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Santorum pushes social agenda in Ohio
Associated Press ^ | March 3, 2012 | STEVE PEOPLES

Posted on 03/03/2012 7:50:49 PM PST by Mariner

LIMA, Ohio (AP) -- Rick Santorum sees an America in need of more than economic recovery, warning Saturday that the nation's inattention to conservative social values is "damning people."

"Folks if we know what works, why don't we talk about what works? Why don't we encourage it in our schools? Why don't we encourage it in our culture?" the Republican presidential candidate asked hundreds of people gathered at the Allen County Lincoln Day dinner. "Why are we damning people? Why are we condemning them to a life just because we won't talk about - we'll talk about childhood obesity until the cows come home. But we won't talk about one of the great underlying causes of childhood obesity, which is the instability of the community, the neighborhood and the family."

Campaigning across Ohio this weekend, the former Pennsylvania senator has been calling for fewer children born out of wedlock and fewer single-parent families. He argues that communities where mothers raise children by themselves have less freedom than those where two-parent families are the norm.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: biggovernmentrick; obesity; preacherrick; santorum; santorum4romney; socialcon; socialliberals; wastedvote; whatanidiot; whatasnob
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To: Mariner

>> He keeps going back to his comfort zone.

Actually, it’s his supporters’ comfort zone.

We agree on the politics of Santorum, but it’s worth pointing out that he’s not the intolerant, social Rightwinger the media makes him out to be.


21 posted on 03/04/2012 12:55:14 AM PST by Gene Eric (Newt/Sarah 2012)
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To: trappedincanuckistan

The problem is that Republicans have been afraid of speaking conservatively for so long, that someone speaking the truth sounds as if he is from another galaxy. The fact is without responsible citizens, our country is headed for collapse, and our only choice will be which charlatan will manage the freefall.


22 posted on 03/04/2012 1:43:45 AM PST by alstewartfan ( 27 of 36 Romney judicial appointments were DEMOCRATS!!!!!)
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To: alstewartfan; All

In all fairness when it comes to social issues, the Feds should but out..


23 posted on 03/04/2012 6:12:21 AM PST by KevinDavis (Ron Paul called Ronald Reagan a miserable failure.....)
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To: conservative98

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


24 posted on 03/04/2012 6:13:55 AM PST by katiedidit1 ("This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." the Irish)
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To: Gene Eric
Actually, it’s his supporters’ comfort zone.

No, it's quite clearly Santorum's passion. When it comes to speeches/discussions on the family, social values, etc, Rick truly speaks with enthusiasm and conviction. You can see that is when he becomes most animated. These issues are just most near and dear to his heart and it is very obvious. There is a reason Rick is not really known for much else. He's a social warrior. That's his thing and there is just no way to get around it.

This is why Santorum, good man that he is, would lose in a crushing landslide against Hussein in a general election. He can't be the nominee because he'd be easily baited into talking about these social issues over and over and over until the election became primarily about whether contraception is "not okay", or whether women should stay at home and have more babies, or whether porn should be further regulated, etc.

It's not that Rick is necessarily wrong on the social stuff (I agree with much/most that he says), it's that in his heart he WANTS to talk about it - and he's just not disciplined enough to stay focused on the economic issues that Obama would very much love to avoid discussing.

25 posted on 03/04/2012 6:59:54 AM PST by Longbow1969
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To: fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; GOPsterinMA; randita; Sun; justiceseeker93

I’m for Rick Santorum, but why isn’t he talking about Obama’s record? The massive spending, the overwhelming deficits, the dislike for American soldiers, the locking up of our natural resources, the appointment of radicals to important positions, and refusal to engage in meaningful entitlement reform, these are the real issues. If Santorum is the nominee and won’t talk about these things, Obama will be reelected. These social issues are relevent, but have virtually nothing with the business of being President.


26 posted on 03/04/2012 8:41:53 AM PST by Clintonfatigued (A chameleon belongs in a pet store, not the White House)
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To: Longbow1969

A President needs to be focused on an Energy Plan. We are about to experience Sky Rocketing prices on everything we buy due to the Obama/Chu 999 Plan of $ 10.00 per gal. gasoline.

Newt is the only candidate seriously addressing this issue. If voters continue to ignore a Plan that would bring energy independence and millions of jobs, they had better be prepared to look in the mirror every morning and admit their own responsibility for the collapse of our economy.


27 posted on 03/04/2012 8:48:54 AM PST by conservativejoy ("Where there is no vision, the people perish." Proverbs 29:18)
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To: Mariner
It is so sad that America, still, does not realize that it is its lack of morality that has resulted in atheistic secularists ruining this nation...and here we are again...people even on this site so blind to the truth. It is the hardened hearts in this world, bring all this turmoil down. It won't end until we all pray for His mercy and respect the sanctity and dignity of the human person above all. Santorum has my vote, here in GA.
28 posted on 03/04/2012 11:54:42 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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