You know, you talk a good game. Then you go back 29 years to post personal details about a woman who hadn’t even met her husband that she had six (or more) children with, and you lost me.
I don’t know what your total game here is, but a neutral peace-keeper isn’t part of it.
That was a disgusting thing to do to one of the candidates wives, and that from a position of neutrality? B. S.
I don’t care what other candidate’s wives did 29 years ago, it’s not fair game. And the idea the Democrats would bring something like this out later this year is hogwash. They would suffer a crushing reaction if they did.
Another person here on Free Republic said that he would bring out the background of Rick Santorum’s wife, noting that it isn't pretty. I pointed out that has already been done with an article in Newsweek.
My post provided the link to the Newsweek article, summarized the article, and explained why this is something most conservative Christians are going to regard as pre-conversion sin. Karen Santorum’s life for the last two decades gives every appearance of demonstrating that she's repentant.
As the link to the Newsweek article points out, the national media has **ALREADY** jumped on Santorum’s wife for something that has been known to some extent for a long time in pro-life circles.
While I could live with either Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum, I'm not neutral in that race. I voted for Santorum in the Missouri primary last month, I expect to vote for him in the Missouri caucus this Saturday, and support him publicly. I support Rick Santorum because I believe he's the best candidate we have left to defeat Mitt Romney. I have problems with and concerns about some of Rick Santorum’s past views and actions but pre-conversion sin of his wife from a quarter-century ago is not on that list. It is, however, on the agenda of Newsweek Magazine and we need to be prepared to respond to that article.
DoughtyOne, if I had a major problem with Rick Santorum nobody on Free Republic would need to guess what it is. I've listed a number of secondary issues over the last year but believe all of them are minor compared to the problems of Romney, and on balance, I believe Santorum is a better candidate than Gingrich. I can see why someone could support Gingrich rather than Santorum, however, and do so in good conscience.
I hope that explains the situation. I didn't bring out anything that 1) the national media haven't already covered, and 2) which someone else on this thread on Free Republic said he would bring out. What I did do that was different was to explain how I believe Santorum supporters should respond to attacks on Karen Santorum’s background. If Santorum becomes the Republican nominee we need to be prepared to do that.