[Engraved-on-His-hands]

I welcome his entrance to the race. He is a good man who fought the good fight during the dark years when everyone else was keeping their mouths shut. He at least deserves some respect for that.

[DaxtonBrown]

“He at least deserves some respect for that.”

Respect for past efforts, sure. Respect for helping Bush get the nomination, sorry, no can do.

[Alberta's Child]

He exposed himself as a complete fraud and a Beltway political hack with that whole Arlen Specter debacle.

Unfortunately, Santorum is the picture-perfect definition of the kind of career political jerk who should never be allowed in a position of public trust. It's more than a bit ironic that he's making this announcement in his home state of Pennsylvania ... where he lost his last election by a landslide ... and where he'd lose to any Democratic opponent in a presidential election, too.

[C. Edmund Wright]

He is a good man who fought the good fight during the dark years when everyone else was keeping their mouths shut. He at least deserves some respect for that.

Hey SOTC, X, Lake - did you know Santorum was the ONLY ONE opening his mouth about the good fight? I didn't know that.

/s

Engraved, puhleeze....rinse the kool aid off.

[Finny]

No one wants to be an object of charity. When someone is an object of charity, they feel obligated and even a little ashamed.

Yet withal, charity is one of the most lovely things in Christianity, and we are commanded to engage in it.

Charity requires mercy and kindness on the part of the giver; it is a moral act that requires that the giver voluntarily go without for him and his, in order to make sure someone in need has more. That person who receives charity KNOWS this and is morally indebted to repay with charity toward others. Charity is a beautiful thing because it is a purely MORAL act.

When government takes over charity, it REMOVES "voluntary" from the equation. It REMOVES mercy and kindness from the equation. It REMOVES obligation from the equation.

When government takes over charity, as misguided Christian Santorum ADVOCATES for government to do, then givers become SLAVES and receivers become ENTITLED DEPENDENTS.

Any Christian who advocates using government to take over the Christian duties of individuals, is unwittingly promoting amorality and evil. Government "charity" makes it so productive people are FORCED to fund the lifestyles of those who are slothful, self-indulgent, and promiscuous, and it allows those dependents to live such with out material consequence.

Santorum is as WRONG as any Democrat. Santorum uses the word "conservative" as code for Christian. He also uses the phrase "family" as code for "Christian." Straight-talking and conservative use of government elude him entirely. Santorum stinks as much now as he did four years ago.