Santorum: The ‘Cancer’ of Radical Islam Must be Confronted
- Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:23am by
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For the record, former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum is not an Islamaphobe (whatever that is). In fact, in a recent interview with the Des Moines Register, the GOP presidential candidate made a careful distinction between Muslims and radical jihadists, claiming that the former suffers the most at the hands of the latter.
The Pennsylvanian Republican continued in this vein and took a hard line against radical Islam. He called it a “very dangerous thing” and said that the Islamic world, in conjunction with the U.S., needs “to confront this cancer within,” reports the Register.
Here are edited excerpts of the interview:
Q: You don’t always temper your remarks by saying Islam is a peaceful religion, that it’s nonviolent. Is that something that you believe?
A: Well, I use the modifier radical Islam. I don’t say that all Muslims are radicals; clearly they are not. The folks who are most harmed by radical Islam are Muslims in that region of the world who are living like, for example, in Iran. We have a radical theocracy that is in charge of Iran, and the vast majority of the Iranians, almost all of which are Muslims, are being persecuted and killed by that regime and tortured by that regime and are oppressed by that regime.
Q: A lot of people who are bent on doing the right thing are also very fearful of doing the wrong thing. Is that something that you worry about?
A: No, I’m not a risk-averse person. I really believe that you go out there and you do your best and you try your best to move whatever it is. Whether it is raising your children or coaching your Little League team, you believe, you try to measure the situation, gather all the information and then go out and make a difference. This country is not for the timid of heart.
Q: What do you think is going on in the party that someone like Donald Trump can hold so much influence?
A: Well, I don’t think it’s the party, I just think it’s the nature of the country. We’re a celebrity-driven culture, and he is a celebrity, and … television does that to folks, and people want to hear and are interested in folks like Kim Kardashian for some unknown reason. Why? Because she’s a celebrity. I trust the Iowa caucus-goer they’re not going to be driven by celebrity politics.
Q: When you lost your Senate race in 2006, it was a bad year for Republicans to be sure, but you also lost by 18 points. What happened there?
A: Well, it was a horrible year in Pennsylvania. We lost the governorship by over 20 points. We lost the House of Representatives by historic margins. We had unfortunately two members of Congress in our congressional delegations who were involved in very sordid scandals, one that blew up two weeks before the election. We had a Democratic governor who was very popular and turned out a huge vote in the city of Philadelphia, which is where he’s from. So, it was pretty much a formula for disaster.
Q: You have often been an underdog in the races that you have had. I’m beginning to think personally you like being the underdog, up to a point. Are we past that point now?
A: Oh, no, I don’t think so. I think you realize that folks here in Iowa are still going through the process of making up their minds, and I feel very comfortable that they’re looking at someone who has worked hard here in Iowa, who has made himself available and accountable to the people of Iowa. I feel very good that the momentum is definitely in our favor.
“Santorum has been campaigning daily in Iowa since Thursday. He plans to keep barnstorming the state until he takes a break on Christmas Eve to be with his family,” reports the Register.
Given his social and fiscal stances, one may wonder why Sen. Santorum is consistently polling below Newt Gingrich, of all people.
(h/t Weasel Zippers)
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Comments (102)
zoo9guy
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:28pmRIck, you got my vote only if you get M.B. as your V.P. she‘s a firecracker and won’t take guff from anyone.
Report Post »yiska8
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 5:00pmBachmann has been pushed to the fringes of all the debates unless she makes a mistake. She’s been paying attention to the Tea Party from the beginning and has voted against the bailouts and against Obamacare. She knows her numbers and seems to have a strong footing when it comes to foreign intelligence. She could clobber Obama in a debate like Tyson vs. Holmes if she was allowed to do so. This lady fights for every second of time she’s given by the worthless mindless people pretending to be journalists on that stage. Rick Santorum never gets enough time to speak, but when he does he comes off as whiney. It‘s like he’s reaching for credit on everything he has done, but what else can he do when the media ignores most of the candidates on the stage.The others do it, but are more adept at reminding people of their accomplishments. The ones they fear most and make the most sense are ignored and the puppet loser will be chosen for Obama to beat.
