{"id":5885,"date":"2011-05-10T05:02:16","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T05:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/?p=5885"},"modified":"2011-05-10T05:02:16","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T05:02:16","slug":"rick-santorum-no-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/rick-santorum-no-thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Santorum, No Thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/anthony-comstock.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/anthony-comstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"anthony-comstock\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5886\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/right-turn\/post\/rick-santorum-doesnt-understand-america\/2011\/03\/29\/AFHhSbBG_blog.html\">Here&#8217;s<\/a> the <em>Washington Post&#8217;s <\/em>Jennifer Rubin on Rick Santorum:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At the Republican presidential debate on Thursday Rick Santorum was asked about Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels\u2019s suggestion that there be a social truce. Santorum answered, \u201cAnybody that would suggest we call a truce on moral issues doesn\u2019t understand what America is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is wrong. In fact, it\u2019s the precise opposite of what America is about. As a matter of political tactics you can think a truce is a bad or good idea, but it does not define America or our system of government.<\/p>\n<p>You can look to the Declaration or the Federalist papers or the Constitution and make a principled argument that America is about individual liberty or limited government (which secures the former). But it\u2019s not about moral issues or any issue.<\/p>\n<p>Our country was founded on the notion that limited government (bound by the rule of law and hemmed in by the separation of powers) is essential to maintain a free, diverse and prosperous people. It is precisely because we disagree on so many issues that we support a political system that tempers majority control with individual rights. It\u2019s not about one side winning on certain issues or even demanding that certain issues be at the forefront of our agenda&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Santorum\u2019s assertion, quite frankly, reflects a certain constitutionally illiteracy and is at odds at a fundamental level with modern conservatism. Indeed, since the presidency requires that the chief executive \u201cpreserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States\u201d \u2014 which presupposes one understands what\u2019s in it \u2014 Santorum has in the most concise way possible demonstrated his lack of qualifications to serve. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One can only agree. Next, please&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the whole thing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the Washington Post&#8217;s Jennifer Rubin on Rick Santorum: At the Republican presidential debate on Thursday Rick Santorum was asked about Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels\u2019s suggestion that there be a social truce. Santorum answered, \u201cAnybody that would suggest we call &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/rick-santorum-no-thanks\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[740,629,776],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5885"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5885"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5888,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5885\/revisions\/5888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}