Exit Polling Shows Catholic Voters Cool for Santorum
- Posted on March 18, 2012 at 5:18pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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(AP) — At El Sendero De La Cruz evangelical church, Rick Santorum sought prayers along with votes.
He told the San Juan congregation that he felt “very blessed” to be with people of faith and said he can withstand the demands of campaigning because of the many people like them he meets while running for president.
“The first thing they almost always say to me, ‘I’m praying for you,’” Santorum said. “It works.”
It’s the kind of spirit-infused language that is helping Santorum connect with evangelical Republicans, who have fueled his strong showing in state after state. Yet, in one of the more puzzling developments among many in the GOP contest, he’s nowhere near as successful with his fellow Roman Catholics.
Across all states where Republican primary voters were asked their religion in exit polls, Mitt Romney, a Mormon, trounced Santorum among Catholics, with an average margin of victory above 20 percentage points. Even in Southern states, where Romney has struggled, Catholics broke his way.
On Sunday, overwhelmingly Catholic Puerto Rico was holding its primary.
Catholics haven’t voted as a bloc in decades, leading analysts to declare “the Catholic vote” as such doesn’t exist. Still, the results are surprising given that the former Pennsylvania senator puts Catholicism at the center of his public service and personal life.
Known for attending Mass almost daily, Santorum organized a Catholic study group for lawmakers when he served in Congress, has fought abortion and defended traditional marriage. He cites his faith for his support for humanitarian work, such as financing programs that fight AIDS in Africa. He has home-schooled his seven children and sent some to private schools affiliated with the Catholic movement Opus Dei. Santorum has said that growing up north of Pittsburgh, his parents expected him to attend church every Sunday without fail.
“You had to basically be dead not to go,” he said in a 2005 interview with the New York Times.
Religious identity is not as much of a consideration for Catholic voters as it is for members of some other faiths.
Only 1 in 5 Catholics on average said it mattered “a great deal” that a candidate share their religious beliefs, compared with one-third of non-Catholics in exit polls that asked the question.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, also Catholic, on average trails Santorum among Catholics.
In the 2004 race, Democrat John Kerry was the first Catholic presidential candidate from a major party since John F. Kennedy in 1960. Still, Kerry lost Catholics in the general election to President George W. Bush, a Protestant who emphasized his born-again religious conversion.
“Just being Catholic by no means buys you anything in the Catholic vote anymore,” said Mark Gray, a researcher at Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate who specializes in American Catholics.
Santorum’s style of campaigning, in which he frames political issues in emotional, starkly moral terms of good and evil, is more common to evangelical than Catholic culture. He is often mistaken for a Protestant conservative, by both evangelicals and Catholics, according to a poll conducted last week by the Pew Research Center.
Less than half of the Catholic Republicans surveyed knew Santorum’s faith, the survey showed, while 11 percent of Catholic Republicans and 35 percent of white evangelical Republicans thought Santorum was an evangelical.
“The rhetoric often comes out in a way that many people would take to be similar to how evangelicals express themselves,” said Russell Shaw, an author and writer for Our Sunday Visitor, a theologically conservative Catholic magazine, and a former spokesman for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “No nuances and no holds barred.”
For most of his fellow Catholics, Santorum’s views are as likely to alienate as attract. Less than one-quarter of Catholics attend Mass weekly. Most use artificial contraception, support gay civil unions or marriage, and hold other views contrary to church teaching. Religious conservatives have called these Catholics “CINOs” — Catholics in Name Only.
Santorum may have distanced himself from other Catholics when he said recently that he “almost threw up” when he read Kennedy’s famous 1960 speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association addressing anti-Catholic bias. Kennedy had said, “I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute,” which Santorum and many religious conservatives interpret as endorsing a secular outlook. Santorum has said he wished he could take back the remark, but stood by his criticism of the speech.
Franciscan Sisters at Santorum's Ohio primary night party March 6 (Buzzfeed)
Voters in a Republican primary, who are among the most motivated and active party members, are assumed to include more Catholics in line with Santorum, politically and religiously.
Deal Hudson, who was a Catholic outreach adviser to Bush’s presidential campaigns, rejects that idea. He believes Catholic Republicans include many faithful who aren’t as religiously active as Santorum and instead “pretty much behave like the general public.”