Report Post »Freedom.Fighter
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 5:05pmIf we could only get M.B. from fudging numbers and coming up false on toom nay fact-checkers then she just might have a chance.
Report Post »tmplarnite
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 5:34pmHe’s delusional….ALL muslims “ARE” RADICAL!
Report Post »Look for the truth
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 8:48pmSantorum has been my guy from the first debate.
Report Post »if you are voting for Mitt, or Newt please consider RICK
Vechorik
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:54amI just hope we still have bases in England, or King George III is going to come back and enslave Americans again.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:00amRick Santorum = War War War/ I hate muslims.
Bachmann = Rights-trampling Patriot Act. Look at my crazy eyes, and… Jesus.
Both of them are neocon warmongering perpetrators.
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 2:30pmSantorum’s answer to everything is WAR! There are other ways and other reasons:
Ron Paul “Why they want to kill us!” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPFQaLh-ycM
Ron Paul is Israel’s Greatest Ally: l http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7d5XeeYrrA
Report Post »SLEUTH
Posted on December 17, 2011 at 9:46amV-MAN MACE – You write like how you read? Well you read WRONG. Rick said ‘Radial Muslims’, the key word is ‘Radical’. Learn to read and for that matter listen. The only ones who ‘HATE’ and want to ‘KILL’ us, and any one who doesn‘t agree with their religon is the ’Muslim religon. Ron Paul has cotton between he’s ears, seems you do too.
Report Post »guido.cavalcanti
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:21pmI know Glenn supports Santorum as a candidate, most likely because of his pro-Israeli stance but this guy scares me. This guy is John McCain version 2.0 with but whose agenda is fight off the ailments of homosexuality in the United States. Santorum probably has his head too far up your butt to hear this, but gays are not the biggest problem this country is facing! Fixing the family unit and gay marriage are important issues, but not when this country is inches away from an all out collapse. Maybe his message would resonate with me when our country is completely out of debt and we have 3% unemployment and 8% growth on GDP/year again. But until then, I think we have bigger issues in this country than the Defense of Marriage Act.
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:46pmIsrael is the problem. Radical Christian Zionist fundamentalists are the problem.
Report Post »SoupSandwich
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:58pmGood answer. Smacky, take your meds and turn off the computer. Troll on along now Smacky.
Report Post »guido.cavalcanti
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 3:44pm@SOUPSANDWICH No troll here mate, unless by troll you mean someone who is trying to stifle the discussion with erroneous or sensational comments, in which case, that would seem to be you. Please add something of substance or go back to posting comments in Rick Perry’s forum. Even larger than the problem of Progressive Democrats, is Progressive Republicans who don’t know their Progressive, and I’m not talking about Santorum.
Report Post »franny1951
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 4:18pmI believe Santorum knows our priorities, but it is good to know what he believes about all issues.
Report Post »shilde58
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 4:41pmSmackdown33 – how can one little country like israel be the problem, seems to me that all the loons are in iran, eypt, syria and the other countries surrounding israel. They are the ones destroying their countries with the muslim brotherhood b.S.!
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 4:51pmshilde58, good question.
Report Post »The tiny country of Israel has far too much power in our halls of power. America‘s interests are not Israel’s interests, and far too often, America’s are cast aside for the small. We, America, act as if Israel is our 51st state, 58th if you’re Obama. It is not. In fact, our unconditional support of Israel has cost us in lives wealth, and international credibility.
Israel is our cancer, and only the religious fundamentalists can not see this.
SLEUTH
Posted on December 17, 2011 at 9:55amGUIDO.CAVALCANTI – What good are your freedom, economy or anything you may hold dear if we can‘t or won’t defend ourselves from within and without?
