Originally Posted By skinnerbox Excellent article, definitely worth reading: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/domenick-scudera/who-is-voting-for-santorum_b_1344754.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...754.html</a> <> Who Is Voting for Santorum, Anyway? Rick Santorum impressed everyone again with more state primary victories this week. Will someone please explain this to me: who are these people voting for Rick Santorum? Do they live in the same country I live in? Do they live in the same century I live in? Have they not heard some of his statements or opinions? Personally, I would not vote for Rick Santorum, for a variety of reasons. I am a gay man, so I would not vote for Rick Santorum. He equates my sexuality with polygamy, incest, and adultery. He believes homosexuality is "antithetical to a healthy, stable, traditional family." He says that allowing gay military to serve openly is a "tragic" social experiment. He says that opposing gay marriage is the "ultimate homeland security." He has even likened calling gay marriage "marriage" to calling a paper towel a "napkin." The scary thing is that he is not saying those things simply to secure votes. He is genuine. He really means what he says. I am a college professor, so I would not vote for Rick Santorum. He calls President Obama a "snob" for promoting higher education, and he states that college professors are liberal conspirators who are indoctrinating children to believe in Obama's dangerous philosophies. Funny, I thought I was educating young minds. Did I miss the memo Obama sent about this indoctrination business? I am educated, so I would not vote for Rick Santorum. He states that children get "weird socialization" in public schools. He asserts that the school system is "stuck in the factory era." He believes that kids should not be exposed to "such a radically narrow, age-segregated environment." He home-schools his own children, but then again, he has three advanced degrees from which to draw upon. Did he somehow elude the liberal snobbery in advanced education himself? I believe in science, so I would not vote for Rick Santorum. He has said climate change is a "hoax," some liberal myth. He joked, "The dangers of carbon dioxide? Tell that to a plant, how dangerous carbon dioxide is." I guess in a world where you do not want to encourage children to be educated, these kinds of ideas make sense. I am an atheist, so I would not vote for Rick Santorum. If I were Jewish or Muslim or a believer of any other faith that is not Christian, I would not vote for him. For Christ's sake, he sent out a Hanukkah card with a Christian message on it! Even if I were Christian, I wouldn't vote for him. He twists Biblical messages for his own use. If I were Catholic, I wouldn't vote for him. I would be embarrassed to have him represent my faith. I live in the 21st century, so I would not vote for Rick Santorum. His views on men and women are straight out of the '50s. The 1850s. He is against contraception. Really? I support our troops, so I would not vote for Rick Santorum. Have you heard some of his antiquated ideas about women on the front lines? I am a Pennsylvanian, so I would not vote for Rick Santorum. We already know what it is like to be represented by him in Congress. Guess what? We voted him out. I am an American, so I would not vote for Rick Santorum. Our country can do so much better than this. I assume that there are other gay people who vote, other college professors, other non-Christians voting, other people who support women, other contemporary people with intelligence, other true Americans. Who is left? Who is voting for Rick Santorum? Who are these people?! <> One of the possibilities that occurred to me about all of these votes Rick is getting, is how many of them were cast deliberately to force the Republicans into a brokered convention, where Romney can be voted off the GOP island in favor of a different candidate currently not running. Only about 40% of Republican voters actually like Romney, which means 60% do not. If Santorum continues to receive more and more delegates, then Romney will have to win the nomination at the convention, and that does not seem likely at this point. If it does indeed get to a brokered convention, I don't see Romney being able to snooker other delegates into voting for him. Perhaps that's what all of this 'Santorum love' is really about. At least with regard to the moderate Republicans voting in the primaries.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Well, I suppose I don't need to re-state how I feel about the guy.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 What worries me is not so much this year. Unless Santorum can pull a real upset and win Illinois on Tuesday, I don't see the path (or the math) for him to win the nom. Romney's math will be much tougher than he figured on, but still possible. Much of the south has voted. If Romney wins Illinois, the establishment re-coalesces behind him, and the non-committed delegates and superdelegates do too. I still think Romney will be the nominee. What worries me is that the Republicans almost always nominate the second-place guy from the time before. (The only time in the last 30 years they didn't do that, they went with LITERAL primogeniture and nominated the eldest son of the previous Republican president, i.e. George W. Bush). That means that in 2016, Santorum would have to be considered the favorite for the nomination, especially given his relatively young age, and the fact that if Obama is re-elected, the far right will blame "nominating a moderate" and will be spoiling even more than usual to nominate a hard-right guy.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder They'll nominate a 69 year old Hillary Clinton, who will expose every negative Santorum trait just by being a candidate, and she'll be the first woman elected.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones Look at the exit polls. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/primaries/epolls/il?hpt=hp_pc1" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/election/20...t=hp_pc1</a> Santorum wins among those who never attended college. More women than men vote for Santorum. He's also got the middle-aged demographic. Relative to Romney, the poorest polled are in his corner. This is as far as Illinois primary voters are concerned. He's an authoritarian as they come in American politics and his presidency would be very dangerous if he were able to influence Congress.
Originally Posted By mele Santorum really should travel to Mexico...so he can get used to the heat. It will help when he burns in Hell. Seriously, what an absolute bag of crap. <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/03/santorum-hits-obama-for-daughters-trip-to-mexico/1?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usatoday-NewsTopStories+%28News+-+Top+Stories%29#.T2laWMU7WQp" target="_blank">http://content.usatoday.com/co...aWMU7WQp</a>
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "Santorum really should travel to Mexico...so he can get used to the heat. It will help when he burns in Hell. Seriously, what an absolute bag of crap." And people were knocking me for criticizing his fugly 20 year old daughter who campaigns for him. "Kids are off limits". Not if they campaign.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>And people were knocking me for criticizing his fugly 20 year old daughter who campaigns for him.<< And since you've done it again, I'll knock you for it again. Lay off the "fugly" stuff.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer Funny that Santorum is relying on delegate count math while he rejects the scientific findings around evolution and global climate change that are also based on math.
Originally Posted By dshyates No, no, Math is fine. How else could he keep track of how many kids he has. It's Science that is the Devil's Playground. That's where they twist math up to "prove their hypothesis". Evil I tell ya.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder This guy is just too much. Santorum says Obama would be better than Romney, but it what is becoming all too routine for Santorum, his camp tries to clarify his remark. <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/santorum-suggests-electing-obama-better-romney-presidency-211531760.html" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ti...760.html</a>
Originally Posted By DyGDisney For those who didn't read Mele's link: >>"Republican candidate Rick Santorum criticized President Obama today for allowing daughter Malia to take a spring break trip to Mexico at a time that the State Department has issued travel warnings about the country. "If the administration is saying that it's not safe to have people down there, then just because you can send 25 Secret Service agents doesn't mean you should do it," Santorum told talk-show host Glenn Beck."<< He was on Glenn Beck's show? I thought even a lot of GOPers stopped drinking his crazy kool-aid. Guy's a loser.
