Posted on 02/18/2012 12:12:48 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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Don’t be silly, Rick Santorum hates puppy dogs.
Oh wait, that’s Romney.
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In fact Pope Benedict joined WHOs call for universal health coverage just before its report hit the press. He called health care a moral responsibility of government and an inalienable right, regardless of social and economic status or ability to pay. He cautioned that the privatization of health care should not become a threat to the accessibility, availability, and quality of health care.
I sure would love to hear if Santorum agrees. We already have a 'social justice' president, why change horses? Oh and for the tender footed Santorum supporters answer the question. I support Newt, not Romney's ticket mate.
Attempting to impose ones own personal morality and religious rituals on a free people is Nanny Statism. Better to follow the Ten Commandments in harmony with the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
We must elect a true conservative & proven problem solver for POTUS - not a wannabe Pope. People of faith already have vicars, priests and pastors to guide them in their daily lives....which is not a Government function.
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Well Rick Santorum does want to throw American men in jail for porn, which is a feminist indicant.
http://ziprage.com/news/national/rick-santorum-pledges-to-ban-porn-same-sex-marriages/
Big-government conservatives often fall in line with liberal feminists in how they deal with society. The fall of the male in America has much to do with the feminist shaping of society and the killing of civilization by displacing men as the primary social-shapers and bread-winners. This came to a head in the 60’s with woman’s rights and contraceptives. I’m not against equal rights, btw, but am against the displacement of gender roles.
But many conservatives misunderstand Rick Santorum’s positions. He is a big government/big-spending “conservative.” Whatever that means. He has voted to subsidize Planned Parenthood in the past. He is PERSONALLY against contraceptives (well he says he is, but he considered it in the case of one of his wife’s complicated pregnancies), which is what this entire media parade has been about. His actions and votes have indicated IS NOT always against contraceptives being used for the public, but conservatives are blindly ascribing their values to whatever Santorum says even when those values do not add up. Santorum is not as conservative as far as policy goes as he lets on. He is just another slick-talking, double-talking politician.
>>>>>Attempting to impose ones own personal morality and religious rituals on a free people is Nanny Statism. Better to follow the Ten Commandments in harmony with the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
We must elect a true conservative & proven problem solver for POTUS - not a wannabe Pope. People of faith already have vicars, priests and pastors to guide them in their daily lives....which is not a Government function.<<<<<<<<<
Conservatism is about transformation of mind not psychological conformity and physical coercion. Conservatives value the 10th amendment, which means the states get to decide some moral positions. It’s not exactly libertarianism, but then again, it’s not a national theocracy or liberal secularism. There is a balance to be sought in government. A police state of any kind is an affront to morality as much as forced secularism is a violation of conscience. C.S. Lewis stated that the moral Statist can be worse than the secular liberal in that his wrath will never be assuaged based on his self-righteousness.
We have seen this in history where the church establishment of the state killed and tortured in God’s name. This is actually what the Founding Fathers fled from in Europe. The Founding Fathers were in most part very religious and moral, but they knew that moral legislation was not the best answer to social problems.
Many Nazis were good Catholics.
Gutless union lackey.
Before we get to Santorum, was "compassionate conservatism" an example of the "nanny state"? Was there some relation between the two?
And then, is Santorum still under that influence or has he moved on to where the party is today?
Oh yeah. Slick Rick Santorum is a HUGE pro-union stooge. There is a “Right-to-Work” bill in the works that will pass if the Republicans take control of both houses. Guess who have voted against “Right-to-Work” legislation in the past?
We now know, after he FINALLY released his tax returns, that he has profited big-time from his Washington connections. $3.6 million worth in the past 3 years. He has a mansion in Washington D.C. That is a tell.
***A police state of any kind is an affront to morality as much as forced secularism is a violation of conscience.***
We are witness to that conundrum.
I’m wondering if Rick Santorum is stuck in the mind-set of a young father raising his children. Bossy, bossy, bossy!!!! (p.s. Rick - we are not your kids)
Would much rather have Newt’s mind-set of a grandfather - wisdom, experience and faith in our potential.
That quote tells me more about Rick Santorum than everything I have read or heard since the 90s.
This tells me he is FAR more concerned about what he considers to be right, or wrong, than he is about what what the Constitution says.
What part of: "...The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people...." did he not read or understand? He's clearly referencing Federal Law here...Internet Gaming.
Perhaps the retarded statist could use some help with the ninth Amendment too: "The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
Yep, this confirms Santorum would use the power of the Federal State to impose his moral view. Same as Obama. Zero difference.
(Big-government maternalism = the end of constitutionalism)+(Feminism = the end of the American male)= The end of American civilization
Did you read what you linked to? There was nothing about banning porn. It was a pledge that included saying porn is bad for marriages. I disagree but it’s a quantum leap to say he wants to ban it.
“Many Nazis were good Catholics.”
That is not correct. No Nazis were good Catholics. Or good Lutherans, etc.
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