Posted on 01/14/2012 3:31:10 PM PST by TBBT
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- With the South Carolina Republican presidential primary a week away, former Sen. Rick Santorum on Saturday received the endorsement of 150 influential Christian conservative leaders who are hoping to prevent former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney from becoming the GOP nominee.
The group, suspicious that Romney's commitment to social conservative causes such as ending legalized abortion is weak, met at a ranch outside of Houston, Texas, in hopes of rallying around one candidate rather than split their votes among three - Santorum, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
The endorsement came as the Republican presidential field converged on scenic Charleston, S.C., for a televised town hall meeting for undecided voters hosted by Rep. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, said in a telephone news conference after the meeting that the conservatives had begun their deliberations with "not a lot of hope that we could reach consensus around one candidate."
But in the end "there emerged a strong consensus around Rick Santorum," Perkins said, after three rounds of balloting.
Santorum, a staunch anti-abortion social conservative, was considered a long-shot candidate before surprising many by losing to Romney in Iowa caucuses Jan. 3 by only eight votes.
Support fluctuated between Santorum and Gingrich, Perkins said, before more than two-thirds voted for the former Pennsylvania senator. In the end, Santorum received 85 votes out of 114 - a smaller total because Perkins said some participants had left to catch flights.
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
between yer handle and tag lines, i would think you would actually have a measure of principles that you would stand *for*...
I'll be voting alright, but there aiint a human thatll be printed on the ballot that i can vote *for*, and that same ballot wont have a 'no' box for bambam, so i guess Ill be writin in an actual 'representative' of my beliefs and principles...
save yer breath with that being a vote *for* bambam...i dont fear that, or him enough to compromise with fatally flawed guys just because the stamp an 'R' next to their names...
if you believe in the DOI and doing *something* to combat evil, then you shouldnt fear standing [and if necessary dying] on a hill of principles, and you should refuse to vote *for* the lesser of evil...
How about this?
Current : “ (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Burke) “
More accurate :” (All that is necessary to triumph OVER evil is that well intended men side with the assumed lesser of two or three evils.)“
i believe that would be called *compromise*...a system which ALWAYS works to our disadvantage on an unleveled battlefield we currently call politics...
Thanks TBBT.
Alternatively the ‘taking a stand’ and then ‘caving in’ approach (first used by Newt in 1995) doesn't seem to help Republicans much against Obama either. When Pelosi did it in 2007 and 2008 she had a method of being able to have Bush get the blame for everything so she could pick up more House seats, but when the current House Republicans do it it just seems to make obama look stronger, at least recently.
Never let the perfect be an enemy of the good.
Can you write in English?
Choice-Newt or Romney.
same with yer tag...the inability to understand the hypocrisy of you statements is truly amazing, or engineered to be a PITA distraction...either way, you should prepare to kiss the kings ring...
Could you please decode what you wrote.
Thats like saying :"Choice-Romney or Obama" if Romney wins the nomination. I don't find that argument very inspiring either.
This is a disgrace.
It's called the Republican party.
What the hell are Boehner and McConnell still doing in those top leadership positions? That is a similar disgrace
Free market??? You have quite a bit of faith in Newt as a free market guy. Not like this other cynical freeper:
“ They aren't gaffes, He (Newt) is just not as smart as he thinks he is. He is a big government Republican who believes that being conservative means getting the government to do the job more effectively. “
comment #23 posted on Friday, May 20, 2011 by fortheDeclaration (thread 'Gingrich Will Star In Democrats' Anti-Ryan Medicare Attacks ')
He was attempting to use the Gov't with the market to deal with the problem, unlike the Democrats who only want to use the Government.
So, again, the question is Newt or Romney?
As Gilb says many times, the fix is in for Romney. But in the process of fighting with him Newt is loading up Obama and democrats with as much leftist support ammunition as possible.
Example : Heard on CSPAN this morning that Obama is reviving his call for higher taxes on those ‘rich’ investors based on private equity firms obscene profits. Way to go Newt!
I am sure Democrats will work Newts recent quotes into their efforts to reverse the Citizen's United SCOTUS ruling, you know those third party ads, and for lots more government regulations to take on those greedy vulture investors.
I suppose in the end if Romney gets it and Newt helps Obama defeat him it's just as well anyway and in Obama's second term voters will really hate Democrats, but that doesn't make me want Newt as POTUS.
only *IF* sol...as you often say, with bambam as POTUS and an 'R' congress for phase II of the dicktatership, we will quickly circle the drain, with public opinion absolutely convinced that 'R' obstructionism brought us to tyranny...
undoing that will take another 3-5 generations, if at all...
but even as pessimistic as i am, i will not be cowed to vote *for* a less than 50% representative, through FEAR tactics, who will ultimately sell my kids down the river anyways...
again, FEAR is a very powerful weapon, and both parties have been using it for decades...im NOT playin that game again...
is that understandable enuff ???
Much the same way Herman Cain had from the beginning
We've just cast our early ballots for Newt here in Florida
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Obama is always calling for higher taxes on the rich.
If the 'fix is in' and Romney is the handpicked candidate of the establishment,then count me out, Romney is unacceptable unless he truely wins the primary process, not two States.
People can change their minds as well.
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