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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum greets supporters during a campaign stop at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference on Saturday in Camp Hill, Penn.
CAMP HILL, Penn. -- Returning to the home state that delivered him an embarrassing double-digit loss in his last Senate race, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum described the 2006 defeat as a "gift" that allowed him to distance himself from the daily politics of Washington.
"The people of Pennsylvania didn't always give me what I wanted, but they always gave me what I needed," he said in morning remarks to the conservative Pennsylvania Leadership Conference. " And it was a great, in many respects, for me a great gift to get away, to separate out, to get back and involved in the private sector and have a little distance from Washington to see what was going on."
Conceding that the complaints of conservatives "didn't quite resonate with me" while he was a member of Congress, Santorum said his ouster allowed him to see the legislative process from a perspective that explained Americans' frustrations with Washington.
"It was really an eye-opening awakening experience for me, and I took that as a good sort of self-correction," he said.
Conceding that he got "creamed" in his own home state, Santorum was gleeful when a member of the audience shouted out to compare his electoral pattern to that of another famous American president who won the White House after a difficult statewide run.
"Abraham Lincoln, that's right!" he exclaimed.
Santorum, who hopes a strong performance in the state's April 24 primary will offer his campaign a boost of legitimacy, contrasted that "outsider" mantle with rival Mitt Romney's "Etch-a-Sketch" politics.
Brandishing the child's toy that became an instant metaphor for Romney after an adviser invoked it during a CNN interview, Santorum won prolonged applause for declaring. "Folks, we don't need people who write their public policy in Etch-a-Sketches!"
The former Pennsylvania senator - honing in on energy issues along with his frequent criticisms of Romney's backing of the individual mandate in his state's health care bill - said that Romney is "uniquely disqualified" to run against President Barack Obama.
"We don't as conservatives want a candidate that we can't trust to say the same thing before two different groups," he said.
In concluding his lengthy address, Santorum predicted a strong performance Saturday in Louisiana's primary contest and urged home staters to support him.
"I'm not asking you to help me as a favorite son," he said. I'm asking you to stand up and do it for your sons and daughters so they will be free."
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We can only hope that it is a gift that keeps on giving.
Hey seniors and fellow baby-boomers,
Google: "Santorum plans deep cuts to Social Security and Medicare"
Remember that come election time!
marlen,
I get updates from AARP. They are very good at letting seniors and baby boomers know what is happening in politics. Might be why some politicians don't like them. And, AARP is very good at motivating those over 50 to go vote, call Congressmen/women, Senators, etc. Believe me, they are all over the "Ryan Plan" and other plans like white on rice.
The Ryan Plan also takes 11 Billion away from our veterans!
You beat me to it! May these gifts of astounding defeat continue to bless Santorum's life at every turn.
Throughout all of America We have many giving people. Many who give from their heart, so come November I'm sure Americans will Gift the GOP what they need... an overwhelming NO!
No senior over the age of 54 will have any change in their benefits in Ryans plan. If nothing is done there will be no benefits for those who are now under 50. Doing nothing is an automatic end to medicare & social security.
It's only a gift if you like sour lemonade.
His feigned humility was somewhat compromised after he started comparing his campaign to Abraham Lincoln.
Rest assured sir, the American voter will continue to give you not what you want, but what you need. Remember your mantra: Not my will, but thy will be done. And after God has spoken, try and learn from it please.
I have heard Rick Santorum compare himself to President Lincoln more than once. Of course, more often the comparison he makes is to President Reagan. I think he should stop it and that he is inviting voters to make some very unflattering comparisons themselves. The honest comparison is to George W. Bush but, none of them make it ever. I have to admit though that as far as personal appeal, they all lose even to Bush. He had more dignity and stayed farther away from their hyberbole and hysteria. Rick Santorum particularly sounds like a scared, little old lady a lot of the time.
Check out the following short video presentation on how the right wing media (backed by the billionaire Koch Brothers) are actively trying to destroy social programs like Social Security. See: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFymBUsoNWY
He had to step back to see what is going on in Washington? Is that like standing in the woods and not seeing the the forest because the trees were in the way?
Why is he still in this race ?
Ohh that's right, the American Taliban theocracy vote .....
and when he LOSES the RETHUG nomination, maybe the bustard will crawl back under his ROCK and STAY THERE
Obama's extended payroll tax cut , gouges its costs out of social security ....
How lovely ....
Obama out in 2012 ...
"I think Santorum has that Mad Cow Disease"
Comparing anyone of these candidates or the one in the white house to Abraham Lincoln is an insult.
Abraham Lincoln was a FIGHTER!
These guys are politically correct.
