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alp227

(32,034 posts) Mon Mar 25, 2013, 01:34 AM Mar 2013

Santorum to Naples audience: Obama, Bush not strong enough against Islam

True to his reputation, Republican 2012 presidential candidate Rick Santorum didn’t shy away from controversy Friday night during a speech in Naples.

“He (Santorum) is, as you know, a bit of a lightning rod,” said Rick Borman, host of the Naples Town Hall Distinguished Speakers Series at the Ritz Carlton Golf Resort in North Naples.

Santorum, a former U.S. senator, Congressman and New York Times Best Selling Author, said he found that Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama lacked leadership in defending the U.S. against the threats of radical Islam.

He described Obama’s recent support of Israel’s apology to Turkey a “reward for bad behavior” with Turkey growing more Islamist in its approach to government.

Further, Santorum said, Obama is in a state of denial by claiming that faith and religion have nothing to do with the wars between the U.S. and Middle East.

“Bush did a better job understanding it and a worse job communicating it,” Santorum said, adding that Bush’s mistake was using the War on Terror euphemism.

full: http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2013/mar/22/santorum-obama-bush-islam-town-hall-series/

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Santorum to Naples audience: Obama, Bush not strong enough against Islam (Original Post) alp227 Mar 2013 OP

Best selling author? Rex Mar 2013 #1

Back in 2006 he wrote a conservative counter to Hillary Clinton's "It Takes a Village" alp227 Mar 2013 #2

"one of the finest minds of the Thirteenth Century" pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #3

Damn! i already feel like donning a white tunic with a red maltese cross. OffWithTheirHeads Mar 2013 #5

Holy-e shiet Batman! Rex Mar 2013 #9

What? Nobody asked the piece of santorum about his new pope Amonester Mar 2013 #4

“He (Santorum) is, as you know, a bit of a lightning rod,” said Rick Borman. Summer Hathaway Mar 2013 #6

Stick him on the roof in a thunderstorm. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2013 #8

santorum should put on his armor and chain mail and go to the mideast himself nt msongs Mar 2013 #7

Rex

(65,616 posts)

1. Best selling author?

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 01:48 AM

Mar 2013

I'm sorry, I completely forget the rest of the article as that one floored me. I'm going to guess he wrote an illustrated picture book full of bracken? Published him memoirs as a two time loser? OH I mean statesman?

alp227

(32,034 posts)

2. Back in 2006 he wrote a conservative counter to Hillary Clinton's "It Takes a Village"

Reply to Rex (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 01:52 AM

Mar 2013

It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good

It Takes a Family is a 2005 book by then Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum. The title is a response to the 1996 book It Takes a Village by then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. In the book, Santorum states that the family structure is necessary. He claims that liberal social policies have devastated the family structure and that prevailing socially liberal attitudes have systematically devalued families across the board. He argues that government should take a proactive role in promoting strong families.

Many reviews were critical of Santorum's work. Claiming that Santorum's social vision was anything but innovative or refreshing, one reviewer for The Philadelphia Inquirer referred to Santorum as "one of the finest minds of the Thirteenth Century". Writing for American Prospect Online, reviewer Mark Schmitt argues that the book fails to present a unified case for how social conservatism is served by laissez-faire economic policies, yet urges readers to commit to both; he also asserts that the author offers several solutions already proposed by his opposition, while criticizing the opposition's failure to provide solutions.[5]

Santorum's statements in the book about radical feminism and working women gained more attention when he ran for president last year.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

3. "one of the finest minds of the Thirteenth Century"

Reply to alp227 (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 01:55 AM

Mar 2013

Perfect!

OffWithTheirHeads

(10,337 posts)

5. Damn! i already feel like donning a white tunic with a red maltese cross.

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 02:14 AM

Mar 2013

Hey, forget Ralph Loren! You can wear Ricky Santorum at the next Oscar or cross burning or crusade! And the best part! Ricky Santorum is timeless! Fashionable since the dark ages and just as appropriate today.

Rex

(65,616 posts)

9. Holy-e shiet Batman!

Reply to alp227 (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 05:28 PM

Mar 2013

He should have stuck with my idea of an illustrated guide on ferns!

Amonester

(11,541 posts)

4. What? Nobody asked the piece of santorum about his new pope

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 02:13 AM

Mar 2013

it seems, as he advocates forgiveness, giving to the poor, and world peace?

Summer Hathaway

(2,770 posts)

6. “He (Santorum) is, as you know, a bit of a lightning rod,” said Rick Borman.

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 02:16 AM

Mar 2013

Is that what the kids are calling people like Santorum these days, a 'lightening rod'?

Why, back in my day, we just called them clueless fuckin' idiots.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)

8. Stick him on the roof in a thunderstorm.

Reply to Summer Hathaway (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 08:49 AM

Mar 2013

See how that works out.

msongs

(67,420 posts)

7. santorum should put on his armor and chain mail and go to the mideast himself nt

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 03:04 AM

Mar 2013

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