We must do all we can to guard against this mad man.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJE_IXpFWlw]"Retard" Santorum does it again, this time by insulting JFK - YouTube[/ame]

Anyone that will force their religion and way of life on others is a major threat to our constitution and our freedoms. Give your support to Romney so we can stop this madman from destroying our way of life in America.

Originally Posted by The Villager II

We must do all we can to guard against this mad man.

"Retard" Santorum does it again, this time by insulting JFK - YouTube

Anyone that will force their religion and way of life on others is a major threat to our constitution and our freedoms. Give your support to Romney so we can stop this madman from destroying our way of life in America.

Cannot say I like Santorum's version of what the US society should look like either but that hardly rates a comparison with Osama bin Laden. Aren't you forgetting 9/11 entirely when you make such a claim.

This is the danger of hyperbole. An otherwise rational, cogent argument expressing reservations about Rick Santorum is diminished by a sensationalist headline (or, in this case, Thread Title)

So now Rick Santorum in expressing his belief that JFK was wrong in his statement that "the separation of church and state must be absolute" is compared with Osama Bin Laden?

How are you to respond to a person who writes such off the wall statements that have no basis in reality?

1960 was a different time, and many many people were not keen about Catholics in high office due to their belief that Catholics would be answerable to the Pope before the Constitution.

But, the Constitution does not have a restriction against faith in the public square, and there is no "separation of church and state" written into the Constitution. That is a fact that no one can dispute.

In fact, it is quite the opposite. The first amendment to the Constitution guaranteed U.S. citizens the freedom to practice their religion free from government oversight and interference.

Now, Santorum could have been a little more diplomatic in the way he expressed himself, but to degrade him as some sort of monster is now about the stupidest thing I've read on this forum.

Rick Santorum | Church And State | JFK | The Daily Caller

Maybe the great Ronald Reagan can explain this better than I.

Ronald Reagan Tribute -- Bel Air Presbyterian Church - YouTube

BUT, put a madman with his strange beliefs in the white house and you will see the prisons filled with men who wear condoms or women that have a child out of wedlock. When it comes to making laws for all Americans, their is not room for God in that process. Can I get an amen to that. He should be and would make a good baptist, but he needs to keep his twisted mind out of our personal business.

Originally Posted by The Villager II

BUT, put a madman with his strange beliefs in the white house and you will see the prisons filled with men who wear condoms or women that have a child out of wedlock. When it comes to making laws for all Americans, their is not room for God in that process. Can I get an amen to that. He should be and would make a good baptist, but he needs to keep his twisted mind out of my personal business.

When you begin a post by calling someone a name...I stop reading !!!

Originally Posted by Bucco

When you begin a post by calling someone a name...I stop reading !!!

whew, I dodged that one. Thanks bucco.

...and try to think about how what we post here can contribute to our collective understanding of political issues...and minimize the amount of bile that might result from what we post. All that before we hit the "Submit" button.

Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

...and try to think about how what we post here can contribute to our collective understanding of political issues...and minimize the amount of bile that might result from what we post. All that before we hit the "Submit" button.

Good point. I do try to do that most of the time.

Originally Posted by The Villager II

BUT, put a madman with his strange beliefs in the white house and you will see the prisons filled with men who wear condoms or women that have a child out of wedlock. When it comes to making laws for all Americans, their is not room for God in that process. Can I get an amen to that. He should be and would make a good baptist, but he needs to keep his twisted mind out of our personal business.