Well, it most certainly was a gift! But it hardly "allowed him to distance himself from the daily politics of Washington."
While he was a Senator, Santorum worked hard to win hundreds of millions of dollars in additional Medicare money for hospitals in Puerto Rico. This work benefited Universal Health Services, a Pennsylvania-based hospital management company with facilities in Puerto Rico. Within months of leaving the Senate, Mr. Santorum joined the board of Universal Health Services, where he collected $395,000 in director’s fees and stock options before resigning last year.
I laugh at how Santorum portrays himself as a Washington outsider. This man is the first in line for the gravy train of graft and corruption in Washington!
face it ben - you and your RETHUG compadres have NO chance of defeating Obama with the Stooge that emerges from your cannibal candidate contest. IF we wanted GOOFY, we'd ask Disney to run a cartoon character
and MDB - these guys aren't ANYTHING except REICHWINGERS. frothy is so far right that he doesn't even HAVE a "left" foot
Ricky is like a little child who cannot get his way so he is going to take his toys and go home. Hopefully he will fade off into nowhere land. Him and his religious right rhetoric is way off the charts for my taste. I bet he would nullify the Separation of Church and State too if possible. This guy is crazy.
He should have used an Etchasketch instead of slate for his conservatism. I'll bless him again.
"The people of Pennsylvania didn't always give me what I wanted..."
And here I always thought that senators were elected to represent their constituents and give them what they wanted. I guess I must have had it backwards.
SI
Look people... (comment to all sides)... Now that the economy is slowly mending, it's time to start logical cuts to get at the deficit. This was the Dem plan all along, but that really doesn't matter, does it?
When we talk cuts, we need to talk about cuts in EVERYTHING. But the more important conversation is not WHAT but HOW we make these cuts.
Avoid anything that just says "cap it". Capping is a cheap and easy technique that basically just shifts the burden of out-of-control ANYTHING to the people while avoiding the fundamental problem. "Capping" is a government "cop-out".
Avoid anything and everything that reduces basic benefits to ANYONE. We can ill afford to cut benefits to people at a time that we have more poor than ever and have more middle class barely making it.
And avoid any "solution" that looks, smells, or even hints at "starve the beast". Starving the beast is just a politicized way to be lazy and dangerous with your cuts. In order for organizations to function correctly, they require a budget... blatantly cutting funds without identifying how will only result in dysfunction. It's how we got where we got today, frankly. "Starve the beast" is usually associated with the famous "death spiral".
Instead, jump on anything and everything that presents a logical attack on waste, bureaucracy, and fraud. For example, the ACA created an independent committee charged with attacking fraud and waste... support it. Be cautious but supportive. Studies and our own experiences tell us that there is a vast amount of waste, dysfunction, and fraud in our systems... a virtual gold mine. In fact, it makes absolutely NO SENSE to cut programs before making them more efficient and secure.
And before you jump all over me and call me a liberal puke and a socialist, you need to understand where this approach comes from... only from some of the best run companies in the world. Trust me. I've seen it in action. I've seen it work. I've seen huge organizations become quick, nimble, and efficient without cutting one benefit to their down-stream clients while cutting budgets to no end. It works.
Big Ben aka Frosty in Alaska,
[Obama's extended payroll tax cut , gouges its costs out of social security ....]
Wasn’t it that Republican controlled House that passed that payroll tax cut extension?
Why do you blame our President for what the Republicans passed?
"Santorum moves a step closer to the Boot, the GOP is very wary of him as a Candidate"
Now that the economy is slowly mending, it's time to start logical cuts to get at the deficit. This was the Dem plan all along...
Obviously...
SI
LaMarc,
Good well thought out post.
Just went through doing budgets at work. With a anticipation of less income next year we cut expenses, froze all salaries, prioritized capital improvements and have a process in place to increase income for the next two years.No one got laid off or hours cut and health benefits are still the same. And we are still have a great organization serving our clients.
Santorum is a sick man that took home a dead fetus from the hospital to pass around dancing, singing and made his kids sleep with the dead baby so everybody could say their goodbyes. This loser is beyond Weird.
Isn't this the very same Santorum that said "a woman's baby from a rape ... is also a blessing from god"!!!!!!
Newscover, "SANTORUM WORDS" Rape Victims should think of the babies Conceived during their Assault as gifts from God. This guy is Retarded.
Yes siree, a good old fashioned but whipping. That's exactly what you needed Rick.
