She thinks the worst thing in 2012 would be for a "Catholic missionary" like Rick Santorum to be elected president.
Santorum is not as conservative as his social-issues credentials suggest. He is more of a Catholic than a conservative, which means he's good on 60 percent of the issues, but bad on others, such as big government social programs. He'd be Ted Kennedy if he didn't believe in God.
Santorum may not be a big spender as far as professional politicians go, but he is still a professional politician. In 2005, one of his former aides described him as "a Catholic missionary who happens to be in the Senate."
The Catholic missionary was fantastic on issues like partial-birth abortion, but more like a Catholic bishop in his support for No Child Left Behind, the Medicare drug entitlement program (now costing taxpayers more than $60 billion a year), and a highway bill with a Christmas tree of earmarks, including the famous "bridge to nowhere."
I seem to recall No child Left Behind Act, the Medicare Act of 2003, and the 2006 National Appropriations Bill as being pushed by the GOP.
“She thinks the worst thing in 2012 would be for a “Catholic missionary” like Rick Santorum to be elected president.”
Then why doesn’t she have problems with a “Mormon Missionary” being elected? Romney would most definitely use the office to spread Mormonisn. Of that I have no doubt.