Tag Archives: 2012 Elections

Oh Please

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

As a reminder that the enviros, the New York Times and the other usual suspects on the left do not have a monopoly on the politics of panic, here’s Santorum: They are taking faith and crushing it. Why? Why? When … Continue reading →

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Okey Dokey (2)

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the Seattle Post Intelligencer: Ex-House Speaker Newt Gingrich, speaking by phone Wednesday to Faith Coalition supporters, described same-sex marriage as an example of “the rise of paganism” in America.

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Somebody Up There Loves Obama

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

After Gingrich’s disastrously strong win in South Carolina, I can only repeat what I wrote over on NRO as one of my predictions for 2012: Let’s start with a prediction that will make me as miserable as it might make … Continue reading →

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The S-Word

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

In the in-tray today an apocalyptic, adjective-crammed appeal to support the Gingrich campaign. It began as follows: Dear Conservative: In 1964, Ronald Reagan told conservatives that this was a time for choosing. Faced with a radical, progressive President who would … Continue reading →

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Rick Santorum & Opus Dei

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

I touched the other day on the fact that Rick Santorum had included Opus Dei in the list of organizations he chose to praise for the “new evangelization” (he also included Regnum Christi, a group of which I had never … Continue reading →

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Rick Santorum on Romney & Religion

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Here’s Rick Santorum writing on Romney and religion back in 2007. The whole piece is worth a look, both for what it does say and what it does not. In the following extract Santorum makes the (reasonable) point that a … Continue reading →

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Foot, Mouth, Gingrich

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Most politicians talk themselves poor in the course of an election campaign, but it needs a little more subtlety than Newt Gingrich appears to be able to muster. Mother Jones (yup) reports: When Gingrich was campaigning in Laconia on Wednesday, … Continue reading →

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Toeing the Line

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

The Huffington Post (I know, I know) dredges up this 2002 article by the gift-of-God-to-Obama better known as Santorum, and, yes, it’s worth reading, particularly this: Like most American Catholics, I have followed the recent sex scandals in the Church … Continue reading →

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“A License to do Things”

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via ThinkProgress Health (I know, I know) comes this gem from Santorum: Rick Santorum pledged to repeal all federal funding for contraception, during a recent interview with CaffeinatedThoughts.com editor Shane Vander Hart, arguing that birth control devalues the act of … Continue reading →

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Perry’s Pastor Problem

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Posted on the Corner yesterday. Kathryn, I agree with you that Rick Perry would be well-advised to put some distance between himself and Rev. Jeffress, but William Donohue, a man who once said that “radical atheists” should “apologize” for Hitler … Continue reading →

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