Exit polls generally don’t ask about church attendance, considered a critical measure of religious devotion, so there is no way to know for sure. But the exit polls, conducted for The Associated Press by Edison Research, do hold some clues about the gap between Catholic Republicans and Santorum.
In Ohio, where Romney narrowly edged Santorum, Catholic primary voters were less likely than Protestants to see Santorum as their best ideological match. The polls found that 52 percent of Protestant voters described Santorum’s positions as just right, compared with 42 percent of Catholics, while 28 percent of Catholics called Santorum too conservative. Even among Ohio voters who described themselves as conservative, more Protestants than Catholics said Santorum’s positions were about right — 62 percent to 52 percent.
In Michigan, a majority of Catholics who backed Romney said they were strongly behind their candidate, while just 28 percent of Catholics who voted for Santorum said the same.
In fact, Catholics in the exit polls tend to look more like the typical Romney Republican. Catholics are less deeply conservative and less likely to back the Tea Party movement. They have more formal education than non-Catholics and higher incomes, with 74 percent reporting annual household incomes over $50,000, compared with 67 percent of non-Catholics.
Catholics are also less likely than other Christians to hesitate over Romney’s Mormonism, even though the Catholic Church, like many faith traditions, does not recognize Mormons as part of historical Christianity, although Mormons themselves do.
“One reason Catholics don‘t have a religious problem with it is because they’ve been a persecuted religious group,” said Hudson, chairman of Catholic Advocate, a conservative advocacy group that aims to politically organize Catholics. “Catholics know what it’s like for people to think their beliefs are crazy.”
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Comments (70)
mycomet123
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 10:11amMaybe in a perfect world stereotyping a person’s character based upon religion would tell you something about what the person stands for morally. In this world, voting upon a person based upon religion alone tells us nothing. Stating someone is a Catholic is the same as stating someone is an American–it can mean that they stand for almost anything! I vote on content of character not on a religious denomination. I pray that Rick Santorum wins.
Report Post »RobMac68
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 11:16amMYCOMET…’Stating someone is a Catholic is the same as stating someone is an American–it can mean that they stand for almost anything!”
Report Post »I am looking for that perfect world you were talking about. I think it might be gone. 50 or so years ago, you could say someone was Catholic and it WOULD tell you something about the content of their character, as it should. I’ll join your prayer for Santorum.
friscokid1
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 8:22amForgiveness is between Santorum and God. It is not the job of the American citizenry to forgive him for supporting big government programs that have crippled this country.
Report Post »Copper Catfish
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 9:53amSo, you think Rick Santorum has destroyed the American economy? You need to look toward the current administration and Congress, including big-spending RINOs like Indiana’s Larry Bucshon and Richard Lugar, to see what has caused America’s economic problems, not those who were in office when our country was in better financial shape. Santorum was actually considered the most conservative of the Senators when he was in office.
Report Post »Tepeyac
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 7:24amIf a Catholic is cool to Santorum, it just might be due to the fact that his firm stance on his beliefs has pricked their consciences. They don’t like being reminded of their back sliding! The confession lines should be getting longer and longer! Reconcilliation is a wonderful thing!!!!
Report Post »Independent4ever
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 7:51amOr it could be that Santorum said JFK makes him want to throw up. Dumb thing to say about the first and only Catholic president to serve.
Report Post »friscokid1
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 8:18amGood point Independent4ever. Too many ppl on here make a million excuses for Santorum and his shortcomings. Actually, this makes perfect sense since this is exactly what he does every time something goes wrong so why wouldn’t his followers do the same thing.
Report Post »Rajabear1
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 10:47am@tepeyac-agreed-I think people hate to be reminded in any way that they fall short of whatever expectations that are set for them. Be it work, relationships, school, morals and religion. It doesn‘t fit in with ’if it feels good, do it‘ or ’self first’ motto. He reminds MANY born into the religion of Catholics how far they fall short of what is expected of them and that there will be a judgment day,
Report Post »Reality sucks when you sit all alone in a room and really look at your life and realize that your life is a false front for others and you really have let yourself down. That goes for all kinds of people, not just Catholics.
bigspike
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 6:49amSanctimonious Santorum is toast
Report Post »ebw1957
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 6:28amCatholics are not a generic voting block as the media would hope to lump them. There are catholics and then there are Catholics. Just because someone was born into a Catholic family doesn’t mean they grow up a practiing Catholic. There needs to be a distinction draw between catholic [small "c"] and practing Catholics. They have VERY differant views.
