As an evangelical Christian conservative and member of the Tea Party, I feel compelled to respond here. For some reason, those on the left feel that people like me would just LOVE Rick Santorum to be the nominee for President of the United States from the GOP. Nothing could be farther from the truth. And here's why.
Rick Santorum has ZERO business sense. Romney has run businesses, he has come in and turned around sinking ships and made them profitable. Tea Party activists such as myself, understand that this country is in dire trouble. You can't spend a trillion dollars more than you bring in every year without consequences. Eventually, you will wind up like Greece and Italy. Spending MUST be cut and it must be cut drastically. Hopefully, you can increase the overall economic engine that drives this country which will increase revenue, but you MUST cut spending. And yes, you're going to have to make some hard decisions to cut entitlements somewhere. Romney can do that. I don't think Santorum can. Santorum thinks government. Romney thinks business.
Rick Santorum's statements about his religion are fine, but like some of my friends on the left, a person's religious beliefs need to be spoken about on the national stage as many times as they talk about the color of their under wear. I hate abortion. I think that abortion as a means of birth control is morally wrong. However, I also believe that abortion is a state issue, just like same-sex marriage. If California wants legalized abortion for anyone, then I think that is wonderful for California.
As an ex-cop, I also KNOW that rape and incest are crimes that can victimize a woman for many, many years after the initial act. They are as aggregious as murder. They take away something. A case of rape or incest which results in a pregnancy CAN make the woman a victim yet again. The child becomes a symbol of that crime. Neglect and abuse are right around the corner. Unfortunately, although I believe that a child WAS created, I believe that rape or incest does fit the requirements for abortion IF that is what the woman desires.
Conservatives believe that government is THE PROBLEM, not the solution. Freedom is the answer. Government should be lean, mean, effective, and small. Government should not be and cannot be the answer to all of your problems. Santorum is a conservative, but he is a BIG GOVERNMENT conservative. I see no difference between Santorum's type of beliefs about government and the left. Just a matter of what type of intrusion you want government to be involved in. Our friends on the left absolutely LOVE a nanny state telling McDonald's what they can sell and what they can't sell. Santorum and his type LOVE the 'padre' state. Telling you that you can't do this because THEY feel it's not the right thing for you to do. Uh, no...
Government should be out of our lives... period.