Report Post »Without our military we won’t have any of the above. We must keep our enemies at bay while we fix our economy. We need a strong military first and formost.
Thevoice
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:12pmThe “cancer of Islam” ..Well boys and girls we had the opportunity to sort this out 9/12 ….Again look at the news today …Iran has threatened time and time again to shut off shipping through the straights We had a enemy .With a clear message sent to us on 9/11 with a decapitation strike. Instead of doing what needed to be done .Defeat to surrender our enemy our leadership fell into the sin of self gratification …And today we are left with what that sin has created moral decay economic laziness and the slow lost of your freedoms and liberties. Now everyone wants out of that hole just different ways the left want to steal what little is left of someone else’s and the right thinks they can control our way out…..But neither will work until you decide first to be men and destroy to surrender your enemy. What ever any Republican or demorcrate does ..The enemy is still there and growning. And you can’t pray this evil away. You can pray for God to give you the wisdom to defeat it.
Report Post »Wurlitzer28
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 3:35pmWorld wide we have way too many “leaders” refusing to call a spade a spade and Is-slime the satanic hate cult that it is.
It is not and never has been a religion of peace. Anyone who says then never read their comic book for r e t a r d s called the koran.
A moderate mudslime is simply a mudslime who cheers behind closed doors when the rag heads kill someone. All the dancing in the streets after 9/11 demonstrated to any thinking adult that Is-Slime is a gutter hate cult no better than the KKK.
The stone cold silence from the rest of the rag head world also showed the rest of us, these people are not to be trusted in a civilized world. Is-Slime has brought nothing but death and destruction since its creation by an insane child molester. It has contributed nothing to the human experience except pain and suffering. Still we have the vast majority of politicians all over the world lying about the religion of peace.
Citizens of the world will have to defend themselves if our government do not do their single most important job of protecting us. There are factories of mass destruction all over the world. Mudslimes call them Mosques but they are nothing but human weapons factories.
Report Post »NickyLouse
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 11:46amWurlitzer,
Report Post »Are you sure that you have an opinion on this matter? You seem a little wavering on your beliefs.
louise
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 6:30amWurlitzer………..
Report Post »God will do the confronting. All you need to be concerned about is your own obedience to Him
louise
Posted on December 15, 2011 at 6:35amTheVoice,
Report Post »God has already told us what will happen
mrsalvage2
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:07pmYes Senator, but first we must confront the reality that you are:
Santorum = Political Insider – Conservative Progressive – Willing Aider and Abeter and Seditious Traitor of the Communists Hagalian Dialectic Political Theatre of the U.S. Congress (Congressional Compromise) and has not exposed the Lawyer Aristorcracy operating with altered rules that eliminated the Preamble to the Bill of Rights which was to RESTRAIN all of their actions.
Your opponents are JUST LIKE YOU:
Romney = Political Insider – Conservative Progressive – ORomney Care
Gingrich = Political Insider – Conservative Progressive- Immivasion Supporter
Perry = Political Insider – Conservative Progressive – Immivasion Supporter
Huntsman = Political Insider – Conservative Progressive – return of the Manchurian Candidate Obomber Chinese Ambassador, we might as well be voting for Bill Clinton giving the Keys to our Carrier Fleet to China.
Bachmann – Unrepentant IRS Paper Terrorist – Proud of her participation in the Great Income Tax Fraud against Sovereign Americans as the 16th Amendment gave no new power of Taxation (Stanton v. Baltic Mining) just as no Statute Law can stand against UNALIENALBE RIGHTS (West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette) – She is a FAKE just like NDAA DeMint!
See, the whole political make up was recreated by the reality created by the Federal Reserve Act, WHOREDOM!
Glad that we can now talk about the delicate Balance that Ron Paul Represents
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:48pmYour political analysis is as crazy as any religious fanatic spouting off about demons and the Whore of Babylon. there’s no real world sensitivity in your comment. It‘s all black and white and you’re the spirit-filled prophet making declarations from on high.
