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In a conference call with supporters that featured multiple appeals for donations to retire his campaign debt, Rick Santorum said money was not the main reason he dropped from the presidential race.
During the call, advertised as a thank you to supporters, Santorum said it was his inability to become the sole conservative alternative in the GOP race and the delegate-rich state of Texas not holding a winner-take-all primary that were the main reasons for his exit.
"I know there's been a lot of articles written that somehow we dropped out because we ran out of money. That just is a little, very, very small piece of the story," Santorum said. "The bottom line is we wanted to take this race as far as we could to the point where we felt that we could be successful."
But shortly after he suspended his campaign last Tuesday, an e-mail was sent to supporters asking for help to retire his debt. Debt would burden Santorum's goals going forward, the e-mail read – the same argument the call's moderator and campaign adviser Mark Rogers made to supporters Monday night.
Part of that plan, Santorum said, consisted of asking his competitors to drop out. "The other candidates who were still in the race, we solicited them to see whether they might be willing to join our team and help us be successful in a coalition of conservatives," he said.
Now, the most pressing question about Santorum's defunct candidacy is whether or not he will endorse Romney, who is on his way to secure the nomination. Santorum said he has not yet spoken to his former rival but that he has talked to Newt Gingrich.
Over the next two weeks Santorum will unveil more plans and expressed a desire to work toward securing strong conservative candidates in House and Senate races across the country.
Continuing to focus on faith and family that became the cornerstone to his underdog campaign are what Santorum and his wife seem most focused on in the immediate future, particularly at the convention.
"We want to make sure that our delegates go, get a chance to go to the convention and have a say as to, particularly, you know, what's the platform of the party and making sure they have an impact on the convention process,” Santorum said. “Our plan is to continue to work with the states to make sure that our delegates are seated, and that we have the opportunity to have our voice, a strong conservative voice on all the issues, be heard at the convention."
Karen Santorum also thanked supporters. While speaking with supporters, the couple was feeding their youngest daughter, Bella, who was rushed to the hospital on Good Friday with pneumonia during what she described as "one of the worst days of our life."
Three-year-old Bella Santorum, who was born with the genetic disorder Trisomy 18, would be released from the hospital the day after Easter. But it was the second time this year that the young girl had to be rushed to the hospital to fight for her life.
While Karen Santorum described the "tsunami of emotions" the family has experienced since her husband's exit, they made clear they planned to be a voice on the national stage for a long time to come.
"We feel as strongly now as we did before that we were called to do this. We all know just because God calls you to do something doesn't mean he calls you to be successful in doing it," Santorum said. "We believe in so many way that we were successful in bringing up issues that were so, so important to our country."
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Get off the stage, fool. You should have been gone months ago to make way for President Romney. MITT 2012!
Romney or Obama? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbg0lC5FYO4
Ron Paul signed the person-hood pledge that vows to overturn Roe v Wade and makes many forms of birth control illegal. It even makes miscarriages a murder investigation. You could go out and kill an already born person and claim self defense and get into less trouble with the law in many states.
If I don't have control over my own body how is that being for individual freedom? It will take a huge government to monitor all women during childbearing years. Does Ron say how he is going to pay for this huge government he plans on building to control women's bodies?
Ron Paul just another republican who only cares about the freedom of men.
Ron Paul is just another republican who votes for the rich 1% and only the rich 1%.
Vote for Women's Freedom.....Vote Obama/Biden 2012
make way for President Romney. MITT 2012!
Jody - Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen. You'll turn "Democrat Blue"
Mitt Romney has been running for president since 2007. And it STILL took this long for him to be the republican nominee in the circus-like Anybody-But-Romney primary.
Do you really believe THAT guy has a chance against Obama?
PS. We'll all miss the entertainment from the clowns of the republicon primary. Cain...Perry...Gingrich...Trump...Bachman...Santorum...
The main reason was ,You blew it. You cant run for president when your mouth starts to operate before your brain and you come up with these stupid claims and remarks that keep everybody scratching their balls wondering what the hell your talking about.Your agenda wasn't much different than the Taliban except for the Burks.
The Republican Party will lose you stand little chance.
Look at Obama cool under pressure, not afraid to make a decision,stands by his policy,moves forward with or without the Republican no team, Do you really think Karl Rove can match that?
GOOD RIDDANCE Santorum. We can finally rest a little better knowing your obtuse values will not come near the White House. However, we do want to thank you for communicating to the American people that they might as well vote for Obama over Romney.
Obama/Biden in 2012. We don't want our country back, we want our country to move forward.
Sanatorium had no chance with "normal people" from the BEGINNING, the teabags had just run their course of fools, and he was last fool standing!
The "normal people" need get as LOUD as the crazies, and take OUR COUNTRY BACK from the FAR RIGHT WING NUT JOBS!
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
I believe Rick Santorum is a dangerous fanatic. He is trying to infiltrate the government with his own sick agenda. The people who support him are mostly downtrodden ignorant folks. I feel sorry for them, because he is playing the role for his own agenda. Plus, as someone pointed out, he is an embarrassment to America with his rude and ignorant comments about anything and everything. Go to work in the church fella--that is where you and your wife belong. Form one with the Duggars; they are your type.
“I see the attack on the unborn as an act of violence and it should be dealt with at the local level." ~ Ron Paul
Santorum didnt' leave because of the money, he left because he's Muslim and Allah told him to. And the only reason Allah told him to was because all Republicans must break out their Islamic faith and vote for Romney.
