I couldn’t agree more. I’m not hoping Romney gets the nomination though, I hope he doesn’t. I’d love to see someone whose different, not more of the same. But if Romney get it’s, I’ll just hold my nose and do what I have to do and hope that Romney has more common sense than Obama. If he’s got any at all, he’s already ahead.
IMO (and yes my opinion means very little), I feel all Catholics should vote for Santorum. It won’t happen, it won’t even be close to happening–but imo, it should.
I agree, Santorum’s message, just like the message of Christ in the Catholic Church, is polarizing. Isn’t that what we need at this trying time (someone with a strong moral foundation built about Jesus’ truth)?
Barack and Rahm must not have foreseen the extreme “right” Tea Party takeover of the Republican Party.
Hey, if the extreme left is going to rule the Democratic party, the only way to combat it is for the right to amp up their game.
This is a great post. Thanks for taking the time.
I’ll take up the cause!Awesome!
I agree… the extreme left has become so extreme that they are alienating most democrats.
bbarrick, hardly does the extreme left rule the Democratic Party. Instead of “Obamacare” as ya’ll like to call it, if the extreme left ruled the Democratic Party, instead of it we would have single payer. But the extreme left couldn’t even get a public option. We actually have 2 major parties, an extreme conservative one and a more moderate one.
My observation is that the less a candidate says about specifics of issue, then the more electable he is. Santorum is outspoken. Perhaps the last outspoken candidate we have had was Ronald Reagan, but he had a sense of humor and a soft delivery which Santorum lacks. He also knew when to keep his mouth shut. Santorum does not. He lacks the self editing capabilities expected of a world leader.
WE Catholics can shift this debate toward Santorum–we just have to have the will to do so. If desire a good man, with sound ethics and morals, then Santorum is the best one available. I like the fact that Santorum speaks his mind–Jesus told us to let our yes be yes, and our no be no.
The Republican Party is not extreme right enough.
Who is the moderate in the democrat party?
If you think that the Tea Party agenda of responsible government is “extreme right”, I shutter to think what you consider the normal function of government.
IrishPatrick, a lot of what you say is true here - I have always admired Santorum, and will never forget how he reduced Barbara Boxer to a babbling idiot on the senate floor in a debate on partial birth abortion. However, I think the problem is not that we are not going on twitter or facebook and talking up the Santorum candidacy, the problem is that too many catholics aren’t serious about their faith. I live in a region where catholics not only don’t get enthusiastically behind the great catholic (or similar) candidate, they actually support the pro-abortion Democrat! The problem with the 70 million catholics goes deeper than one of mere “mobilization” of the catholic vote. I think much of the problem can be attributed to lack of leadership and education on th epart of the bishops and catholic schools. Also materialism and relativism of our culture has sucked in a lot of catholics. The bottom line: you wouldn’t get many catholics on the west coast to support santorum because he has an “R” next to his name. In Washington, we had a good catholic gubernatorial candidate - Dino Rossi, up against a pro-abortion catholic (!!) candidate. Guess who won, and with the votes of many catholics? Guess who was invited to an archdiocese event to speak? Yes, the pro-abortion governor. Its very frustrating. I think the leadership in the CAtholic church has, by many of their decisions, added to the confusion. Also, remember, there are good catholics who also support other good candidates for valid reasons - Cain, Perry or even Romney.
Calling the Tea Party “extreme right” is just a tactic to demonize them. Liberals love demonizing their enemies. The Tea Party is just regular folks who are concerned about government spending, the economy, etc. I had a conversation with a liberal yesterday who was saying the same thing: that the Tea Party is admirable for raising the issue of government spending.
The normal function of government is to supplant all private charity and provide cradle to grave welfare for all. Housing, a chicken in every pot, a car in every garage, a free liberal arts college education for every protester, a laptop in every desk. In the world of leftism, the government replaces the Church. And many otherwise well-intentioned christian folks buy into it because they think this ideology will “help the poor”.
You bring up an interesting point. I have looked at a few polls, and I have no idea how many US Catholics accept the doctrine of the religion. The highest poll percentage I have seen is that 78% reject the Church’s teachings in areas of contraception, in particular. Then there are other polls with lower numbers. I wonder what the real number is?