Report Post »alwayshappy
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:04pmAmen!
Report Post »elosogrande
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 1:56pmHere’s a question to ask Rick Santorum. How much money did Congress spend, by year, while Santorum was The Senator from Pennsylvania? I believe the answer makes him a poor chioice for public office. He should go find a job in the environment he helped create while in office.
Then again, he doesn’t need a job, because American Taxpayers are still supporting him and providing free healthcare for his family…for doing a bad job.
Report Post »Pearsontech
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 1:36pmGlen asks why Newt is ahead, but he only touches on one possible aspect and that‘s that people don’t know or seem to forget about what Newt is and what he has stood for in the past. Why are conservatives polling for Newt? Not just because they are afraid he is maybe the only one that can win, I think the real reason is that Newt is not afraid to attack Obama and his policies. I agree with Rush when he says the reason Newt is doing well is he is going after Obama. If Rick or Michelle or any of the other “conservatives” would stop fighting among each other and really go after Obama and his policies HARD I think you would see a very quick shift in support. Stand the hell up and show the people the difference between what is right for this country and what is wrong for this country not just two different flavors of wrong. Look guys this is just the primary. Stop trying to vote like its the general election. VOTE for who you believe represents your values the most and let the chips fall where they may don’t worry about if “they can win or not” If they don‘t win fine you don’t want Obama vote for the other guy and put your vote against Obama then but don’t throw in the towel now people. NOW is the time to raise your voice to vote for your choice. Stop letting people tell you that you have no hope. “hope deferred makes the heart sick”. At this stage don‘t pick based on who you are told can and can’t win pick the person you really want.
Report Post »Poorfessor
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:20pmIn the Primary one is not running against the other party, the insane notion that you should not attack your other opponents in the Primary, is an artful way of manipulating the people into voting for the candidate that the MS give the most favorable coverage. Notice how unfairly the time is dispensed in the debates. The only way Rick or Michelle get any face time is if they attack, this is by design.
Report Post »NickyLouse
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 11:52amIf your state doesn’t vote by Super Tuesday, you don’t have a voice anyway. T.E.A. Party needs a real choice who can be elected on a single day. With information so readily available in today’s age of communication, there is no longer any reason to give favor to a few states.
Report Post »nueces
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:51pmTake a 15 year old muslim raised by a peace loving moderate muslim family and give him to any radical (most are) imam for a few months of koranic brainwashing and you have a suicide-bomer ready for deployment. Islam is a demoncratic religion of conquest. Murder is its tool. Allah is no god.
Report Post »Top_Down
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 1:06pmWhy is Santorum going to the Trump debate? Trump just disrespected him on the O’Reilly show yesterday. ( http://url2it.com/klgf ) Trump doesn’t care about him and will never endorse him.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 1:27pm… I do not believe there is a distiction between radical Islam and everyday muslims. They must ALL be treated as enemies of the United States of America! The immigration of ALL muslims must be stopped! Muslims already in our country must be deported and repatriated back to their points of origin! We need to accept the fact, and to hell with political correctness, that it is OK to say that there are people in the world who do no belong in America and muslim’s are those people! They cannot be trusted! We know the agenda of ISLAM, and ISLAM is our enemy!! And yet our politicians continue to allow muslims to immigrate here! Muslims do not belong in America. Muslims do not DESERVE to be in America! And I put all American politicians on notice right now: That if any of my family or friends are killed or hurt by a murderin’ muslim immigrant / citizen within the borders of America, I will hold them PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE, and I will do that with a vengeance!
STOP THE MADNESS OF MUSLIM IMMIGRATION INTO AMERICA!!!!
Report Post »Marci
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 1:33pmYou have that correct Nueces. Islam is not a true religion, it’s a way to dictate people, period.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 3:00pm“Why is Santorum going to the Trump debate?”
