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Ouch: Rick Santorum’s Young Nephew Endorses Ron Paul
Mediaite ^ | 01/05/2012 | Joe Bershad

Posted on 01/05/2012 9:47:31 AM PST by SeekAndFind

The young people of today love them some Ron Paul. He's like Kelly Clarkson of GOP candidates. Hell, he's so much like the pop star Kelly Clarkson, she endorsed him. However, until now, many people have attempted to just brush off this youth support as nothing but a bunch of stoners. An endorsement he received today might sting a little more though. It comes from the 19 year old nephew of Rick Santorum.

The nephew, John Garver, wrote a column over at the Daily Caller in which he says Americans should only elect his uncle if they “want another big-government politician who supports the status quo to run our country.” Ooh, that hurts.

RELATED: Rick Santorum: ‘Ron Paul Is Disgusting’

He continues:

“It is because of this inability of status quo politicians to recognize the importance of our individual liberties that I have been drawn to Ron Paul. Unlike my uncle, he does not believe that the American people are incapable of forming decisions. He believes that an individual is more powerful than any group (a notion our founding fathers also believed in).

Ron Paul seems to be the only candidate trying to win the election for a reason other than simply winning the election.”

Popular Tumblrer Stacy Lambe linked to the column saying that he knows Garver’s family and that, in the extended Santorum clan, they are the “black sheep.”

If they weren’t before, they certainly are now.

You can read the rest of Garver’s piece here.


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KEYWORDS: ronpaul; santorum
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To: American Constitutionalist

John McCain Endorses Mitt Romney
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One loser endorsing another.


61 posted on 01/05/2012 10:49:23 AM PST by no dems (I'm more concerned with America's future than I am Newt's past.)
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To: American Constitutionalist

John McCain Endorses Mitt Romney
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One loser endorsing another.


62 posted on 01/05/2012 10:49:23 AM PST by no dems (I'm more concerned with America's future than I am Newt's past.)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

When I was a young man growing up, I lived in a country very much like Ron Pauls vision of America. It really wasn’t all that bad having the Constitution as the Supreme law of the land. Plus Micky Mantle was hitting lots of home runs which was very cool too.


63 posted on 01/05/2012 10:52:02 AM PST by jpsb
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh good Lord, is this RESULT a story? Santorum had family members who actually think for themselves? GOD FORBID! Granted paulbots aren’t really thinkers, but seriously, this is ridiculous


64 posted on 01/05/2012 10:54:32 AM PST by DrewsMum
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To: SeekAndFind
LOL. Is this a joke? What next?

Flash: Santorum's maternal 3rd cousin twice removed supported Woodrow Wilson...
65 posted on 01/05/2012 10:56:52 AM PST by Antoninus (Defeat Romney--Defeat Obama.)
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To: Stat-boy

At this point its anyone but Romney.

After the primary is settled, its anyone but Obama.


66 posted on 01/05/2012 10:57:09 AM PST by ZULU (LIBERATE HAGIA SOPHIA!!!!!)
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To: jpsb

NOTHING in America’s history obviates foreign policy intervention when our own best interests are at stake.

If Ron Paul were President in the early 1800’s we wouldn;t have Florida or the Louisiana Purchase. If he were President instead of Polk, the Mexican Border would run from the Mississippi to Oregon State. And if he were President in 1940 we would be speaking German or Japanese
(if we survived).

There is NO QUESTION that the globalist Bush nation-building experiment in Iraq and Afghanistan was a failure. More than that, it destablized pro-western, relatively rational (by Islamic standards) government through out the Middle East and resulted in more virulently anti-western, dangerous Islamic regimes.

But that doesn’t mean we should neglect the need to destroy the nuclear weapon building capacity of rogue nations like Iran, or support our few strong allies like Israel. Or seek allainces with people who help us against the Red Chinese or threats in our own backyard like Hugo Chavez.

I have tried the Constitution and it worked very well. I suggest Ron Paul should read his history more closely.

As for a crusade against Islam - I would love that very much and would like to see it start here in America.


67 posted on 01/05/2012 11:05:32 AM PST by ZULU (LIBERATE HAGIA SOPHIA!!!!!)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free
Nobody gives a crap what any 19 year old thinks. As you age, you realize more and more just how mind-bogglingly ignorant you were at 19 years old. Combine this with the fact that 19 year olds think they know everything.

All very true but unfortunately, ignorant as they are, they can still VOTE. We never should have lowered the voting age, other than maybe making an exception for those serving in the military.

Doing so only created a ready-made clueless voting bloc for the libs to manipulate and pander to.

68 posted on 01/05/2012 11:14:09 AM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free
Attacking a lad for his age might make sense, had the lad not given the reason for his opinion. But when the reason is consistent with something the candidate he has attacked said himself, insulting the lad's age is only a 'cop-out,' for actually addressing the issue.

In his insulting remarks about Dr. Paul, Rick Santorum openly attacked Dr. Paul's strong reliance on the Tenth Amendment--the one intended to keep the over-reaching Federal Government out of those things it was never authorized to get into. Whether or not you agree with Dr. Paul or Rick Santorum on any other issue, the lad has made a valid point here. Get off his back if you do not have a valid answer.