VII: I recognize and understand your concern of ensuring that America has chosen the right person for our most important leadership role. However, I must admit that I am perplexed in exactly what position (s) Santorum has taken that equate his thinking to be that of a madman. His disagreement with the issue of birth control be it by contraceptives or abortion is a moral issue to him and one in which he has expressed time and time again his beleief in the sancity of life. I am more fearful of an elected official who aggressively would support gratitious abortions because it is a short leap from that mind set to one of eliminating others as unwanted individuals that are perceived in weighing down America. It is also a short leap from the freedom for birth control to a state sponsored birth containment plan mandated by a government. In short I am more comfortable with a person who demonstrates moral courage and conviction. Finally Santorums beliefs do not and cannot translate into laws of the land for no other reason, and there are many, than that citizens won't tolerate it. I am not a Santorum suppporter but of course would vote for him over Obama because Obama's mind set does concern me. I opine others can decide

Originally Posted by rubicon

VII: I recognize and understand your concern of ensuring that America has chosen the right person for our most important leadership role. However, I must admit that I am perplexed in exactly what position (s) Santorum has taken that equate his thinking to be that of a madman. His disagreement with the issue of birth control be it by contraceptives or abortion is a moral issue to him and one in which he has expressed time and time again his beleief in the sancity of life. I am more fearful of an elected official who aggressively would support gratitious abortions because it is a short leap from that mind set to one of eliminating others as unwanted individuals that are perceived in weighing down America. It is also a short leap from the freedom for birth control to a state sponsored birth containment plan mandated by a government. In short I am more comfortable with a person who demonstrates moral courage and conviction. Finally Santorums beliefs do not and cannot translate into laws of the land for no other reason, and there are many, than that citizens won't tolerate it. I am not a Santorum suppporter but of course would vote for him over Obama because Obama's mind set does concern me. I opine others can decide

Well said, and I respect your right to feel the way you do. I;however, see overpopulation as the largest threat to the world at this time. Santorum would only increase population due to his (in my opinion) superstitious beliefs about reproduction. You may like to see 5 billion people in the US, I would like to limit it to at or even less than we have now. That does not make either one of us right, just two opinions. We have people breeding like rabbits with no way to support their offspring. Any intelligent person with a brain can see that overpopulation causes decease, starvation, etc. Mankind will have to stop this madness or destroy the planet. It is bad enough to have someone like santorum preach his nonsense about abortion, but to even insinuate NO Birth control at all is the sounds made by a madman. Wake up people, this is no cartoon your living in, its real life.

Originally Posted by The Villager II

Well said, and I respect your right to feel the way you do. I;however, see overpopulation as the largest threat to the world at this time. Santorum would only increase population due to his (in my opinion) superstitious beliefs about reproduction. You may like to see 5 billion people in the US, I would like to limit it to at or even less than we have now. That does not make either one of us right, just two opinions. We have people breeding like rabbits with no way to support their offspring. Any intelligent person with a brain can see that overpopulation causes decease, starvation, etc. Mankind will have to stop this madness or destroy the planet. It is bad enough to have someone like santorum preach his nonsense about abortion, but to even insinuate NO Birth control at all is the sounds made by a madman. Wake up people, this is no cartoon your living in, its real life.

OOHHH, now I completely understand your comparison of him to the world's most famous terrorist who took down the World Trade Center towers.

Here's a link to help you with this.

The Insanity Test

Originally Posted by The Villager II

Well said, and I respect your right to feel the way you do. I;however, see overpopulation as the largest threat to the world at this time. Santorum would only increase population due to his (in my opinion) superstitious beliefs about reproduction. You may like to see 5 billion people in the US, I would like to limit it to at or even less than we have now. That does not make either one of us right, just two opinions. We have people breeding like rabbits with no way to support their offspring. Any intelligent person with a brain can see that overpopulation causes decease, starvation, etc. Mankind will have to stop this madness or destroy the planet. It is bad enough to have someone like santorum preach his nonsense about abortion, but to even insinuate NO Birth control at all is the sounds made by a madman. Wake up people, this is no cartoon your living in, its real life.

lifeissues | Overpopulation?

I can see having too many kids being a bad idea if you do not have enough resources to support them. It looks though from the little research I have done on overpopulation that diseases, starvation, war, and famine are more the result of political and economic problems in various countries and not really on there being too many people.

Originally Posted by RichieLion

OOHHH, now I completely understand your comparison of him to the world's most famous terrorist who took down the World Trade Center towers.

Here's a link to help you with this.

The Insanity Test

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