Islamic Romney beats the Communists in 2012! The Koran over the Manifesto!
Not even a good troll attempt Jody. Seriously - no one supports Mittens.
Santorum can't endorse Romney or he risks becoming a bigger hypocrite than he already is. Flip Flopney has zero chance to beat Obama as it is. The ONLY one that can beat Obama is Ron Paul.
Ron Paul or none at all!
Since Mittens is the Republican choice (hold your nose), why don't we go ahead and swear Obama in for the next 4 years now?
BTW- I'm an independent. Thought you should know that. Don't want to be accused of being a Demoncrat. LOL
As soon has Santorum's rich republican buddies find that he hasn't got a chance of becoming POTUS, they know he can't grant them any political favors, so the money dries up. Campaign over.
Is Sarah Palin still telling Rick Santorum "Dont Retreat!"?
In her desperation the Alaskan QUITTER had to give up on Newt Gingrich and started kissing up to Frothy Rick
Whoever Sarah kisses up to or endorses always crashes and burns
Will they ever learn?
Money wasnt the reason I droped out, There it is folks another Conservative Republican Spending like a Drunken Sailor. Spend Spend Spend without a clue how to pay it back
Listening to Santorum's speeches is like attending a tent meeting by Elmer Gantery. Santorum is a preacher, and not very good at it, but will always be a preacher, and nothing else. In some alternate universe if he somehow became president of our USA he'd still be a preacher.
And IMO there is a difference between minister, pastor, and preacher.
So true! Has she endorsed Romney yet? :)
Ricky ran away because he knew he was going to lose. If he's not a quitter, who is? At least he essentially admitted that he's a spendthrift pansy.
Please god, don't tell him to run again in 2016!!
He will do better in the lobby world than when he started, but no where near other GOP candidates (such as Palin) who have conned their following and gone on to make lots of money!
But he has gotten a glimpse of the fools to be later fleeced ..... and I'm sure he's surprised & pleased .............
Look, Im a Republican but asking for people to help retire your debt is your own problem...this sounds like socialism.
You stayed in the race, therefore you are responsible for your debt. If you couldn't pay it off, then you shouldn't have stayed in the race. Replace race with bought/house...see the similarities?
Pres Obama is vulnerable to a qualified opponent. The Republicans totally failed to find one. For the last 20 years they ran people who wouldn't pay social security tax on their domestic servants or were draft dodgers who didn't mind sending other men to war. Well we finally winnowed our way through them to find a clown college of uneducated, inheritance heavy, liars and bigots. Can't beat Pres Obama that way. A couple million unemployed have found and will find jobs since January 1st and election day. Economists are saying we "may" be at the bottom if Europe doesn't crash us. The republican solution is going to nhave a hard time defeating Pres Obama, even though he has volnerabilities. Not so much he is going to win as the R's failed to run a capable, intelligent candidate and therefore forfeit the race.
James - it is not socialism if you are having a hard time making your car payment, and your brother makes it for you. Your brother has the ability to decide whether to help out or not, and this is his free choice.
“Knowing that every penny the average American has earned from January 1st until today has gone to pay federal, state, or local taxes is a frightening reminder of how much liberty modern Americans have lost.”~ Ron Paul, April 17, 2012
God must have told Santorum to run only to help the Democratic Party. Please, Ricky-poo, Please start pointing out the members of Congress that share your psychosis so that we can retire them, too!!
Didn't anyone tell Ricky-poo that the best way to raise money is to hold a dime between your knees?
Spend like an idiot and then wonder how to pay for it. Sounds like your typical, mainstream Republican to me. I guess he'll have to blame President Obama for his debt - since that is all the Republicans are capable of doing.
Most of these posts are sadly way off base this one is particulary "out there"
Santorum didn't have any "rich buddies" The rich had lined up with Romney and Gingrich.
Did you know a military grade satellite-under cover of FBI investigations-destroys citizens by manipulating their health without the target even knowing and sometimes using the same program the FBI can use a series of perfectly synchronized investigative pretexts to derail the target from employment, relationships, friends, ect also usually without the target ever knowing it where war time powers are concealed within the safety of national security investigations...
If that statement were to be true, what do you think the public's reaction to it should be?
Yeah money wasn't the problem. The fact that Rick sucks was and is! Wasiser!
I read today that Newt still has Secret Service protection... Why? Send the party boys to protect this dude rocker... He deserves them...
Obama/Biden '12
And to think Ron Paul said no to the secret service months ago and claimed they were a waste of the hard working tax payers dollars.. Looks like RONS right again!!
Or it could be that no assassin thinks Paul is worth the effort.
Ron Paul was right.... He was the right candidate for 1896. His policies would have helped America then, not in 2012.
Yeah because the endless wars of Bush and Obama and maybe Romney are such a great alternative to supporting peace. Who wants peace? We should just keep sending more troops into the Middle East to sneak out and kill 17 civilians, including 9 children in the middle of the night. Of course it makes them hate us more and more, thus spawning new generations of "terrorists" that might someday grow up and try to attack us here in America. So, our presidents get to enact more Orwellian policies to stifle the American Citizens' freedoms and liberties. Yup, we don't need peace, big brother will help us end these terrorists, just vote anyone but Ron Paul, because we don't need peace!
