..and as President, per his own words, talking about the evils of contraception. Seriously. The media didn't make that up, Santorum said it. In fact he said it is one of the things that would make him different as President, he would talk about how contraception is "not okay".
Sorry, but that is one of his issues and he will never be able to avoid it on the campaign trail. You know why? Because he WANTS to talk about it. No matter what his advisers tell him, Rick will always be baited into talking about this stuff because it is his passion. It's why he is really only known as a social conservative crusader. Opposing contraception, porn, etc, are what Santorum really cares deeply about and you can see it when the topic gets onto the social stuff. This is all great for a Priest to discuss, but not something Americans are going to vote for in a President. Santorum will lose most moderates/indies and the Republican party will be deserted by the younger libertine generation that is willing to give the GOP a look on fiscal issues but is not going to vote for someone who is babbling about contraception.
I’d much rather have President Santorum than President Gingrich, whose role model for US presidents is FDR.
I'd rather have my neighbor who I consider one of the best conservatives around, but he isn't going to win any elections. Our candidate has to at least be electable. We don't have the time to waste on candidates that are doomed to defeat from the outset.
Well, Romney is electable. Newt is progressive, and the media will crucify him with his baggage.
You know it does not matter whatever baggage or skeletons the democrats have, be they just as bad and probably worse.
The propaganda media makes sure that republicans are the only ones held to ethical standards.
Don’t you think Carter, Clinton, and Obama said and done things that made them seem unelectable to their constituents?
Carter admitted to having lust in his heart, Clinton was a known serial philanderer, and Obama went to a racist hate “church”.
How in the world did they get elected?
We have to stop letting the media select our candidates.