Report Post »Copper Catfish
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 9:56amThe Catholic Church is just now beginning to realize the damage done by Saul Alinsky and Cardinal Bernardin with all their “social justice” fundamental transformation plan to water down the faith.
Report Post »GulfPeg
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 5:32amThis goes to show you that the real motive of the evengelicals, who support Santorum, are really “anti Mormon” (Romney).
Report Post »Brettfan
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 3:29amSantorum for the win. Only Phonies are Ron Paul, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Three Stooges for the One World Government.
Report Post »Independent4ever
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 7:56amSantorum doesn’t believe in freedom; here’s what he says…
“This whole idea of personal autonomy, well I don’t think most conservatives hold that point of view. Some do. They have this idea that people should be left alone, be able to do whatever they want to do, government should keep our taxes down and keep our regulations low, keep our regulations low, that we shouldn’t get involved in the bedroom, we shouldn’t get involved in cultural issues. That is not how traditional conservatives view the world. There is no such society that I’m aware of, where we’ve had radical individualism and that it succeeds as a culture”
Report Post »conservativewoman
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 1:48amI am a practicing Catholics and just heard a homily that tells us that giving alms can be in the form of service, not just money.
Report Post »conservativewoman
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 1:46amWait a minute, I am reading a lot of judgement here and from so-called Christians. Jesus said, “Go, and sin no more.” If people make mistakes and then change their ways and ask for forgiveness, who are we to judge them.
Another thing, your first ministry as a Catholic is to your family! The Santorum’s have had many medical costs for their children, AND they have seven children! Try putting away enough college money for all those kids!
I see so many comments from non-Catholics about Catholics, BUT you get your information from the media. I bet you never go research what THE CHURCH ACTUALLY SAYS!
Social Justice has a different meaning for us then it does in the mainstream. I think it was Thomas Aquinos that first used the term in a Catholic sense.
We get enough attacks from the government without the general public attacking us with false information from the media. Don’t you know your just playing into their hands? Maybe that is why the government is after Catholics, because they see the public attacking us as well, and figure that gives them an advantage!
Report Post »RobMac68
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 11:46amCONSERVATIVEWOMAN…”Maybe that is why the government is after Catholics, because they see the public attacking us as well, and figure that gives them an advantage!”
Report Post »No, the government made the first attack. Now the government wants us to be blind to their evil and help in the attack. That is why it is now an “attack on women” instead of a disagreement about contraception. Government propaganda. The Catholics were behind Hitler and helped him get into power, this was before his true colors were known. After he was in power, he coudln’t be in-debted to the Catholics, so he had to attack them too. Plenty of priests and bishops suffered greatly under Hitler. People seem to only remember the 6 million Jews, but Hitler got rid of close to 20 million people alltogether. I am not comparing Obama to Hitler, but the Catholic vote went to Obama in 2008. Obama is on a powertrip and wants the power to himself. He can’t have any Catholics out there wanting from him so he must “attack” and Obama needs all the non-Catholics to help. Maybe that is why Beck says “we are all Catholics now”. Don’t let history repeat itself.
friscokid1
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 1:09amSantorum only agrees w/ the Constitution when it fits in w/ his totalitarian viewpoints. He is no different than Obama or the liberals. Nothing like the “Tea Party candidate” and the ‘small government candidate’ running around talking about banning porn and contraception because it is corrupting our country. Contraception is ruining women but Ricks own wife was making the bed rock w/ an abortion doctor who was not only over 30 years older than her, but also delivered her into this world.
So Rick liked No Child Left Behind, Medicare Plan D, Unconstitutional wars, raising the debt ceiling, supporting pro choice Arlen Specter who helped pass Obamacare…. But he “found God” or has “seen the light” so you guys forgive him lol. What a joke
How does anybody support this guy? Better yet, what is it about him that makes Beck like him so much? Some of you ‘conservatives’ are no better than the liberals you despise.
