The Right Scoop
You're right. Besides, like Scoop and several other folks, Santorum wasn't my first choice in this primary. He has actually done the hard work and convinced me, through his debate performance and some critical interviews, that he's worthy of my vote.
I still think Newt has a better outlook for winning, in general, but I would happily support Santorum. I'm quite comfortable that he, like Newt, would be good for the nation in this crisis.
(Unlike the other two candidates.)
As long as it's something we haven't seen over and over, go for it. I'll take your hard work over someone else's talking points any day.
What you are doing is spamming the threads with the same, boring, well-vetted list of accusations.
Once is fine, twice is overenthusiastic, three times is spamming, and it will be deleted.
All four candidates are qualified to be President of the United States.
The only candidate that would have serious difficulty beating Obama is Romney, thanks to Romneycare.
Ron Paul would come in next, since a lot of folks think he's a bit off the wall.
Newt and Santorum would crush Obama like a grape.
Whatever makes you think NO ONE else has reviewed that? It's only been posted here over and over, and pretty much every conservative blog and website.
It's been discussed, and found to be nothing more than the same old problem all members of Congress face after several years.
His ACU rating is fine. His stance on the isues is totally in line with mainstream conservatism, and he articulates conservative points without needing to read from a list.
Red State has had several diaries wrt Rick Santorum's record.
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2012/01/06/what-a-big-government-conservative-looks-like/
http://www.redstate.com/tex_whitley/2012/01/05/rick-santorum-and-communitarian-conservatism/
(Coffee and Markets podcast ^^^)
These are just 3. If you type in Rick Santorum in the search box, there are quite a few, as well as pro-Santorum ones and some by Senator Santorum himself)
It is not creepy. It is the loss of a child and perfectly normal to have closure...hence we now have funeral homes to handle this rather than in the family-as it was before death became sanitized and "creepy" and to be denied and avoided.
Newt is not going anywhere. Santorum has the moral compass that is necessary and would be like Bush in terms of integrity. Newt? haha....don't trust him, nor Romney. Santorum is rising high in the polls now, Newt sinking.
You do realize that healthcare professionals actually recommend that you do something like this in order to help the healing process and to bring closure, don't you? I don't think I'd do it myself, then it has never happened to me, so I can't be sure.
Also, the child was not stillborn but was born alive and died two hours later. Try to get your facts right rather than mangle them in order to bolster your argument.
Actually, I liked Mr. Santorum's speech better than West's speech. Both were great, but this speech spoke more directly to me as a conservative.
he is right..we have flirted with socialism and it failed...we need to get back to our original principles.
Over his 16 years in the House and Senate, Santorum scored a composite 88 out of 100 according to the American Conservative Union scorecard. Not perfect, but one of the most conservative scores over that time span.
Few legislators score perfectly - certainly not over a long span of time. There are certainly votes which I disagree with. But to claim Santorum is not conservative by cherry-picking votes it somewhat dishonest, to say the least. The big questions are: what will he do as President, and how will he do compared to Obama (and Gingrich, Romney or Paul).
I am really getting tired of conservatives tearing down other conservatives in order to preserve their non-existent purity. We have to beat the current occupant of the White House.
I agree tom. Rick is doing a very good job drawing us in but I want to hear him say he is going to abolish ObamaCare firmly and that it is his number one priority when he becomes President. He needs to lay out his plan clearly and get away from the platitudes and generalities that almost all politicians are good at doing. If he does lay out his plan in his speeches he will win the nomination. I hope he starts doing so, but until then he is doing a good job climbing back into this race, it's good for the USA and the Conservative movement.
PPFV,
I'm not sure whether or not he has explicitly, with no qualifications, indicated he will push for repealing Obamacare. If not, I hope he does. But he has been the most effective (of the candidates) in criticizing Romneycare and by extension, Obamacare.
I have to say that Santorum was probably my 6th choice at the beginning, but he is definitely growing on me. I had hoped Gingrich had, shall we say, become a bit more mature and stable with the years, but sad to say it looks like he hasn't. I love him, but .... And Romney: I'll take him, but I'd rather leave him.
