Posted on 03/08/2012 10:20:32 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The Lame Stream Media circle like sharks in a blood pool over Rick Santorum’s Catholicism. Funny, they asked conservatives if they were against Romney because they are “anti-Mormon” but no one is asking those attacking Santorum if they are doing it because they are “anti-Catholic.” Do we want a POTUS candidate who doesn’t believe his own faith? We already have that, don’t we?
Rick Santorum is laughing all the way to the ballot box as women swoon, and it isn’t over his good looks. Women like Rick for a lot of reasons. He is every woman’s husband. He is every girl’s dad, complete with the sweater vest. He is every businesswoman’s handy banker. He is every school girl’s slightly geeky, but deliciously smart favorite math teacher. He is the Sunday School teacher we wish we had—the one who actually fights for his faith rather than cowering for church attendance and tithes. He has courage.
Women feel the financial strain created by this administration’s $1 trillion per year spending habit more than our sexier counterparts. We are the ones who have to abandon our choices and go to work. We have to clip coupons, stretch dollars, walk the tightrope between what our kids want and what our struggling budget allows, and we know we couldn’t do it without our spiritual strength. The press’ contention that the social issues don’t matter smack of government constrained churches to us, and we won’t have it. Women need the freedom to worship where they want, how they want, and they don’t want this government threatening their spiritual freedoms. Women understand what Sarah Palin said when she proclaimed that social issues and economic issues are not mutually exclusive-- They are inextricably linked, and women know that because we use the spiritual strengths guaranteed to us by “social issues” to survive the fiscal stresses every day under this imperial President’s reign.
There is more to Rick’s support by Middle American Moms than meets the eye. In the states where he has campaigned and delivered a message, women are feeling emboldened to support this hubby-daddy-slightly geeky teacher-type; they know things the media and GOP establishment wish they could dust away.
Moms like him. Rick and Karen have 7 living children. Karen is an attorney, nurse, and author. Rick knows firsthand what it means to run the carpool, pick up the kids from soccer, help with homework, and drop them at a friends’ house, all while trying to get to work on time or spiff up the house before dinner with the family.
Businesswomen like him. Santorum sponsored and passed the Women’s Business Centers Sustainability Act that established numerous initiatives to support small businesses owned by women.
Work at home moms like him. He has been outspoken and boldly spoken up for women to have the choices they deserve—to work outside the home, or not. He even placed the blame for taking away these freedoms where real women know it belongs—on the radical feminists.
Poor women like him. When he decided to take on the colossal battle of welfare reform, he invited 8 women on welfare to co-create the legislation with him. Who does that? This shows such cool creativity and cutting edge leadership, it would give a sweater vest some swag!
Pro-life women like him. He is an unquestionable champion of life. This means that unborn women probably like him, too. They just won’t be able to say so until about 2013.
Pro-choice women like him. He is the only candidate who has declared that he would not criminalize birth control, unless killing babies is your “method of choice.”
Libertarian women like him. The Cato Institute had rave reviews for the Senator while he was serving in D.C.
Victimized women like him. Unlike Obama, he doesn’t label them victims (AKA: Useful idiots). He empowers crime victims with his tough law for trafficking victims (Trafficking Victims Protection Conference Report) and Aimee’s Law. He co-sponsored the National AMBER Alert Network Act to strengthen alert capabilities and assist state and local law enforcement in catching those who would kidnap a child.
Academic women like him. His mother was the first woman to graduate from Yale. She was the primary breadwinner for his family growing up. His wife, Karen, is a lawyer, nurse, and author. He understands the importance of education and more importantly, the personal satisfaction that comes from women meeting their full potential. His life is living proof of that.
Moms of special ability children like him. As a mother of a child with a Trisomy 21, I can assure you that this hidden, but adamant voting block will move heaven and earth to get to the polls to support someone who loves and understands all the extra joy and challenge in raising a special child. His love for his baby, Gabriel who died, and later for his precious little Bella with Trisomy 18, is all most moms like me need to know the man has a heart the size of Texas, and he wears it on his sleeve for our special little ones.
Mr. Moms even like him! He championed initiatives to encourage participation of fathers in the lives of their children, and provide families with relief from the marriage penalty tax.