He isn‘t going to get Trump’s endorcement. He is going in order to get TV exposure, something that his meager campaign can’t readily afford.
Report Post »Cymry
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:18pmJust signed up to volunteer for Rick. Phone calls, yard signs…….get my slightly overweight butt off the couch and into action.
Awake America, Awake!
Report Post »LibertyGoddess
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:21pmThank you. Anyone but Newt. http://www.newtexposed.com
Report Post »AhLeahIris
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:26pmAll true. While we consider how the next President will confront radical Islam, we must figure out how to confront the radical we now face at home: http://wp.me/p1HGwx-1HL
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:35pmJingoism at its best. The cancer of radical Zionism must be confronted. Even Glenn Beck, when given the choice of dumping Israel and saving America, said that he would have a hard time making that choice. Shows us what the real threat is.
Report Post »blaaaaackwoman
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:41pmIf you compare the freedoms of the people in Israel vs any of the Muslim countries the answer is obvious, we must annihilate every Muslim and give every square inch of their land to the Jews. That is the only way to save mother earth.
Report Post »garyM
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:14pmI agree wirh dealing with the cancer Rick, Beck did allot of good exposing radical muslims for awhile and now he has got off on mormon rabbitt trail trying to lead sheep to slaughter!
Report Post »LibertyGoddess
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:22pmChristian Taliban is just as bad as radical Islamists. You need to take you turban off and study the part about “loving your neighbor as yourself”. We don’t want to hear about your bigotry.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:32pmLOL .. watch out for those Christians blowing themselves and others up … yea okay … you ever been on “The View” ???
Report Post »LibertyGoddess
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:55pmThe Christian Taliban is just as pathetic as the radical Islamists:
Islam hates Israel with irrational passion. Christians hate Mormons, Catholics and Jews the same way. No tolerance for anyone but themselves.
Islam will damn you to hell and Christians will damn you to hell.
Islam will kill in the name of Allah. Christians have done so throughout history in the name of Christ. Today, they metaphorically kill you with their dogma and angry words. They will tell you they must defend Christ, but Christ didn’t ask them to fight with their neighbors, he asked them to love them, turn the other cheek, and reach out to their enemies.
You can shout from the roof tops all day your love for Christ, but your actions and words tell us differently. Your arrogance is astounding. Your filthy lucre is on display and your very elect have been deceived. Your very choice of Newt is all I need to know about your hypocrisy. You do not walk the talk. You speak of Christ with your lips, but your heart if far from him.
Report Post »Duey2000
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 1:11pmWow Libertygoddess. Just wow. As a Christian, I would consider the people of Israel to be God’s people, so I would not dare rise up against them. I’ve never thought of Catholics as anything other than Christians. And while I may not agree with the mormons, I do not hate them nor find them evil. You make pretty broad generalizations about Christianity. I would suggest getting out and speaking to more Christians rather than just get your information from the internet.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 1:28pm“Today, they [Christians] metaphorically kill you with their dogma and angry words.”
Oh heaven forfend that anyone should be “metaphorically” killed. That must be so metaphorically horrific. Why that’s ALMOST as bad as being ACTUALLY killed.
Almost, but not quite. Oh the humanity, metaphorically speaking.
Report Post »AMERICA4EVER
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:06pmIt’s just like welfare, if we keep giving to other countries for their defense, then they will never fend for themselves.
Report Post »RedCloudWoundedKnee
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:06pmI could support a Gingrich / Santorum ticket; maybe some future in it. It would help Rick and get rid of Obama.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:03pm.
The ‘Cancer’ of Radical Islam Must be Confronted………..
Well breakout the Nukes, I hear cancer can be cured with radiation…………..
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:24pmDon‘t pull out your gun unless you’re ready to shoot.
