We all make inadvertent comments and comments that can have much read into them or be evaluated as inappropriate or not insensitive. But when one can remove the political twistings and it is still extreme, then one ought to reconsider the candidate.
INFLAMMATORY
"OFTEN WRONG, BUT NEVER IN DOUBT"
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SOME OF THE STATEMENTS DISCUSSED BELOW
Vomiting: Kennedy religion speech
No constituional right to privacy with respect to sexual acts
Single parent moms breeding criminals
College graduates more likely to abandon religion
Contraception shouldn't be allowed
Denial of aggression in Christian Crusades
Satan is attacking the great institutions of America (how does he know that???)
VOMITING: KENNEDY RELIGION SPEECH
On Kennedy's speech on being a Catholic, Santorum said "To say that people of faith have no role in the public square? You bet that make you throw up." He was wrong in his facts and, though it might appeal to highly religious conservatives, it was based on winning votes by expressing outrage, and fooling the people who heard him - if they looked at the facts, they's see how wrong Santorum was.
BREEDING CRIMINALS
What we have is moms raising children in single-parent households simply breeding more criminals,” he said. (Erie, Pa, appearance)
ADVOCACY AND CERTAINTY AT THE EXPENSE OF TRUTH
NO CONSITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PRIVACY WITH RESPECT TO SEXUAL ACTS
April 20, 2003, Santorum stated that he believed mutually consenting adults do not have a constitutional right to privacy with respect to sexual acts. Santorum described the ability to regulate consensual homosexual acts as comparable to the states’ ability to regulate other consensual and non-consensual sexual behavior, such as adultery, polygamy, child molestation, incest, sodomy, and bestiality, whose decriminalization he believed would threaten society and the family, as they are not monogamous and heterosexual.
No friend of small government. Video Wants to regulate...
"if you favor a big, intrusive Republican government, he’s unquestionably your candidate. Santorum’s book is crammed with an array of ideas for technocratic meddling; even the author acknowledges that some people “will reject” what he has to say “as a kind of ‘Big Government’ conservatism.”
CONTRACEPTION
One of the things I will talk about that no President has talked about before is I think the dangers of contraception in this country, the whole sexual libertine idea. Many in the Christian faith have said, “Well, that’s okay. Contraception’s okay.”
It’s not okay because it’s a license to do things in the sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be. Etc. Santorum Lies To Public
Alas, he has also said that artificial contraception is the kind of moral issue he plans to talk about as president.
SAME SEX MARRIAGE AND "MAN ON DOG"
“In every society, the definition of marriage has not ever to my knowledge included homosexuality. That's not to pick on homosexuality. It's not, you know, man on child, man on dog, or whatever the case may be. It is one thing. And when you destroy that you have a dramatic impact on the quality...”
“I would argue that the future of America hangs in the balance, because the future of the family hangs in the balance. Isn't that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage?”
He equates gay marriage to loving your mother-in-law:
Quote: "Is anyone saying same-sex couples can't love each other? I love my children. I love my friends, my brother. Heck, I even love my mother-in-law. Should we call these relationships marriage, too?
DENIAL OF AGGRESSION IN THE CHRISTIAN CRUSADES
Rick Santorum launched into a scathing attack on the left, charging during an appearance in South Carolina that the history of the Crusades has been corrupted by “the American left who hates Christendom.”
“The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow an aggression on our part is absolutely anti-historical,” Santorum said in Spartanburg on Tuesday. “And that is what the perception is by the American left who hates Christendom.”
OBAMA ORDERING MILITARY TO MARRY GAYS
"...he has instructed his military chaplains to marry people in direct contravention — marry gays and lesbians — in direct contravention to the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage in federal law as between a man and a woman. So not only did the President not defend the law, he has now instructed people in the military to break the law."
In fact, the Pentagon's directive clearly states that "a chaplain is not required to participate in or officiate a private ceremony if doing so would be in variance with the tenets of his or her religion or personal beliefs."
ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PRO-CHOICE STANCE
“I find it almost remarkable for a black man to say ‘now we are going to decide who are people and who are not people.’”
CONTRACEPTIVES, TO CHARLIE ROSE: BLAMING ROSE AS PART OF THOSE GUYS
This is the same gotcha politics that you get from the media.”
“Nobody said you were responsible,” Rose explained. “They said, how would you characterize it and what had you said to him, not that you were responsible? It’s to understand how you differ from what this person said.”
“This is what you guys do,” Santorum charged. “You don’t do this with President Obama. In fact with President Obama, what you did was you went out and defended him against someone who he sat in a church for — for 20 years — and defended him that, ‘Oh, he can’t possibly believe what he listened to for 20 years.’”
“It’s a double standard,” he continued. “This is what you’re pulling off, and I’m going to call you on it.”
Rose noted that as late as last October, the former Pennsylvania senator had said birth control was “not OK”…
OPPOSING BIRTH CONTROL
"One of the things I will talk about, that no president has talked about before, is I think the dangers of contraception in this country.... Many of the Christian faith have said, well, that's okay, contraception is okay. It's not okay. It's a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be."
Keeping moms at home
Quote: "In far too many families with young children, both parents are working, when, if they really took an honest look at the budget, they might find they don't both need to. ... What happened in America so that mothers and fathers who leave their children in the care of someone else — or worse yet, home alone after school between three and six in the afternoon — find themselves more affirmed by society? Here, we can thank the influence of radical feminism." (Santorum's 2005 book, It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good)
Rejecting the very idea of "Palestinians"
Quote: "All the people who live in the West Bank are Israelis, they're not Palestinians. There is no 'Palestinian.' This is Israeli land."
GOVERNMENT RIGHT TO GO INTO BEDROOM
"(If) the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything. Does that undermine the fabric of our society? I would argue yes, it does."
GOVERNMENT RIGHT TO IMPOSE VALUES AND BEHAVIORS
While claiming to be for limited government, he advocates using government to control behavior and impose values with regard to religion and other such values.
He says: I often describe my conservative colleagues during this time as simply ‘cheap liberals.’
A CULTURE WARRIOR
He's a culture warrior. Homosexuality, abortion and family values have been the signature issues of Santorum's career Remember Terri Schiavo? That was him, too -- he was one of the leading voices calling for the federal government to intervene to prevent the Florida woman from being taken off life support amid conflicting family wishes. Santorum decries secularism, hedonism and the idea that different family configurations are equally acceptable, openly pining for a bygone society built around heterosexual marriage and traditional gender roles
CATHOLIC CHURCH
“Priests, like all of us, are affected by culture. When the culture is sick, every element in it becomes infected. While it is no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political, and cultural liberalism in America, lies at the center of the storm.”
SATAN
Santorum, a devout Catholic who is the most overtly religious candidate in the race, has startled many Americans with comments on matters of faith.
"Satan is attacking the great institutions of America," he reportedly said in a 2008 speech that resurfaced this week.
"This is a spiritual war. And the Father of Lies has his sights on what you would think the Father of Lies would have his sights on: A good, decent, powerful, influential country -- the United States of America."
MITT ROMNEY "DOESN'T TELL THE TRUTH" (SANTORUM DOESN'T TELL THE TRUTH)
Santorum is willing to lie and distort to win. He makes character assertions (and then says he doesn't).
Ironically, when Santorum is claiming Romney tells lies, Santorum uses lies to make that very claim!!!!
Santorum told NBC's David Gregory, "Governor Romney in the state of Massachusetts mandated every person in Massachusetts have to buy health care. He doesn't tell the truth about that either.
He said, 'Oh, it's only the 8 percent that didn't have insurance.' That is simply not true."
