Posted on 03/16/2012 10:56:03 PM PDT by Steelfish
Santorum Says He Would Enforce US Obscenity Laws That Obama Ignores By NBC's Andrew Rafferty
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL -- Rick Santorum accused President Barack Obama of not enforcing the country's obscenity laws and said Friday that as chief executive he would crack down on illegal pornography.
Santorum found himself answering pornography questions during a stop at an Italian restaurant here after the discovery of a statement posted in his campaign website in which he asserts that "America is suffering a pandemic of harm from pornography." Recent reporting has shed light on the letter in which the former Pennsylvania senator vowed to "vigorously enforce" all the country's obscenity laws, though he said the statement was posted three weeks ago.
"We actually respond to questions that we get into our campaign when they say 'What are you going to do about these issues?' And when we respond we post them up on our website. And the response is, ‘we'll enforce the law,’" said Santorum.
"I don’t know what the hubbub about that is," he said. "We have a president who is not enforcing the law, and we will."
The candidate best known for espousing family values argues on his website that pornography causes changes in the brain to both children and adults, and contributes to violence against women, prostitution and sex trafficking. "The Obama administration has turned a blind eye to those who wish to preserve our culture from the scourge of pornography," he wrote.
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Thank you, Marguerite.
Crystal clear differences money can’t buy.
Wish true believer forever could be here to appreciate it.
THANK you, Joe!
MSNBC!
But enforcement of law does.
I don't think Santorum is pushing for new obscenity laws.
And how exactly would Romney or Obama answer "will you enforce obscenity laws?"
Relax. I was exaggerating.
Rick's candidacy is a mockery of true freedom, which stems from LESS GOVERNMENT.
Only ONE candidate gets it. Only one.
NEWT KNOWS
Did you do anything to overturn the laws against a 5 gallon toilet or a 100 watt bulb?
Or is some government in your bathroom and bedroom okay?
Have never understood the movies and their desire to have one bedroom sex scene. Why, so the queer director can look at the male actor?? The only reason I can come up with.withstand
Ha! It is a better reason than I have managed to come up with!
Sorry....but that was a really strange post.
(Not that it's unusual any more on FR! It's become a bit like the Twilight Zone these days.....)
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I was against them and I am not cool with either of those.
Except that the majority of the country didn’t know who he was in 2006. I live in OR, my concern about senators wasn’t focused on Pennsylvania. My first introduction to him was when freepers were upset that he backed Arlen Spector over Toomey. Evidently the people of PA felt that way too.
Don’t make excuses. Yes I can read his policy positions but most people expect the candidate to promote their ideas when they have the opportunity, especially to a national audience who are only paying cursory attention at this point. I’ve read articles here about all the candidates and watched most of the debates. When the press tried to suck Newt into the whole slut controversy he put them in their place and talked about HIS agenda.
For the record, I didn’t know all that much about Newt until he ran. I knew about the contract with America, of course, but not much more. And things are much scarier today. Your argument about “specifics” falls flat. Here’s what I know about Newt just from watching interviews, debates & reading articles:
He wants to move towards a flat tax
Develop a plan for winning against radical Islam (notice he doesn’t need to know specifics)
use the military only when it’s clear we need to
End capital gains tax
repeal 0bamacare and let people buy across state lines
Repeal Dodd-Frank
lower gas prices to $2.50 a gallon
tap our own oil resources
Here’s what I know about Romney from articles and debates (I’m only talking about what they’ve proposed not flip flopping or whether I agree)
cut corporate taxes
have a cap on spending
repeal the death tax
reduce taxes for individuals and corporations
joining a union shouldn’t be mandatory
discuss the situation in Afghanistan with those in the field
be resolute with decisions & hold foreign leaders accountable
Here’s what I know about Rick:
he homeschools
everything the other candidates propose he thought of first
he has a daughter with a grave disability which caused him to take time off campaigning (what will happen if we have a crisis and his daughter is in the hospital)
he wants to regulate what adults can watch in their own homes
he’s actually bold enough to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites
he’ll repeal 0bamacare
Thus I know specifically he’ll repeal 0bamacare and do the right thing with Iran. Those are the specifics. Why can’t he do what the other candidates have? Yes voters should be proactive but the fact is most voters aren’t. They expect the candidate to inform and earn their vote. It’s also a way of vetting their communication skills which is vital for a president. There’s just no reason I shouldn’t have the same expectations of his ability to communicate as other candidates. If he can’t handle the press as a candidate how will he do it when something important (and controversial) comes up and they’re beating him over the head with it? How will he firmly get his point of view across to foreign leaders (especially radical ones) if he can’t even get his message out to a (hostile) press. Sorry but a candidate does bear the responsibility for getting some of his message out to the wider audience. Doing so would generate enough interest to want to read some of his policy papers.