The problem with your approach is that there is no way any nation in the West is going to be ready to wage the kind of total war against the Muslim world that would be required to defeat them unless it had been hit with four or more 9/11′s. The Japaneese had to be shocked into surrender. We delicate westerners would have to be simalarly shocked into such iron ruthlessness in war. We haven’t had that kind of steel in the belly since WWII. In Korea we refused to nuke China when they entered the war, even though that would have ended it quickly and decisively, no mere cease-fire as we have now. In Vietnam we ran the war to avoid ugly headlines.
If you want to beat Islam you have to nuke them where it counts. Take out Medina with one strike and then threaten Mecca. Kill their imams wherever they speak out for jihad. You must cripple their religious confidence. Make them doubt that Allah really is on their side. But be ready for massive acts of jihad, and be ready to supress it rithlessly.
Do you think any Western government has the stones to do that?
Me neither.
Report Post »heartitorleaveit
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 2:09amATTENTION BLAZERS! ………………..THE SYMBOL BELOW IS THE EXACT ONE TRANSLATED TO THE ‘666’ SYMBOL IN REVELATIONS 13! الله IS THE ARABIC SYMBOL FOR (wait for it) allah!
The Codex Vaticanus written PRIOR to the birth of muhammad that reads Revelations 13:18: “Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the multitude of the beast: for it is the multitude of a man; and his number is الله.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allah
You can even copy/paste it in google! الله
info on the Vaticus Codex:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Vaticanus
:] God bless America! The Truth Lives Here!
Report Post »NickyLouse
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 12:02pmArabic culture and language stemmed from the line of Ishmael and Edom. It is not surprising that the everlasting enemy of Israel would write a book praising what they refer to as God (Allah) and that it is in stark contrast to the Pentateuch and the rest of the Bible.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:00pmSantorum is alright but he needs to be more forceful and even a little more “right”. He needs to start calling things as they are and not as the leftwing media wants them to be.
Report Post »trenier
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:57amSantorum Paul Ticket, Balance
Report Post »RedCloudWoundedKnee
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:01pmI could go for a Santorum / Paul ticket; as long as it was Rand Paul, Ron’s son and Senator from Kentucky. At least I think Rand & Rick would stand for Israel.
Report Post »guido.cavalcanti
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:31pmI would go for a Paul/Santorum ticket, as long as Santorum is the VP and has as much responsibility as our current VP, that is, none. Other than gay marriage and legislating morality, this guy is John McCain, Mike Huckabee, and George W. Bush all wrapped into one. He wants to be involved in ten simultaneous wars and still maintain our hundreds of foreign bases while still living in complete ignorance of the fact that we can’t actually afford it as a nation anymore. Not withstanding, this guy is actually proud of the fact he voted for the original Patriot Act. I’ve already lived a large part of my life under George W. Bush, and I’ll be damned if I have to live those years over again through Santorum.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:56pmCan anyone name one single way in which the Patriot Act has deprived anyone of actual rights in a way that actually matters. I mean, how has anyone actually FELT the impact of the Patriot Act. We‘ve had it for almost 10 years now and I don’t recal any accounts of actual abuse, of someone having suffered something because of it.
Surely there must be a list of all the awful consequences of this most abusive violation of our Constitutional rights by now. If not, if all the abuses are still only POTENTIAL abuses, that in itself should be noted as quite remarkable; that our government has had a tool for trampling over its citizen‘s rights for 10 years and hasn’t bothered to do it in any noticeable way.
Detroit paperboy
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:56amHey Rick, im pro military too, but were kinda, sorta broke at the moment, if you want to keep these troops deployed all over the world, can you at least get them to write us a check ???? Why should my grandkids pay to defend south korea , japan, Germany, etc…. ? We have missles that can reach anywhere in the world in five minutes from subs and ship and even our homeland….. Im done with us defending the world, or at least im done with us paying for it!!!
Report Post »circleDwagons
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 4:13pmrick and islefordian think that we need to baby sit them, that we have to police others.
Report Post »wewantchillywilly
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:45ami like him but i get this feeling he wants to be the moral police of the world.
