Faith

Santorum: ‘The Constitution Is There to Do One Thing: Protect God-Given Rights’

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum had several crowd pleasing remarks during Thursday’s GOP debate from Jacksonville on CNN, a strong performance which many speculated was a must for the former Pennsylvania Senator to keep pace in the Florida primary race as Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have begun to separate themselves in the polls.

When an audience member asked the candidates how their religious beliefs would affect their decisions as President, Santorum turned to the nation’s founding documents to reference the relationship between faith and governance.

“The Constitution is there to do one thing, protect God-given rights,” said Santorum. “That’s what makes America different than every other country in the world.”

“When you say ‘faith has nothing to do with it’– faith has everything to do with it,” Santorum went on to say over applause. “If our President believes that rights come to us from the state, everything government gives you, it can take away.

“The role of the government is to protect rights that cannot be taken away.”

USA Today notes that Texas Rep. Ron Paul answered the question by saying that his beliefs affect the way he treats people, and the only thing that affects him, as a congressman or president, is his oath of office. NPR reports that Romney concurred with Paul, but adds that he “would also seek the guidance of providence in making decisions.”

Gingrich answered the question in three parts, saying that “anyone who is president is faced with decisions so enormous they should go to God,” and that faith isn’t just an hour on Sundays. Gingrich closed with a popular argument that he has made before, saying that one of the reasons he is running is because “there has been a war on religion, particularly on Christianity in this country.”

“I frankly believe it’s important to have leadership that says, enough, we are given the right for religious freedom, not religious oppression by the state.”

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  • EBK2011
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:30am

    Did you notice they didn’t allow Santorum to answer the question by the Palestinian-American on the Palestinian/Israel question…hmmmmm..wonder why? Awfully curious, huh?

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  • Aerocog
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:26am

    I’m eating it up, I love it! All good conservative men up there, only issues is finding the best one.

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  • KStret
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:06am

    He sounded like a articulate conservative. I can’t vote for him because the media tells me I can only pick Newt or Mitt. Only the two most liberal candidates can win. Wait a minute…. why would I listen to someone who wants Obama to win. I think I will vote for this Santorum guy…..

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    • NEWSTALKER
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:12am

      HEHE…thats correct, it does seem so very true that the mainstream and the GOP pick for us. I cannot support anyone who goes against our freedoms ( The Mitt/Obama health plan). I absolutely 100% stand by Santorum. I have heard all kinds of IMPORTANT REASONS to NOT vote for the others. I cannot find wrong in Santorum, and the closer I look, the more I agree with about everything he says…Look, we Americans are on the verge of destruction permanently. This is not a passive issue… This was the greatest Constitution and country ever…now what are we going to be? Another past tense Rome?. Now is the time to start defending it from our elected officials before it is too late.

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    • grandma7
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:39am

      WOW!!! Who’s not voting for him, after that!!!
      GO Santorum!!!!!!

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:01am

      Right on, KSTRET.

      Santorum’s statement was spot on, but it’s going to take a long time to turn the tide in our country. With some 20% of Congress openly Progressive, we have got a haul.

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    • Gnostyk
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:23am

      @ Grandma7,

      When Ron Paul has been saying that for 30 years, you simply ignored him. Santorum is statist who believes the government should be in your bedroom.

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    • NWWADD
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:20am

      “The Mitt/Obama health plan” Are you kidding me? Your heads are filled with NEWT, CNN and MSNBC talking points about MITT. I really think our country is in the shape it is in because we have to many people like you. FULL OF 5hit and no brains. You think you know 1/2 what is going on but you don’t. NEWT is a slime ball / Santorm is a Hippocrate and Ron Paul isn’t given the time of day.

      If we just follow the CONSTITUTION then everything would be fine. But I think over all Ron Paul is the only one that would stick to the Constitution 90% of the time. That is what this Election should be all about.

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    • LibertarianRight
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:30am

      Fantastic. He’s a great speaker. A good articulate guy, with some nice rhetoric that doesn’t match his record. That sounds like someone else from the last election cycle…. Oh, yeah! That Obama fellow!

      And he has explicitly come out against my name! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gwwmm-cQxU

      Santorum would continue destroying our currency, push government into the bedroom, and basically reign over your life just like Obama – but like a “conservative”. A pretty speech will never cause me to vote for this giant douche.

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    • Tower7_TRUTH
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:57am

      That includes our pursuit of happiness you NeoCon Warmonger zealot .

      and NO Rick pursuit of happiness do not mean my right to Obey your God.

