“Cain was vetted and attacked, Perry vetted and attacked, Bachmann vetted and attacked, Newt consistently smeared, attacked, vetted and bashed but SANTORUM is supposed to get a free pass on free republic? I think NOT!”
Well, sly Rick has been flying too long under the radar. Pointing out at his deeds as Congressman it certainly does not equate with “smearing”. It’s his time to pass the “smell” test, and in the last 48 ours, he gave the public so much fodder to chew on. The saddest part of Santorum declarations in the media, is to depaint the conservative voters as “religious nuts”. IMO, religion must be off limit in a presidential debate.
Once “Obamacare” and the executive orders issued from it repealed, all this “theological” blabbering will be over in a nick of time.
As Gingrich pointed out, one of the main reason to defeat Obama is the unconstitutionality of his acts as POTUS: the
NHD ukases against Catholic institutions, the nominations in “recess” of the Congress when there was no recess, the order of war acts in Libya without the Congress approval, the undermining of the Congress powers, the weakening of National Defense etc.
And what does Santorum do? Trying to solve the impossible problem of squaring the circle? We need serious candidates not preachers.
Marguerite,
I appreciate and respect your opinion. Nobody is suggesting that Rick Santorum is a “preacher” or has any intention of imposing his views on anyone. In fact if I voted on “THEOLOGY” I would not support Rick Santorum because I take issue theologicaly with the Catholic Church. HOWEVER, I do believe Rick Santorum has very strong moral convictions which is at the CORE of who he is and he is not afraid to tell you what he believes rather than being “neutral” on theological/moral matters...
I can respect someone I disagree with, but it is hard to respect someone who does not know what he/she believes or worse... Knows what he/she believes but refuses to share it because someone may disagree with you... wake up America ! I may not agree with Rick Santorum theologicaly but at least he has the courage to tell me what he believes. VERY REFRESHING.. and sadly missing from most political debate....