While esoteric, overeducated liberals stand in awe as Senator Santorum survives the ravages of the socialist attacks, we Middle American Women quietly smile to ourselves. We know where our vote will be in 2012.
-- Dr. Gina Loudon is the host of the PM drivetime show The Dr. Gina Show heard in 8 states across the Midwest and the South.
Oh yes, the pick and choose - the political game continues.
Let’s see - those PA taxpayers couldn’t stand him being the best at reduced taxes - so they fired him! LOL!!
Thanks, but no thanks.
“Gingrich thinks he is THE smartest person in the world.”
Yes yes,, i bet Rick sits there when his wife talks,, holding her hand,, carefully taking in her opinions. Because you know,, he’s a good man. (there in that sweater vest)
Oh,, and he doesn’t interrupt, or EVER make her feel dumb. LOL
I derive great pleasure from thinking about Rick sitting at his desk in the Oval Office, wearing his sweater vest. :-)
You don’t know the whole story about his private life. You only think you do.
Rick’s record is public. He’s a liar - through the screen towards millions of American voters. If you can, you’ll see the difference.
I’m an American Kitty Mom, and I like Rick!
You are entitled to your dreams!
And so are *you*. :-)
RE: Oh yes, the pick and choose - the political game continues.
Nobody said his record was PERFECT. But his OVERALL record TILTS conservative.
Didn’t the conservative icon Ronald Reagan give us AMNESTY in 1987?
Didn’t Reagan compromise on many issues with a Democratic Congress as President?
The budget for the Department of Education, which candidate Reagan promised to abolish along with the Department of Energy, has more than doubled to $22.7 billion, Social Security spending has risen from $179 billion in 1981 to $269 billion in 1986.
The price of farm programs went from $21.4 billion in 1981 to $51.4 billion in 1987, a 140% increase. And this doesn’t count the recently signed $4 billion “drought-relief” measure. Medicare spending in 1981 was $43.5 billion; in 1987 it hit $80 billion. Federal entitlements cost $197.1 billion in 1981—and $477 billion in 1987.
YET, We consider Ronald Reagan a conservative AND HE IS.
The fact, is a President (and in Santorum’s case, Senator ) CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH given the opposition he is faced with.
Did you see him after one of the last debates when they were starting to interview him, his wife came along to where he was and he pointed his finger at where she was to stand next to him like she was some dog. Then the kids came and stopped in front of him but got the ‘eye’ and dutifully they went behind him. The task master in play, nothing loving about it. They couldn’t or wouldn’t hug him after the debate. ‘It’s all about him’ in private and public life.
A disaster for America!
I just listened to a woman, an Independent, calling Rush, saying she AND her daughter are supporting Rick. And get this, she has voted for Kerry, but likes Rick because he is a moral man.
“Among women, Texas Rep. Ron Paul won six percent, Gingrich won 29 percent, Romney won 51 percent and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum 13 percent.”
Link: http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/31/women-abandon-gingrich-this-time-by-22-point-margin/
That record doesn't include him embracing, campaigning and voting for the WORST OF THE WORST PRO ABORTION, BIG GOV'T, ORIGINATOR of Romneycare, PRO HOME candidate. Then where is he?
Didn’t the conservative icon Ronald Reagan give us AMNESTY in 1987?
You are so desperate you NEED to post deception. Did you hear NEWT explain about that? BE HONEST - even though you support a LIAR.
Didn’t Reagan compromise on many issues with a Democratic Congress as President?
Who was Rick comprising with when he campaigned SOLO for Mitt. He didn't have to, he chose to do it!! That's him, ANYTHING for political favor - he'll compromise the same beliefs he suddenly is standing on today. What a con man!!
No more of my time wasted on this POS liar today. Either you see it or you don't. Liars are repulsive to me and they can't con me, perhaps not you.
RE: That record doesn’t include him embracing, campaigning and voting for the WORST OF THE WORST PRO ABORTION, BIG GOV’T, ORIGINATOR of Romneycare, PRO HOME candidate. Then where is he?
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Loyalty, that’s all. Specter was a Republican who supported Santorum in both his Senate runs and even when he ran for congress earlier. What’s he supposed to do, turn his back on the man who supported him?