      But the freedom to choose my own God

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    • RJL
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:28am

      15 minutes into the debate Romney’s nose grew 2 feet. I thought Mormons were moral people? Didn’t know that was his add? What a liar and Wolfe called him on it. Then as a typical millionaire has not a clue where his money is. Swiss bank accounts? Investing in Freddie and Fanny?… come on. At this point he could go toe to toe with Obambie. With his lies and deflections.
      Santorum called him on his Government health care and Mr. Nicely promised it was different. What’s the difference?

      If the Chief in Liar is to be our nominee, then we are better off making sure the Congress and House is Republican and let Obama have the office.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:54am

      The homosexuals in this country are mad because of GOVERMNENT intrusion. Might I add that it is “religion” that the Government is promoting with DOMA…Get the Government out of our lives and they calm down and they prety much lose all their recruiting tools to get other people into their movement. Leave the goofballs alonbe and they go away…

      I am an Evangelical. i do not want my religion or any religion legislated. So what if a man wants to do another man. It is repulsive to me, but who am I to make a law against it? We must first get Government out of licensing marriages and regulating marriages and let the Church do that instead. Then the problem calms down ad goes away…

      Santorum will bring Facism to the public arena. Count on it. BTW…look up Facism before you reply or you will be a fool…

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 7:05am

      Santorum’s statement was spot on, but it’s going to take a long time to turn the tide in our country. With some 20% of Congress openly Progressive, we have got a haul.
      60-70% 0f the Democrats in Congress are hardcore progressive,and I’ld say 30-40% of the Republicans are as well. oh and the president is a saul progressive. YEAH WE GOT ALOT OF WORK TO DO JUST TO GET THIS COUNTRY STARTED BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK

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    • KTsayz
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:07am

      Too bad Santorum doesn’t believe what he says. If he really believed that the Constitution protects our God-given rights he would be against the unPatriot Act and the NDAA, but he’s not.

      Gosh, Santorum really knows how to lie like a politician!

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    • TEXASGRANNY73
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:47am

      @Gnostyk Living in Texas all my life before Ron Paul moved here from Pennsylvania and never heard of him until he runs for President so 30 yrs. hearing him? Not so much. And…are you saying because Santorum doesn’t believe in gay marriage he is to be equated with Barney Frank who just “got married”? Blarney. @Baddoggy I am not a fool and the bible you quote isn’t the same as mine which tells us to not call men fools (thumb points back). Have you also decided who is going to hell? Ain’t your job. @Libertarianright You just described Newt Gingrich who is a self proclaimed Progressive but “uses” Reagan now that he is in the running. So. Baloney.@Everyone else: If you as a conservative Christian (not a Republican) cannot vote for Santorum then vote for one who has found his new found faith after 3rd marriage and called self a Progressive or a Mormon which so many get their panties twisted over (not a problem for me if he is last man standing) or Ron Paul who is libertarian but runs under the Republican banner as he did last election. Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry have left the building because ya didn’t like their conservatism. Bottom line: Put some money where your beliefs are as I did, it is that important to us all. And your faith.. Done and not reading or responding more…I actually have work to do.

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 9:02am

      Platitutes.if the government allows for people to be enslaved by others-you become an enslaved person. if the governemnt allows for you to be arrested -you get arrested.Our rights come fron the consent of the governed and are determined by the government.Believe what you will about them but they come from man and a good government tries to limit the contraints it can impose on individuals.santorum is a sanctimoneous christian-no different then a muslim who believes his ‘rights’ come from God too.just a bit more enlightened in what those rights are.

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    • capnbrit
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 9:15am

      @GNOSTYK
      “When Ron Paul has been saying that for 30 years, you simply ignored him. Santorum is statist who believes the government should be in your bedroom.”

      So, do you ever read anything yourself, or do you simply regurgitate what the other RP fringe says?

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    • Wolf
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 10:06am

      If Santorum’s so adamant about our rights in the Constitution, why doesn’t he asnwer the questionaire sent out by the Second Amendment Foundation and sign the 2A pledge? So far, Santorum is all mouth and no action. No way will I vote for him.

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 11:42am

      I‘d like to hear Santorum’s explanation of these:

      Voting for gun control;

      Voting to give Social Security benefits to illegal aliens, while voting against an additional 1,000 border patrol agents;

      Voting to give $25 million in foreign aid to North Korea;

      Voting to send hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood – the nation’s largest provider of abortion – and hand out hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign aid to enemies of Israel.

