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To: trappedincanuckistan
"Maybe Rick could ask Obama to create a “Morals Czar” position for him."

Yes...I'm sure Obama will get around to that, just as soon as he is done attacking the Catholic Church.

"...Then his supporters here could drop any pretense about limited government. They’re primarily nanny staters that want their guy in the White House..."

You are obviously sadly unfamiliar with our founders belief that limited government was possible only through public virtue. Ever heard of a guy named John Adams? "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

"their OVERWHELMING focus on Newt’s personal life, and his alleged moral shortcomings

You read my #76. It's clear you didn't understand it. I don't care if Newt cheated on his ex, cheated on his taxes, cheated on his diet, etc. I do care that when he's confronted on his personal failings, he uses his love of country as a subterfuge to explain and mitigate it.

104 posted on 03/10/2012 9:25:41 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Joe 6-pack
I do care that when he's confronted on his personal failings, he uses his love of country as a subterfuge to explain and mitigate it.

He said that in one interview - one - years ago. Since then, he has said of that period in his life that he was hollow, and the more he achieved the more hollow he became. He once said of that period, on my bleakest days, I knew what I was doing was sin. he used the word sin to describe his actions. He has said that he was like an alcoholic without the liquor, and credited the AA 12step program and the Word of God as pulling him back from the brink. He has also said that he was headed for an emotional collapse or suicide. He has also taken full responsibility for all of his actions, and makes no excuses for them. And refused to talk bad about his ex-wife.

So just go on and keep posting your one time statement over and over and over again, and despoiling a man who has sought redemption, forgiveness, and who has no current behavior similar to his past sins.

I don't know if you are a Christian or not, but you are certainly a Santorum supporter.

142 posted on 03/10/2012 10:17:35 PM PST by true believer forever (If Newt is good enough for Sarah, he's good enough for me!)
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To: Joe 6-pack
You are obviously sadly unfamiliar with our founders belief that limited government was possible only through public virtue. Ever heard of a guy named John Adams? "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

And somehow that translates into needing a government to force morals onto it's citizenry? Is that not what Obama is already doing?

Oh, wait... it's just that it's not *OUR* morals he's forcing down our throats. That morals are being forced down our throats by government officials is okay, though.

Sick. Very sick... to think it your right to tell your neighbor how to live their own life.

(See my tagline.)

187 posted on 03/10/2012 11:51:22 PM PST by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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