"Santorum": Noun; the often frothy mixture of lubricants, mucous and fecal material that results from over exuberant anal copulation."

YUCK

EMDF9A ... as a member of the blue team I say YUCK to your post.

Did you know if you go to Rick Santorum's web site you can buy a sweater vest with his name on it as the logo for $100? (It is a campaign donation). He said on the news he has sold over $100,000.00 in sweater vests!

Ideology, google "santorum" and that is exactly what you will find

Feisty -

I'm no fan of Santorum or any of these Republicans, but the scariest one of all is Romney, and, from my perspective, the best thing we can hope for is for everyone to pile on.

Gingrich's 28 minute "movie" says a lot about Romney's ruthlessness as a businessman (although I understand there were a couple of minor errors in the presentation). And since Romney will probably be the one to go up against Obama, we can root for as much damage to be done by other Republicans.

Romney is mister 1%. He thinks anyone who feels the system is unfair is guilty of "envy" and is waging "class warfare". Wrong words. It just establishes he is out of touch with all us unwashed masses and will cater to the 1%.

Let's hope for Obama to win the election. It might be hard if the Straight of Hormuz situation elevates anymore and the price of gas skyrockets and plunges us into another recession. Obama will get the blame from all the simpleton voters out there who get their information from right-wing propaganda outlets.

Sick Sanitorium

Bush's nuthouse continues on.

but the scariest one of all is Romney,

I couldn't agree more - that is why it is our job to debunk the propaganda & keep the TRUTH front & center!

Did you know if you go to Rick Santorum's web site you can buy a sweater vest

Anyone know where they are manufactured?

Obama/Biden 2012 - The only chance to move this country forward!

EMDF9A

It is not a real word, it is at best a neologism and is as tasteless now as it was when first used in 2003. Its use is needlessly inflamatory.

makes me wish for the days of bill clinton and stains on monicas dress.

...at least it was educational back then, i have lots of "it's not really sex, is it?" these days.

According to the news report from Alex Witt, they are made in the US. (At least that is what Santorum told MSNBC) 100% wool. Still ugly.

ideology - comments 1.2 & 1.8 - Santorum brought it on himself. Yes, the term is revolting, but it totally matches the man.

I kind of like the tastelessly inflamatory part of using it as it very eloquently describes Rick Santorum in my view.

Actually the definition for Santorum came from an angry gay man. Google picked it up, liked it, and put it at the top of the list. (I am full of trivia)

Totally agree. Santorum and his friends deserve a "Yuck" what a bunch of hateful illiterates.

And Phinephancy, I have had the pleasure of discussing the origins of ths Noun with said "Angry Gay Man" over dinner. What a memorable experience. =)

I have no love for Santorum and find his opinions disgraceful and archaic. Do you want to become mired in a crap throwing contest with the red team?

Hey, I just repeated what I heard. I don't want to wallow in mud like those on the right. Thought as progressives we were supposed to be above that.

Well since I rarely get in on the start of these threads where I can get in a snowball fight (its snowing here in Seattle today) I thought it might be fun.

Last comment on the subject. The reason Santorum and its 'definition' are page 1 2 3 etc. on Google is because it is what people are looking for. The more a site is clicked on the higher up the list it goes. Now, I am sure there are many Santorums out there who have nothing to do with Rick and some of them have kids. Would any of you out there like it if your last name was Santorum and when your kids looked up the family name what came up was page after page of the 'urban' definition?

this is santorums own problem. He brought upon himself. See kids this is what happens when you make rude comments that are untrue about other peoples lives on the public stage. I must admit some peoples ideology really spoils the view. Tough luck. I guess it sucks to be santorum, in person or on the floor or wall.

And now it sucks to be any Santorum related or not. Gee, have you noticed no one names their kid Judas. When you throw @!$%#e at a fan a lot of innocent people get hit with it.

OH YAY! I finally had a comment collapsed! (Of course Fiesty has this happen daily LOL)

Words of wisdom "Don't stand that close to the fan."

EMDF9A

I assure you I had nothing to do with it. I think that collapsed comments are at times the only ones read. But welcome to the club. I have one collapse also.

EMDF9A

I assure you I had nothing to do with it. I think that collapsed comments are at times the only ones read. But welcome to the club. I have one collapse also.