Report Post »friscokid1
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 12:58amMaybe attacking the language they speak and trying to force English on them right before they vote wasn’t such a good idea. Also, calling them a “spanish speaking COUNTRY” when they are the 51st state didn’t help either. But Santorum is for states rights and freedom so him forcing a state to adopt a federal language is obviously the pro freedom thing to do…. lol. This guy is a joke and the biggest hypocrite i’ve ever seen.
Report Post »Delores at CH WV
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:16pmMany American Catholics were never going to vote for Rick anyway. They are big government hacks alike Nancy P. and Senator Kerry and very liberal.
These Kennedy Catholics have converted their church from the real BIBLE teachings of GOD; They show up for church to look good and go back into their dark mansions for the real fun. Rick and Karen are humble people for limited government. They confess their sins before God and try to live a true christian life.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:45pmYou know them?
Report Post »MS-GlenNBC
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:45pmWhat is more big government than Healthcare?
Keep Smoking the Willard.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 12:47amMS-GLENNBC… You lefties are so afraid of Mitt Romney.. and you should… you should indeed!
Report Post »destrecht
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 10:38pmWell, the real story is you can see how well formed in their faith they are by who they vote for. Products of the seventies and eighties. Weak bishops and poor formation. One good thing I can see coming out of this HHS crap is the newer Bishops are leading again.
Report Post »political refugee
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:02pmAmen
Report Post »Chromo200
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 10:05pmFine let the Catholics vote for Obama and see what will happen to the church and their hospitals.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 12:51amThe only Catholics who would vote for Obama really ought to be excommunicated.. Real Catholics stick together.. and those leftie priests out there.. I wonder if your days are numbered. I ask the Pope to send them all to some Communist or Socialist country and then when they start screaming their heads off.. well please, for our sakes leave them there!
Report Post »edmundburk
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 9:26pm@A HOOSIER SAYS- a dumbass says what?
Report Post »neverending
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 9:08pmSo much for exit polling.
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 8:50pmSantorum chose to run as the God canidate and people somehow believe they are voting for God when they cast a vote for him…Romney chose the “look presidential”angle…Newt chose the“attack the media”angle…Ron Paul chose the “be consistent,wise,and honorable”angle…Ron Paul is in last place…Why?…Becuase Americans can”t think for themselves,and in many ways deserve the shackels they will be voting for
Report Post »mathwonk
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 8:55pmkaren santorum dated an abortion doctor through most of her 20′s. why are the evangelicals voting for rick? do they really believe that God is on his side?
Report Post »A Hoosier Says
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 9:15pmSometimes the truth hurts, and people don’t want to hear it. That‘s why Paul isn’t winning. It really is a shame.
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 10:11pmOr maybe it has something to do with Ron Paul doing a lousy job of motivating the voters to want to vote for him. He has a good message, but he’s the wrong messenger — next time you want a libertarian in the White House, find a stronger candidate.
Report Post »hi
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 10:23pmMathwork
Report Post »Wow!
All I can say is people change and she probably has asked God’s forgiveness. The beauty of Christ is Grace and forgiveness.
God opened her eyes to the liberal lies.
ashestoashes
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 10:24pm@LOOK$THEBIGPICTURE Find a stronger candidate than Ron Paul? How about someone the media will give decent coverage to..this video shows how the press treated Paul..and how they manipulated the sheeple.Who is this jerk..Bret Humes?
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn5A3VhQI4U&feature=email
Look4DBigPicture
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 10:29pmMATHWONK … We all make immature stupid and ill informed decisions in our 20′s. The point is, that was a long time ago, she’s no longer associated with him, she’s matured, found God, and fought hard against abortion for years … all making your comment a moot point.
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 10:33pmASHESTOASHES…I like Ron Paul, but I can easily see why he doesn’t get the coverage and votes he needs. He doesn’t sell himself as a strong leader and often comes across as meek. May I suggest a libertarian like Judge Napolitano? Someone with some excitement and conviction in his voice.
Report Post »spfoam1
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 10:54pmRon Paul is last because his foreign policies are insane.