I would love to know how he would feel if his daughter was raped .......and got pregnant.......by an African american or a Latino non-the -less.... his racism would send him into a killing frenzy I'm sure....... no congressman president or senator that is a male should be allowed to vote on woman's health or pregnancy issues..... It would be like a congress full of Nazi's voting on Jewish issues
Abraham Lincoln was a brilliant man, a well read man, a man open to new ideas, a man willing to try new tactics, a man you chose his words carefully and never had to "walk back" a statement, a man that was not afraid to change his opinion when the facts proved him wrong, a man who compromised to make progress without giving up his principles, a master politician, a master deal maker, a shrewed politician, a leader, and a brilliant orator. Mr. Santorum YOU ARE NO LINCOLN!!!
canary
According to Rassmussen Both Santorum and Romney lead Obama in Ohio, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia. That translates to a Republican win in November, provided they maintain Virginia - which is the only one I question right now.
Abraham Lincoln was a brilliant man, a well read man, a man open to new ideas, a man willing to try new tactics
Abraham Lincoln was self educated. Failed at almost every business tried and almost every political office he ran for.
He was railed on as uneducated, homely, and a poor speaker. All that from the very same party that has said the same things about every republican candidate for over 150 years.
To think otherwise is because you haven't read history, and accept without questining what people you read daily feed you of their own slanted opinions.
I.E. you have no qualifications to make a judgement of whether Santorum is or is not like Lincoln!
DB,
Remind me not to vacation in Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia.
There are only a few reasons I can think of for your poll... 1) The poll is full of sh!t, 2) the right red meat traps have covered the countryside, 3) the educational system is an absolute failure relative to reason, logic, and critical thinking, or 4) there is some latent fear in those states that just makes people vote against an Obama in the White House.
So unless it's number 1 (poll full of sh!t), the other reasons eliminate them all as top vacation states.
BTW, though, didn't I see Virginia in the "leans left" column recently?
And if they don't have the "Likely Voters" calculated right, both GOP candidates lose big time... the other polls (that use "registered voters") show a commanding lead by Obama... guess it will all come down to candidate excitement (good luck with that, Romney) and vote suppressing ID laws.
Mr. Clarke, I'll see you and raise you one on that comparison to Lincoln. For SansScrotum or anyone associated with his campaign to compare SansScrotum to Lincoln is no different than any of them using Lincoln's face as a urinal.
This man is in no way Presidential material............just another wanna be looking for fame and fortune and riding the train of popularity.
What a hack...............it is hard to tell if he is trying to convince us or himself of his ability and desire to run for the office of President.
Every time he opens his mouth he puts both feet in it....amazing we ever see him standing up right.
A complete embarrassment to US politics.....he seems to think that the office of the President is some kind of high school joke.......it is a serious job that needs a serious person....
OH, YEAH....MR. SANTORUM.........WE NEED MORE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE NOT A CHURCH RUN STATE....isn't that what Iran has?...just asking.
He lost PA by a wide margin .. the gift was, that he was no longer giving his kids a private education in an elite school at the expense of the PA tax payers
newscover & Patriotic American U.S.A. -
Yes, gifts from God and the woman who was raped should "make the best of a bad situation."
He's a peach, isn't he?
Head,
I guess the picture you have of Obama on your post is an indication of how BI-partisan you are.
Sir, I KNOW how much taxes I pay and they are LESS since Obama came into office!
The Reverand Ricky is right, it was a gift. A gift that the people of Pennsylvania gave themselves by not re-electing this religious nut.
DBAkron - You are a gasbag. Your posts truly amuse me. Did you know Lincoln? Seriously, I knew Lincoln and trust me, Santorum is no Lincoln.
Indpendent Jim
You call cyber school an elite school? Fail.
I suppose you think Penn State and University of Pittsburgh are elite too?
WOW!
Kim,
The only thing sadder than your post is the hate posts under the story about Cheney getting a heart transplant.
LT Marc
Election projection & Dave Liep show Obama 303 and Romney 235. These are poll averages - and also have a formula included to "adjust" for partisan polls.
They have Ohio and Virginia currently in Obama's camp, but by taking one partisan poll each side and one "neutral poll", actually Ohio falls into the Republican side and viginia just on Obama's side
These two sites do not project for Santorum. Santorum would win Pennsylvania where Romney will not. But Romney would win 2 states that Santorum would not.
When you look at the news media, they are usually based soley on their "pet polls" - in which Obama is the clear winner.
DB - I didn't post anything about Cheney. I wish him well even though I didn't like him but you are STILL A GASBAG!
Santorum has already demonstrated his twisted definition of "gift."
If you get raped and find yourself pregnant, that is a "gift" too.
