Baghdad Bob
and
Demagogue Bob
Posted on 10/21/2006 8:43:54 PM PDT by SmithL
There is probably no one the left would rather see defeated this November than Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.
The two-term Republican is a reliable ally of President Bush on matters from Iraq to confirming judges. He is a religious conservative who has spoken out against abortions, gay unions and contraception. He is a liaison to the business community and a consistent vote against environmental regulation. He is No. 3 in the GOP's Senate hierarchy.
By most measures, he is the most vulnerable incumbent in the Senate.
With just more than two weeks remaining before election day, Democrat Bob Casey Jr. leads Santorum in surveys by anywhere from 5 to 13 percentage points. Democrats regard Santorum's seat as the surest bet of the six GOP seats they need to win a Senate majority. And there are signs that Republicans are pulling back resources in an acknowledgement that there are other battles they are more likely to win.
The travails of a brash 48-year-old conservative who has talked about someday running for president draw unrestrained delight from liberals around the country, who hold the same contempt for Santorum that many conservatives hold for Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy or California Sen. Barbara Boxer.
"No one is further to the right in the Senate than Rick Santorum,'' said Ralph Neas, president of the liberal advocacy group People for the American Way. "If he had his way, the constitutional clock would be turned back about seven decades.''
"Gays would be thrilled and overjoyed'' at a Santorum loss,
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
I can see the editorial staff at the SF Comical clicking their ruby slippers and saying over and over again "Santorum loses, Santorum loses".
"No one is further to the right in the Senate than Rick Santorum,'' said Ralph Neas, president of the liberal advocacy group People for the American Way. "If he had his way, the constitutional clock would be turned back about seven decades.''
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No one is more hyperbolic that Ralph Neas.
Of course, the irony of this is that in order to claim Santorum's seat the Democrats have been forced to run a (nominal) pro-life, "fiscal conservative", "social moderate", who (IIRC) is not calling for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq. In other words, a watered-down version of Rick Santorum.
It will be a disgrace, if conservatives don't turn out to reelect Santorum and allow a Dem to take his seat.
Neas is an idiot, Santorum has problems of the message nature.
He is seen as hip to hip with President Bush, in a sixth year election, that is trouble.
If Rick wants to win, he needs to turn from President Bush, say something "controversial" then talk about how he is independent.
Love your tagline - said the same thing to FOX in an email today. LOL!!
Since the dems are using 16% over-weighting of dems for all their recent polls .. I'd say that Santorum is probably ahead by a few points. No guarantee - because I don't know the actual demographics of PA as to dems/repubs .. and that is key to getting the polls correct.
But the goal is for us to believe all is lost so why bother to vote .. DON'T BE DECEIVED!! If every repubs shows up to vote - Santorum will not have a problem getting re-elected. He's a good man - and we need more like him in congress.
Read that you conservatives who say "I won't vote for Santorum, he campaigned for Specter." The left wants this guy defeated more than any other candidate running this fall. Geez, I wonder why that would be?? Is it because Santorum is a liberal just like Specter??? Uh, no. It's because he's an outspoken conservative who isn't afraid to take it to the Democrats and isn't afraid to tell it like it is while so many other Senators play this silly "Senate collegiality" thing. Santorum doesn't go for that and prefers to fight these Democrats on principle and convictions rather than doing a lot of cloak roam back slapping. Instead, Santorum is a work horse fighting for conservative causes and for those issues that are most important in this campaign, especially the war against Islamic fascism.
So those of you planning to not vote for Santorum in Pennsylvania remember this. You are in league with the radical left in wanting to see him defeated. So how does that give you standing to criticize Santorum for having campaigned for Specter when you're lining up with the radical left to try to defeat Santorum? Think about it.
I think he's blown it his with controversial statements on these issues as well as the Terri Shaivo thing.
Whether he's right or wrong, let's face it, most people get turned off by politicians mouthing off on such inflamatory issues.
yeppers. bordering on treasonous.
No, there are signs the RINO screw job the Republican Party routinely visits upon conservatives, especially those with Presidential possiblities, is still in full force.
This is the payback Santorum gets for supporting Arlen Specter.
The san fran chronic - ill would like to see a defeated Santorum...and that's all they are going to get: would like to see.
Santorum will be re-elected no matter how much the commie Neas prays to Karl Marx.
NO HE DOESN'T!
I don't like your advice because it is exactly the WRONG thing for Santorum to do.
He's come way up in the polls by simply standing his ground and supporting Bush and supporting our troops and supporting the WOT. Why would changing his stand suddenly make him a winner ..??
Your advice is totally illogical.
You only got one thing right - "Neas is an idiot"!
Sounds good to me.
Baghdad Bob
and
Demagogue Bob
The keystone state situation is pissing me off.
Think you might like my last post.
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