Originally Posted by TheBig3 (Post 1176784)

from the OP

I'm fine with you guys attempting to paint me as Dick Cheney's old heart thats come back from the grave, but theres a line you can't cross if you're going to claim to moral highground. Celebrating a childs illness, which is what celebrating his "suspension" is here, is beyond the line.

Santorum held some backward, offensive, and wrong views of the homosexual community and to a lesser but relevant extent women. I don't agree with him but he had a right to lose the primary saying them. And I'm not telling anyone they shouldn't be put off by his statements, but you need to make the case for why he's wrong, not scream about his "evil" he is and celebrate a medical condition in one of his children.

I don't think Family is fair game - they didn't choose to run just like I'm sure Bella (his daughter) didn't choose to have her genetic condition. You can rail against a mans beliefs, but theres no reason to get personal. When you do you look petty, unintelligent, and rutterless. There are plenty of ways to attack Rick Santorum on principles alone.

Originally Posted by Howard the Duck (Post 1176792)

i dunno, i read somewhere Dave Mustaine supported him

that's about the extent that I know about him

from reading this article, though, he seems to hold a lot of those crackpot Conservative ideals

Originally Posted by wolverinewolfweiselpigeon (Post 1176609)

Sick child or no, he'd make a shit president.

Originally Posted by TheBig3 (Post 1176784)

from the OP



I'm fine with you guys attempting to paint me as Dick Cheney's old heart thats come back from the grave, but theres a line you can't cross if you're going to claim to moral highground. Celebrating a childs illness, which is what celebrating his "suspension" is here, is beyond the line.

Santorum held some backward, offensive, and wrong views of the homosexual community and to a lesser but relevant extent women. I don't agree with him but he had a right to lose the primary saying them. And I'm not telling anyone they shouldn't be put off by his statements, but you need to make the case for why he's wrong, not scream about his "evil" he is and celebrate a medical condition in one of his children.

I don't think Family is fair game - they didn't choose to run just like I'm sure Bella (his daughter) didn't choose to have her genetic condition. You can rail against a mans beliefs, but theres no reason to get personal. When you do you look petty, unintelligent, and rutterless. There are plenty of ways to attack Rick Santorum on principles alone.

Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1176697)

"Victory" in this situation only means the GOP nomination, not the presidency. Just sayin'.

Originally Posted by Burning Down (Post 1176788)

Okay, I obviously didn't read that article clearly. However, I don't see anyone here "celebrating" his child's illness, and CERTAINLY not me. It's fine to assume that he dropped out of the race because he wants to take care of her.

I live in Canada though, so me participating in this discussion is kind of moot.

Originally Posted by GuitarBizarre (Post 1176864)

That would qualify as a step, would it not?

Originally Posted by Phantom Limb (Post 1176852)

Dude, no one said shit about his daughter. The thing you quoted was SANTORUM giving one of his reasons for leaving the race. That paragraph doesn't say anything even remotely offensive, it's just stating a fact. Maybe you should read things more carefully in the future.

Originally Posted by TheBig3 (Post 1176954)

He's dropping out because his child is sick. People are excited. If you can sleep at night, I guess thats all that matters.