RealHopeRealChangeNo senior over the age of 54 will have any change in their benefits in Ryans plan. If nothing is done there will be no benefits for those who are now under 50. Doing nothing is an automatic end to medicare & social security
Okay, so I'm 54. How is it going to affect me? I've paid into Social Secuirty and Medicare since I was 16. That doesn't count? And what kinds of drastic changes does Ryan propose to his own generous government retirement and health care? It's time to get him on the unemployment line where he belongs.
Marlen: I think it's sazfe to say no one will rmember anything Santorum has to say come GENERAL ELECTION time. ANd one should give thanks for blessings of that nature.
It was a gift all right. A gift to the American people.
They also gave you $$$$$ to HomeSchool your kids!
Have You ever payed them back Rick?
Occupy SoggyBottom!
"Santorum being kicked out of the Senate was a gift to Pennsylvania"
Get ready, Frothy, there's an even bigger gift on its way to you.
MittTaxPittanceRommel WAS GIFTED $45,000,000 and paid 13% tax leaving WE TAXPAYERS with the tab of $8,000,000of his tax liability to pay. TheVomitorium is a hot head jumping on the reporter with profanity, THEGangrene is a Creature of Pleasure and questionable morals. The RepublicanCrimeCartel IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE For the Terrible gas and oil prices created by the oil executive soldier ranks within the republican party, with dismantling of SocialSecurity and medicare, Putting the TRILLIONS into their pockets and Unending War. YESSS!!!!! these are the Monsters who will Foment the New ARMED American Revolution. Either way, the $H!t Is Gonna Hit THE FAN.
Just think what a bonanza losing the Presidential nomination will be
You, sir, are NOT Abraham Lincoln!!!
DaNoid,
Santorum did not move away from Washington. He lives a a big ole mansion in Virignia not that far from Gingrich. And he found a wonderul way to review his options, he became a lobbyist.
More like "George Lincoln Rockwell" as I see it. He's a 3rd class dumm FU CK
"Santorum is getting very desperate for Votes, they now have him on a Suicide watch, I feel sorry for this Nut"
Northstar
Spreading more misinformation? Do you really care? Santorum actually live in both PA and Virginia. His campaign is based IN Pennsylvania-appears to be his home in Penn Hills. His move to Virginia was to increase his productivity in the senate (his productivity nearly doubled). His successor is mainly a rubber stamp of Reid's - just like Brown here in Ohio - Santorum wrote lots of bills himself, of which many are law today.
aka historian
DB--Does he still rent out that house in Penn Hills? The family lives in Great Falls, VA. Remember when his child got sick and he went home to be with her? He went to Great Falls, not Pennsylvania. Do you remember the flap when he charged the Penn Hills school board for the cost of cyber school for his children? Remember how the school board protested because the children actually resided in Virginia? For more on his residency, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Santorum.
Old vet, he may be renting the house to the campaign - his campaign headquarters is in Verona, PA - which is Penn Hills. I believe His wife's family was from the Philadelphia area, so they may have a place their too.
Old vet there is better information than wikipedia. The school district did not protest his move until the Bob Casey investigated Santorum and pointed out that Rick was really now a full time resident of Virginia. The court's ruled against the school district because they had not previously been dilligent and there was no evidence that the Santorums had deliberately intended to break the rule, they just did. Apparently he just kept staying more and more in Virginia and wanted to keep the PA home (possibly to remain elligible to be the PA senator) so he rented it. I think Richard Lugar has a similar issue, where his state would not allow him to use a home as residency because he was out of state so much.
Never heard Santorums side on it, but that is what the evidence seems to show.
DBAkron
Are you frigging serious. He moved to VA to be more productive? He was supposed to represent PA, not VA. Give us a break pal. Your posts have always been suspect put this one takes the cake. You're nothing but a paid troll and apologist for that scumbag. Do us all a favor and follow him back into oblivion where you both deserve to be.
Scheese. You people become more ridiculous every day.
I'll bet the people that voted Pope Richy out of the US Senate are saying: "OMG, I thought we got rid of this guy".
Dennis - here's a few others that do the same thing - and I'm certain more do.
Senator Feinstein D - California http://www.celebrityhousepictures.com/dianne-feinstein.php?housephotos=2
Senator Lugar R - Indiana http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2012/02/15/foes_allege_sen_lugar_doesnt_really_live_in_ind/
Senator Bill Nelson - D Florida http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/01/24/wealthy-florida-senator-ditches-pricey-condo-
Representatives usually get a 2 year lease on an apartments. Some get condo's (Barney Frank as a I remember).
Senators get 6 years - buying makes some sense, particularly if they are in the upper ranking members - who may have to entertain groups of people. Santorum was promoted to the third ranking republican in the senate during his second term.