That doesn’t suddenly make Santorum a pro-chioce politician.
Sarah Palin supported John McCain in 2010 against a Tea Party candidate.
I don’t hold it against her.
Santorum is the one helping mitt, it’s design that way.
He didn’t get the job done for Mitt in ‘08 at deceiving voters - so he’s getting another chance at it a different way.
A strong pro life, pro marriage, less gov’t person NEVER would campaign or vote for a candidate like Mitt.
It didn’t bother Rick at all to deceive voters to vote for Mitt.
What would President Reagan do if he had had a good conservative challenging Sen. Arlen Specter in a primary in Pennsylvania? Former Sen. Rick Santorum is taking a lot of heat in his presidential campaign for backing the RINO Specter over true-blue conservative Pat Toomey in 2004. We need more conservatives like Ronald Reagan.
I agree. But let’s remember what Reagan actually did. In 1982, Sen. Lowell Weicker (R-Conn.) faced a possible challenge from Prescott Bush, Jr., elder brother of Reagan’s vice president. “God himself could not keep me from challenging Lowell Weicker,” the Bush brother said. But when the convention rolled around, Mr. Bush was obviously listening to someone else. He dropped his challenge.
President Reagan came to New Haven that year and spoke to 10,000 Knights of Columbus. Weicker was on stage with him. The president, Sen. Weicker, and I were perhaps the only three “Prots” in the hall. I was then working for a state pro-life group backed by the Catholic Church. When the host announced from the podium that Sen. Weicker would be flying back to Washington on Air Force One with the president, there were boos and catcalls. The announcer spoke over this disruption. “The president will be dropping Sen. Weicker off in the capital,” he said with authority.
Some witty Knight yelled back: “Drop Weicker on the
Capitol!” The audience cheered. Weicker won that election and continued for another six years to be a burr under Reagan’s saddle. Some gratitude.
It’s worth considering what President Reagan did when we beat up on Rick Santorum for backing the awful Arlen Specter. Weicker showed his ingratitude from day one. What could possibly justify backing Specter?
Well, how do we like Justice Clarence Thomas? He’s about my favorite member of the Supreme Court. But it was Sen. Specter who cut Anita Hill’s testimony to pieces in the Judiciary Committee hearings in 1991. Without Specter’s evisceration of Miss Hill’s inconsistencies, it is highly doubtful that Thomas would have survived.
I’ll never forget watching the confirmation vote on Justice Thomas from the Senate Visitors’ Gallery that night. Hollywood’s Ted Danson was sitting right in front of me, gripping the brass rail. His knuckles went white, and the large bald spot on the back of his head went red, as Thomas’s nomination was approved by the thin margin of 52-48.
Later that night, Sen. Specter strode over to the den of that lion of the right, Paul Weyrich, to receive the plaudits of grateful conservatives. I couldn’t resist: “God bless you, Sen. Specter,” I said as I shook his hand. What did I just say? How many times later did I ask God if I could take that blessing back?
So, what did Specter do after Rick Santorum endorsed him in 2004? Do we remember the 2005 hearings for John Roberts and Sam Alito? Chairman Specter skillfully guided both of those worthy gentlemen to seats on the Supreme Court.
JUST REMEMBER THE ABOVE EVENTS WHEN YOU BRING UP ARLEN SPECTER’s NAME AGAIN.
Moral men don't lie and deceive. Seems she has a habit at picking the wrong men.
RE: A strong pro life, pro marriage, less gov’t person NEVER would campaign or vote for a candidate like Mitt.
A strong pro-life pro marriage, less gov’t person NEVER would campaign or vote for a candidate like Lowell Weicker ( the one who gave Connecticut its INCOME TAX when it previously had none ).
Why did Reagan do it?
Yet, we look up to Reagan as a true conservative.
RE: A strong pro life, pro marriage, less gov’t person NEVER would campaign or vote for a candidate like Mitt.
A strong pro-life pro marriage, less gov’t person NEVER would campaign or vote for a candidate like Lowell Weicker ( the one who gave Connecticut its INCOME TAX when it previously had none ).
Why did Reagan do it?
Yet, we look up to Reagan as a true conservative.
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