Itsabouttime,
Back in 2002 Ron Paul predicted the housing bubble and explained WHY it would occur, predicted the financial collapse, radically expanding government, Iraq war and outcome, Both Dems & Republs endorsing military intervention overseas, Constitutional rights will be undermined (patriot act, NDAA hr347), Arab allies will be overrun by Islamist fundamentalists and much more. (link below) At this time countless MORONS laughed at these predictions and still label him a crackpot and try to belittle these amazing predictions even though all of the predictions came to pass. (and most that made fun of were exposed for the useless and clueless turds they are... among them Barney Frank) The same idiots (most are still destroying our country) still call him and his ideas crazy. These idiots are also behind the media blackout and are still spoon feeding people lies that are too lazy and ignorant to find the truth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-8XYF0LLrk
Even with all this proof there are still idiots that refuse to beleive he knows what is going on and how to fix it.
Ron Paul isn't going to be president, honey. Give it up.
marinmom,
You may be right but the Ideology will continue. Ron Paul has a Young following that will not sit on their butts and take what our inept government is giving them any longer. They are sick and tired of what we are getting and rightfully so. Like it or not his ideology will shape the Republican party for years to come. BTW do you know where all the young supporters came from? They are the ones who voted for Obama because he promised he would stop the Iraq war "by 2009",cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term, and repeal of the Patriot act and restore our personal liberties. He lied on all accounts.
The Iraq war went on about 2.5 years longer than he promised, started a now one with Libya and really just shifted troops from Iraq to Afghanistan in a failed attempt to pacify war profiteers and anti war citizens both. He signed the Patriot act twice more into law then stripped us of more rights with the NDAA and HR347 and the budget is no where near cut in half. This is why the Democratic party is sweating the younger vote they had 4 years ago. They know they screwed the pooch on this one.
The young want the wars to stop, their civil liberties back and the deficit under control and they know Obama will not deliver on any of these promises.
Keep printing those lies MSNBC:
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-rick-santorum-declines-to-endorse-mitt-romney-20120416,0,1420754.story
Perhaps a rather clueless and ignorant young following which is unfamiliar with his odious positions on civil rights.
The first question a young person should ask Ron Paul is "why do you support DOMA, and why did you write the Marriage Protection Act?"
The second question a young person should ask Ron Paul is "why did you write the theocratic We the People Act? Do you think gays don't deserve equal rights, or that women don't deserve medical privacy?"
The third question a young person should ask Ron Paul is "why should any black person vote for someone who doesn't support the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts?"
Let's see, some of Ron Paul's beliefs are that abortion is to be illegal, but prostitution and drugs should be legal. Seems a little weird to me.
As for the wars, the action in Libya wasn't a war, and it was limited in scope. The realities of the situations in Iraq and Afghanistan demanded more engagement. We shouldn't have been in Iraq in the first place, but we're done now. The Republicans were totally on board for the Patriot Act and the rest, so don't point your finger totally at the Dems. And if the party of no had cooperated on jobs instead of making womens' uteruses their main order of business, the economy would be in a hell of a lot better shape. Me, I'd like to see NAFTA totally retooled. But too much of Big Business has control over that.
96ws6: Um.. thats because of a significant amount of his 'ideas' are crazy. Look at his track record (see link below) and then come back and tell me this is the person you want in the White House?
dneiwert.blogspot.com/2007/11/ron-pauls-record-in-congress.html
Here's a small sample of the few where this man is completely out in left field and never coming up to home plate:
1. H.R.392: A bill proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right to life. So.. he thinks the US Government has the right to tell a woman what she can and cannot do with her body? I don't think so.
2. H.R.2597: To provide that human life shall be deemed to exist from conception. However, we won't give that 'child' health care, no public education, and no guarantee of rights if they turn out gay? I don't think so.
3. H.R.300: To limit the jurisdiction of the Federal courts, and for other purposes.
-- He would deny the use of the Federal court system -- and even Federal precedent -- to people discriminated against because of their religious beliefs or sexual orientation. This would also limit the cross-state recognition of same-sex marriages. Some of these bills he cynically calls this the "We the People Act". WE the people act? No, you mean, we the PEOPLE act if you are not gay.
4a. H.R.1247:
To ensure and foster continued patient safety and quality of care by exempting health care professionals from the Federal antitrust laws in their negotiations with health plans and health insurance issuers.
4b. H.R.1789: To restore the inherent benefits of the market economy by repealing the Federal body of statutory law commonly referred to as "antitrust law", and for other purposes.
-- He would repeal significant portions of antitrust law, including the Sherman Antitrust Act, the Clayton Antitrust Act, and others.
5a. H.R.2310: A bill to repeal the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. <-- You have got to be kidding me? I don't know about you, but I like a safe work environment.
No where in my research has Ron Paul sponsored 1 BILL that goes along with the predictions you mentioned from him in 2002. His voting record is terrible and I like living in 2012. I don't want to go back to how life was like in American when Sinclair wrote "The Jungle"
96ws6 - No where in my reseach can I find 1 BILL in Congress in which Ron Paul did something to "Stop" the wave of "Predictions" he made in 2002. He did 'nothing'. I don't know about you, but I like living in 2012. I do not want to go back to 1896 and live in an America that was like Upton Sinclair's "the Jungle"
I respect your opinion.. but Ron Paul? Thanks for your comment.
The reason for Insanitarium's withdraw was really quite simple. He was on his way to losing the Pa. primary. The resulting embarrassment could have been a mortal wound to his future political future, even though in fact, he has no political future. That's why he quit, mystery solved.