Have a nephew in PA in Cyberschool.
Pennsylvania state law permits cyberschooling from any location. The catch is that the district you are more than half-time resident must pay for it. If you become less than half time - you can still stay with your school cyberschool, but YOU pay for it.
That is correct DB. That is why it is a fact that Santorum stole from the PA taxpayers. He was a full-time resident of VA. By the way, he never repaid the 10's of thousands he bilked out of the taxpayers.
As I see it, frothy is more like "George Lincoln Rockwell" . He's a 3rd class dumm FU CK - but a "Lincoln" LOG - wood and notched on both ends...
Lol...yes, it was a gift. To the people who voted him out and gone!
Don't forget, he supported Mitt Romeny the last time and thought he would be a great president.
Michael,
I forgot about that....LOL
Tweedle dumb is none too happy about Tweedle DUMBER
We here in Pennsylvania like to think of it as the "gift that keeps on giving" as Rick shows his true self to the entire country and ruins any chance of ever holding national office.
"Santorum is like a little boy playing with his marbles that he lost"
Sen. Rick Santorum described the 2006 defeat as a "gift" that allowed him to distance himself from the daily politics of Washington..
If thats the case Rick, why do you want to be President?
Money? Power? Prestige?
And graft! Let us not forget the millions he made for selling his vote as a Senator!
In 2006, he was was named one of three “most corrupt” Senators by CREW, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
“Sen. Santorum’s ethics issues stem from the manner in which he funded his children’s education and his misuse of legislative position in exchange for contributions to his political action committee and his re-election campaign,” CREW notes, on page 207 of their exhaustive report (PDF), which delves into deep detail across eleven extensively-footnoted pages.
and leopards don't change their spots...
"How can anyone Vote for a NUT like Santorum"
E Engineer - you need to be better informed
CREW is funded by a long list of left-wing organizations and foundations.
George Soros never publicly states what he does and does not like about politics like his counterparts the Koch brothers do. What he does is found or fund organizations to accomplish what he desires.
What CREW actually does is connect polliticians (almost never democrats) contributors with legislation written or voted for by the candidate or earmarks that were requested or voted for by a candidate. There is absolutely no effort to find any paperwork, phone calls, memos, emails, or witnesses to any actual wrong doing.
Of the 7 people listed by Crew in 2006 3 were convicted of corruption. The only two democrats (publicly well known to be corrupt - can't ignore them if they want any credibility) are spending time in jail, and the only republican - well what he did was legal, except if a certain Texas Law is miss applied. He was convicted, but the decision is expected to be overturned on appeal this year, as the 6 previous convictions on the previous "infraction" were. Not only that but the supreme court ruled the "money laundering" statute as unconstitutional last year.
I followed many of Santorums "earmarks", amendments and proposed legislation. Every request made, every ammendment offered, and every piece of authored legistlation though based on constituents request were written for industry wide changes. Not only did most of them benefit Pennsylvanian companies and other states businesses, but also resulted in the reduction of costs to the defense budget.
As for the Education debacle. Santorum started his kids in cyberschool, so they could be with him in Washington DC more without disrupting their school. THEN, he decided to purchase a home in Virginia instead of simply renting. Then moved his family to Virginia. THEN rented the PA home.
What he did is okay - many senators from other states do the same thing. The problem is his kids needed to be in PA more than half of the time to qualify for the district to pay the cost of cyberschool. Once he moved to Virginia, that was over the line and he should have been paying for the Cyberschool (it was still okay for them to remain enrolled at that cyberschool).
One things democrats do really well, other than political strategy, is dig up dirt and use it to their best advantage. Bob Casey, Santorum's opponent did the dirt digging and went after Santorum for buying a house in Virginia (Santorum is no longer aware of PA's problems and doesn't care) and having his kids enrolled in cyberschool with out paying for it (is a dirty cheating politician).
Once the issue was publicised, the School responded by demanding Santorum pay for the Cyberschool. Santorum took the matter to court contesting being billed for several years of cyber school.
The court ruled in Santorum's favor. Not only did the school district fail to show he intentionally defrauded them, had failed to properly follow up on to see if they were even living at the address, and since they were not dilligent in administering their own rules should get nothing from the period in question.
Being Santorums kids remained in cyberschool, they must have then paid for it as the law requires.
BTW Santorum wasn't on the ballot in Virginia - the judge denied the request of Perry, Santorum, and Gingrich on the same "lack of dilligence" grounds.
I read the source, then investigated. There is NO source other God, that should be accepted as truthful and responsible, and God invites you to prove him out.