BREAKING NEWS ALERT: NBC news is reporting that Jon Huntsman is dropping out of race

soon to be a big name at America Elects

Ideology,

He is going to endorse Romney. But, yes, I see him as a name at America Elects.

mormons for mormons ... long live the mormonocracy

The power of Magic Underwear

"I expect that from Barack Obama I don't' expect that from a Republican running for president," said Santorum.

"We are better than that."

He's kidding, right? Republicans are famous for viscous and extreme negative ads...what do you think the term "swiftboating" describes?

Republicans have zero honor about fair campaigning or politicking in general...the main credo is the end justifies the means.

All I can ask Santorum is, "How does it feel?"

"I expect that from Barack Obama I don't' expect that from a Republican running for president," said Santorum.

"We are better than that."

Sure you are. I've got two names for you. Steve Atwater. Karl Rove.

How scared you all must be of an Obama loss if the criticism turns to sweater vests....By all means donate to Obama...please continue to send him your pennies and subsidized rent checks...but, don't look behind the curtain because that is where all the big money from billionaires wishing to divide our nation into a society of the have's and crumb catchers hide.

President Richard Sanitorium. Has a strangelovian appeal.

"because we are better than that." No, you're not !!!!!!!!!!!

Well TX mom you can vote for Perry. Your state has a long history of promoting the intellectually stunted. And suprising too because your schools are top notch (sarcasm).

I'm not the biggest fan of Obama however, I will vote a president that doesn't have to worry about reelection or polls. Then if Obama wants he can really try and get something more accomplished.

IMO, the presidency should be one six year term only. Who wants a president campaigning when they should be working. That does apply to both parties.

Adam...Personally, I have no intention of voting for Perry unless I have to. If he ends up the party candidate, I will vote for him because he would still be a better option than Obama. Why didn't the DNC offer up a viable candidate given his very poor record as President?

Again I can see the fear rising in the left because all you have to offer are insults no substance.

Six years without a confirmation or vote of confidence is too long. IMO...those who do not complete their free and fair K-12 or an equivalent should not be allowed to vote unless they hold a full time job. That in itself would solve much of our problem in political selection.

Again I can see the fear rising in the left because all you have to offer are insults no substance.

HAHHHAAAAHAAAAAA!

Isn't your Party officially in favor of officially removing the Department of Education? The EPA?? Going to WAR and Nation Building for Oil Security?!?!!! Jobs, jobs, jobs...

I do state that BOTH PARTIES ARE COMPLICIT in the Insider Trading and Profits of such, as well as myriad issues which assist Corporatism in running the United States Government, but the Republicans will carry it as far as to take away the Middle Class, Environment, and a LIVABLE future for the coming generations, with gusto, while making sure the Public is stuck with being less able to afford a roof over their heads as long as a Check from the Lobbyist buys the vote, and even state it is all in order to make sure Obama does't get a second term??? Very logical.

And I would guess you smile as you elicit yet another response to twist.

I will vote for him because he would still be a better option than Obama

Very intelligent, and so logical...not.

Peace

Personally I agree with removing the Department of Education...States can do the job and as a Republic were actually tasked with the responsibility. Fewer channels for money to flow through and get lost along the way. The EPA is not actually doing their job so why should they exist...they have neglected their primary purpose "for the people" and tend to favor whatever administration is in power. Eliminate their authority and allocate those funds for a function that will again serve "the people".

You realize that it was Obama who made the unilateral decisions to invade and allied nation as well as to use American artillery to bring about regime change in favor of an unfriendly factions. It is Obama who has decided, on many fronts, to reduce our own self-sufficiency in oil in favor of promoting a green industry that is not developed yet and yet he will not bat an eye at "loosing" billions funded by hard working people. How are his actions serving America? It is Obama who has systematically reduced the ability for private companies to increase employable position in lieu of growing government supported jobs and unemployment dollars that are not being replenished...not good for growth or global independence at all.

Of course you state that BOTH PARTIES ARE COMPLICIT in the insider trading and profits of such etc. ... I am sure that helps you sleep at night to absolve yourself of personal civic responsibility.

Of course your denial to acknowledge that the middle class has shrunk further into the abyss under the Obama administration, where the super rich have grown exponentially through policy and position and the poor will live on empty promises, than it has ever under a Republican administration might get you through the day. I would much rather go back a few years to a time when individuals were given their glory for accomplishment and lived the consequences of their own actions.

