Posted on 03/03/2012 8:39:08 PM PST by Steelfish
Santorum, Gingrich Target Obama at GOP Dinner in Ohio
By Seema Mehta
March 3, 2012 Bowling Green, Ohio— Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich courted GOP activists at a party dinner Saturday night, each painting a dire picture of America's straits, arguing that the nation's very soul is at stake in this upcoming election and saying that they were the candidate best suited to take on President Obama.
Santorum, who delivered a fiery speech about the nation's heritage, clearly received the warmer reaction, with the hundreds of GOP voters gathered in a university student union leaping to their feet four times during his speech to give him a standing ovation.
He said that the United States is better than all other nations because it was founded on the premise that each person is granted rights not by the government but by God.
"We declared the truth, that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. Unalienable -- you can't take them away. They were given to you because you were created by God and each one has dignity and value," Santorum said. "…Where does that concept come from? Does it come from Islam? Does it come from other cultures around the world? Are men and women treated equally? Are adults and children treated equally? No. It comes from our culture and tradition -- the Judeo-Christian ethic, that is where this comes from, this sense of equality."
But Americans' rights and liberty are doomed if Obama's healthcare law goes into effect, he said.
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I am about tired of him playing for first string status. I am sorry.
Now that’s a serious charge. So offer some proof?
Go Rick! Santorum would make a great President and now’s the time to get behind him.
True- he hit that one over the bleaches!
He has been doing that for a long while.
Almost word for word from Newt’s speeches.
Conservative presidents and politicans have been saying that for a very long time.
Rick has been sliding a little in the polls lately. He really needs to win Ohio, Tennessee, and Oklahoma on Tuesday—not just for him, but for the good of the country. I think that if he doesn’t do well Tuesday, then we will be stuck with a choice between Romney and Obama. (I will choose neither.)
Ohio seems to be the weakest link of the three. I hope that he pulls through. (And it would be nice if he could pick off one or two more, like Alaska or North Dakota.)
Go Rick!
Awesome to hear. I hope they stay on message and all target BO. The empty suit has to go.
Are you kidding? Reverse that one. Rick Santorum has had the most passionate heart felt speeches from day one! It’s Gingrich who has needed to play catch up.
Does that include the right to work, or do Unions have a right to take that away?
And all this nonsense about Rick copying Newt's speeches is just stupid.
Santorum being inspirational is the exception to the rule of him being annoying.
Santorum was a zero in the debates.
He is a prissy prig.
That being said both him and Rick would be light years better than what we're stuck with now.
Sure- let the working people decide. That’s why Santorum is against union card check.
Santorum voted AGAINST the right to work when he was a senator.
Do the people have a right to decide life and liberty also?
No, Santorum being inspirational is the norm. That’s how he went to the top of the polls and stayed there longer than most. But if he falls now we’ll have people like you with your useless snide remarks to thank for it and the resulting Romney nomination.
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