DBAkron - I will repeat what I said above. YOU ARE A GASBAG! There is no one who posts to MSNBC who beats you in the arrogant, rantings of useless information. Get over yourself!
Can't stand the truth?
Gas is throughing out baseless inuendo. You want all the links to the sources - give you a hint I keep them, and sometimes PDF them!
DB - I have no problem with the truth - I love the truth. You, like FOX, see one side of an issue and spin your truth to prove what ever crazy theory you entertain. The thing that annoys me about your posts is that you are sooooooo arrogant. I do believe that you think you are the only intelligent one among us and we should all be happy to receive the pearls of your wisdom. Again - get over yourself.
Actually, DB, you need to be better informed.
The courts did not rule in favor of Santorum. It never went to court. The state Department of Education appointed a hearing officer who ruled that the school district had waited too long to challenge Santorum's residency. They appealed and, in the end, the school board accepted the state Department of Education's offer of $55,000 to resolve the dispute over the cyber charter bills. Hardly any vindication of Santorum.
As for your comments about CREW, they are just about what I expected from you: "It's a liberal funded organization so I will ignore it!" Indeed, in 2006, only 4 of the 25 names they mentioned were Democrats. But, according to Wikipedia: the 2008 report included 17 Republicans and 7 Democrats; the 2009 report included 7 Republicans and 8 Democrats; the 2010 report included 16 Republicans and 10 Democrats so I don't think your accusations of bias are all that fair.
But that's OK. If you don't like CREW, maybe you would listen to one of their biggest critics, the Washington Post. In this article they published an email from drug company GlaxoSmithKline that states The defeat of Sen. Rick Santorum "creates a big hole we will need to fill." Regardless of whether or not you think he was selling out to Big Pharma, they certainly thought so! kinda puts a whole new light on why he is such a champion of allowing Big Pharma to charge whatever the hell they want, doesn't it?
It was a gift to us Pennsylvanians, too. I couldn't have said it better, Ideologyspoilstheview.
Santorum was a bad disease to your State ! Hes so desperate now his madness is showing.
Of course, he loves it. He is supported by any corporate interest that steps up with a check.
Listen to the GOP & Teabagge Its all about the Wealthy getting richer and the middle class gettin poorer.....They don't want to help the poor, I do mean the poor not the lazy good for nothings...Who are the one's that leach off the taxpayer. The Wealthy: they get welfare both for themselves an for the Corps. So really All party are at fault...But it seems that the Wealthy get away with it like the.(.Democrat )...They steal billions and the few poor steals a few thousands. So what does the GOP want, is Screw the MIddle Class to get even with the few. As I say its the me me me and F everyone else.... The failures of the Republicans party trying to take away SS & Medicare & Health care for Woman so they can give their wealthy Blackmailers more money...To hell with the Poor and Needy. Let them freeze in the winter and stave the Old and Babies,let them die from bad water, do away with the EPA and thats what you'll have, just like all you Teabaggers want...You make me sick with your Me Me Me altitude. It just a matter of time before the masses raise up against you . Greedy and you all call yourself Christians, Christains. What a laugh: Wake up America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WAKE UP
The 'As long as its not me' party
"Santorum is spreading his sick disease to his weak minded followers"
The GOP has a great line up of Presidential candidates, Santorum [ religious nut bag ], Gingrich [ conman and world class divorcee ] and lets not forget old MITT [ serial lier and dog abuser]. I just can't decide which one of these guys would make the best pinata.
I think Santorum just redefined the word "Gift"
That's ok. The Christian right reserves the right to redefine all words, and rewrite the bible in their correct vernacular.
"Santorum did alot of damage to the GOP"
There is a big difference between calling yourself a Christian and being a Christian.
better yet, calling yourself a spiritually man and a christian man. spiritually man is what i am and i haven't seen a good christian man yet
cattrax
You hit the nail on the head. Nice job.
I've known quite a few people who call themselves Christians. I've seen few who exemplify the term much better than Rick. I think Bush 43 was one, Reagan definitely was one, Jimmy Carter was one, but he was the poster child for trying to act for God in his own understanding and power instead of the way God wants a Christian to act which is by God's supplied Power and understanding.
Santorum is clearly running on God supplied power. IMO.
DB--How does one know if it is God-supplied power or one's own understanding of God-supplied power?
DB....your have dangerous thoughts.
Aaaah, but that is the conundrum isn't it? For, anyone can read the Bible and come up with a list of does and don't and do them, but still not be pleasing to God. Anyone could have the power and spirit, and then error seriously and what they experienced previously is GONE! (Sampson)
I think a good sign of it is that he is accepted widely by both Catholic and Protestant - that typically does not happen, unless the spirit of god is involved.
