Posted on 03/06/2012 11:03:11 PM PST by Brown Deer
You are crazy. Santorum CAN NOT win in November.
I work with LOTS of liberals and independents and they are just laughing at just the thought of Santorum.
They make jokes about playing football with a baby corpse... etc. Wait till that’s on SNL.
Actually, when I think about that phrase, I wouldn’t want Dick Morris any where near my caucus unless I was peeing on Obama/Romney and he was in the huddle.
I am so sick of the GOP-e and the direction they have let America drift, I’d rather have a Military coup, then have their compromises. My plan for the future is to buy lead.
It is a disaster. I’m hoping that finally we will be able to defeat Romney. but I’m ticked off at those rinos who keep Voting for him. It is time to defeat Romney or watch Obama win re-election.
Santorum and Gingrich have to make a pact. And help Santorum out. Maybe Gingrich becomes VP nominee. I don’t know. Whatever it takes.
Ineligible RINO Backstabber:
"Thank me. When I cheat, I win."
FLASHBACK:
The McCain/Palin ticket was up ++4 to 10 pts
in some polls, days prior to Election 2008.
So rather than helping the GOP, Romney and
TeamROMNEY and the RNME (Republican National Media Establishment)
decided
to attack Gov. Palin to throw Election2008.
Romney, and the Van der Sloot RNME RINOs for Obama in 2008
The Palmetto Scoop reported: "One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was
the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"Im told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palins people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romneys former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.
"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off .hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."
"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"
"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"
"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"
"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"
"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"
Santorum wouldn't even be able to carry his own state in November.
I agree, Sara.
Rick just doesn’t have the killer instinct that we need to win.
He’s out of his league.
My God. What's up with the fur on his right hand?
santorum is a big government bush 1 and 2 type candidate... 12 years of the bushes damn near destroyed the republican party... No, I will not vote for mcromney, nor will I vote for another big government establishment type....
Sucks to be a weak sister, eh Romney?
You're citing one item out of a list of problem statements that has been posted on a number of places on Free Republic, and seems to be coming from a list posted on Ron Paul's website, which has posted a video of Arlen Specter's 1995 speech here: http://www.ronpaul2012.com/2012/03/02/santorum-with-specter-in-1996-to-protect-a-womans-right-to-choose/
I listened to all of Specter's speech — nearly a half-hour of it. His speech outlined a platform focused on a flat tax, his role as a Philadelphia prosecutor in reducing violent crime and an emphasis on no plea bargains for career criminals, an aggressive military posture, forcing North Korea to allow nuclear weapons inspections, fighting terrorism, moving the US embassy to Jerusalem, cutting federal expenses, and paying off the national debt. He focused on the value of education, noting that his father had no formal education and his mother had to drop out of school after eighth grade.
I think many of us would say those are good things.
Unfortunately, Specter also cited Goldwater's belief that the government should stay out of people's bedrooms and opposed what he called a “radical social agenda” of opposition to abortion and promotion of school prayer. He opposed Pat Robertson, Pat Buchanan, and Ralph Reed, citing them by name: “We do not need holy wars; what we need is tolerance, brotherhood, and simple humanity.” He said “I and millions of other pro-choice Republicans will not be disenfranchised and made second-class citizens,” but also emphasized the value of people “with deep religious and moral convictions” while opposing “bringing God into politics.”
Specter quoted Jack Kemp saying “when it comes to moral values, we should seek to persuade rather than impose,” and said moral issues such as abortion should be left to the conscience of the individual.
Quoting Specter again: “Let me say it as plainly as I can: Neither this nation nor this party can afford a candidate so captive to the demands of the intolerant right that we end up re-electing a president of the incompetent left.”
It seems obvious that Arlen Specter's views are a major problem.
It also seems to me that most of us already knew that Santorum has a history of defending Specter. I don't like that.
Now if someone can show me that Santorum actually agrees with some of these horrible views advocated by Specter nearly two decades ago, I'll be a lot more concerned. This list of views attacking a Christian role in politics sounds much more like what is being said by some supporters of other candidates here on Free Republic, not like something Santorum believes today.
What follows is from Ron Paul's website, hut as far as I can tell it's accurately quoting Specter's speech:
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Here are a few key takeaways from the 25 minute C-SPAN video, with Santorum seen nodding and applauding at Specters side:
3:46 mark: In 1996, I intend to win the other house the White House with ten commitments to America including a womans right to choose
13:22 mark: Even though we have this historic opportunity for these achievements, there are those in our party who would lead us down a different path and squander this unique moment in our nations history by using our political capital to pursue a radical social agenda that would end a womans right to choose
13:48 mark: When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation between Church and State, I say he is wrong
14:31 mark: When Ralph Reed says a pro-choice Republican isnt qualified to be our President, I say the Republican Party will not be intimidated or blackmailed by those kinds of threats.I, and millions of other pro-choice Republicans, will not be disenfranchised and made second class citizens.
15:33 mark: it is not Christian, or religious, or Judeo-Christian to bring God into politics; or to advocate intolerance and promote exclusion.
15:54 mark: I want to take abortion out of politics. I want to keep the Republican Party focused on the vital economic and foreign policy issues and leave moral issues such as abortion to the conscience of the individual. I believe abortion is an issue to be decided by women
16:40 mark: I pledge to lead the fight to strip the strident anti-choice language from the Republican National platform
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12 posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2012 1:31:22 AM by ansel12 (Santorum-Catholic and “I was basically pro-choice all my life, until I ran for Congress” he said))
Would you endorse a Presidential candidate, running on this platform?
Santorum did.
I pledge to lead the fight to strip the strident anti-choice language from the Republican National platform
Once again, you wouldn’t know it according to the front page on Newspapers.
I saw one the Headline was something like Super Tuesday Win Split.
In other words basically a tie.
So then why do they show a huge picture of Romney and his wife.
While they show a much smaller what looked like a stock photo of Santorum off to the lower right side.
Many of the NP I saw just had photos of Willard and noone else.
Of course Paul should drop out, but he and his followers are deranged, so we know that won’t happen.
It's a wereWillard!
A brokered convention will result in a moderate/liberal nominee. The establishment controls the levers of power in the party and they will assuredly control the convention with an iron fist and their candidate will win.
Unless a conservative wins the nomination outright the best we can hope for is a replay of 2008 where we get another bone tossed to us in the form of the VP candidate.
Should we still win we will be again told to STFU and go to the back of the bus by the party. Nothing will change.
If we lose we will told by the party boys and the establishment it was our fault because we didn’t support their candidate enough. Nothing will change.
LOL, you mean other than trying to raise up Specter from obscurity to make Specter President and endorsing his campaign platform of, I pledge to lead the fight to strip the strident anti-choice language from the Republican National platform 15 years ago?
Supporting Whitman in 1997, continuing to support Specter even into 2004, and Santorum being run out of office largely for that dedicated, never ending support?
Then Santorum going from Specter to Romney which was the closes thing to specter available last election?
Reagan69 wrote:
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You are crazy. Santorum CAN NOT win in November.
I work with LOTS of liberals and independents and they are just laughing at just the thought of Santorum.
They make jokes about playing football with a baby corpse... etc. Wait till thats on SNL.
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If you’re going to base your personal feelings about a particular candidate because it makes you too uncomfortable to see a bunch of snarky left-wingers laughing at him, then they’re going to mentally manipulate you into thinking we can only win with a liberal John McCain type. Come on, you’re better than that! Of course, liberals and “independents” going to mock ANY conservative candidate. In fact, I would WORRY if they approved of my guy!
First, we stop Romney, then we deal with what follows.
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