I suppose that is intelligent to choose Perry over Obama...I know what both men have done....I would prefer another candidate become President but Perry is certainly a better option than Obama by a country mile.

The Democrats that continued the funding of every war Bush engaged in very much prove your point. Obama has engaged in unilateral decisions in which our weapons, not troops, were engaged within the NATO umbrella, giving a thumbs up to sponsored revolution, just as you and I both slept well at night knowing we have no say in these decisions. Absolving myself? Whatever. I blame you for W Bush/Obama. See how stupid that sounds? Much like Perry being a better choice to be President than Obama...

Obama has continued most everything W did (I speak of actions during each Presidents Administrations, as I do not believe the Presidents have much choice but to continue the Corporate Masters of K Street, Military Industrial Complex and War Machine which run the games) in his now almost three years as President and gets the credit for such. No Wall Street BigWig has been prosecuted yet for the derivatives mess which lead to the Housing Market debacle which began in W's Presidency. And took Americans MSM and People's focus off Iraq, conveniently enough...

He has gotten us back from what W and Friends left in their wake, despite the ongoing false propaganda and obvious attacks to thwart America by the Republicans obstructing while attaining nothing but lies and double-talk. And the jobs? Oh yes, let's both ignore they have gone to China, who are now our largest lenders, funding the Iraq War which secured the Oil Field Contracts for them primarily.

Of course your denial to acknowledge that the middle class has shrunk further into the abyss under the Obama administration, where the super rich have grown exponentially through policy and position and the poor will live on empty promises, than it has ever under a Republican administration might get you through the day.

Guess you missed this: "as well as myriad issues which assist Corporatism in running the United States Government, but the Republicans will carry it as far as to take away the Middle Class, Environment, and a LIVABLE future for the coming generations, with gusto, while making sure the Public is stuck with being less able to afford a roof over their heads as long as a Check from the Lobbyist buys the vote, and even state it is all in order to make sure Obama doesn't get a second term??? Very logical."

I would have to amend that to include Democrats as recipients of K Street influence. This link is a great example of how both Parties are infected by donations.

Surprise: Democrats receive more money from Bain Capital than Republicans

Eisenhower was the last Honourable Republican to grace the White House, and he taxed the rich at the highest rate EVER in this Country, and America Prospered. I will allow you the choice of the last Honourable Democrat, to be fair, as well as an example of why. With all of the Money running the Game now, I find it a hard sell to come up with anyone but Puppets since Ike(Kennedy perhaps, but I would ask for those that were able to serve their full terms). Think The Punch & Judy Show...

Last point: Your twisting of and putting words, or making claims of my "denials", denigrate your reason to a point that most logical people see your fault in argument.

And that a Perry would be better than an Obama kind of seals it. (BTW, he dropped out today; Perry Quits GOP Race, Endorses Gingrich )

Trusting Corporate Interests/Profiteers to do the EPA's job on themselves?!?! Priceless.

Your are a yahoo that would cut off your nose and blame the razor.

I am just the razor.

Peace, and don't hurt yourself, please.

not so jingo...yes when I finished the post I found that Perry dropped out. As I stated I'm good with that leaving other more viable candidates in the race...

Funny thing when discussing W and his wars v. Obama and his....didn't W. get Congressional approval for Afghanistan and Iraq? Did Obama even seek such approval upon his Global transgressions? The answer is no...he sought no such consensus.

As for Republicans choosing to scuttle the middle class...not really. It was not the Republican agenda to use legislation to defraud the tax payers and award legislators with the US tax dollars flowing into Fannie and Freddie through corrupt partners like Countrywide. I don't believe it has been the Republican agenda to reward brother in law deals in Education by using tax dollars to promote liberal ideology and fruitless educational programming. It was not the Republicans who wished to give undue power to Unions so they could abuse municipalities, companies, investors etc by demanding a higher value for worked offered and driving industry abroad. It was not the Republican agenda to encourage entire generations to abuse welfare lifestyles while conducting their own criminal enterprise. I do believe that it will be an honest largely Republican effort to correct these flaws in our Government. That is not to say there are not any reasonable Democrats who wish to preserve America for their children as well. They just don't happen to be the "Progressives", who wish to skim off the top by selling a line of BS to their less fortunate devotees.

Agreed, and now with the entry of the "Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC" into the fray, that should keep the laughs coming. But they are going to have to work overtime to top some of the things this current cast of clowns is coming up with on their own.