In addition to health care, Santorum tried to paint Romney as liberal on climate change. "Man-made global warming. He put caps on CO2," he charged. "And now that it's not popular, now that the climate changed, guess who changed along with it? Mitt Romney." [He actually vetoed the cap and trade law as being "too burdensome on businesses".]
He says Governor Romney has advocated for a federal individual mandate. That is an absolute falsehood and you cannot find that in print, though some people have "imputed" or "inferred" it. (The Washington Post: "Romney Has Been Consistent In Saying That He Would Apply A State-Based Approach To Health Care ... He Has Never Advocated Or Supported A Federal Mandate." )
FactCheck.org Declared That Senator Santorum Was "Wrong" When He Repeated Discredited Attacks On Governor Romney's Book. "In a Republican presidential debate on Oct. 11, 2011, Texas Gov. Rick Perry attacked Romney saying that in his book No Apology, Romney called the Massachusetts health care reform he enacted a model for the nation and said that he deleted the passage from the paperback version. During an Oct. 18 debate in Las Vegas, it was Rick Santorum on the attack. 'It was in your book that it should be for everybody,' the former Pennsylvania senator told Romney. 'You took it out of your book,' he added." (Molly Moorhead, "Rick Santorum Has It Wrong On Mitt Romney's Book," PolitiFact.com, 10/18/11)
FactCheck.org Found Senator Santorum's Claims On Insurance Premiums In Massachusetts Were False. "Santorum wrong on premium costs: Santorum claimed Massachusetts premiums are the highest in the country, 27 percent more than average. Neither claim is true."
The Washington Post Found "No Proof" Of Senator Santorum's False Attacks On Health Care Costs. "Santorum suggested that Romney's reform law exacerbated the problem of sick people missing out on care because of high costs. He's only right to the extent that any amount of unmet need poses a problem. But the fact remains that Massachusetts has shown improvement in this area, at least according to the latest statistics we could find. We found no proof of the candidate's one-in-four claim."
FactCheck.org: Senator Santorum's Claim That Governor Romney Instituted A "Government-Run Health Care System" Is "Not True." "Santorum wrong on 'government-run' health care: Santorum called [Romney's health care] law 'a government-run health care system.' That's not true."
Santorum wrongly claimed it was a “government-run” program.
■Santorum also fouled up when he claimed the state has “the highest health insurance premiums of any state in the country.” False, but said with certainty.
FactCheck.org: Senator Santorum "Gave A Misleading View Of The [Health Care] Law's Impact On Waiting Times To See Doctors." "Santorum also gave a misleading view of the law's impact on waiting times to see doctors ... Those numbers come from reports by the Massachusetts Medical Society, which said in 2009 that the average wait time in the state for both family medicine and internal medicine was 44 days. But the group has been lamenting long wait times and doctor shortages for many years, since before the law was enacted ... The medical society said that 'primary care shortages continue in Massachusetts, but they predate health reform by many years, and mirror shortages in many other areas of the country.' ... It's hard to draw firm conclusions on the law's impact." ("South Carolina Smackdown," FactCheck.org, 1/20/12)
Santorum's Claim That Governor Romney Supports Cap-And-Trade Was Rated "False":
PolitiFact: "When Asked For Evidence Of Romney's Support For Cap And Trade, The Santorum Campaign Failed To Produce Any. We Rate The Claim False." "When he could have signed it into law, he declined. And more recently, Romney has repeatedly said he's opposed to it. And when asked for evidence of Romney's support for cap and trade, the Santorum campaign failed to produce any. We rate the claim False." (PolitiFact.com, 2/14/12)
And he voted against an amendment proposed by Republican Sen. Tom Coburn to specifically defund the Bridge to Nowhere (and another Alaska bridge) and redirect the funding to rebuild the Interstate 10 bridge that was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina.
Factcheck.org also reported that 62 percent of doctors have said that waiting times have remained the same.
Finally, approval for the law is high, standing at 67 percent, and 98 percent of state residents now have insurance, poking holes in Santorum’s claim that people would rather pay a fine rather than purchase health insurance.
