The whole problem with this is that... well... I... am...not... Catholic. Catholics make up 21 percent of the total population, and about half of them aren’t really even active Catholics.
I actually believe that a vast majority of Catholicism isn’t based on the Bible either, so how exactly is a religious/social campaign going to appeal to me in any kind of way? And it doesn’t even work on a political level either of making common cause with Catholics, since the Catholic has generally been in the bed with the left anyway. It’s probably the reason why Saint Rick has a pro-union/government social welfare bent to him. The Catholic church does too, and he’s a “devout Catholic.”
Newt’s also a Catholic, but he’s running on actual ideas.
He wins, therefore.
You make the same assumptive/straw man error Mariner made in post #33...
Mariner came up with the out-of-thin air comment that theological issues with Obama would be "forefront, every day" matters...never mind that he has no track-record proof or evidence that Santorum runs a campaign that way.
And you, Appollo, have already made one Santorum theological comment into an entire "campaign" -- and made it a bogie man "campaign" at that.
Prove it that this a full-blown "campaign"...and if you can't, then you & Mariner need to reconsider the gossip straw men you so easily toss around.
If Santorum gets any more “preachy” he’s going to have to trade in his sweater vest for a “Church Lady” dress and begin every speech with, “Well, idn’t that SPECIAL!”
The number #1 Issue listed on his website is Pornography.
Newt is the Only Candidate in this race with a Plan to undo Obama’s damage and get our economy moving. His Energy plan alone would create thousands of jobs.
There are unfit Catholics, and unfit Protestants, those claiming their beliefs only in name. We are not provided from heaven for 100% Christian genuine stamps to be stamped on our head, and have no way to verify each individual. There are always corruption and abuse of ideology in any society. There are Catholics in Free Republic that are with the conservatives, as well as the Protestants. We should not rely too much on generalization that defines the entire entity, branch of Church because of small groups of corrupted apostates within.