Only reason why we're not seeing that on the Democrat side is that Democrats are given only one choice. Mudslinging, it's politics and is normally seen on both sides. Nothing wrong with a candidate contrasting him/herself against an opponent. As long as it is based on facts, it's good. If Obama had a Democratic opponent, the candidate might point out that Obama is a warmonger no different than Bush, spends like Bush, increases military spending, expanded Bush's faith based initiative, signed the new NDAA (with its indefinite detention of U.S. citizens without trial - Obama's administration specifically asked for the non-citizen part to be taken out), keeps Gitmo open, supported corporate welfare (bailouts), rushed Obamacare through rather than do as he promised and allow its points to be debated on CNN, etc. Really, there's not much good pickings in either party.

What would you have called Obama if he had instituted a complete end to Iraq and Afghanistan wars upon being sworn in?

Probably a rotten liberal pacifist.

It is so easy for dumb nuts to forget where we were before the Republicans took over after Clinton and the devistation they have caused.

TO: EMDF9A who wrote:

"I am so enjoying the GOP primary season. They are all making each other look so bad, that whoever gets the nod has an icebergs chance in hell of winning. (Of course I like that)"

I like that too, but none of those Republican jokers even deserve a chance, mainly because they've ALL violated their oath of office when they signed on to Grover Nordquist, and they are all giving to Nordquist what they had already pledged and promised to the American People.

Can Republicans serve 2 masters; the American People (who they made their 1st oath to), AND Grover Nordquist (who apparently became more important to Republican politicians than the American People).

To Republicans really believe that Grover Nordquist is more important to their "re-election prospects" than the actual voters themselves are? Republicans act like Nordquist has politics "fixed" and Norquist is their master!

Obama / Biden 2012

American Girl - The "Taxpayer Protection Pledge" (see below) is to the American people, not Grover Norquist. I see no other possibility of reducing government spending other than limiting the amount of money they are allowed to seize from the taxpayers. Ultimately the voters - the American people - will decide if the pledge is a good idea or not. By the way, the first oath of office is to "protect and defend the Constitution of the United States", not tax and spend the republic into the ground.

Taxpayer Protection Pledge: I pledge to the taxpayers of the ____— district of the state of__________, and to the American people that I will: ONE, oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rates for individuals and/or businesses; and TWO, oppose any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits, unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates.

not tax and spend the republic into the ground.

Half of that is baseless rhetoric...the other half is just rhetoric.

I saw the video of Mitt Romney saying that his father marched with MLK, and I almost fell out of my pants. Is anyone surprised at this liar when he fills the airwaves with lies even about his fellow republicans? Later his campaign said Willard was speaking figuratively about marching with Martin Luther King Jr. Truth and Mitt do not walk comfortably together.

You wish. Actually, anyone who runs against the biggest liar we know of will win.

So Mitt does not have a chance, I saw him lying to Wolf about his first name. My name is Mitt, and yes Wolf, that is my real first name.

Not make claims that aren't factually based? Like his claim that gay marriage with lead to man on dog sex. Keep spewing stupid Rick. Your bigotry and hate have no place in our civilized nation.

Chicago skeptic. The only taxpayer that ever asked anybody to sing the "taxpayer protection pledge", was Grover Norquist. Its his friggin' pledge. An unelected lobbyist. You think he gives a crap about the average American? I've heard that if you say gullible to yourself 6 times real fast, it sounds like money.

Pippo: If he had done that, I would call him a great president. But he didn't.

Look up an inflation-adjusted per capita federal spending graph. It's quite a consistent upward 45 degree angle over the past decades no matter what party is in office. Obama and nearly all the Republican candidates propose increased military spending. Reduced spending is an actual change in approach.

"Insanity - doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
-Albert Einstein

Mitt Romney: He'll treat you like a dog, and then you'll get hosed.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The only taxpayer that ever asked anybody to sing the "taxpayer protection pledge", was Grover Norquist.

No kidding.

Read the stupid pledge. It's a promise to protect tax dodges for rich people. Period.

It does NOTHING for the average American taxpayer, and it perpetuates the budget deficit that REPUBLICAN politicians deliberately created.