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    • Freedomluver
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:45pm

      Santorum is NO conservative.

      http://www.redstate.com/jeff_emanuel/2012/01/11/rick-santorum-a-massively-expanded-welfare-state-is-the-genuine-conservatism-our-founders-envisioned/

      Rick Santorum: A Massively Expanded Welfare State is ‘The Genuine Conservatism our Founders Envisioned’

      “I suspect some will dismiss my ideas as just an extended version of ‘compassionate conservatism.’ Some will reject what I have said as a kind of ‘Big Government Conservatism.’ Some will say that what I’ve tried to argue isn’t conservatism at all. But I believe what I’ve been presenting is the genuine conservatism our Founders envisioned. One that fosters the opportunity for all Americans to live as we are called to live, in selfless families that contribute to the general welfare, the common good”

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gwwmm-cQxU

      Rick Santorum On Small Government (spread far and wide)

      http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/04/santorum_i_endorsed_specter_ag.html

      Santorum endorsed Specter against Toomey in 2004
      ———–

      There is only ONE candidate running who is actually conservative…and that’s Ron Paul.

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    • HBTeaMember
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:59pm

      I just hope the rest of the country see who the true conservative is, Santorum. Our country needs to wake up and vote from the heart. I am so tired of people telling me that Santorum can’t win. Are we people of character and hope or are we just falling for the same old lies that mainstream media did during the McCain presidential election. We need to vote for who we want to win, not the media. Do your own homework, stop listening to the everyone else, we are individuals, not the collective. Go Rick. May God stand behind him and guide Santorum to victory. This is our only hope, don’t blow it America.

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    • littlegirlbigguns
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:27pm

      I too have been going back and forth between Santorum and Newt. The media has made me so Iafraid that vote for anybody but Newt is just insuring a win for Romney. That truely scares me. I refused to let the media force Mitt down my throat at the beginning of this process and now it feels that way again. I have been really unsure of Santorum until last night. I felt like he was really the only true conservative candidate that comes any where close to representing the Tea Party values. However, he was just such ‘milk toast’. Last night he really stepped up to the plate and showed he has what it takes to take on the big government administration and represent the people. My vote will be for Santorum.

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  • EBK2011
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:06am

    Santorum 2012! Why don’t more people realize he is the one who understands best what i needed to “transform”this country???

     
    • abbygirl1994
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:44am

      Because they are being led by the media.. just like they did with Obama. and for that very reason I didn’t vote for him.. If American‘s don’t get it right, we are only going to have more of what we already have.. Instead of being led by the media we need to be led by God.. so starts the beginning of sorrows.. God help us all!

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    • LibertarianRight
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:31am

      Because he has a record of driving up deficits and expanding government’s assumed (unconstitutional) role in education, among other areas.

      You want to restore this country, you need to vote for the Constitution – for the guy who has been saying the same thing Santorum just said for 25+ years and has a record of working on it. Ron Paul 2012.

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 11:46am

      You think faith should guide the country rather than the Constitution?
      That’s fine — UNTIL it‘s no longer YOUR particular religion that’s holding the reins.

      The Constitution was BASED on Biblical principles, so that atheists and other religions wouldn’t be discriminated against. More importantly, the Constitution prevents CHRISTIANS from being discriminated against.

      Instead of sticking to religious principles (whomever they belong) it’s better to stick to the CONSTITUTION!

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  • honor007
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:00am

    Rick is the only one presenting the Conservative principles and ideas. He is not harsh and just plain vicious like the other two. I will give it to Ron Paul because he doesn’t ever disrespect other Candidates. Rick and Ron are the only two Conservative candidates and I do not follow Ron’s foreign Policy.

    Let’s end the madness, vote Conservative and let the best man win.

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    • abbygirl1994
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:51am

      It seems interesting that an organization that appears quite hopeful to see Barack Obama re-elected in 2012, and linked to progressive anti-American globalist George Soros is simultaneously calling for Democrats to register as Republicans and support Ron Paul in the Republican primaries does it not? Look it up! Google Ron Pauls associations with George Soros!

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    • JUSTMYOPINION
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:25am

      I had serious trouble with Ron Paul’s stance on foreign policy until this week. A few things changed my mind. First, he has more support from the military than ALL the other candidates put together. That ought to mean something. I have heard him speak about the role of the military as necessarily strong because it’s their job to protect us. Second, we are at a place economically that we just can’t afford to police the world or send aid to everybody (particularly China!). His policies would put a serious dent in our overseas commitments, and no true conservative can object to that. Third, all this nation-building has done nothing but dirty our hands and kill our troops. We did, after all, give weapons to bin Ladin for years before he became enemy number one. The CIA said we created the blowback that caused the Iran hostage crisis back in the late seventies because we funded the efforts to overthrow their government, which ironically put in control the powers we are currently fending off. Hussein was our ally for years because of the mess we created in Iran. Fourth, we need to get our troops home before the situation in the world becomes so volatile that we find ourselves to be targets for any and every nut case within range of an overseas base.