Itsabouttime
I am not going to go through and try to point out how you have twisted the language (or perhapos interprited incorrectly?) in bills mentioned. Instead I will provide a link where you can look up every bill and resolution since 1973 by congressman.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse
BTW I could not substanciate most of your claims becuase the HR numbers dont add up and I could not find the verbiage in any bills Ron Paul has introduced in the last 30 years.
I WILL provide clarification of your biased and innacurate interpretation of the "we the people" bill. It is obvious the intention of the bill is to remove the ability of the federal government to tell you that you can't marry if your gay and protects other rights, and basically gives this power to the States as written in the constitution:
We the People Act - Prohibits the Supreme Court and each federal court from adjudicating any claim or relying on judicial decisions involving: (1) state or local laws, regulations, or policies concerning the free exercise or establishment of religion; (2) the right of privacy, including issues of sexual practices, orientation, or reproduction; or (3) the right to marry without regard to sex or sexual orientation where based upon equal protection of the laws. Allows the Supreme Court and the federal courts to determine the constitutionality of federal statutes, administrative rules, or procedures in considering cases arising under the Constitution. Prohibits the Supreme Court and the federal courts from issuing any ruling that appropriates or expends money, imposes taxes, or otherwise interferes with the legislative functions or administrative discretion of the states. Authorizes any party or intervener in matters before any federal court, including the Supreme Court, to challenge the jurisdiction of the court under this Act. Provides that the violation of this Act by any justice or judge is an impeachable offense and a material breach of good behavior subject to removal. Negates as binding precedent on the state courts any federal court decision that relates to an issue removed from federal jurisdiction by this Act or otherwise interfering with the legislative functions or administrative discretion of the states.
Thanks for the response.. Ron Paul feels that the states should decide civil rights for women and gays in this country. I thought we tried that once already with the Civil War when some states said "slavery was legal" and some did not. Course we did go through this again in the early 1900's when Wyoming gave women the right to vote, but other states did not. Thank goodness we have the 19th amendemnt. We also touched on this in Virginia, when that state said black/white people of the opposite sex could not marry each other because it was wrong.. and then lastly in the 1960s, when states like Mississippi had Jim Crow laws and said "Seperate But Equal", which forced African Americans to attend different schools, have different water fountains, and couldn't use the same toilets.
Yep..I am convinced, that people like Ron Paul who feel civil rights should be left up to the states is not the person I would ever want in the WhiteHouse.
Obama/Biden 2012.
itsabouttime,
Our constitution was specifically written to keep much power in the hands of the states so that the Federal government can not gain too much power and so it can't grow out of control. In this day and age, to believe we would go back to the way you are describing things is completely ignorant. All our problems we are experiencing today can be traced back to straying from our constitution.
I am sure you are an Obama fan since you don't care much about our constitution and seem to like socialism.
Thanks for posting that. Now read it carefully and try to understand what it would do:
- The states could once again be theocracies, and enact religious laws as well as violate your freedom of religion, and even prohibit the religion you practice.
- The states could regulate your private sex life, deny the right to use contraception, and deny the right for women to choose whether to reproduce. It would explicitly override Griswold v CT, Roe v Wade, and Lawrence v TX, as well as numerous other cases which hinge on a right to privacy.
- The states could deny gays the right to marry and even deny them the right to have sex.
Conservatives like Ron Paul are what we call neoconfederates. At their core, they don't think the bill of rights should apply to the states. They oppose the 14th Amendment and the Incorporation Doctrine. And they really don't like the concept of equal protection of the law. They are bigots at their core.
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/ron-paul-versus-the-fourteenth-amendment/
Most young folks who support Paul have been taken in by his rhetoric, and are too naive to understand the implications of what he advocates.
commander-2009386 - said......
I have stood in front of the US Consitution in Washington DC more than once. I have a double BA in geography and political science with minors in history and international affairs. I am quite well versed in this subject. If we DO NOT let people like Ron Paul in the White House, then we will not return to situations in which Civil Rights were decided at the state level. We cannot return to that type of society and deny people their human rights all because one state says they can and others say they can't.
The federal government has GROWN out of control in many areas. I agree w/you 100% on that. If our leadership would recognize that as well and actually DO something about it, the problem would be resolved. Obama can't do it alone. How can he or any single president actually accomplish something of this magnitude that has taken decades to develop? Of course people like you must think a magic wand can be waved in the air and all is well? Obama is not a socialist.
So the man who attempted to sound near identical to Ron Paul for the last 3 months now wants to support either Gingrich or Romney with no mention about the man who is packing stadiums in and winning a substantial amount of the delegates.. So the tea party gets the truth, Santarium will not back the only true conservative.. Time for them to think for themselves and vote for themselves. RON PAUL 2012
Romney or Obama? Who do you choose? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbg0lC5FYO4
Of course these people can't habdle the truth, so they collapse it. Ron Paul or nothing in 2012!
HAHA every time you compare Obama to Obomney....I mean Romney it gets collapsed. Some people just can't handle the truth!
yeah, social issues are "so, so important to our country". not. I'm sure we'll look back, twenty years from now, and wish that "if only" rick had won so that we could fight the scourge of gay marriage, our country would have been saved..lol.
I believe santorum needs to be sued by gays for hate crimes in public.
