Senator Santorum scares me - more than Bachmann. I think he is just as bat-shit crazy as Bachmann, but, he actually has a shot at getting the nomination. I don't think he would win, but then again, I didn't think President Obama would either.
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/02/the-nausea-of-santorum.html > > http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/02/what-kind-of-catholic-is-santorum.html > > "I am relieved [Santorum] is at least candid. For now we can see in plain > view the religious fanaticism that has destroyed one of the major parties > in this country, a destruction that is perilous for any workable politics. > It must be defeated - and not by electing a plastic liar and panderer like > Romney. But by nominating Santorum and defeating him by such a margin that > this theo-political Frankenstein, which threatens both genuine faith and > civil politics, is dispatched once and for all." > > [Santorum] "may well believe that man cannot actually destroy the earth > through such violence as global warming, for the perfectly orthodox > theological reason that the earth will come to an end (or be renewed) only > when Christ comes again to judge the living and the dead. In other words, > global warming cant exist because it is not in Gods providential plan: > the Lord will decide when the earth expires. " > > This has no business in forming the laws and determining decisions for the > largest - and militarily the only- superpower in the world. > > " There can be no absolute separation of church and state, let alone a > desire to keep it so; and in their necessary interactions, the church must > always prevail, or it is a violation of the First Amendment, and an attack > on religious freedom. The church's teachings are also, according > to theoconservatism, integral to the founding of the United States. Since > constitutional rights are endowed from the Creator, and the Creator is the > Judeo-Christian one, the notion of a neutral public square, embraced by > liberals and those once called conservatives, is an attack on America. > America is a special nation because of this unique founding on the > Judeo-Christian God. It must therefore always be guided by God's will, and > that will is self-evident to anyone, Catholic or Protestant, atheist or > Mormon, Jew or Muslim, from natural law." > > Santorum's own words that the Separation of Church and State makes him want > to throw up. > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/26/santorum-church-and-state_n_1302246.html > > It will only take one of these guys to become President of the US for the > whole thing to come crashing down, just as is feared (and unfortunately so > far proven) with the extremists in Egypt and other parts of the world. > > I see this religious/racial extremism in my own country's politics as well > though it is more subtle and it worries me. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347530 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
