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Rick Santorum: Finally, A Man I Can Vote For
International Business Times ^ | 02/09/12 | Walt Osterman

Posted on 02/10/2012 7:23:34 PM PST by writer33

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1 posted on 02/10/2012 7:23:48 PM PST by writer33
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To: Antoninus; Colonel_Flagg; cripplecreek; darrellmaurina; fieldmarshaldj; FresnoRobert; GeronL; ...

Can I get an Amen for brother Osterman.


2 posted on 02/10/2012 7:24:57 PM PST by writer33 (Mark Levin Is The Constitutional Engine Of Conservatism)
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To: writer33

He’s had my vote since Cain and Bachmann dropped out.


3 posted on 02/10/2012 7:28:11 PM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: writer33

On a side note.

You really have to wonder about the sanity of Mitt Romney. What kind of man wants to be president from a party where the voters can’t stand him?


4 posted on 02/10/2012 7:30:46 PM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: writer33

By the way, it might interest some of you to know that Rick Santorum has both a law degree and an MBA. A lot people seem to be unaware of that.


5 posted on 02/10/2012 7:30:46 PM PST by Eva
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To: cripplecreek

Likewise.


6 posted on 02/10/2012 7:31:27 PM PST by writer33 (Mark Levin Is The Constitutional Engine Of Conservatism)
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To: Eva
By the way, it might interest some of you to know that Rick Santorum has both a law degree and an MBA.

Are you by chance implying that Rick is smart? Surely you jest, Eva. :-)

7 posted on 02/10/2012 7:32:40 PM PST by writer33 (Mark Levin Is The Constitutional Engine Of Conservatism)
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You have to be kidding me.

“But I do have concerns about women in front-line combat, I think that could be a very compromising situation, where people naturally may do things that may not be in the interest of the mission, because of other types of emotions that are involved,” Santorum continued. “It already happens, of course, with the camaraderie of men in combat, but I think it would be even more unique if women were in combat, and I think that’s probably not in the best interest of men, women or the mission.”


8 posted on 02/10/2012 7:36:05 PM PST by Toespi
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To: cripplecreek

I don’t think he knows the voters cannot stand him, otherwise he wouldn’t have gotten as far as he has.


9 posted on 02/10/2012 7:40:01 PM PST by madison10
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To: Toespi

Give me an Amen, Toespi. LOL!


10 posted on 02/10/2012 7:40:39 PM PST by writer33 (Mark Levin Is The Constitutional Engine Of Conservatism)
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Can I get an Amen for brother Osterman.

Amen!

I did some checking recently, and, among those who had hinted at running, I voiced my preference for Santorum (on another site) on September 1, 2010. (That's almost a year and a half ago.) I still held out hope later that a Mike Pence or a Tom Coburn might change their mind and throw their hat into the ring, but I have been very pleased with Rick. I have had a Rick Santorum bumper sticker on my car since last summer. People pitied me as some deluded sort when Santorum languished for months at less than 1% in the polls. No longer.

Rick took the arrows for years on social conservative issues while others were running for cover. That by itself made him worth considering, and I've respected him greatly for that, but he is much more than a social conservative.

I decided not to hold my nose this election cycle. I decided to vote FOR someone.

Go Rick!
11 posted on 02/10/2012 7:40:56 PM PST by Engraved-on-His-hands
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Yes, I had to remind a few of my children during the returns from MO. He’s a very bright guy with white- and blue-collar appeal.


12 posted on 02/10/2012 7:41:34 PM PST by Mach9
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Are you being sarcastic? Color me ignorant, but I don’t see anything wrong with the statement.


13 posted on 02/10/2012 7:41:39 PM PST by madison10
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

No, sir. No longer.


14 posted on 02/10/2012 7:42:43 PM PST by writer33 (Mark Levin Is The Constitutional Engine Of Conservatism)
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To: cripplecreek

“You really have to wonder about the sanity of Mitt Romney. What kind of man wants to be president from a party where the voters can’t stand him?”

Romney has Michael Medved, Hugh Hewitt, Ann Coulter and Grover Norquist telling him that only right-wing kooks oppose him. It’s the opportunists and insiders versus the grassroots.


15 posted on 02/10/2012 7:43:41 PM PST by Pelham (Vultures for Romney. We pluck your carcass)
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Every time I send a candidate money, it's like the kiss of death.

I sent Herman Cain some money and POOF he was gone.

I sent Noot some money and POOF he was gone.

Maybe I should send Myth some money?

16 posted on 02/10/2012 7:44:59 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (FOREIGN AID: A transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries)
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To: madison10

No, Toespi isn’t being sarcastic.


17 posted on 02/10/2012 7:45:11 PM PST by writer33 (Mark Levin Is The Constitutional Engine Of Conservatism)
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Guess you missed the desensitizing hearings in the 80s about women in combat. Essentially you have two choices: desensitize the men and allow the women who can barely carry their own packs to serve alongside the men, and—oh yeah—try to reverse the desensitization AFTER combat; or refuse to allow women to serve in combat. I like efficiencies, especially in combat. I go for the latter.


18 posted on 02/10/2012 7:45:54 PM PST by Mach9
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Write Myth the biggest check you can afford to write. LOL!


19 posted on 02/10/2012 7:47:23 PM PST by writer33 (Mark Levin Is The Constitutional Engine Of Conservatism)
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AMEN!


20 posted on 02/10/2012 7:48:35 PM PST by Scotswife
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