Rick had to quit because all the conservatives and patriotic Americans are over here!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIP-ibpRYIY&feature=related
@Vermontguy.. You sound like you support personal liberties.. Check out the candidate who wishes to restore the republic because no one has no right to tell anyone what they can and can not do as long as it does not cause harm or damage to anothers libertys or property.. ! Preserve our personal liberties and fight to keep the government from being any part of telling us what we can or can not do.. Their job is supposed to be to protect that idea... Vote RON PAUL 2012 as the champion of our constitution!! Romney doesn't have a chance to beat Obama and we all know it... So lets do something about it!!
You may support personal liberties, too bad Ron Paul doesn't.
When he signed the person-hood pledge he told the world women are only second class citizens to him with no right to decide about her own body.
How is that not the government telling us what we can or can not do? Or are personal liberties for men only now?
His stance as a President is that the Federal government has no authority.. What else would you want? If you want to dig into his moral fiber then you'll find that he thinks killing is killing,, one minute before birth or one minute after.. AND AMERICANS are the only ones who can address abortion as it is a moral issue.. AND that government can not force morals.. Only PEOPLE who must decide for themselves.. Its always easy to answer any question when your principles are founded on the republic for which we stand and Ron Paul lives by it like Thomas Jefferson.
Ummmm......Ron Paul fully supports DOMA, supported DADT until the last minute, wrote the odious "Marriage Protection Act", and wrote the even more odious "We the People Act."
Ron Paul is a bigot and a Christofascist, plain and simple.
Skrekk - You beat me too it, but thank you for calling out the Truth about RON Paul. This man supports only civil CHRISTIAN liberties, not secular liberties from the United States Constitution.
"The best guarantor of true liberty is decentralized political institutions, while the greatest threat to liberty is concentrated power." ~ Ron Paul
Freedman1 - So... Supporting DOMA is concentrated power? Writing and Endorsing the Marriage Protection Act is concentrated power?.... We the People Act is concentrated power? Ron Paul 'had' some good ideas for this nation in 1896 and a few for 2012. However, they are very over shadowed by his bigorty and stance on basic human rights in favor of Christian Dogma.
You may not be aware of this, but Ron Paul supports States Rights. That means that if California wants to legalize medical marijuana - it is not the job of the Federal Government to override the determination of the people of that state.
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"To those who argue that we cannot allow the states to make decisions on abortion since some will make the wrong ones, I reply that that is an excellent argument for world government--for how can we allow individual countries to decide on abortion or other moral issues, if some may make the wrong decisions? Yet the dangers of a world government surely speak for themselves." ~ Ron Paul
Americans First,
Here is the problem with your logic. You are not just deciding what to do with your body. You are making a life or death decision for the life/being inside you.
Ron Paul beleives that life begins at conception and therefore a fetus has rights becuase it is human life. He fights for that individuals rights just like he does everyone else's. Do you believe it's OK to have an abortion any time before birth but after birth it is murder? Many beleive it is murder either way. This is why the pro life/pro choice debate has been going on for so long.
freedman1 - I support state's rights as well. However, states right do not exceed federal rights in for Civil Right Matters. We once allowed a "Seperate But Equal" clause that required africa americans to use different schools/toilets, buses, and more in the deep south.. all because their states rights allowed it.
Should we allow Ron Paul to allow this same kind of environment to exist again? I think not. The United States Government has a moral and legal respondibility to protect and govern this country based on the US Constitution and specifically the Bill of Rights.
The states do NOT get to decide who has equal civil rights in this country. We are not going back 55 years and undoing the progress we have already made.
Tennessee passed a Constitutional Amendment mandating and defining that marriage is between one man and one woman. Other states have done the same thing. Do Tennesseans have the right of determination? Ron Paul thinks so. California, as mentioned, passed the Medical Marijuana Act. Does California have the right of self determination? Ron Paul thinks so.
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"The real problem we face today is the discrimination in our court system, the war on drugs. Just think of how biased that is against the minorities. They go into prison much way out of proportion to their numbers. They get the death penalty out of proportion with their numbers. And if you look at what minorities suffer in ordinary wars, whether there's a draft or no draft, they suffer much out of proposition. So those are the kind of discrimination that have to be dealt with, but you don't ever want to undermine the principle of private property and private choices in order to solve some of these problems." ~ Ron Paul
So it would be appropriate for a state like Tennessee to prohibit mixed-race marriage? Ron Paul thinks so.
Ron Paul also thinks it proper for a state to enact theocratic laws and for its citizens to be denied the protections of the 1st and 14th amendments ("We the People Act").
He also thinks it would be OK if the feds deny due process to gays who wish to challenge DOMA ("Marriage Protection Act").
freedman1 - Tennesee and any other state certainly has the right to pass whatever Constituional Amendments they want defining marriage between a man and a woman. However, I am glad to see that 7 other states and the district of Columbia agree that giving people civil rights and equality in marriage regardless of sex is conducive to the future of this country. It's also ironic isn't it that a Federal Appeals Court (see below) declared that limiting marriage between a man and a woman violated the U.S. Constitution. So.. you and Ron Paul can think whatever you like. I can't change that. However, its good to know that Ron Paul (Gingrich, Romney, or Santorum) will NOT win the GOP nomination, and be able to push forward his biogtry and bias on the majority of the American people.
