Then, she surprised many on the political left and the political right - and many in between. She endorsed the Republican establishment's candidate, Mitt Romney, for the Republican nomination in 2012 very early in the primary campaign.
Rather than question what might have prompted such an endorsement, I want to discuss her efforts to harm the candidacy of a very good man, Rick Santorum. I believe they reveal bigger problems with serious implications.
I still have a couple of paragraphs to read of this excellent article, but had to rush back here.
We have our answer. This is our next Reagan. The one we’ve been looking for.
We must pray without ceasing that God will make us worthy to receive this incredible gift of a leader that He’s holding out to us.
We must not let anything or anyone upset us. This is in God’s Hands. “Wait on the Lord, take courage. Be stouthearted and wait on the Lord.” Ps. 27
Whatever happens, I am certain Santorum’s the one.
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The US isn’t experiencing a demographic winter.
But Santorum’s tripling of the exemption for children guts the income tax of the usual income incentives for people to work harder: it increases the tax burden on those without dependents, and for those with dependents, it too cuts the association with actual income earned.
Just an all around bad policy. (But great if, like Santorum, you have seven kids.)
Catholic Church (as far as its officials - US Bishops) has for most of the 20th century been a leftist organization. Without US Catholic bishops, we would not have the welfare state, crushing debt, out of control immigration.
Also, let's not forget the support of US Catholic Bishops for Nuclear Freeze movement (in order to derail Ronald Reagan).
The support of these leftist positions has nearly destroyed Catholic Church. Catholic bishops have endorsed expansion of government into areas traditionally performed by Catholic Church (charity, education, health care), can be viewed by a rational observer as noting short of a suicidal.
There has been some change lately in the “right” direction, but it may prove to be too little too late.
As far as Santorum, he is a decent individual. But if people of Tea Party persuasion think Santorum is the right person to carry their banner, they are fooling themselves.
The US needs drastic, painful cuts to avoid Greek tragedy (Greece today is only a preview of what is to come). Which candidates have what it takes to cut government down to sane size? I think Perry and Paul do. Gingrich probably as well. I have serious doubts about Santorum and Romney.
Ann “man neck” Coulture is nothing but a shill for the leftist republican elete’s.
As far as I’m concerned she has mislead conservtives for years to get book sales up.
When you hear her criticize Newt as unelectable; for the same brash/bold 'qualities' that captivated Ann in the name of Chris Christie; she just totally slips in it. . .
Romney is not at all, a conservative.
Being Catholic and conservative I’d say the main difference is capitol punishment. This is not a trivial matter but the one divergence is pretty small when compared to the differences with liberal philosophies which are quite numerous.
I like to point out that a recent survey of religious affiliation on Freerepublic showed that Catholics are by far the largest faith of your fellow FREEPERS.
Coulter not being totally Catholic helps to explain why she is not totally conservative.
Fournier seems to say that conservatives don’t care enough about the poor and cites it as a reason he is only reluctantly a conservative or republican. That is wrong for two reasons. First, there are no real poor people in America. The vast majority of people who ever lived would be stunned by the opulence in which “poor” Americans live in. Secondly, free markets, which conservatives champion, are the best cure for poverty.
FUAC!