I think Mittless is in for more of a fight than he expected shortly. The are plenty seats left in the GOP clown car and you never know who's going to pop out and cause him to trip over those big floppy shoes they are all required to wear by decree of the TPers'. He's gotten on so many sides of every issue, I expect to punch out a mirror in the near future.

phancy, all I gotta say is Yuck. There's so much yuck out there that it's simply yuckky. Makes you want to yak..... YUCK!

BB,

That sounds like a song "Yakkity Yak, don't Yuck Up" :)

Absolutely correct phinephancy, as ol' Harry Truman reminded us, " If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen". Regardless I think ol' Ricky Santorum will be thrown out of the kitchen on his tush soon enough. I don't like Willard either but at least he has been able to stand the heat so far.

Senator RICK SANTORUM ("It Takes a Family") August 2005:

"They have this idea that people should be left alone, be able to do whatever they want to do. Government should keep our taxes down and keep our regulation low and that we shouldn't get involved in the bedroom, we shouldn't get involved in cultural issues, you know, people should do whatever they want. Well, that is not how traditional conservatives view the world, and I think most conservatives understand that individuals can't go it alone, that there is no such society that I'm aware of where we've had radical individualism and that it succeeds as a culture."
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4784905

The silly thing is, he considers himself an American and he knows nothing about this country's history!

what's yuck is that nasty brown foam that comes from anal intercourse, wait what's it called, oh yeah- SANTORUM!

Unfortunately Paul is not in the running. Move on.

Paul is a kook that gets the hippie and raw milk vote, and that's about it. If he is a "libertarian", then he needs to run as one, not a republican. But then, he would never be elected President, the same situation he faces now.

Leroy

Many people than you know take the corpse home. The choice is up to them. Let the hospital dispose of the corpse as medical waste, send it to a funeral home (funerals cost a lot of money), or take it home and bury it privately. When we lost one of my Nephews, my brother elected to have the formal funeral and burial.

I.E. The Nation will have a far more understanding and empathy in the matter than you do.

Based on the Hate mail Colms got over his criticism of the matter, a huge amount of empathy.

Santorum has dead baby corpse handed around to the kids to hold/meet?

Yuck

That is sick as FU@K! Makes Romneys roof-dog story a pale issue, however telling that one is also. Everyone of these Republicans are just disgusting.

I disagree but I like dogs more than fetuses (feti?).

DB, I believe most of the nation consider the fetus thing rather sick, but what bothers me is not so much the act, but Santorum and his delusional beliefs. What bothers me about Santorum is that he is a radical christian extremist who wants to impose his insane beliefs on the rest of the country, force women to carry every pregnancy no matter what the circumstances, force children to be indoctrinated into his creationist beliefs, teaching them that these ludicrous beliefs are on a par with science or even MORE valid, and even ban contraception! The archaic, backwards views he holds have no place in an advanced civilized society. The fetus thing doesn't bother me near as much as it does some, it was more of a jab at him and a play on the "yuck" word he used

First - Santorum is a completely idiot to say the least. I think his polices and lack of experience make him only eligible to win a pie eating contest. However, what he and his wife did with their child is nobody's business but their own. It wasn't that long ago that families actually had funerals in their homes for deceased relatives etc.

That's right marshal.... the entire GOP are liars... the whole darn country full of them... all liars... so about 52 million people.... all liars....

And those democrats... such truthful and honorable people all of them... all 57 million of them... upstanding, trusting, sincere and wonderful people...

What about us independents marshall? Only when we vote for democrats are we the best... if we vote for a republican we then become liars... right? Do you partisan much?

Are you actually so stupid that you think Marshal was talking about everyone in the country who VOTES republican, Brian? Comprehend much?

Marshall

Santorum wants to give felons the vote

Looks like you have a little truth problem. 48 of the states already permit felons who have completed probation to apply to be reinstated as a voter. The whole reason for felons to be denied voting is so they cannot vote for people who would favor their release or reduction of sentence. That goes away once they have completed their sentence.

Santorum is simply for allowing this practice to continue - That is clearly not giving voting rights to Felons, but rather ex-felons in a sense.

Only the GOP base.

faux news does -- but then again faux news is simply that "faux" news...

...better yet, do any americans take obama seriously these days.

keck,

Did you look up Huntsman's record?

huntsman would have been a great conservative democrat for the DNC to run.