Enjoy :)
The 2-1 decision by a panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found that Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that limited marriage to one man and one woman, violated the U.S. Constitution. The architects of Prop. 8 have vowed to appeal.
latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/02/gay-marriage-prop-8s-ban-ruled-unconstitutional.html
That is exactly the point. The Tennessee Constitutional Amendment was passed in 2006 with 81% of the vote. The state has neither 81% Republicans, nor 81% Democrats. This was passed by an overwhelming vote of the people. The people of Tennessee passed this as a Constitutional Amendment to provide a buffer from various courts. Do Tennesseans have a right to define their own values? Tennessee does not care if somebody goes to Washington D.C. and gets married. That's fine. Tennessee does not care if somebody goes to California to get a prescription for marijuana either. That's fine. Do that. That is the definition of States Rights. The ability of self determination. If you do not live in Tennessee, how could it possibly impact you? Why would you care? I can still get my pot from California, or get married in Washington DC, or maybe choose not to live in Tennessee at all. That is freedom of choice. It is the bedrock of Americanism.
In Uganda, gay marriage is not recognized anyplace. Should there be a one world government to force Ugandans to adapt to American national values? Mexico does not allow possession of handguns. In China, anybody arrested by the police is assumed to be guilty and must prove their innocence. Are these inequities resolved by more government? By a world government? Are you for that?
If independent freedom is desirable on the world scene, then those qualities that exist in the larger picture must also be present in the smaller one. Therefore, it is up to the citizens of California whether or not medical marijuana is legal - not to a larger, centralized government that may not be in tune with the values that Californians hold.
freedman1 - So the bedrock of Americanism is to allow one state to deny basic civil rights to an entire sector of the population? Really? You really believe that? Wow, So in that case, when the state of Alabama had Jim Crow Laws and said "African Americans could not attend the same school as whites, that was okay?" We already fought one civil war because half the states "had LAWS" that slavery was legal, and others did not? Oh but by your definition of state's rights, it was okay to where some states could own a HUMAN BEING out right, because their state law said it was okay. You are a complete IDIOT.
How does this impact me?? Let's see, I am a gay married male. However, if I go to Tennessee, guess what, I'm not. I have no protection under the state laws of Ten. BUT, I am an AMERICAN and my Civil rights are defined and supported by the Federal Government. NOT the state of Tenn.
I don't care about Uganda's stance on Gay Marriage. Is Uganda part of the United States? Do they pay American Taxes to live here?
This is the United States of America, not Uganda, not Mexico, not China, or any other country on the planet with this issue. This country was found on "Civil Liberities" and if you don't think so, go read the first 10 amendments in the Bill of Rights. I am not for world government and I have seperate views on all the issues you described, but that is not even relevant for this conversation.
Ron who??? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I could have sworn this article was about that other wack-job Republican loser, Rick Santorum.
It's quite a statement when Ron Paul supporters fail to be relevant.
Your right Shocked.. I am holding my head in shame...
Obama Biden 2012.
Hey, Itsabouttime - It isn't your fault - you didn't start it.
I can even understand freedman - it's not easy to find any relevant articles about Ron Paul...probably because Ron Paul is irrelevant and no one cares
frothy, we'll miss you
The important thing is that Bella is now an NRA member.
I'd rather see Bella armed than Geoge Zimmerman!
A Conservative with DEBT... Asking for a socialist solution to fix it... Get money from the masses to help the one. So much the social plan of repressive government guided by the canon law.
I think Rick's debt needs a conservative solution like they want for our country.
I say Rick should not ask for more revenue as that breaks the Norquist pledge. Rick should just cut his spending to pay off his debt. Practice what you preach is what I always say.
Rick made the decision to run -- pay for it.
Kimb54.1, BINGO! This clown, Santorum, who was so roundly booted out by Pennsylvania voters (and ignored the resounding message) is no more a capatilist than were Dick and Dubya, who did more to commit us to socialism than all previous administrations combined. Talk the talk, and walk the walk! Fake capitalism (aka cronyism), which is what the neocon Republicans are all about, wrecked the world's greatest economy and threatened to make Lenin's dream come true I really hope Santorum's aspirations choke on the debt he so freely incurred.
AGREE! The first thing I thought after I read this article was "WOW! Santorum wants a bailout!" What happened to Conservative fiscal responsibility? I love how he said he needs this debt paid off by others so HE can move forward. Um, yeah, welcome to what the rest of us are dealing with. I want to ask him to pay off my mortgage so I can move forward in my life too. I would actually take members of the GOP seriously if they practiced what they preached!
Why did he spend more than what he had? Tsk Tsk. I hope no one gives him a dime.
I say Rick should not ask for more revenue as that breaks the Norquist pledge. Rick should just cut his spending to pay off his debt. Practice what you preach is what I always say.
Hah. Now that is genius. It will not, of course, happen in this world or the next. But we can all hope, can't we?
Flat broke Frothy Santorum should consider asking Newt Gingrich for a loan?
Maybe notttttt
The consumate "Fiscal Conservative" Gingrich is Broke, Bouncing checks and filed for Bankruptcy!
This is Republicans idea of getting America on the right track
Tee hee hee heee
Jesus loves you Rick, unfortunately the rest of the country doesn't.
Rick Who?
Good one GT. :)
Obama/Biden 2012
BS: Santorum realized that the people in Pa had not forgotten how awful he was in the Senate (he was voted out of office by an unheard of 18 point margin) and he had no chance of winning his "home state", Pa,. He, our Senator, elected for six years to represent us, moved out of to live in DC and Va the moment he got elected -- people never forgot that! He never cared about Pa., only the big bucks DC could bring in.
