Rick Santorum has one big problem with Christian voters. Most Christians don’t believe in endless war and being the policemen of the world. So when Mr. Perfect Conservative Santorum claims to be such a good Catholic he needs to be asked why he goes against the Catholic Church in promoting endless war instead of peace. Wars should be started when they are absolutely necessary. Mr. Perfect Conservative needs to read the Cathecism of the Catholic Church.
Newt Gingrich believes in promoting peace, and if peace fail, then military might is justified. Newt Gingrich has forgotten more than Mr. Perfect Conservative Santorum will ever know. I love the way he likes to say how he has defeated democrats in a democratic state. He always leaves out the little fact that he lost to a democrat the last time he ran for the Senate in PA, because he supported RINO Arlen Specter over conservative Pat Toomey.
And lest not we forget, Ricky honestly and prougly said he came to Wash DC because of his daily admiration and education from Newt Gingrich.
Yes. All the other candidates saying they are entitled the Christian vote merely because they self-identify as "Christian" want to pretend they are the only Christian running for President.
>> Most Christians don’t believe in endless war and being the policemen of the world. <<
By any chance do you go to ANSWER rallies and hang out with Cindy Sheehan? You seem to have their talking points memorized. Just start calling Rick Santorum a "chickenhawk neo-con" and you're all set.
>> So when Mr. Perfect Conservative Santorum <<
Neither Rick Santorum nor his supporters claim he is a "Perfect Conservative". The only people who use the phrase "Perfect Conservative" are supporters of other candidates who whine "you're a PURIST!! you want PERFECTION!!" when we point out their candidate has a lousy track record, stands little chance of "beating Obama" and is overall a terrible nominee. The fact we would prefer a decent and respectable candidate with a reliable track record doesn't mean we are demanding "perfection" except in the minds of bitter Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, etc., supporters.
>> claims to be such a good Catholic he needs to be asked why he goes against the Catholic Church in promoting endless war instead of peace. Wars should be started when they are absolutely necessary. <<
Allow me to quote the Pope himself on what the "Catholic Church" says about just war:
"Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. For example, if a Catholic were to be at odds with the Holy Father on the application of capital punishment or on the decision to wage war, he would not for that reason be considered unworthy to present himself to receive Holy Communion. While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals, it may still be permissible to take up arms to repel an aggressor or to have recourse to capital punishment. There may be a legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war"
http://www.priestsforlife.org/magisterium/bishops/04-07ratzingerommunion.htm
>> Mr. Perfect Conservative needs to read the Cathecism of the Catholic Church. <<
What part would you like him to read? The part about grounds for a just war? As I just noted, the Pope himself said there is a wide variety of ways to intrepret whether a war is just and you can be a good Catholic if your intrepetation is different from the Pope's. Do you think the Catholic Church is a pacifist organziation who opposes taking out Islamic extremists? That would be news to the crusaders who decided to engage in "endless war" because the Pope called for it. It seems you are confusing the Cathecism of the Catholic Church with the latest Ron Paul manifesto.
>> Newt Gingrich believes in promoting peace, and if peace fail, then military might is justified. Newt Gingrich has forgotten more than Mr. Perfect Conservative Santorum will ever know. <<
Perhaps Newt Gingrich should read the section of the Cathecism of the Catholic Church that talks about how life begins at conception. Your hero Newt the "good Catholic" got that wrong just a few weeks ago when he said life begins at implantation, directly defying Catholic teachings. Of course, Rick Santorum didn't join the Catholic Church because he was a Georgia Baptist who was banging some Catholic staffer 20 years younger while married to someone else. It seems there's another "Catholic" candidate for President who "found" Catholicism that way.
>> I love the way he likes to say how he has defeated democrats in a democratic state. He always leaves out the little fact that he lost to a democrat the last time <<
I love the way Newt supporters like to say he was "removed" from Congress by a "coup" lead by "RINOs". They always leave out the little fact the actual coup against Newt in 1997 failed because the RINOs were on his side, and that Newt resigned suddenly in 1998 after the GOP lost five seats under his "leadership", leaving the House Republicans in disarray as they scrambled to find a new Speaker before finally settling on Hastert after Bob Livingston wouldn't take it. I guess the facts don't go well with their "Newt was such a terrific conservative leader until RINOs removed him" history revisionism.
>> he ran for the Senate in PA, because he supported RINO Arlen Specter over conservative Pat Toomey. <<
Yet you, like all Newt supporters, apparently have no problem with Newt backing the even more liberal Dede Scozzafava over the conservative Doug Hoffman. Newt did that on his own as a private citizen. Why is it OK when Newt endorses someone to the LEFT of Arlen Specter? Interesting double standard you have.