bristled a bit at the end of his answer. “You questioned my judgment, and you have every right to do so. But please don’t question my intention to do what’s right for those little babies.”
I would reiterate that sentiment. You may think the decision was not a good one, but it was a decision made because Rick Santorum believed it was what he needed to do in order to ensure that judges who respect the right to life would not be impeded in their confirmation hearings. Apparently, this did not rankle Pat Toomey as much as it seems to rankle Santorum’s current poltical opponents considering that Toomey subsequently endorsed Rick Santorum in his bid for re-election. Meanwhile, Santorum’s record clearly and solidly indicates that he is a true believer in conservative principles across the board.”
excerpt http://blog.lisagraas.com/2011/10/12/the-truth-regarding-santorums-endorsement-of-arlen-specter/
As for electability, no reason why he can’t do this again (especially since Obama is ruining the country):
“Santorum did not just win his Senate seat in blue Pennsylvania, but he won his congressional seat in 1990 by defeating a seven-term incumbent Democrat in Pennsylvania’s heavily Democrat 18th Congressional District.
How many true conservatives have won in blue states or, in the case of House members, in blue congressional districts? There have been two governors since the 1994 landslide, John Engler and Tommy Thompson, and no members of Congress...except Rick Santorum.”
excerpt http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/04/santorum_2012.html
Agreed, Bachmann and Santorum are the only candidates left touting conservative values over anything else. He would make for a great VP choice for Bachmann.
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