On You-tube there is a clip of him being interviewed by some pastor in Minnesota. What is clear is that he is very comfortable with his faith and daily learning more and applying more. I don't get that from say, Obama, who also I heard talk about Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac. Although he knew the story, I see a disconnect in how it really applied to him, and he was not real comfortable with the event moving on quickly to something else.
Romney is very comfortable with his faith, but I'm left with the impression that he sometimes right on on his application of faith, but there seems left a taste of the legalism of it all rather than just doing it because he is directed to.
I think another mark is when he makes a mistake, he realizes it, or when he realizes it, he admits it and seems not to continue with the mistake.
There is one other way to know, and that is only if you have experienced the direction of the spirit yourself. It takes one to know one, really does apply, but even then, the very elect can be deceived in an unguarded moment.
Kevin D - it is more dangerous to make decisions due to a lack of complete understanding OR from believing deliberate distortions, than to correctly identify and state so.
Better to find the correct side, than to live on the wrong side.
He's needs a new power supply then.
As it stands now, he will only get the evangelical far right vote. The people do not want a President that wants to use his power from a biblical perspective.
Much less someone who thinks a child from a rape is a blessing.
It is truly a shame to see how many honest REAL Christians have been fooled by these Republican scam artists. They lie about everything including President Obamas faith and citizenship. These so called "GOP Christians" are so dishonest that it's stunning to hear their blatant lies day after day.
If their so true to their faith why do they continue to "Bare False Witness" [AKA lying] ?
Wake up America the Republican/Tea Party doesn't care about you, they only care about their real employers, the rich and big corporations. No matter how big a lie it is these GOP deceivers will say ANYTHING to trick you into voting for them..........Don't reward them for their dishonesty.
DB knows all and sees all, folks. Just ask him.
Wouldn't the right way to look at it is to give up Politics because I got spanked in my Home State?
Dare I suggest that the holy Icky Ricky might like being spanked? ;)
Only Santorum could spin getting "butt gooed" into a plea asking Pennsylvanians to bend over and let him return the favor.
November is Child Safety Protection Month,,,, We "Give" our votes to Obama & "Give the "we don't want you pink slip" to Santorum & Romney
I'm sure that Romney appreciates Rick's gift too...
For the Obama campaign Santorum is a gift that keeps on giving!! Even if romney is the nominee Ole Rick has given the president plenty of quotes on Romney to use
Yep, We have a lot of tape showing Romney twisting Himself into a pretzel.
try reality
Oh you mean like how Obama does it. After all, as a die hard Obama supporter you would now abou that watching Obama do it in his magic show.
OOPS! "what happened" - seems nobody on the board agrees with your sorry outlook. Too bad- maybe you could post on a Santorum supporters board- the brain dead pinheads there would surely agree with your losing mentality. Good luck with that.
Went right for the deflection, eh?
This has been the ugliest republican contest I have ever seen. How is anyone to choose the lesser of the evils? The PACs are running some of the nastiest and deceitful ads I have ever seen. Not to mention the use of subliminal technology.
It has been nothing but a huge smear campaign against each other with nothing in the way of any of their solutions or ideas of how they would make it better.
Sooner or later they will have to stop the lip service and state clearly how they will address the issues currently facing this nation.
If they fail to do that, Obama will win by default.
LOL Yeah. It was a gift to the people of Pennsylvania.
Too bad not so much a gift to the rest of us who are now subjected to him.
Ah! But not for long, Beth! Ol' Ricky will be sent packing shortly and the Republican Party will be propping up Mitt "Etch-A-sketch" Romney as its reluctant choice to face President Obama. Unfortunately for the GOP, registered Republicans will be staying home by the millions in November rather than waste their time and their votes on a shameless, cynical political fraud like Mitt. President Obama will win virtually by default...which is certainly fine with me.
Obama in November. He is the only rational choice!
LOL Definitely very little choice for the GOP this year (well, OK, so far no Sarah, so I guess that IS a tiny step forward).
But I know many Republican women who have said they would stay home if Santorum gets the nomination.
Yeah, right !!! Worst modern day defeat modern Senate history. Pennsylvania knows him best...if this was a good thing, quitting the race now would be better.
GO VOTE LOUISIANA !! No Mardi Gras, no Saints, no Tigers, no rain, ............no excuse
ROMNEY/RUBIO 2012 & 2016
Obama/Biden 2012 Clinton/Warren 2016-2024
Wasn't that "Shoot 1st & Never Ask Questions" law in Florida Rubio's?
