I would respectfully ask you to consider, what is the substantial difference between Rick Santorum and George W. Bush? And will it really be either helpful or conservative to go back there? As Rick Santorum’s nephew, John Garver, put it, “If you want another big-government politician who supports the status quo to run our country, you should vote for my uncle, Rick Santorum. America is based on a strong belief in individual liberty. My uncle’s interventionist policies, both domestic and foreign, stem from his irrational fear of freedom not working. It is not the government’s job to dictate to individuals how they must live. The Constitution was designed to protect individual liberty. My Uncle Rick cannot fathom a society in which people cooperate and work with each other freely. When Republicans were spending so much money under President Bush, my uncle was right there along with them as a senator. The reason we have so much debt is not only because of Democrats, but also because of big-spending Republicans like my Uncle Rick.” From: http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/03/the-trouble-with-my-uncle-rick-santorum/#ixzz1iUaE4ooM
OK, I'm partway with you. I'm pretty likely to vote for whoever the Republican candidate ends up being. But, at this stage in the primaries, why do you think Santorum is the better candidate? Because he *SAYS* the right things? That, in fact, is exactly what I'm sick to death of enabling. As Gregory Hogg put it,"Voting for a Democrat, it seems to me, is like marrying a man who says at the outset, 'I plan to practice open marriage' and does so. Voting for most Republicans is like marrying a man who says at the outset, 'I believe in traditional family values' and then serially cheats" (http://www.geneveith.com/2012/01/06/pauls-newsletters-and-the-changing-tactics-of-libertarianism/#comments). Doesn't that describe Santorum too? See http://www.ronpaul2012.com/2012/01/06/santorums-liberal-voting-record/ These establishment Republicans regard us conservative Christians to be useful idiots, and we haven't been very disappointing to them yet.
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I would respectfully ask you to consider, what is the substantial difference between Rick Santorum and George W. Bush? And will it really be either helpful or conservative to go back there? As Rick Santorum’s nephew, John Garver, put it, “If you want another big-government politician who supports the status quo to run our country, you should vote for my uncle, Rick Santorum. America is based on a strong belief in individual liberty. My uncle’s interventionist policies, both domestic and foreign, stem from his irrational fear of freedom not working. It is not the government’s job to dictate to individuals how they must live. The Constitution was designed to protect individual liberty. My Uncle Rick cannot fathom a society in which people cooperate and work with each other freely. When Republicans were spending so much money under President Bush, my uncle was right there along with them as a senator. The reason we have so much debt is not only because of Democrats, but also because of big-spending Republicans like my Uncle Rick.” From: http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/03/the-trouble-with-my-uncle-rick-santorum/#ixzz1iUaE4ooM
From a limited government perspective, anything would be a drastic improvement over what we have now.
I will vote for Mitt Romney if he is the nominee, but Santorum is a better choice. And like it or not Ron Paul isn't going to win the nomination.
OK, I'm partway with you. I'm pretty likely to vote for whoever the Republican candidate ends up being. But, at this stage in the primaries, why do you think Santorum is the better candidate? Because he *SAYS* the right things? That, in fact, is exactly what I'm sick to death of enabling. As Gregory Hogg put it,"Voting for a Democrat, it seems to me, is like marrying a man who says at the outset, 'I plan to practice open marriage' and does so. Voting for most Republicans is like marrying a man who says at the outset, 'I believe in traditional family values' and then serially cheats" (http://www.geneveith.com/2012/01/06/pauls-newsletters-and-the-changing-tactics-of-libertarianism/#comments). Doesn't that describe Santorum too? See http://www.ronpaul2012.com/2012/01/06/santorums-liberal-voting-record/ These establishment Republicans regard us conservative Christians to be useful idiots, and we haven't been very disappointing to them yet.
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