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 10:56pm@LOOK4THEBIGPICTURE. Paul didn’t have the right message for the money people..I recently saw a video where the Rothchilds who own the Federal Reserve own the media.. You have probably seen that whoever the media (Rothchilds) pick as their darling are most likely to win..The message should be the strong point of a candidate..One who has voted in favor of the Constitution every time and who has fought not to hurt us..I agree with you about Judge Napolitano..he was telling it like it is and he was as I remember..supporting Paul..I think he might have had a position with Paul. I read that the money wheel decide the wars and can easily get people to go along..whether Communists, fascists dictatorship.a Parliament or a democracy..all they have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger..It works the same in every country..This was in effect was stated by Herman Goering..Hitler’s Reich-Marshal at the Nuremberh trials after World War 11
Report Post »mathwonk
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:02pm@look4dbigpicture
it should be noted that the people on this site openly criticize obama, romney, paul, newt, etc., for things that they did decades ago. however, the santorums always get a pass…
Report Post »bigspike
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 6:48amno, it‘s the ’crazy as an outhouse rat‘ thing that’s doomed RonPaul’s chances…he’s never won a race outside of Galveston; and the only reason he’s won those is because of his long-standing career as a pork producer
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 8:23pmCatholics tend to be better educated than the population as a whole.
They are less inclined to fall for the scare tactics Mr. Santorum is using. Think about it: “vote for me or your country will fall apart.”
Mr. Santorum is not Mr. Beck. He can not predict the future. And neither can he guarantee a diffent outcome.
George Bush the younger said that President -elcet Obama would find out that there really aren’t many options available. And he has.
So would Mr. Santorum.
Catholics see Mr. Santorum as an embarrassment.
Report Post »Patrick Henry II
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 9:45pmActually mostly because many Catholics are big government liberals or socialists. Liberation hads its start in the Catholic Church long before Jeramiah Wright. The current Pope wa on the fron lines battling it back then in central America. The Saul Alinski deciples have infused the Catholic Church in the US.
Report Post »hi
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 9:48pmThat’s because Catholics vote for social justice, which is worse than communism. The poor have a RIGHT to take from the rich.
Report Post »They voted for Romney since he is just like Obama.
mathwonk
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:28pm@hi
catholics do believe in social justice. i believe that you are referencing the so called preferential option for the poor. that is, you are referencing the catholic doctrine that each of us has an obligation to assist the poor. it has nothing to do with coercive income redistribution by the federal government. in fact, many catholics believe that free-market capitalism best leads to social justice. please check the following link for more information on this topic- http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/.
it should be noted that rick santorum has given less than 2% of his yearly income to charities. therefore, i contend that santorum has neglected to fulfill his catholic duty to assist the poor. indeed, this is a man who makes a near seven figure income. it should also be noted that mitt romney gives nearly 14% of his yearly earnings to charity.
Report Post »BOONDOCK SAINT
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 3:11am@PatrickHenry – Good point, however, allow me to offer you some hope. There are thousands of adults who are converting to the Catholic church in recent years who are conservative politically and take the sacraments and all that the Catholic church teaches to their deepest hearts. These adult converts are actually the ones who are showing the error in previous Catholic ways and CINO’s. The advantage that the adult converts have over those CINOs or Cradle Catholics is that these adults, as they go through a year or even two years of Catholic RCIA classes, learning Catholic doctrine and theology, know what the Catholic church is about way more than those CINOs do and it is beginning to show and eyes are being opened from the dark veil that fell over their eyes. I believe you will find in this election and coming elections a far more conservative vote from Catholics.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 8:21pmIt’s the Pentecostals, Nazarenes and Southern Baptists who are loving on Pastor Rick, On votin’ day they lay down their handling snakes, their fried chicken, their gators, their fruitcakes and their banjos and head off to the votin’ place to cast their ballot for Pastor Rick. He smiles like cousin Leroy. Afterwards, they all get together at the church hall and eat lots of bread pudding while they watch the results on the television box.
Report Post »edmundburk
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 9:30pm@DISENLIGHTENED-STFU you nasty romney troll!!
Report Post »flipper1073
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 7:39am@ EDMUND
Disenlighten Supports Mitt Romney nothing wrong with that.
Some people on here Support Ron Paul nothing wrong with
that either. This board is about Political Discourse not personal
Attacks. I’m assuming you support Rick Santorum ? Tell me Why ?