Cindie
Well, I’m not a Catholic so I see no reason to speak out on that.
There is broad consensus that stopping murder is vital to the survival of society. Therefore there is hardly any opposition to laws against it.
There is broad consensus that stopping robbery is vital to the survival of society. Therefore there is hardly any opposition to laws against it (outside of the segment that likes the idea of robbing the middle class).
There is NOT any broad consensus that stopping porn is vital to the survival of society. The existence of non-consensus on this thread is proof of that. FreeRepublic represents some of the most conservative opinion in the US. If the idea is controversial here, then it will be REJECTED by the mainstream population, along with the candidate promoting it.
Advocate for banning porn all you want. If you cannot FIRST convince 51% of the voting public to agree with you, then it is a dead issue.
Having said that, for a guy who threw his hat in the ring less than a year ago, has been doing a great job getting his message out to those who will hear him. He hasn't pandered just to be able to speak to certain groups. It's a political risk, but one that has been paying off well for him so far.
Yes, it's his job to get his message out, but as the least funded candidate he has to be judicious about his ad buys, scheduled appearances etc. i don't recall where I saw the stat, so I can't cite the figures precisely but when you look at the $ to vote ratio of each of the candidates thus far, Rick is by far and away the leader. If that doesn't bespeak his ability to get his message out, or his ability to take advantage of the opportunities he's given, nothing does. Frankly, it tells me he's a better steward of his resources and can do more with less than any of the other candidates.
Ad-hominem attacks like this are an indication that you've little confidence in your ability to demonstrate the wisdom of your position.
Hahaha you keep referring to my being Canadian in order to minimize what I have to say. Very intellectual of you.
As a Canadian, I feel I have something to offer. I’ve experienced government health care first hand. The waiting lists (people here die waiting for treatments). The shortages of equipment. The misdiagnoses due to inferior training. Many Canadians don’t have family doctors. Hospitals everywhere are closing and downsizing because of the failures of socialism. Doctor’s salaries are capped and once they reach their billing limit they go on holidays (sometimes for months at a time). Fees are being introduced as the government claws back services. Hospital stays are shorter and shorter as patients are forced out the door before they have fully recovered. Then there are the economic costs. Taxes. Unemployment.
Socialized medicine is the tipping point. Everyone is reliant on government care. Generations of Canadians will never know freedom. The government will inevitably continue to grow. It cannot be rolled back now.
If Obamacare is not repealed Americans will suffer the same fate.
OUTSTANDING POST!!!
Like a HOT knife through room temperature Butter! BRAVO!!! Excellent!
You make good sense, Cindie.
Santorum’s moral-issue distraction won’t last. If he cared half as much about less government than he does about government moralizing, he’d have a tsunami of support.
I appreciate your posts very much.
Have you noticed the double standard bewtween Rick’s run for President and Sarah’s run for VP? You are the first person who has raised the question of his children, especially the special needs child, Bella.
Palin was blasted no matter what she did, but she was roundly criticized for not putting her children first, which was not true. I have noted there has been no such “concern” voiced as Rick and Karen have campaigned.
You don’t believe there’s any sense of retribution heading into 2012?
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