PA is overdue for its second president as Santorum surges

The Morning Call (Lehigh Valley, PA) ^ | 02/21/12 | Paul Carpenter

[writer33]

How can it be that Pennsylvania, the state with the most precious historical legacy of all, has produced only one president?

This is the land of Thomas Paine and Benjamin Franklin, the Declaration of Independence, George Washington crossing the Delaware, Valley Forge, the U.S. Constitution and its Bill of Rights, the most pivotal battle in the Civil War, three cities that served as the nation's capital, etc.

And the best we could do in 223 years is James Buchanan, widely considered to be one of worst presidents America ever had?

Robert P. Casey Virginia has had eight presidents, including three of our greatest — Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison — although William Henry Harrison grew up in Ohio after being born in Virginia, and some feel that gives Ohio the right to claim eight. Even a historical chancre like Texas has more than Pennsylvania.

[Catsrus]

I call BS on your post.

[tet68]

Even a historical chancre like Texas

Paul C. you’re taking a mighty wide stance hombre.
And I’m not even FROM Texas.

[2ndamendmentpa]

Well, Obama might end up the worst - but he’ll always be the second gay president.

[Mach9]

Good grief. I can feel the bad dreams already!

[Dr. Sivana]

Rick Santorum will never be Pennsylvania’s next President. He will lose in a landslide if he is nominated. If he gets the GOP nomination, Donald Trump will run on a Third Party and Santorum will come in third. (See my tagline.)

All bluster, no rhetoric. NOTHING CONSTRUCTIVE.

If you like Newt, tell us what's good about Newt. If you like Romney, go elsewhere. If you like Paul, make your point. Saying "Santorum can't win" does not help the conservatives. That's pretty much all you have been posting.

[Dr. Sivana]

If he gets the GOP nomination, Donald Trump will run on a Third Party and Santorum will come in third.

And we are all collectively damned if we let Donald Trump tell us who to nominate any more than if we let the GOP-E or George Soros tell us who to nominate.

[Rome2000]

I'm hoping for the day when all 50 states lose their yellow and escape the tyranny of union thugs

Hell yeah!

Santorum is just another megalomaniac lawyer fraud who voted against my right to work without paying a communist union thug for the privilege.

Eff him and his SWEATER VEST.

[Mountain Mary]

“Rick Santorum is so out of touch with the real world. He needs to learn when to shut up”

And so do you, no dems.

[Mountain Mary]

“Eff him”

Classy Freepin’ talk, Romie.

[Apollo5600]

I agree with him. Rick Santorum is out of touch with real conservatives in this country. He is surging primarily on the perception of conservatism and not on the reality of it.

[RedMDer]

[Tribune7]

Well, technically he's from Virginia.

Newt & Paul, however . . .

[lightman]

Santorum 2012 ping.

[lightman]

Well, technically he's from Virginia.

Along with what percentage of the Congress-critters?

[Mountain Mary]

You know nothing about Rick Santorum or why he is surging. This “real”Conservative likes him and his ability to stand up for his truths,,which are also God’s truths.

Hopefully, you and the other negative posters on this site will be surprised to see that Tea Party Conservatives and many more in Michigan, Arizona and other upcoming primary states are in his corner too.
God bless you, Rick!

[Tribune7]

He was born in Va. He now lives in Pa.

The exact opposite of Newt.

[Apollo5600]

“This “real”Conservative likes him and his ability to stand up for his truths,,which are also God’s truths.”

I am not Catholic, and I do not agree that he is in line with “God’s truths.” Since you want to get religious, I’ll say that Catholicism denies the essentials of salvation. It denies that one can be saved through faith that Jesus Christ died for our sins and rose again. It requires baptism, and many other ‘sacraments’, including submission to the Pope, as necessary requirements for your soul to achieve paradise. It is not a free gift, but something that can only be gained by jumping through many Papal hoops.

The religious argument is a losing argument, since not everybody likes to be preached to by some political leader using it to score cheap political points instead of offering an actual platform.

[Mountain Mary]

blah, blah, blah.
Your response is too boring to read.

[Mountain Mary]

Read some other posters responses to your vitriol. See that they think you’re creepy too.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks writer33.

...the best we could do in 223 years is James Buchanan, widely considered to be one of worst presidents America ever had...