      I know Ron Paul is not the prettiest or best dressed. But he has support from practically every strata. Please reconsider Paul. Santorum is good. But Paul is better than you think.

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:12am

      @JUSTMYOPINION

      I wonder how many of these are spam bot generated, or paid operatives. You were turned around this week when you just found out about this over-worn talking point? I wish someone would post a link that objectively demonstrates the military support. Sounds like a bogus claim to me.

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:14am

      Huh. Looking at your posting history, JUSTMYOPINION, it looks like you do indeed lean hard left for being a “ conservative Paul supporter”. I guess that‘s because you’re really a leftist.

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    • LibertarianRight
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:42am

      Jaycen: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/07/ron-paul-military-campaign-donations-/1 Here, proof.

      And defaming supporters of another candidate as “spambots and paid operatives” is juvenile. Grow up, open your mind, and stop believing what your government masters tell you about imaginary enemies like Iraq.

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    • LibertarianRight
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:46am

      I wasn’t aware that Conservative principles included doubling the size of the Department of Education and voting against Right to Work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTqIIoDALeA

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    • Joe Schmuck
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:27pm

      @abbygirl1994
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:51am

      “calling for Democrats to register as Republicans and support Ron Paul in the Republican primaries”

      WOW … I checked out your post above. Now that is scary!

      It also explains the ‘bizarre” attitude of so many of the PaulBots!!

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    • Joe Schmuck
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:31pm

      Jaycen
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:12am

      …” military support. Sounds like a bogus claim to me.”

      I’m with you. Military support to any degree, for Ron Paul sounds bogus.

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  • anniedogdoll
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:52am

    @ BootsAreWalkin
    Hear hear!! I couldn’t agree more!

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  • MarsBarsTru7
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:48am

    Santorum and Paul both have my support. The positions they have are sincere. Now, lets give one of them a chance to prove it as President!

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  • SoulReaver
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:43am

    I was going for Newt as I thought Obama would clean up with the other guys. But Rick has finally looked like the fiery guy we are going to need. Romney will get smoked, as will paul.

    The obama machine will be ruthless and with at least a billion dollars and the msm will be there for free.

    Rick is finally standing out and has looked great in the last 3 debates. If I was voting today it would be between Newt and Rick period.

    lets have a debate that focuses on issues like How are you going to make sure that the entitlements are solvent in the least painful way possible.

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  • bullcrapbuster
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:22am

    Go Rick. You hit it right on.

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  • patsun5
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:01am

    Stantorum is the only candidate tonight who wanted to stop the bashing and deal with the issues, He is also the only one who does NOT flip flop depending on which state he is in. Always same values. Constitutional ones. Go Rick!!!!!!

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    • joe conservative
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:09am

      I agree, he had the best moment of the debate. Things kind of calmed down after that as well. This was another example of the liberal media trying to get them to go at each others throats. This short youtube video says it all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5McAksuo5Nc

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    • circleDwagons
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:17am

      No Ron Paul is the only one that is consistent. Pro Military. Pro American. ProFreedom. Pro GOD given rights all.

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:20am

      Would GOD condone slavery ???

      Well then, he would NOT condone The Federal Government Pledging America’s LAND and PEOPLE to the Federal Reserve PRIVATE bank for the 1933 Bankruptcy.

      Tell me how in the #ell the federal government ever got the Authority to pledge Sovereign People for the financial DEBT incurred by other people’s negligence or corruption !!!!!

      Only a 2 minute video to see behind the curtain we could never see until the Internet:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlCs7u1ihws

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    • SoulReaver
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:44am

      Rick rocked tonight.

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    • LibertarianRight
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:10am

      “Stantorum is the only candidate tonight who wanted to stop the bashing and deal with the issues,”

      Do you people just shut off or something when Paul starts talking? Because I distinctly remember him rebuffing a question about the money Mitt and Newt got from Freddie and Fannie so as to focus on the issue of getting rid of the bloated entities and selling them off.

      I suppose if you want to refuse to listen to Paul, that’s fine. Just continue voting between a douche or turd sandwich in every election.

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  • Trading_barracuda
    Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:46pm

    Santorum: ‘The Constitution Is There to Do One Thing, Protect God-Given Rights’
    And I’m God. –Rick Santorum.