Let me suggest something rather important, here, in a practical political quest. One of the things in the Bush Administration that most damaged Republican prospects in 2006 & 2008, was the intrusion into a Florida County Court Case, over Terry Schiavo. This made the Republicans who supported the intrusion, look like fanatics, unwilling to accept the Constitutional separation of powers & functions. The biggest threat that Rick Santorum poses, is that he seems to advocate that sort of intrusion into State & local functions, where his personal values are involved.

If I am wrong about this, please clarify where he has given assurance that he does not believe in this sort of intrusion. Or how he rationalizes his stated disrespect for the Tenth Amendment, in terms of his solemn oath of office. He is no social conservative, if he claims that he is not bound by that sacred oath, to support the intent of the Founding Fathers.

I would like to be able to vote for the Republican nominee, whether Romney, Santorum, Paul, Ryan, Perry or whomever; but Rick frankly frightens me.

William Flax

69 posted on 01/05/2012 11:19:12 AM PST by Ohioan
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To: no dems

Please! The only way we surrender to Muslims (Iranian or any other flavor) is if we let them undermine us from within. And, it appears we are well on our way to doing that.

You are falling for Big Government’s (FEMA, Homeland Security, NDAA, TSA, Patriot Act, etc.) Israel’s, and the media’s duplicity.


70 posted on 01/05/2012 11:19:47 AM PST by rashley (Rashley)
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To: SeekAndFind

Thanks for the Santorum post!

Now that Rick is a frontrunner, is there anything else out there about the Santorum-Garver family?

We get to see pictures of Mitt and Ann, Gingrich and Callista, Rick and Anita Perry and family photos all the time - maybe we can get more info on the the youngest, most exciting potential First Family campaigning now!


71 posted on 01/05/2012 11:21:32 AM PST by ngat
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To: ngat

Regardless of the outcome of this election, every Thanksgiving that they sit together should be interesting after this last one.


72 posted on 01/05/2012 11:23:44 AM PST by Ueriah
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To: rashley; All

See, it’s statements like your last one on your Post #70, that convinces people that not only Ron Paul, but his supporters, like you, are anti-Semitic.


73 posted on 01/05/2012 11:26:59 AM PST by no dems (I'm more concerned with America's future than I am Newt's past.)
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To: ZULU

“After the primary is settled, its anyone but Obama.”

Yep. Even if Romney wins the primary race, I still vote “R” in November. (Just like I did in 2008.)


74 posted on 01/05/2012 11:28:07 AM PST by Stat-boy
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To: ZULU
You seems to think that we are still a nation of some wealth with which to afford a foriegn policy of anything other then self defense. I will ping you if you like to all the threads which discuss on going cuts in government (defense) and job loses in the same if you like. I hate to keep reminding everyone but 43 cents of every dollar spent by the federal government is borrowed money. 43 cents. Or that we have a debt of 16 trillion dollars that is growing by 1.5 trillion dollars a year. And oh by the way our unfunded liability is over 60 trillion dollars. Those are some really scary numbers.

Right now our defense department is hoping, hoping mind you that we might have enough money to maybe defend the pacific rim. Ground wars are out of the question, there just is not enough money for that. Nor is there enough money to do any more in the middle east, we are getting out of there. So unless you have a spare 16 trillion or so to give to Uncle Sam we are stuck with the fact that we are broke and in debt up to our eyeballs.

75 posted on 01/05/2012 11:35:00 AM PST by jpsb
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To: SeekAndFind

What a lying creep. Does young Mr. Garver have an eye for men, by any chance?


76 posted on 01/05/2012 11:36:54 AM PST by alstewartfan (27 of 36 of Romney's judicial appointments were DEMOCRATS!!!!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is not a big deal. It is a spoiled brat Nephew. Heck I wouldn’t feel so disgusted over it had he endorsed Perry or Newt, but Paul? Yuk. However, keep in mind it is a nephew. Now if Santorum’s kids start endorsing someone else...I will pay attention. lol.


77 posted on 01/05/2012 11:37:30 AM PST by napscoordinator (President Santorum is our future! A miracle is happening before our eyes!)
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To: no dems

Two losers, you say? LOL


78 posted on 01/05/2012 11:39:12 AM PST by alstewartfan (27 of 36 of Romney's judicial appointments were DEMOCRATS!!!!!)
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To: jpsb
Our defense budget is not why we are in financial trouble. The often spouted claim that the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns have bankrupted us is pure nonsense. The ENTIRE defense budget, including the cost of the war, is currently slightly less than 4.2% of GDP, and has been at or below that level the entire time we have been pursuing the war on terror.

We are spending less on the military than at any time since the late 1940s. To illustrate this, during the 1980's, when Reagan was rebuilding our forces, we spent on average around 6% of GDP on defense. During the late 1960s and early 1970s (Vietnam war) it averaged about 8.5%. Heck, even during Jimmy Carter's infamous gutting of our forces in the late '70s we still were spending at about the same rate as we are today, roughly 4.2%.

What is bankrupting us is the massive and ever increasing cost of entitlement programs, not our comparatively modest spending on what should be the federal government's primary task - defending the country and its vital interests.

79 posted on 01/05/2012 11:41:49 AM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: no dems

Well, that’s just silly. Not wanting Israel dictate our foreign policy is not being anti-Semitic. Are you including Arabs, as well? They’re also Semitic.


80 posted on 01/05/2012 11:43:00 AM PST by rashley (Rashley)
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