Report Post »MaxineH20Sux
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:38amThere is no such thing as radical Islam. It is only Islam. That term was made up in the West!
BTW, Obama’s lovely symbol he uses is the Rising Sun. If you look on his main page and the 2012 items he is selling you will see that. Look up Rising Sun and Islam. CREEPY. The will will rise in the West….
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:46amEat more pork — Gotta run pork chops are ready
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:37am“Radical Islam”? Good job Santorum, there is a difference.
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:36amWhile FOX turned itself into America’s Campaign Headquarters, what a full year ago???!!, the media will run through the gamut of GOP Hopefuls. Not until Nov. 2012 will I KNOW whom I’m going to vote for…and frankly, I would prefer to not vote for “Anybody but Obama”.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:48amOMG .. Obama MUST Go!
;-)
Report Post »Locked
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:32am“Well, I use the modifier radical Islam. I don’t say that all Muslims are radicals; clearly they are not. The folks who are most harmed by radical Islam are Muslims in that region of the world who are living like, for example, in Iran. We have a radical theocracy that is in charge of Iran, and the vast majority of the Iranians, almost all of which are Muslims, are being persecuted and killed by that regime and tortured by that regime and are oppressed by that regime.”
I’ll admit: this is actually a fantastic answer, and rather more tactful than what we usually hear from Santorum. Kudos.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:58amBut the over whelming majority aren’t peaceful, if they were, they would demand the radicals stop their crap and that would be the end of the radicals.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:14pmIt’s a matter of diplomacy that Presidential candidates must take seriously, which Gingrich did not when he spoke “as a historian” about the Palestinians, for which Santorum rightly and gently reminded him in the debate. It feels good to speak the truth and shoot your mouth off, but if it creates more problems than it solves it defeats the purpose.
The fact is that Islam is a violent religion that encourages violence and fanatical reprisals against “offenses” to its honor. People need to speak the truth about this. But it has to be the right people and at the right times because in the Muslim world we are basically dealing with a hostage situation where the hostages takers are insane criminals and the hostages are the peaceful residents of the Muslim world and even the rest of the world where Muslims live and can cause trouble.
Gingrich likes pontificating, and he does it well. But Santorum has shown that he is more interested in excercizing real leadership in a world set with tinderboxes.
Report Post »heartitorleaveit
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:31amsmart man
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:30amAnother great reason for the consideration of Santorum; he speaks the truth and is not afraid to do so.
Report Post »What is truth
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:26amRick Santorum For Prez.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:36amI just heard him on Glenn’s radio show .. Rick is having a No Surrender Moneybomb starting tomorrow at
http://ricksantorum.com/
December 14 – 16
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:25amThe more that I hear from this guy… the more that I like him!
Report Post »circleDwagons
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:33amhe was just on Beck’s show, he has been added to my cain’t vote for. no plan to cut spending, against japan‘s and germany’s right to defend themselves, thinks we should support pakistan because they have nukes …
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:34amWith all the bashing of the other Republican candidates, I think its time we gave Rick a closer look. He might be the only true Conservative on the list.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:37amOK Circle, then there just isn’t a candidate to vote for. Maybe we should reelect Obama. Give us a name someone please. This is getting absurb.
Report Post »circleDwagons
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:49am@nhwinter, brain freeze? Ron Paul, government out of our lives, US not meddling in the affairs of others. if I have the right by GOD to defend myself then countries have the right by GOD to defend themselfs.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:35pmCircle – I will never vote for Ron Paul, never.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 3:43pm“against japan‘s and germany’s right to defend themselves”
How so? Is it that he supports our military presence over there? That wouldn’t be a stand against their RIGHT to defend themselves. It would be a stand against their OBLIGATION to defend themselves. There’s a difference in that.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:01amSaying “I will never vote for Ron Paul” without giving any real reasons shows that you’re just oppositionally defiant.
Your opinion is moot.
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