He is also smart enough to know the published delegate count is mostly BS speculation and he is actually in 3rd place.
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Santorum actually had 325 pledged Delegates (once the RNC errors corrections were made) of which 80 - 90% are termed "soft pledge". Gingrich had more "hard pledge" delegates but not as nearly as many total delegates. Romney had several hundred "soft pledge" delgates.
What the "soft pledge' delegates can do is switch their votes if something major occurs during the race making who they were pledged to unsuitable or if the state convention tells them to change or confirm their current commitment.
As for the changes that were coming. Florida moved their primary to the section of the season that they could not be a Winner take all state per RNC Rules. The result will be changed to proportional per RNC Rules. Puerto Rico and at least one other state also had done the same thing and are going to be switched to proportional. This causes a net loss of around 70 delegates to Romney that will go to Newt, Santorum, and Ron Paul.
Romney was instrumental in getting Florida and a few other states favorable to him moved up to make him the nominee. The RNC needs to put a stop to this behavior by enforcing it's rules completely.
Oh, He's tricky all right. Always catching us off guard. Crafty. Sneaky. Hard to figure out. He has a Plan for each of us, but we can petition Him through prayer to change that Plan. After all, we may have a better idea as to what would be good for us. So, keep praying, everyone!
Dear Media:
Please let the stink of this dead horse gently waft upon the breeze of a richly deserved obscurity. Please, I humbly beseech you, in all that is merciful and good.
P.S. Ron Paul is only going to be president of a Lincoln log diorama, so why don't you "supporters" move on to your next racist, misogynist, unelectable loony. I think that Gravel guy from Alaska is still around.
Ron Paul is a racist? I don't know what a misogynist is. He's been elected to congress for over 20 years now.
According to his old newsletters,
that he now says he didn't actually write.....
Don't know what a misogynist is? They have these handy devices called dictionaries. How about you go look it up and learn something new.
I'd wager that if you don't know what a misogynist is you have a higher-than-average chance of being one.
It is the same stuff as misandrist.
Men cannot claim misandry no more than white people can claim racism.
Whether such exist or not is irrelevant - the claim is disallowed.
On the other hand, claims of racism or misogyny are somewhat self substantiating.
If you guys are so smart why don't you define the term instead of spouting off? I can't remember the last time I heard someone use the word misogynist in a conversation.
When I pulled my hamstring, I went to a misogynist.
You can only get real miso soup from a misogynist...
Santorum: Money was not the main reason for dropping out
There's also the fact he had zero chance of winning.
Oh but I do wish he would have gotten the nomination... OBAMA would have won in a landslide.
It wasn't just the money. After months of campaigning, Rick "less than erudite" Santorum finally read the job description and decided, "I can't do that! I'm just not qualified."
Really Ricky? Maybe the reason you dropped out was all your 1950 ways of looking at America, sex is bad unless you are a republican married Woman, and you have it for procreation!
The reason I'm a Democrat is we are the ones having all the hot sex, the single republican Women are all vestal virgins, and as I stated if your a GOPr and are married you are not on any form of birth control, and only have sex if you want to make a child.
And how dare you expect for the insurance you pay for, to carry birth control, hey even if you are on it for medical reasons, it makes you a wanton Women,wink wink Bristol Palin she was overcome by alcohol and the devil.
Ricky go home spend time with your ailing daughter, we are tired of you and your lie's! Go lobby some more!
All those who are Obama supporters...He is acting like a Tyrant. He ignores the US Supreme court and is in fact in contempt
He has said if congress will not play my way I will rule by executive order. The supreme court shuts down his executive order because it is unconstitutional and he simply writes another executive order for the same thing.
That is the Road to Totalitarianism..... Do you want a Tyrant running the USA??
Instead of spending money on the People, he Gtves it to GM...It costs 250,000 for every chevy volt built and they sell for under 40,000. Obama subsidizes the rest..Thats Right, He buys jobs with money this country doesnt have and he is creating another bubble but this one will be worse than the real estate bubble because that was never actually Fixed and he has been compounding the problem ever since.
Nothing is FREE. You cant have entitlements without the money coming from somewhere. You cant sidestep the rules of economics and not have it catch up to you in the end. If Obama is re-elected, It will be the end of this country as a democracy, Count on it!!
Put him on there again and good luck getting rid of him....even while he starts rounding up those who challenge his awesomeness....The Man has legalized the assasination of US Citizens without Due Process, I mean, what does that tell you about his Moral Sanity??
Todd - 4117082 says:
How is obama acting like a Tyrant? How did he ignore the US Supreme Court? Please read the Constitution of the United States and start with Article II on the Presidency.
Because OBAMA gave GM a LOAN (which they have paid back about half now), they are back as the #1 auto maker in the world. It saved JOBS in Detroit and every single other company that supports GM in the auto industry. Yes, right down to the dealerships, the auto parts used in the country, every mom and pop store in Detroit that counts on those employees to spend dollars in their restaurants and shops. Please also read Article 1 on Congress. It talkes about Congressional powers and Commerce.
Well you are right.. nothing is free, except my comment back to you.
You mean he is continuing the same anti terrorist laws that former President Bush started? I do not support the limitations of our rights, but Obama is doing nothing different here than his predecessor did.. However, because it's Obama doing it, he's wrong??