What I want the Republican nominee to say is this: since the Obama administration has determined that it has the power grant exemptions from Obamacare, then my first act as President will be to exempt everybody. Then we can get down to the nitty-gritty of repeal and replace.
Good speech. Santorum is not a great orator, but his message is righteous. Newt is a much better speaker, but his message has been lost in defending himself against the attacks made against him by Santorum and Romney. I watched the one-on-one debate in Connecticut between Newt and Santorum, and I thought Newt won hands down. I have also been put off by Santorum's pique during the national debates. It's almost Obamaesque. Regardless, one thing I do feel about Santorum is that he is trustworthy, and I will support him wholeheartedly, if he is the nominee.
Rick still sounds under the weather with is voice, but I still liked the speech, and I agree with Scoop, it was inspirational!!!
This speech was by far way better than Romney's speech! Yuck!
Excellent. I thought his victory speech on Tuesday was good, but the delivery was lacking - struck me as affected, somehow. I don't know. Maybe he was just tired. He's improving, though. Growing into the roll of national candidate. He still needs to smile more. We, on the right, are the happy ones. :D
Good speech but I want to hear him talk about abolishing ObamaCare like Newt does. The single biggest threat to our rights and freedoms is ObamaCare. I don't want generalities and platitudes I want specifics.
At this point I would say Rick and Newt are tied, as far as getting my vote. I could pull the lever for Santorum or Gingrich; both are qualified in my opinion. Whoever can articulate the most aggressive attack (and repeal) on ObamaCare and push back all the policies that Obama has implemented is who I will lean towards.
Great mottos from this speech:
THIS IS OUR WATCH - Vote Rick Santorum
DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY - Vote Rick Santorum
Conservatives unite to pick the best option we have in this field to face Obama. Pick Rick! Santorum 2012!
Getting really sick of my browser, my internet service or some gall dang something that keeps hanging up my web browsing. I do not feel like re installing my system. Geez, I am having all kinds of problems the last few days on the net.
Well, so far, the first two minutes of a 22 minute speech is okay, it only took 20 minutes to watch it!!!!!!!!!!
Will run CCleaner, Defraggler, plus a couple of others. Oh how I miss my xp sp1 super fast system. Had to buy a new system and this 7 really bites.
Go Santorum!
Well, I have to figure out how to load up a xp system for this computer. XP does not have the proper drivers to get it running enough to get access to add the rest of the drivers. I have to figure out how to add drivers the initial install. Have not taken the time to figure that out. Use to love when I got a virus with my last system, it took me a total of 3 minutes to reinstall from the stored image. This 7 runs so many different processes it is rediculous. I use to have like 8 while running xp, but 7 I have like 25 even though I have shut off every single unnecessary service. Oh well, I will deal.
I think the difference is that Newt speaks from his feet (which also gets him in trouble sometimes).
Rick's speech was OK but wasn't anything special. It is stuff we've already heard before. Really nothing new. But that may not be necessary because there are people just now tuning in to him that haven't heard it all before.
I think Rick has been better this week in on-the-spot interviews that he was in this speech.
Agreed. Compared to the CPAC speeches of Marco Rubio and Rick Perry, even Paul Ryan's speech was not all that riveting (and I went to the same high school as Paul).
But I absolutely loved Rick Santorum's interview on Bill Bennett's morning radio show yesterday morning (2/9). Can't seem to find the link to it. Darn. It was great.
I heard that too. It was great. I have been listening to Rick host Bill's show on Fridays before he ran for president and feel like I got to know his heart by hearing him interact with callers every week. He's the real deal. Don't like some of his past votes but at least he has the guts to defend with solid reasoning some of those decisions, but more importantly he has the humility to admit when he was wrong. I don't see this humility in any other candidate except for maybe Ron Paul.
It would be great to have an administration which remembers that all rights come from God and not the government. Great speech. Go Rick!! Thank you Scoop for putting it up!
I get a little confused regarding speeches.
Did he write this speech?
Did someone else write it?
Does he believe what he says?
How much of X is in the speech?
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