Keck,

So, Huntsman supports the Ryan plan, an extremely conservative governor (successful at that), always be pro life, and still not good enough for the GOP. You guys are nuts. The president taps him to be ambassador to keep him from being a potential opponent in 2012. Looks like it worked. You all are so lame. It is hysterical. You guys keep up the good work!! LOL

If you want to keep or recieve all the money from your paycheck that went into your Social Security TRUST fund you better care. Obama and every single GOP candidate except Ron Paul says they want to basically default on us, WE THE PEOPLE, after government told us we were not responsible enough to save it ourselves. They all have said that's what they plan to do because they don't want to stop using our money on wasteful spending so lets just bend over for them. I riddle you this. If government is so incapable of getting anything done under Obama, then how is it they can still manage to spend so much money seeing how they added over one trillion dollars of additional debt put on us after spending the other pile of money they took in? By the way, the word trillion sounds too little so let me put it this way. A hundred thousand piles of a million dollars multiplied times 10. and that was just the shortfall they borrowed. We need someone who cares for our country. Ron Paul 2012

phancy, I take one of them very seriously... he's the only one outperforming all the others right now.

The GOPers fight like kids and Obama is listening for things to lay on whoever wins the Republican nomination. Ron Paul will get enough votes from the extremists that he may just take votes from Romney giving Obama a cake walk victory. The centerists and sane Republicans and Independant conservatives will vote for Romney the extremist Republicans and extremely conservative Independants will go for Paul. The party will be split and victory for Obama. Easy to see what is happening.

phinphancy, thanks for the insults.

you insure our dividedness, if you will, for years to come.

...and i found it odd so many democrats just love hunstman....in mean it's totally weird, and a bit suspect.

Keck,

Sorry for the insults. I just get a little irked when people don't look into the facts. I always have a soft spot for underdogs.

i appreciate your candor phancy'.

Actually Keck is right. Huntsman portrays the politics of whats called a Blue Dog Democrat. I tend to be one. Frankly , If he had won the nomination, I would have had a very hard choice.

Keck, you reckon Mitt will accept President Obama's job offer for Romney as ambassador to Iran if and when the embassy is re-established come 2013?

"you reckon"

if i were mit, and obama offered me a job....i probably would tell him to shove it #$^$%@#$...and then say, congratulation, you tricked americans to vote for you again you @%@#$#@&. i hope they dont treat you like a dictator on the run after you completely destroy our once great country.

Paul running as an Independent would throw the biggest wrench into this upcoming election.

Only chance for pure bedlam to occur. Otherwise, it is Obama's to win or lose.

notsojingo : Perhaps we need bedlam:-)

Perhaps, Scar, perhaps :-))

Yes

actually they are all Pharisees -- and they would have handed the Romans the nails and wood all the while yelling "crucify him!"

Christian is a term best applied to you rather than you apply it to yourself. The term Christian was applied by non-christians who witnessed Christ on earth, and saw these followers as like him as it should be.

Abby, you should study this subject. Alan Colmes said basically what you did and was deluged with people outraged at his ignorance.

Also, the kids were enrolled before the move to Virginia. So, they were still residence until he bought a home and moved everyone there. The school didn't do anything about him moving out of state. They had to have known. Because of this, the judge in the case ruled Santorum didn't have to pay because of their inaction - just like is typical when someone fails to do their job properly.

Having someone stay at our home and having them enrolled - we didn't know and understand all the rules either.

I'm with Abby, Big Time, about the Dead Baby Corpse. That is SICK.

I'm voting for Dr. Paul. I don't agree with some of his ideas but the man did predict our present economic situation with great detail long before it happened while all the others were clueless.

Obama thinks we can spend our way out of debt and the other GOP candidates don't really speak of any significant government spending cuts. We spend twice as much annually as we take in and borrow money from China while giving aid to China.

On the matter of foreign policy, I think anyone who researches our history (WWII, Vietnam, Korea and the middle east) would call Dr. Paul's foreign policy ideas pure common sense rather than "crazy".

He served during Vietnam as a flight surgeon while Romney and Gingrich got "deferments" (Santorum never served).

There isn't a significant difference in foreign and economic policy between Obama, Romney, Gingrich, Santorum. Ron Paul is the only one who makes sense and tells the hard truth that we sometimes don't want to hear.

Scott - Where are you voting for Ron Paul? He will not be on the ballot in the General Election

Understood Carl. I would disagree with this though.