Thanks for your comment. It reminds me of why the US is slipping in the world of education.
As opposed to the Newtster, that said he would just have any Supreme Court Judges that disagree with him....ARRESTED!
HE has TRIED to work with Congress! They won't PLAY! They block EVERY attempt to get along!
blah, blah, blah, blah......
Teabags....
Can you spell "delusional paranoid"?
per Todd:
"Nothing is FREE. You cant have entitlements without the money coming from somewhere."
...Perhaps, Todd, someone should have mentioned that small fact to Santorum (the man you are trying to deflect from) and Newt - neither of which could even run a campaign without piling up millions in irresponsible debt. Todd, you seem to know so much about economics and yet the "cream of your crop" can't even run a campaign responsibly - let alone a country.
Is this what you would call the "make up a commie takeover to scare the crap out of people so that they won't notice that the only thing we know what to do with money is to spend it wildly without anything to show for it" Republican strategy? If it wasn't so creepy, it would be a little funny.
Do "teabagger darlings" get paid by the hour or do they rely solely on tips????
The reasons he pulled out are several.....money being the least of them. Mainly....politics.
It was looking increasingly likely that he was going to lose the PA Primary, very embarressing to lose your home state, and he was looking for a reason to exit before that happend and save some face.
Romney offered the olive branch to him, by pulling the highly negative adds that had just started running against him. So he conveniently used the excuse of his daughters going to the hospital as the reason for suspending his campaign. He was under alot of pressure to drop out from a number of directions.
He's also looking ahead to 2016. He doesnt want to poison the waters so badly with the Party and the faithful that he was a sore loser and hurt Romneys chances by hanging on too long. He wants Romney to lose on his own merits. Then we'll be hearing from him again with the tag line "I told you so.....now vote for a REAL conservative". That is if no other up and comer has the cache between now and then to knock him off the perch
I think you're right...he'll be back in 2016.
the American people were not ready for this evangelical zealot-- they will never be ready for that type of candidate. If he ever runs again he needs to lose that Sh*t eating grin he always seems to have on his face. It makes people not trust him, it's like the cat that ate the canary.
Maybe all you Ron Paul guys should read all the neo Nazi stuff he wrote... but said he didn't write. He's another wacko!
Ron Paul is a 'Nazi' and 'wacko'. You must have been in the debate team in high school.
The obvious is that Ron Paul never had the support his supporters claimed he had
The MSM were not the only ones ignoring Ron Paul at every turn
The majority of the country was ignoring Paul too
OK so the 20+ year old news letters written by someone else are all the dirt you can come up with? Care to do a comparison on Ron Paul's ethics to ANY other candidate including our current Prisident?
I'd like to wish Mr. Santorum, and especially his family, long, healthy and safe lives in complete political obscurity.
Mr. Anti-Handouts is asking for all handouts so that he can clear his debt and continue to preach about the dangers of handouts!
"We feel as strongly now as we did before that we were called to do this. We all know just because God calls you to do something doesn't mean he calls you to be successful in doing it," Santorum said.
What the fudge is this person talking about? Is he delusional? Somebody school me because I'm exasperated.
It shows that God has a sense of humor and likes to screw with people every now and again.
He was up late one night playing superman in his magic undies when his imaginary friend appeared and told him he should run for president....oh wrong candidate :)
Notice that all the Delusionals who dropped out were called by God ?
Poor hateful Santorum who speaks to God, should ask first for God s forgiveness for spewing hate and divisiveness among the American people. One can only hope that Santorum does not bring his children up as haters and dividers. Santorum would do God s work by imploring the leaders of his religion to help and bind up the wounds of the 10 s of thousands of young children raped and tortured by the clergy .
Still not convinced Romeny or Obama are the way to go.
Ron Paul 2012!
It's not going to happen.
True, but I'm voting for him anyway and as a write in November if I have to.
Alan— static. Group think tribalists will vote for RP of course. So What? Ron will be one of the smallest footnotes in history.
Fortunately the humor has not left this primary season. Newt still thinks he is a viable candidate. Everyone should tweet him and tell him to drop out for the good of the party.
Santorum isn't even going to be president and he has a moutain of debt. On Saturday Night Live they were making fun of Newt for running out of money, but what about Santorum? The only way a canidate can expect to pay off their debt is if they get elected. Last I heart Obama isn't doing too well with his contributions either. And we expect these guys to stick to a budget when elected.
Hey, alan, that is the American way. It has been pushed on our simple souls since the 50's. If you dont have the cash to buy that new boat, buy the money to buy the boat and only pay 30% for the rest of your life! That keeps you coming back to the production line to make more boats! Great deal! The average American dummie has been sold more phony money than useless stuff.
This is the underlying corporate model that keeps the whole thing together. It is the grease that lubes the wheels of the machine that pumps money and privilege to the top. If you stop it now, we will all be living as farmers again where we spend time wondering how we can buy the boat to take to the lake the one weekend a year we can get off the farm. At least we would have an hour or so on Sunday morning standing around the church yard whining about how tough things are and how little rain we have had lately. Praise Jesus!
Rick is not leading, he is just following in the footsteps of his believers.
Actually, he has had record breaking donations. Stop listening to FUX
It's not just Fox News. NPR has been saying how Obama's donations are well below expectations.
We hear the same story every election. It is better known as the cowardly call. Santorum is out of his league in all but a dog catchers election. Living it up on other peoples money is bordering on a crime.