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    • decendentof56
      Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:55pm

      Barracuda…..
      You don’t have to like Santorum, but you better not believe your rights come from the government. If you do, then you should ask the Russians, Chinese, Cubans, Iranians, or any other group who have been enslaved how that worked out for them.
      Santorum is correct, and you are a fool if you believe otherwise!

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    • academica2020
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:10am

      Nice try!
      The fact that you don’t like him precedes your ability to agree that he makes a very good point. If Newt or Ron said this (because they seem to have the most active supporters on these sites) you’d be doing cartwheels, OR, you may vehemently disagree because you think that the government is the answer to all of our problems. If that is the case, get in line to collect monies from the Mitt is a capitalist pig faction.

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    • LibertarianRight
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:15am

      The former – that our rights come from God – is true. Santorum, however, has declared that he is going to trample all over them anyway, as (in his own words) “the pursuit of happiness is what is killing America.”

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=03zFTTqHScI

      He doesn’t agree that people should be able to do what pleases them the most. He says that “conservatives” know that people have responsibilities – and Santorum, empowered apparently by God, according to him – is going to spend his entire life forcing you to do it. And how DARE people try to do what they want as long as no one gets hurt (when the entire argument against abortion – the only one that makes sense – is that SOMEONE DOES GET HURT). I‘m surprised he hasn’t gone so far as to demand the repeal (or just ignoring) of the First Amendment’s religious rights to let him mandate Christianity.

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  • SilentReader
    Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:41pm

    That answer by Rick Santorum was exactly right. Our individual rights are God-given and they do not come from any government.

    If you haven’t read the “The Miracle of Freedom: 7 Tipping Points that Saved the World,” please do. Without the advent of Christianity, which is based on the Golden Rule, critical thought and equality, there would be no freedom. Before that there was only bondage. The Founders understood that and it is the basis of our Law, which is the U.S. Constitution.

    Interestingly enough, the first Yugoslavian aka Balkan Christian Serbian Empire’s Constitution was based on these same Christian principles of equality, and Emperor Dusan wrote the Dusanic Law and for the first time in Serbian history the Emperor was not considered above the people but equal to them, as all Kings and Emperors before him had been made Saints and were considered superior to the people they ruled over.

    Understanding the basis for the U.S. Constitution is important to understanding what it means for our individual freedom, and Rick Santorum hit the nail on the head with his answer. And Rick Santorum knows what freedom means because his grandfather left Italy when fascist Mussolini was in power and he knew what it meant to live under a Godless tyranny.

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    • wordweaver
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:54am

      Good words, and I second your book recommendation.

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    • LibertarianRight
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:40am

      This “Golden Rule” being the same one booed in South Carolina when Congressman Paul dared to apply it on an international level as well as an interpersonal level? Because Santorum doesn’t sound like a Christian applying the Golden Rule (or Catholic Just War Theory) – he sounds like a warmongering racist theocratic bastard who sees enemies around every corner.

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    • holy ghostbuster
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:44am

      Our Founders believed that our rights were natural rights that came from our “creator” whatever that was. They used the word “creator,” not God, for a reason. That is because they wanted a secular government that allowed the free practice of all religions or no religion at all. Creator can mean different things to different people. God, Creator, Jesus, Christian, etc. appears nowhere in the Constitution. If you believe that our rights came from the god of the bible or Christian god, then what changed his mind? All you have to do is read a few bible passages to clearly see that biblical people had few rights, supposedly given to them by the same god that gave us ours. If the bible god was so omniscient why did he not inscribe a few of these liberty principles on the tablets? “Thou shalt not own another human being” would have made much more sense than to prohibit coveting your neighbor’s stuff, which amounts to regulating what people think.

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  • UBETHECHANGE
    Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:41pm

    Attn people! Don‘t feed the trolls and maybe they’ll go to sleep soon in their mom’s basement.

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  • BootsAreWalkin
    Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:38pm

    Santorum at least is the closest thing to a genuine conservative left, a decent guy who admittedly cut some deals (supporting that creepy weasel Arlen Specter – Agent Spectre) solely to achieve a higher calling, i.e., save a Supreme Court slot for a conservative. I could vote for him and sleep at night, at least he says what he means. Hope he hits a slam dunk in Florida.

    Ron Paul: Love what he has to say about fiscal policy and constitutional government, but on drugs and foreign policy he is an absolute candidate for the rubber room. He could bunk with Gary Johnson as a matter of fact.

    Romney: And old guard Rockefeller Rupubicon like his dad, his upside is he would not be Obama; his downside is he would be George Bush III. And that has really worked out for us, eh?