Have you been a Santorum supporter from the begining or is He
the Last in a long line of Anyone but Romney ? I liked Michele Bachman
never cared for Rick Perry Loved Herman Cain until 999. I’m personally for
a Flat Tax everyone Pays (No more Earned Income Credit) Social Engineering
with the Tax Code is Wrong (It’s Called a Progressive Tax code for a reason).
Sorry I got off subject Rick Santorum is a Nice Guy but I personally don’t think
He’s strong enough to win the Nomination. Maybe if he teams up with Newt but
I don’t think he would take VP at this point. An to put him at the Top an Newt as
VP would be a total Mistake it would however unify the Conservative Base.
So Let’s talk Politics just leave the Name Calling an Religious Bigotory OUT !
I get Attacked almost every time I mention that I’m (whisper L.D.S.) even though
I’m not for Mitt Romney at this point.
PS
Report Post »DISENLIGHTENED Doesn‘t need me to defend him He’s one of the smartest
poster’s on here an He does it with Humor which I Enjoy. I Disagree with
SPANKDAMONKEY on Sarah Palin but I enjoy his Comments.
Disagree Respectfully an People will listen to You.
Just My Opinion An not endorsed by any Candidate
lukerw
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 7:14pmIt’s hard to Help people… who do not want Help!
Report Post »geonj
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 7:04pmpoor polling. you don’t allow for the differentiation between liberal sinners in the Catholic church, and conservative Catholics who follow church doctrine and live in a state of grace, rejecting abortion and following church approved birth control.
Report Post »mathwonk
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 8:25pmkaren santorum dated an abortion doctor through most of her 20′s. how can rick and his supporters claim to have God on their side?
Report Post »spirited
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 12:04pmAh, Poor Karen.
Rick must have MADE her carry and deliver seven (7) children.
>and probably locks her in the house to home school.
Report Post »RobMac68
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 12:39pmcute, SPIRITED. It definately sounds like 2 different Karens. Maybe, as many already pointed out, it is repentance. Some, mathwonk, might not understand this.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 6:57pmIf you guys want a Messiah… reelect Obama. We The People… are responsible for this Government… and All the Representatives… thereby for Our destruction or success!
Report Post »BOONDOCK SAINT
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 6:53pmTRUTH IS – http://www.phatmass.com/dust/98percent/
Report Post »98% of Obama Supporters Do Not Understand Statistics
The Lie: The Obama administration said, “…most women, including 98 percent of Catholic women, have used contraception.”
The Truth: According to their own study it can only legitimately claim: “at least 24 percent of Catholic women have used contraception”.
Ever since President Obama came out with his HHS Mandate “compromise” I’ve seen the “98% of Catholics use contraception” statistic everywhere. Here are some of my favorites:
“Nearly 99 percent of all women have relied on contraception at some point in their lives –- 99 percent.” – President Obama (source)
“According to a study by the Guttmacher Institute, most women, including 98 percent of Catholic women, have used contraception.” – Cecilia Muñoz, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council (source)
“In fact, 98 percent of Catholic women use birth control at some point in their lifetimes.” – NPR (source)
The study that the Obama administration is citing is from the Guttmacher Institute (source). The Guttmacher Institute was founded by Planned Parenthood, and takes it’s name from a former Planned Parenthood president (source). Planned Parenthood is the largest provider of contraception and abortion in this country. They have a vested interest in making the HHS Mandate come to fruition.
justyntoo
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 6:52pmpelosi , biden , kerry , and other suposed catholics have used their -faith- with the intent of saying they know what right -follow me . these are people that the average catholic is embaressed by and so there is a tendancy to shy away from those who profess . in this case santorum is devout and it is unfortunate that others have muddied the water . as time goes on more people will look at the facts and vote acordingly.
Report Post »DownWithDems
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:01pmHopefully they will vote against PHONY Santorum.
He has about as much chance of becoming the nominee as Cinderella does.
Anyone voting for Santorum is voting for Obama.
It amazes me that the people who want Obama out the most, are voting for the
Report Post »weakest candidate out there. Where are their brains. What if anything, are they
thinking?
youdidthis
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 6:34pmthat be true
Report Post »youdidthis
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 6:34pmricky doesnt even know the constitution…
btw ricky…where is your bc and papers.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 7:03pmHe thinks Puerto Ricans peak Spanish too…What a dolt.
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