There isn't a significant difference in foreign and economic policy between Obama, Romney, Gingrich, Santorum.

On foreign Policy Obama thumbed his nose at allies, disrespected several, and is clearly more supportive of the Arab Nations than Israel. Romney, Gingrich, and Santorum would return to the cooperation of the past with our allies and much more respectful. They are clearly more supportive of Israel than Obama. They would not have interferred with Egypt and Libya.

On Economics, they will change polices to 3 years in length instead of 1 or less years as Obama has done. They will propose smaller Federal budgets than Obama has. They will dump the HCL as a whole, but keep some of the measures the HCL has that are good for the nation, such as no pre-existing conditions.

Unfortunately Ron Paul has the second lowest ceiling with 45% of the nation saying they will not vote for him. Only rich Perry is higher with 55% of the nation saying they will not vote for him. Gingrich is 44% negative, Santorum about 30 or 35% and Romney at 25%.

What that says is Santorum and Romney have the best chance to defeat Obama.

Scott,

I didn't know 2nd graders were allowed to post here.

Rick Perry wasn't 'dirt-poor.' His daddy was a county commissioner, which is a big deal in Texas.

You wouldn't want a brain fart when your finger is hovering over The Button.

keck...please get your facts straight! Paul NEVER said that 9/11 was an inside job. He has clearly stated that he does not believe that and doesn't want support from anyone who does. He said that in a debate also. Why would your lie like that?

must have missed that one carl, but ron paul says enough bat sh!t crazy stuff....it's hard to keep up with.

xscharm, growing up in a house with no plumbing must be a good thing where you live....and perrys dad was a farmer, not county commissioner.

Can you post a link to Paul calling 9/11 was an inside job? I thought he said it had something to do with us bombing middle eastern countries for the past 20 years. That's a huge difference.

maybe is was getting him confused with jessie ventura.

...but according to ron paul, MLK day is supposed to be "hate whitey day"...and ron paul did say this.

Keck - I did know about Santorum. I Moved from Pennsylvania in 1989, and kept up because I hoped and sitll hope to move back some day. The knock on him was he was a bit too conservative.

I didn't look closely until his numbers started rising in Iowa. I've gotten to the bottom of most of the negatives that will be said about him and am pretty comforable that most allegations are well overblown.

I found that although he has a few views that are extreme to some, but his approach has been more about representing the people who sent him. He got dumped in PA because he moved and lived mainly in Virginia. His opponent seized the moment and successfully painted him as an outsider. Pennsylvanian's are very sensitive about that.

Our Primary is in just less than 2 months, so I have been paying attention to the candidates. My choices right now are Santorum, Gingrich, and Romney - but that could change yet.

You guys say what about Ron Paul. I'm not voting for any of those other linatics

ron paul will split the republican ticket, and obama will re-elect.

affinity - Romney submarined Fred Thompson in 2008. Obama did that to Hillary in 2008 (Bill even complained that Obama used the race card on him and Hillary).

First rule of the "Christian Right" candidates:

First there is no Christian right candidate. The Republican party is not a Christian party, nor is the Democratic party ( it is certainly less Christian the the Repblican party).

The correct quote you should be slamming them for Came from Ronald Reagan. "First rule of the party is not to speak ill of a fellow republican".

AMEN!

John Smith

Santorum equates millions of tax paying American Citizens to dog-f*ckers

Apparently, you don't know Santorum. Such a reference is way out of character for him. How about a link on that one, I'd love to see that one.

“If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual [gay] sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything… In every society, the definition of marriage has not ever to my knowledge included homosexuality. That’s not to pick on homosexuality. It’s not, you know, man on child, man on dog, or whatever the case may be. It is one thing.”

- Speaking to the Associated Press, April 2003

Mormons think christianity is of the devil Big Bird? Do the evangelical republican voters know this?

Larry

Mormonism proclaims that Christianity is of the devil.

Explain why mormons are offended when some says they aren't Christians. Glenn Beck thinks he's a Christian, and he too is a Mormon.