    Newt: Newt is everything to everybody, which is always an inevitable failure because you end up being nothing to nobody. Like Clinton, just wants to be President and will do whatever it takes to get there, and would do whatever it takes to stay there. He is Clinton but without the penchant for fat chicks and McDonalds. We already had a Nixon, people….

    While he’s not Ronald Reagan, how I wish Paul Ryan would have stepped up. Not as conservative per se as I would have liked, but my gosh at least he can connect and help people really understand the grave danger our fiscal and monetary policy presents right now. We’ll undoubtedly see him run in 2016 but I really fear that will be too late

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    • circleDwagons
      Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:48pm

      Ron Paul is the man!!! right on so many topics.

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    • academica2020
      Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:50pm

      Ryan is a no brainier!
      But he is smart enough to realize that he will not be taken seriously because he hasn’t managed anything and he is young.
      I’d be the first i line to support him, but if one of these other guys win, Ryan is a definite candidate for Treasury. He’s an economist and he has common sense. Definitely not a guy who would cower to a President who has no concept of financial realities…

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  • academica2020
    Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:34pm

    He nailed it!
    If you don’t agree with this one point, you don’t understand the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution… You can spin this all you want, but he nailed it

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    • decendentof56
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:17am

      Academica………..
      We have went so long without teaching American History that people like beckisai3itch is also an idiot. He (or she) will be the first to cave when the SHTF in this country, then wonder what happened.

      Our founders biggest worry was that what is happening is what would happen. Now, we see a president stand before the American people and ask for power to be consolidated at the Executive level. He has already usurped his authority, and says he will bypass Congress if they do not capitulate to his demands.
      That is incredible….but that so many Americans do not see the danger looming is even more incredible!
      Santorum is the only one I can trust to follow the Constitution, speak his moral convictions, and have the wisdom to realize that the world has changed since our founding. Paul refuses to see that reality.

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    • holy ghostbuster
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:49am

      The changing world is all the more reason we must strictly adhere to the Constitution. It is the recipe for success. Ron Paul is the only candidate that has a command of the Constitution and what it means and he has been more consistent than any other candidate, even Santorum.

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:32pm

      he nailed his pomposity.Whatever he believes in as a right comes from God.what ever he doesn’t believe in-doesn’t.Just like a muslim. saying your rights are God given has no concrete meaning whatsoever-as laws [curtailing your liberty]are made by whatever people in postions of power believe in at any given time.that’s always been the case.One day you have the right to enslave someone -one day you don’t .one day don’t have the right to kill the unborn,one day you do. man decides what your rights are in the real world-not god and of course you can believe that you are conforming to god or no tconforming to his will. everyone can and does determine what his will is.The founding fathers beliefs included beliefs that today are untenable.

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  • vic138
    Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:33pm

    Santorum??? Please. Anyone who confuses the constitution with the declaration of independence will never be president. But, if he runs against Obama I’ll vote for him. He is my least favorite of the 4, Newt third…

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    • brother_ed
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:11am

      @VIC138

      We do have a president who separates the two, Obama.

      The Constitution is the ‘how’, but the Declaration is the ‘why’. They cannot be separated.

      It’s kind of like the Bible, you have to have both the Old & New Testaments or your understanding is incomplete.

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    • joeapp24
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:24am

      Vic..

      Ron Paul is not the only person in the world that read the constitution!! Santorum is simply saying they go together!! Ron Paul for some reason never agrees with Santorum, like tonight, when he called out Newt and Mit on mandates. Santorum said he wants government out of it, and that they both supported mandates. Then you master Ron Paul said he disagreed with all of them, then stated the exact same thing Santorum did!! They are very similar on fiscal policies. Their only differences are national security and how much faith should be apart of government.

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    • CptStubbing
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:06am

      This is where you guys lose me. Massachusetts has every right to make whatever laws they want. If they want to place individual mandates on themselves they are more than welcome to. Santorum seems to be a good man, but his continual attack of states’ rights bothers me. You say he read the constitution, but he wants to still dictate what the states can and can’t do.

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    • UrsaMajor
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:06am

      Vic…

      You DO know that the Declaration is restated IN the Constitution, don’t you?

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  • deac0n
    Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:29pm

    1 abc

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  • Truth Wins Every Time
    Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:15pm

    Santorum wants everyone to believe as he does.

    Now, something I thought of today about Newt.
    Everyone says he goes off on these big ideas in his thinking. Moon colony and etc.
    Well I realized today, I like a guy that can deal with the problems of *now* and also think of the future.
    Thinking big means that someone may come up with an idea that will work and will help our country. Just because it is a big idea that some think is crazy, is no reason not to keep thinking.
    A few things come to mind…..travel to outer space, lightbulb, cars, etc. etc.

