Yep, that’s me....I fell for that bait.
Truebelieverforever, I have never seen so many smarmy, nasty threads before the santorum bashing threads came along a few weeks ago. I guess the mods are fine with it....... so be it. I get on these threads from time to time when I see just plain nuttiness or over the top ridicule. They are always bashing Santorum. It is not vetting; it does nothing to further a disussion or understanding....it merely shuts down one side of the conversation.
IMO, it is below FR standards....but that’s just me.
When I started posting on this forum for Newt, I would post links to his Contract for America 2012, excertps from his writings, outlines of his promised policies on all the major issues confronting America today, titles of his book, his other works. All content, all quality, backed up sometimes by 2 and 3 different links, to allow for people’s desire to read according to length or detail. I posted vids of Newt for those who didn’t like to read.
and what did I get back from Santorum supporters? serial adulterer, open marriage, resigned in disgrace, and every other nasty thing they could come up with. Never any discourse, never any discussion on the merits of the content I had posted. Just like you, crying the victim card, the newt supporters are so nasty and smarmy, and Rick is just perfect.
I am not like the timid Queensbury-rules GOP establishment. I gave it a long heartfelt try, and then just decided to give back as good as I got.
I don’t feel bad about it. I feel like I tried my best, only Santorum supporters aren’t interested in any kind of quality discussion. I even defended rick a couple times, when he was taken to task by Gingrich supporters for taking his dead baby home, and fully taken out of context in one thing he said.
I have grown weary of people like you saying it’s newt supporters who are ugly and nasty and smarmy. Santorum supporters think they have cornered the market on morality because their candidate presents himself as one “called by God”, and because of that anyone who questions Santorum’s superiority as a candidate is questioning the only good man in the race. I don’t subscribe to that.
Now have at me with the usual Sanctimonium superiority, and victimization card. FYI, I don’t think I have lowered the standards on Free Republic, but that’s just me.