"It's one thing to argue for bad policies," Santorum said. "It's another thing to impose it on the people of your state. ... Only two dissenting votes out of 200 in legislature, supported by taxpayers association, businesses, etc. It is hype and untrue to say he "imposed it on the people".
Rick Santorum Says Mitt Romney Not Being 'Truthful' With The American People
As he has since a 2009 op-ed came to light where the former Massachusetts governor recommended part of his signature health care law as a national model, Santorum tried to define Romney as someone who can’t be trusted, and compared him to President Barack Obama. "He told the American public repeatedly, 'Oh no, I never did that. I never recommended that Romneycare be used as a national model for Obamacare just parts of it. We find now in the last two weeks that's wrong," Santorum said to cheers from a crowd of about 300 at a local museum (Walshe, 3/8).
Rick Santorum Says Mitt Romney Not Being 'Truthful' With The American People
As he has since a 2009 op-ed came to light where the former Massachusetts governor recommended part of his signature health care law as a national model, Santorum tried to define Romney as someone who can’t be trusted, and compared him to President Barack Obama. "He told the American public repeatedly, 'Oh no, I never did that. I never recommended that Romneycare be used as a national model for Obamacare just parts of it. We find now in the last two weeks that's wrong," Santorum said to cheers from a crowd of about 300 at a local museum (Walshe, 3/8).
There is, however, one area where Mr. Santorum needs to demonstrate a discipline it's not yet clear he has. That is the ability to resist the efforts to drag him out of the public questions into the weeds of theological debate.
In short, Mr. Santorum must resist the temptation to run for president on "Humanae Vitae," the 1968 papal encyclical prohibiting artificial contraception. Of late the former Pennsylvania senator has pointed out that, despite his personal views, he has voted for contraceptive funding in the past. Alas, he has also said that artificial contraception is the kind of moral issue he plans to talk about as president.
that stroke patients over the age of 70 “will not be granted treatment,” a charge the Health and Human Services Department called “absolutely false.”
To bolster this claim, Santorum rehashed another myth about the dangers of government involvement in healthcare by maintaining that euthanasia represents “10% of all deaths in the Netherlands,” and “ObamaCare” will surely lead the U.S. down a similar path. However, a recent study shows that just 1.8% of all deaths in the Netherlands, where euthanasia is legal, are a result of physician-assisted suicide, and the rate is going down.
about romney, laura ingraham interview: This is the kind of outright lies and the hypocrisy that Gov. Romney is engaged in
Tonight, Mr. Santorum said he “didn’t call for Congressional intervention, I called for a judicial hearing” to review a case in which the parents, who were constituents of his from Pennsylvania, and Ms. Schiavo’s husband were on different sides.
But a New York Times Magazine article in May 2005 about Mr. Santorum said he “not only pushed the Senate to intervene in the Terri Schiavo case, but he also traveled to Florida and prayed with her parents.”
But last night, when Romney accused Santorum of being responsible for Obamacare because he supported Arlen Specter in his primary fight in 2004, Santorum stated that he did so because he exacted a promise from Specter to support all of the Bush nominees for SCOTUS if he became Chairman of Senate Judiciary.
So Michael Smerkonish gets Arlen Specter on the telephone, and Specter says no such conversation ever took place. No conversation remotely similar to it.
Now, certainly there are plenty of people who don't particularly like Arlen Specter - you've got plenty of reasons, and good ones at that.
But why would Specter tell anything but the truth about this?
oN GLOBAL WARMING “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.”
Santorum also released an attack ad at Romney comparing him to Obama on every issue.
President Santorum, an honest man who honestly holds strong views that reflect maybe 5 percent of the American population. Electing Santorum would put the presidency in the hands of a man who proudly identifies with a tradition of using state to power to persecute dissenters, of whom, should he ever reach the presidency, there would be many.
