For the life of me, I can't figure out why there are Santorum haters here. Exchanges like this just go to show how he was one of the true lights in congress, and why the Dems focused on getting him out.
Because the one blemish on his record, supporting Specter, was too much for them to bear. They were going to punish this bastion of conservativism, and they did. They showed him. They showed us too. Now we have Casey, who is far better Senator representing our interests in the Senate.
This exchange is exactly why I'm so concerned about the future of our country. Boxer, while a numbskull, is no light-weight in the Senate. How can we possibly imagine that we can win the "hearts and mind" of someone of her ilk? We can't and we're foolish to believe we can.
Our country is dividing out along ideologue lines, this being only one issue. It will take a few years to foment, but there will come a time where the strain of pretend unity will be stretched beyond survival and you will see reemergence of the South Carolina declaration of succession I encourage you all to review. Or try these on for size “When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.”
Hmmmm –
1. Abortion (46 million dead)
2. Excessive taxation (death tax, plus many many others)
3. Assult on the family (no spanking in California)
4. Open boarders
5. Bloated federal government (billions wasted + fraud)
6. Federal government usurping states rights.
7. Imminent Domain (We can take it because we’re bigger)
8. Government Inculcation Programs (read public schools)
9. God tossed out of the culture.
10. Etc, etc.
And for those who will, please spare me the "I'm just a pessimist" routine. Wait till your wallet is emptied with the entitlement drain. For that, just listen to fed chairman Bernanke last week.
I’m still hoping a leader will rise that can bridge the amazingly wide gulf between the tow ideologies; conservatism and liberalism. I sure don’t see one right now.