Do we want a President who thinks this way???? I think it is unacceptable.
Should we buy into his passion and strong conviction, but fail to look at the "non-factuality" of it?
He makes a series of ridiculous distortions, lies, and made up statistics, but few seem to check it out.
THE "COLLECTION" OF NONSENSICALS CITED BELOW
JFK's speech on religion makes Rick want to vomit
Global warming is made up; CO2, tell that to plants
Clergy will be sued on same sex marriage
Colleges cause loss of religion
Obama wants everyone to go to college because he is a snob
Amniocentesis results "more often than not in this country in abortion"
Freedom of worship means not standing up for religious rights...huh?
JFK'S SPEECH ON RELIGION MAKE RICK WANT TO VOMIT
Santorum on JFK's speech on religion: After saying the speech makes him want to vomit Santorum plaintively asks "What kind of country do we live in that says only people of nonfaith can come into the public square and make their case?"
JFK was talking about his Catholic faith and how he wouldn't take orders from the Pope when president. How does this suggest only people of "nonfaith" can participate in government?
GLOBAL WARMING
"The dangers of carbon dioxide? Tell that to a plant, how dangerous carbon dioxide is," he said.
He seeks to appeal to voters using "emotional issues", devoid of facts. (See video.)
“I believe the earth gets warmer, and I also believe the earth gets cooler, and I think history points out that it does that and that the idea that man through the production of CO2, which is a trace gas in the atmosphere and the man-made part of that trace gas is itself a trace gas, is somehow responsible for climate change is, I think, just patently absurd when you consider all of the other factors, El Niño, La Niña, sunspots, you know, moisture in the air.”
global warming was a “hoax” and that “man-made global warming” and proposed remedies were “bogus.”
global warming is not climate science but "political science."
Fact: 98 percent of climate researchers “most actively publishing in the field” agreed that climate change was occurring.
SAME-SEX MARRIAGES
Santorum predicted that the government would soon crack down even on people who spoke out against same-sex marriage.
“Within 10 years, clergy will be sued or indicted for preaching on certain Bible passages dealing with homosexuality and churches,” he wrote. Washington Post article
COLLEGE AND LOSING RELIGION
Santorum claims that 62% of people that go to college religious graduate without their faith. It seems plausible. College expands peoples experiences and exposes them to new ideas, and such experiences are not going to always mesh with fundamentalist writings of long dead priests.
studies have shown higher rates of religious "drop out" among the less-educated.
OBAMA WANTS EVERYONE TO GO TO COLLEGE CAUSE HE'S A SNOB
Speaks for itself! Ludicrous, but maybe gets a few votes, but I would not be proud to have fallen for this if I were to vote for him!
AMNIOCENTESIS RESULTS "MORE OFTEN THAN NOT IN THIS COUNTRY IN ABORTION
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when doctors do find a problem, only about half of patients choose to end their pregnancies, Evans said -- and there's a direct relationship between the severity of the problem and parents' choice.
prenatal diagnosis allows for more healthy babies, both because accurate diagnoses help doctors treat fetuses with problems (he's helped pioneer such in utero procedures as a stem-cell transplant for a fetus with a severely compromised immune system), and because accurate testing helps parents at high risk for passing on serious genetic abnormalities to confidently continue their pregnancies.
The idea that potential parents should not know what may or may not be wrong with their children in utero is stupid and medically unjustified. If the parents opt to keep the child it's incredibly important to know before delivery what may or may not be wrong with the child. Given the prevalence of associated birth defects with genetic disorders, the idea parents and doctors should remain in the dark presents a significant risk to the newborn and the mother.
FREEDOM OF WORSHIP MEANS NOT STANDING UP FOR RELIGIOUS RIGHTS...
At recent campaign stops in Michigan, Santorum claimed that as part of his "radical agenda" Obama "has not stood up for religious rights and religious liberty." I served in the State Department's Office of International Religious Freedom from 2007 to late 2011—under Bush and Obama—and found the current President and Secretary to be passionate, vocal, and active in opposing persecution. So what proof does Santorum provide for his claim? Use of the phrase "freedom of worship" in official remarks.
"When you have the President … and you have the Secretary of State referring to the freedom of religion, not as the freedom of religion but the freedom of worship, you should get very nervous, very nervous," Santorum told his audience in Holland, Michigan. Christianity Today.
AND THIS IS AN IMPRESSION THAT HE COULD EASILY MAKE
Santorum is a fabulist, making up statistics and interpreting others actions in order to fit a warped view of the world in which Christians are persecuted in government (rather than running every branch), scientists are lying liberal political operatives generating whole scientific fields to serve atheist agendas and Al Gore, and everyone else is just looking for an excuse to abort babies. He's a crank, and a large portion of this country seems to believe a crank should be in charge.