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    • academica2020
      Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:30pm

      And Newt wants everyone to believe as he does

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    • Cat
      Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:47pm

      When asked at age 3 by the adults in the room, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
      Did you answer the adults?
      I did … without hesitation
      “Architect, engineer and builder”
      The ONLY thing I had to fight, every step of the way to get there, was the government, the people who had NO God damn idea what they wanted to be when they grew up …

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    • joeapp24
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:29am

      Not when we are running the deficit we are!! Newt is a PROGRESSIVE!! He wants government involved. He has said more than a dozen times, he thinks FDR is the greatest president of the 20th century, if not ever. He supported the new deal. He wants mandates. He said Teddy Roosevelt would be the guy he would model his healthcare after. If you listen, you notice all his big ideas are more government. Colony on the moon, Social security entitlements, healthcare mandates. He can talk up a pretty good conservative message tho. Santorum does not want everone to think like him. He wants you to follow your values and the values this country was founded on. FAITH, FAMILY, FREEDOM.

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  • nonofmybiznez
    Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:15pm

    I think Santorum hit the ball out of the park tonight on many issues.

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    • deac0n
      Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:26pm

      I always like Santorum here in pa. untill he supported specter over toomey . I even contacted his office a dozen times telling him this would loose him many votes the next election but never got an answer back. well he did loose to a weak canidate, casey, because many people were discussed that he did not back toomey here in his area.

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  • ShyLow
    Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:13pm

    Santorum is the heart and soul of the Tea Party…Best speech ever!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3TVoVqvt74

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  • cassandra
    Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:11pm

    Rick won the debate hands down tonight, he is our man

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  • justangry
    Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:09pm

    Sigh, god-given rights with exception to the 4th which he voted against with the Patriot Act. His answer on the NDAA sounded like he came out against it, but the more I thought it about it, it seemed like lawyer double talk. Of the 4 he’s my second pick, but I don’t trust him. My gut is telling me he says what people want to hear and wouldn’t really protect civil liberties at all. I like what he said about supreme court justices, but I don‘t see how those type of justices would support some of the things he’s voted for. Some of you Santorum folks, convince me where I’m wrong.

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    • joeapp24
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:40am

      Hi,

      Rick Santorum is not someone to say what people want to hear. He is talks is depths about social issues other candidates won’t touch. He believes in America the way it was founded. He is passionate about Faith, Family, Freedom, and that they all go together. He believes in the constitution and that is linked together to the declaration. He talks about making bold cuts, and being honest with the people about them. Social security for example…Newt wants to add entitlements that will cost more money when we are running a 1.2 trillion deficit. Rick wants to make cuts that will be uncomfortable with us, but are necessary to get our fiscal house in order. We have to make tough decisions, not lie and make up things that will get a big applause. Is he a perfect candidate? No, but he is the only true conservative running. Romney is a moderate, Newt is a progressive, and Paul is too libertarian. All are better than Obama, but Rick is the strong conservative that we need. God Bless.

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    • LibertarianRight
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:55am

      Hi,

      Ron Paul is not someone to say what people want to hear. He talks in depths about economic issues other candidates won’t touch. He believes in America the way it was founded. He is passionate about Freedom, in the real sense that individuals get to choose their own ends, whether it be Faith, Family, etc. He believes in the Constitution and that is linked together to the Declaration (including that “pursuit of happiness” bit Santorum hates). He talks about making bold cuts, and being honest with the people about them. Social security for example…Newt wants to add entitlements that will cost more money when we are running a 1.2 trillion deficit. Paul wants to make cuts that will be uncomfortable with us, but are necessary to get our fiscal house in order. We have to make tough decisions, not lie and make up things that will get a big applause. Is he a perfect candidate? No, but he is the only true conservative running. Romney is a moderate, Newt is a progressive, and Rick is too authoritarian. All are better than Obama, but Paul is the strong conservative that we need. God Bless.

      Fixed that for you.

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    • LibertarianRight
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:01am

      Rick Santorum is NOT a conservative, anyway: “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, that we shouldn’t get involved in the bedroom, we shouldn’t get involved in cultural issues.”