"Christianity...is a perfect pack of nonsense...the devil could not invent a better engine to spread his work than the Christianity of the nineteenth century." (Journal of Discourses, vol. 6, p.167); "Where shall we look for the true order or authority of God? It cannot be found in any nation of Christendom."
- Prophet John Taylor, Journal of Discourses, 10:127

"...the Book of Mormon remains secure, unchanged and unchangeable, ...But with the Bible it was not and is not so....it was once in the sole and exclusive care and custody of an abominable organization (Christianity), founded by the devil himself, likened prophetically unto a great whore, whose great aim and purpose was to destroy the souls of men in the name of religion. In these hands it ceased to be the book it once was."
- Apostle Bruce R. McConkie, The Joseph Smith Translation, pp. 12, 13

"...all the priests who adhere to the sectarian religions of the day with all their followers, without one exception, receive their portion with the devil and his angels."
- Prophet Joseph Smith , The Elders Journal, Joseph Smith Jr., editor, vol.1, no.4, p.60

Parley P. Pratt (Mormon Apostle)
"The false and corrupt institutions, and still more corrupt practices of `Christendom,' have had a downward tendency in the generations of man for many centuries ...The overthrow of those ancient degenerate races is a type of that which now awaits the nations call `Christian,' or in other words, `the great whore that sitteth upon many waters" (Key to the Science of Theology, 1938 ed., pg.106

The LDS Church News reported: "In bearing testimony of Jesus Christ, President Hinckley spoke of those outside the Church who say Latter-day Saints 'do not believe in the traditional Christ. No, I don't. The traditional Christ of whom they speak is not the Christ of whom I speak. For the Christ of whom I speak has been revealed in this the Dispensation of the Fulness [sic] of Times'" (June 20, 1998,

http://www.desnews.com/cgi-bin/libstory_church?dn98&9806210091

Larry Robinson,

Thank you for clarifying the LDS church view of Christianity and other Christians. I was totally unaware of their beliefs and assumed they were just another offspring of protestants, but boy I was wrong. I recently caught a piece about them on the BBC and then was lucky to catch the great granddaughter of Brigham Young on the The Word Network explaining what you stated as well as other aspects of their religion. In addition to their beliefs that other forms of Christianity are not valid, they believe that members of the LDS church have the ability to become Gods. I usually choose not to mix politics and religion, but due to these peculiarities, I'd like to know how Romney interprets and practices his beliefs.

For example, both the "Journal of Discourses" (JOD) and the "Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith" (TPJS) record that, on April 6, 1844, LDS Church founder Joseph Smith preached to a congregation of 20,000 saying, "Here then is eternal life - to know the only wise and true God; and you have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves, and to be kings and priests to God the same as all Gods have done before you" (JOD 6:4; TPJS p.346). Brigham Young, the second prophet and president of the Mormon Church, delivered a message in the Salt Lake Tabernacle on August 8, 1852, in which he affirmed this teaching when he said, "The Lord created you and me for the purpose of becoming Gods like Himself" (JOD 3:93).

Don't know if I feel comfortable with someone in the Whitehouse with a God complex, and who thinks other forms of Chrisitianity are an abomination. I think Romney needs to address these issues to put everyone at ease. This is far beyond Kennedy being a Catholic.

If Paul wants to be seen as a libertarian, he ought to back libertarian policies.

Common Sense

Santorum wants to get the government so far into our personal lives it's terrifying.

If you want the feds in your personal busines.....

The only things I can find where he is agreeable to invading personal lives is on Abortion, Contraceptives, Gay rights, and the patriot act.

Here is the position and the corresponding verifyable actions.

Abortion - Belief - Absolutely no abortion. Action - Roe v Wade is the law of the land, however, he did co-sponsor the late term partial birth abortion bill.

Contraception - Belief - They are bad because they encourage more intercourse because they are "safe" using contraception - Action - Santorum has voted for every bill that continues funding for contraceptive programs.

Gay Rights - Belief - the term Marriage should be left to one man and one woman - Action - supports a constitutional amendment making the definition clear. - is asking those in favor of such a right to continue petitioning legislators to enact a bill giving them some civil arrangement and not push it through the courts.

"this guy would have been getting us coffee a couple of years ago" -ex-president bill clinton talking to ted kennedy 2008

"hillary clinton is not fit to be president because she lied about snipers...shooting at her in bosnia" senator barak obama 2008

"we dont even know if obama was born here, how can be be president" hillary clinton 2008

...you liberals act like you've never seen a campaign before.

nice try, but uh....we're not buying it.

We do know Obama was born here. It is the dumb nuts like you that have nothing substantional to hang on him that keep using that lie just like Hillary did.

I am a Hawaiian. He was born here.