Office by Alex Penny
Objective & Subjective, but always Respective of the Collective
I’m not surprised by this news at all. Despite the President’s failings over the years he is far more likable than Romney.
Texas was the first reason? (Rick unsuccessfully tried to convince them to adopt winner take all instead of proportional). I understand the latter 2 reasons (waning poll numbers in Pennsylvania and Newt refusing to drop out) but citing Texas surprised me.
Rick Santorum dropped out! (watching it live) Update: Replaced live video with full speech of concession. The only question is when will Newt drop out?
Marco Rubio to Rick Santorum and Newt Gingwich: Time to drop out! (hat tip: Hot Air)
Well, so much for unifying behind one candidate. Honestly though if this goes to convention and Mitt loses, the GOP will end up imploding in November. As unpopular as Obama is right now, his chances of winning reelection are probably at 50-50.
Read it and weep be confused.
“You win by giving people a choice. You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who’s just going to be a little different than the person in there. If you’re going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk with what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate of the future,” Santorum told a crowd at USAA. (ABC News)
I wonder if this is more of a ploy to convince people to vote for him over Mittmentum. Truth be told Mitt has his problems, but fiscally speaking he isn’t anywhere near Obama.
Rick right now is coming off as a sore loser, as he probably realizes his chances of victory are slim to none (despite the fact that he’s predicted to win Louisiana on Saturday). Hat tip: Hot Air
Someone wants to thin the GOP herd. Obviously the longer Newt and Santorum stay in the race, the more likely Mitt will be the GOP nominee. It will be interesting to see how Newt responds to this attack.
It’s like Virginia all over again except…not as bad. It looks like Rick didn’t qualify in every county which means Romney could win by default.
Rick Santorum may share my faith, but his theocratic interpretation of the Declaration of Independence is ridiculous (hat tip: The Atlantic)
“…..’Happiness’ actually had a different definition, ‘way back at the time of our founders. Like many words in our lexicon, they evolve and change over time. ‘Happiness’ was one of them. Go back and look it up. You’ll see one of the principle definitions of happiness is ‘to do the morally right thing.’ God gave us rights to life and to freedom to pursue His will. That’s what the moral foundation of our country is.” (Political Insider)
Let’s say (for the sake of argument) that “happiness” meant “to do the morally right thing” hundreds of years ago.
Problem with that definition is that everyone has their own version of what “to do the morally right thing” which at the time could mean owning slaves (or not), allowing women to speak and or preach in church (or not), the right to drink alcohol (or not), or to marry your cousin (or not).
And these were some of the larger controversies “back in the day” (with the exception of the last one which I threw in for fun).
Satisfying ones ethics/morals can make an individual happy (or not), but from my ever so inferior position happiness=happiness, not religion.
Rick would be better off not trying to reinterpret the Declaration of Independece as holy scripture.
After all the last thing America needs is a few good men attempting to judge on the behalf of the Devine to rule as devils upon the Earth (as human led theocracy has always led towards an abuse of power).
I’m not sure if I can vote for Santorum in the upcoming election.
He has the ethics to be President for sure, but I’m nervous about theocrats running the country (even ones from my own faith).