      -he supported NCLB – a massive expansion of the federal government’s role in education
      -he supported Medicare Part D
      -he voted for the 2005 Highway Bill full of earmarks including the infamous Bridge to Nowhere
      -requested billions for pork projects in PA during his time in Congress
      -In the 2003/2004 session of Congress, Santorum sponsored or cosponsored 51 bills to increase spending and failed to sponsor even one spending cut proposal
      -in 2005/2006 Santorum had one of the biggest spending agendas of any Republican, he sponsored more spending increases than even RINOs like Lisa Murkowski and Lincoln Chafee
      -voted for imported steel tariffs
      -voted for Sarbanes-Oxley
      -he supported RINO Arlen Specter over conservative Pat Toomey

      So basically, Rick Santorum supports a nanny state collectivist government that spends a lot of money and heavily regulates business. Why in the world would conservatives vote for someone like that? The answer is that they probably wouldn’t if they knew the above, but we live in a sound bite world where people don’t dig in tha

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    • justangry
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:32am

      @Joeapp24, I hear ya, but how does faith, family and freedom go with the Patriot Act? Big Sister has run amuck since that blasted law. Depriving people of the 4th admendment rights isn’t consistent with faith, freedom or family, nor are the dispicable actions of the TSA and DHS. Family values? How is allowing TSA to grope your family members consistent with that? These are the laws of tyrants, but if they say they’re for freedom…. well I guess that’s true.

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  • GlennBeckIsA13itch
    Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:08pm

    no. . .Santorum . . .that’s not what constitution does.

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    • BootsAreWalkin
      Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:25pm

      You have logged in to comment twice and bashed on Santorum with no rhyme, reason or evidence. Why even bother?

      State your principled and rationale reasoning for your comments, or shut up and quit wasting air.

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    • academica2020
      Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:40pm

      Please! Please! Share your unbiased wisdom with the rest of us! Please!
      You have every right to say what you think.
      You have an issue with Santorum, please share that…
      He could part the Red Sea and you’d say he is a conjurer.
      So, you like candidate X and you don’t like Santorum.
      Why don’t you just say that instead of trying to be coy?

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    • academica2020
      Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:42pm

      Oh, BTW, Constitutional analysis? State your credentials before you try and school us

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    • decendentof56
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:29am

      Academia and Boots……….
      You’ve been here enough to realize that deamonizing and marginalizing needs no explanation or facts. Its the words that matter to people like beckisa13itch. Call someone a racist or homophobe. Thats all you need to do.
      Beckisa…will vote for Obama. Obama counts on people like him who do not read or have an ability to think critically. It the Dems base, after all.

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    • joeapp24
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:43am

      Let’s hear your version of the constitution!! Legalize weed cause you think its a liberty? Lets all get high, listen to marley, and live in a utopia where Ron Paul rides around on a unicorn handing out joints and peace sign stickers for your VW.

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    • SoulReaver
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:58am

      Yes it does when used in conjunction with the declaration of independence. Rick put it perfectly on Glenns radio show. The constitution is the how the Declaration is the Why. Together they are the reason our country has been great. Liberty is nothing without the right people at the helm.

      Rick is the right guy

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    • LibertarianRight
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:06am

      “Legalize weed cause you think its a liberty?”

      It is. Many of the founders grew it on their plantations. It wasn’t even illegal until the PROGRESSIVE ERA, and society did just fine. Prohibition didn’t work with alcohol, and it isn’t working with weed (or any of the other illegal drugs). It only empowers illegal cartels, and inflames the border issues.

      Think outside the box the schools and media have trained you to stay in, and wake up.

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    • bigspike
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:57am

      no, beckis13timesbrighterthanyou, that’s EXACTLY what the Constitution does

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  • ShyLow
    Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:05pm

    Santorum will fight for you rights… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gwwmm-cQxU&feature=youtu.be No more radical individualism!!!

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  • UBETHECHANGE
    Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:02pm

    He’s right! Rick had a great debate tonight!

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    • ShyLow
      Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:10pm

      Santorum will be the only canidate to get the Government out of your bedroom… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gwwmm-cQxU&feature=youtu.be

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    • timber wolf
      Posted on January 26, 2012 at 11:24pm

      Rick won this debate hands down.

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    • LibertarianRight
      Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:52am

      If Rick “won” the debate, and people vote for him because of it, this is the ultimate affirmation of Barack Obama’s method. Style over substance. Voting records – irrelevant. Actual TEXT of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence (Sanitarium said the “pursuit of happiness” is killing America) – also irrelevant. All we need is a guy that can make a good speech, with rhetoric that fits our ideas..

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  • ConservativesLie
    Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:40am

    And that Republican is working out just great for us isn’t he? Some of the lowest approval ratings in the nation….the guy has shown over and over again he is an idiot and a complete joke to be holding any public office!!!

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