How about that "Wall Street Bail Out" Romney? He's not a conservative or a Tea Party politician, he's a big government republican
Signed by Jeb Bush
Yes, Romney and Rubio, reminds me of the old doublemint commericals.
Two, yes two flip-floppers are better than one.
Add to that it was the Blunt/Rubio amendment that was trying to take contraception rights away from women.
Not sure that attacking everyones rights except the rich is a winning stragedy. I am thinking the R and R of Romney and Rubio should stand for Rich and Ruthless to be the true standard bearers of the republican party.
VOTE FOR TRUE FREEDOM.....VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
Freedom??? Are you crazy? Obama/Biden are taking all our freedoms away from us. Have you been living under a rock the past 3 years? They are shooving goverment down our throats.
Obama's extended payroll tax cut , gouges its costs out of social security ....
How lovely ....
Obama out in 2012 ...
don't hold your breath benny - get used to him for another four (then you can deal with Hillary, next...)
Wall street runs the country so who cares about the president job wake up REALHOPEREALCHANGE CHECK THE LAST 6 YEARS
Just further Proof that Mr. Santorum is delusional
Yes it was a gift. A gift to the American people, one less A-hole like you in Congress.
No true christian would be against food stamps for the hungry.
How could any sane person against abortion, like me, think that getting rid of contraception is not going to cause more abortions?
It is not my right to decide about someone else. This is a decision that only a woman and her partner and her doctor should make not some religious quack like Santorum.
I was only pregant once and had one child, and only could afford one child. How did i do it? Contraception was the answer. Why would republicans want to change that and cause more abortions? You would think the republicans would want women to have free contraception if it meant less abortions.
VOTE FOR WOMEN'S FREEDOM.....VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
All for contraceptives..... But taxpayers don't need to buy them for everyone....They really are not that expensive.
Then the taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for the little blue woody pills, as they do now. Seem fair to you, RealHope?
Americans first
We don't agree about much, but I'm one hundred percent behind you on this issue. But Obama isn't the answer to this country's probems, like Bush, he is the problem.
One way or the other has got to be the best direction at the least. President Obama is trying to take us the other direction than Bush. So how are both wrong and what is your answer?
President Obama has ended wars and not gotten us into more stuck on the ground wars like in Libya.
When the republicans had a chance to decide if we should save and pay down our debt or give tax cuts our country could not afford. The republicans chose the tax cuts. Most of those people including Ron Paul voted for those tax cuts that increased our deficit are the republicans still in congress today blaming the whole thing on President Obama.
Both President Obama and Ron Paul objected to the war in Iraq, but only Ron Paul voted once again to give tax cuts to the richest instead of knowing he needed to pay for the wars like any responsible leader.
Even where our country is today, the republicans are against even a small surcharge to millionaires to put our people back to work. Instead their plan is to take away food, health care, education, social security, medicare and veterans care so they can pay for more tax cuts for the rich.
It is a simple choice for me. I'll be voting for America.
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
Need to clarify.
After the war in Iraq started the republicans brought up another round of tax cuts but only for the richest that they passed without any reguard as to how to pay for the wars. This was the second tax cut that Ron Paul voted for.
It was all deficits don't matter in those reckless days of running up the credit card. Ron Paul was up to his neck in creating the deficit with the rest of the republicans. So I do hope he is not your savior.
VOTE FOR WOMEN'S FREEDOM....VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
Rick's latest statement shows how far he is removed from reality. The people of Pennsylvania kicked him out in 2006 because he was too conservative and too much of a nutcase. So he's coming back as even more conservative and even more of a nutcase. As far as removing himself from the politics of Washington, after he lost, he stayed in Washington as a lobbyist. Guess he assumes Pennsylvania Republicans aren't very smart and have very short memories. He may be right.
InSanitotium, you're going to get a BIG gift very shortly, enjoy!
His next job will be a Gynecologist.
Ron Pauls assistant. :-D
I told you nobody wanted Ron Paul's fingers in their vagina's, conservatives tried blaming on the media
It's Jimmy Carters fault.
no - it was frothy's MOTHER'S fault
A separation from politics huh,oh Santorum doesn't think K Street is politics i get it, 2006 was a gift to many PA people after he claims he is PA home town boy while serving from Northern VA!
If he thought 2006 was a gift, 2012 should be like Xmas
The sleeping giant is alive and well. We need to take the House back so We can move OUR Country forward. Obama/Biden in ANOTHER LANDSLIDE.
unfortunately., I have a better chance of being the RETHUG nominee than frothy (and I'm not even running). The numbers will be slightly lower against Willard, but the vulture capitalist isn't a whole lot better the frothy
OBAMA will win by probably 7%
"Santorum is Weird as they get"