Rick Santorum wanted to be anywhere but in that interview. Mitt Romney looks like a smooth talker compared to this guy in the hot seat. First he tried to throw his benefactor under the bus. Then he tried to blame Obama, followed by taking a few shots at the media and saying they were playing ‘gotcha.’
His worse offense, however, was trying to turn the discussion to kids and to talk about the sex habits of young people. The Foster Friess comments have nothing to do with young people. That is an entirely different issue.
What prompted the Friess remarks was the debate on health care covering contraception for grown working women. Grown women do not have to justify their sexual behavior to anyone. How dare Rick Santorum try to deflect a question about grown women by bringing up teenage girls? Is he implying that grown women are really just older teenagers?
We have heard all sorts of comments the past several days about being angry, choosing our battles, etc. I strongly reject allowing any of these remarks to go unnoticed. It is time to call politicians and financial backers out at each and every turn to explain themselves. All of the Virginia legislation and the national discussion has been directed at one group of people: Women.
Surely that has not gone unnoticed. None of the legislation regarding reproductive rights in Virginia was directed at men. The national debate over contraception being an integral part of Health care isn’t directed at men either. Women are clearly the targets, presumably because it is just force of habit.
Rick did himself no favors today. The important question that no one thought to ask him was if he had to vote today, would he vote in favor of Title X funding? I wanted to know more about that vote. Title X was put in place during the Nixon years. What exactly was Santorum voting for?
At this point, Mr. Santorum needs to explain himself. I don’t care what his personal beliefs are. He has a lot of kids. I want to know what he would do about policy. That is what he really cannot talk about. He is an extremist and he knows the policies he would enact would be strongly rejected by too many voters.
I’m trying to figure out where this war on women originated. I know plenty of decent intelligent white men (older and not so old) who are just as offended as most women are at this Neanderthal movement. I think some of these control freaks are mad because things aren’t what they were in the “good, old days” when white males had special privileges. They’re probably the people who have since had to compete with African-Americans and women and have come out on the losing end. They either lacked the skills to compete successfully, couldn’t adjust to a multi-cultural workforce, or grew up in super conservative or fundamentalist households. They want to blame women for their failings and the changes in society that they’re having a hard time grappling with.
The Republicans would have been smart to avoid alienating a large block of their base as well as Independents. They shouldn’t have so much as whispered their opposition to birth control. There may be opposition to abortion among some women (though not the majority) but to attack birth control is like voluntarily lying down on the third rail. Obama had lost some support among women because of the economy but the Republicans guaranteed that that support rushed back where they least wanted it by attacking women’s choices. Clue, Republicans! Even Catholic women use birth control.
Santorum will have to answer further about his support or lack of support for contraceptives being readily available. He may avoid a debate or obfuscate an answer, but the press will be at his rallies and chitchats and he will eventually have to answer.
Obama leads Santorum by 10 points among all registered voters (53% to 43%) and his lead over Romney is nearly as large (52% to 44%).
http://www.people-press.org/2012/02/13/santorum-catches-romney-in-gop-race/
I hope Santorum gets the nomination. Obama will win by a landslide, hahahahohohoheehee
What I find so amusing (in my warped way) is the ATI, Gothard-following, “royalty” that are giving Santorum a shout out on their websites. The Duggars, the Bates family, the Staddon family (to name a few) suddenly turned away from their “ebil Catholics are not real Christians” stance, and have embraced Santorum as The. Best. Thing. Ever. This of course has whipped their blog followers into a frenzy that could best be described as mass confusion. Much “buuut heeeee’s caaaaaatholic!!!!” followed by scripture being tossed back and forth between the supporters and their sheeple. If I follow their arguments correctly, yes Catholics are not Christian, but though Santorum isn’t as Christian as the families endorsing him, his pro-life stance and family value ideas are the best! And he will protect the family values of America. Oh the spin they are putting on their endorsement of a Catholic! The irony!!!! It burns!!!!! I wonder if their hypocrisy keeps them up at night? Nah, probably not.
Why do these clowns think Catholics are not Christians? Now I have heard it all. [shaking my head] I am curious, who do they think brought Christianity down through the middle ages? Was it just an accident?
All sorts of things are being uncovered in this election. What do the Catholics say about not being considered Christian? I hope they are fighting back.
I am certainly not endorcing Rick Santorum but I am not denying he is Christian. Good grief.