LAT: GOP on a Mission to Save Santorum

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-santorum16oct16,0,894713.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Keith Hollenberg, a member of the evangelical Assemblies of God church, is worried that one of his political heroes is about to lose his bid for reelection.

So when he saw Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) at a car show here, Hollenberg volunteered to help in what has become an urgent project for social conservatives in Pennsylvania and around the country: keeping Santorum in the Senate.

"I'm a big fan of yours," Hollenberg told him. "Keep on pulling for the right thing."

Santorum, an outspoken advocate of banning same-sex marriage, restricting abortion, and other social conservative causes, is considered this year's most-endangered senator.

It is a four-alarm fire for conservatives, who are bringing water buckets from all corners of the political world. Across Pennsylvania, pastors are preparing to stuff voter guides into their Sunday bulletins. In Washington, D.C., Paul Weyrich, a national conservative leader, hosted a conference call to give a pep talk to Republicans in Pennsylvania. In England, some Santorum fans are planning to cross the Atlantic to help campaign.

[kenny blankenship]

1. Hey Grabby Old Pervs: put ALL your dollars into ads for Santorum !

you can't miss!

[Bitwit1234]

2. Found Out

You want to know something, every day we are finding out that those protesting the loudest about such things as child abuse, etc usually end up being the ones who are the child abusers.

Wonder why old Rick boy is protesting gay marriage so vehemently.

[kestrel91316]

3. I don't pretend to know why he's so anti-gay. But that anti-abortion

thing of his has to tie in somehow with the EXTREMELY sick and perverted thing he did with the dead baby (you know, the one he brought home for the kiddies to play with).

[Erika]

5. Him bringing home a dead baby for his kids to hold was sick

Beyond belief. If you're a Christian, the soul left the dead body at death. What was he trying to do? He sounds like one sicko pervert.

[allisonthegreat]

21. I hadn't heard about that..he is a sick *&^%! n/t

[RamboLiberal]

7. I don't want to defend Santorum

I hate when Randi Rhodes and others say he brought the fetus home for his kids to play with. Come on!

He and his wife had a right to bring their dead baby home and mourn the death with their children. They weren't playing with it.

Most of us wouldn't have done that - but it was their child. Maybe it scarred their other children, but then again maybe it helped in not making that child a mystery to them and helped them adjust to the realities of death.

Many people mourn miscarriages like this for years.

One thing I don't agree with is that they were apparently willing to risk Karen Santorum's life in order to keep their belief against abortion, even if it would have cost her life. I think in this case they weren't thinking of their other children. But again that is their belief and they are entitled to it. I just wish they wouldn't try to force it on the rest of us.

[Bucky]

13. Thank you. Going after a family for how they mourn a loss is disgusting.

It is sick when chickenhawks go after Cindy for how she mourns her son. We don't need to sell our souls to beat these devils.

[cliss]

23. I completely 100% disagree with you.

As a parent, Rick Santorum had a responsibility to protect his kids from stuff like this.

Kids are sensitive. They do not need to see dead babies.

This is sick beyond belief.

[RamboLiberal]

24. We can agree to disagree

I see nothing wrong with teaching a child about death and why mommy and daddy are in mourning for their dead brother. And as a family that was their choice and none of our business.

And it's an issue I wish Randi Rhodes would drop on the radio - I've already turned her off when she gets on a roll about this.

There's plenty of issues to stick Santorum with, IMHO this isn't one of them.

[JoFerret]

14. Because he is so squeaky clean

and scrubbed just like that other altar boy Ralph Reed.

[spag68]

4. Santorum

This thing has me scared to death. As much of a scumbag as ricky is, he would be a cinch to beat with a stronger candidate then Casey. That said, I hope all my old friends in Pa. know how important this is and go all out for Casey. I have spoken to all those I know in Pgh to drum up support for Casey, so don't flame me. I just can't stand the sight of that goofball with his pink ties and wild demeanor, so lets hope he goes down in flames.

[Mind_your_head]

6. Uhm, didn't they hear Mr. Kuo?

Step back and think about what you're attempting to do.

"You're taking the sacred and making it profane. You're taking Jesus and reducing Him to some precinct captain, some 'get out the vote guy' "

Source:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/
(See: David Kuo on 60 Minutes: “The name of God is being destroyed in the name of politics”

[Ediacara]

8. Really? That's funny

Accordung to the NYT this morning, the GOP has completely abandoned not only Santorum, but Burns, DeWine, Steele, and Chafee.

[jakefrep]

20. I'm wondering about that....

...because I saw TV ads for DeWine on a Toledo station last night.

[threadkillaz]

9. "Ricki, don't lose that Senate seat"

Casey up by 9.8%. Goooo Bob!
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2006/senate/pa/pennsylvania_senate_race-1.html

[6000eliot]

10. How about if all of those "pastors" start paying some taxes?

Then they can stuff whatever they want in the "church" bulletins.

[Cobalt-60]

11. the bulletins render them subject to taxation

No matter how obnoxious the sect, their Church is tax free- until they cross the line.
Any church where the pastor is stuffing voting guides into the pamphlets is now a political organization, fully subject to taxation.

[gatlingforme]

12. I hope they put all their money into losers like him

[NOLADEM]

15. Mission Impossible

[depakid]

16. "evangelical Assemblies of God church"

Should lose their tax exempt status.

[Supersedeas]

26. funny how that works, eh?

[Judi Lynn]

17. ""Keep on pulling for the right thing."" Oh, really!

"The right thing," for Republicans is using the U.S. Federal Government to micromanage the lives of U.S. citizens so closely they will conform at every point to fundie "christian" dogma.

Their "no big government" scam actually means "no government which allows you to be free of right-wing dictates."

[TheCowsCameHome]

18. How do you save Santorum? A bucket? A jar? A plastic bag? Yuk.

What's more - why would you save Santorum? It's so oozy.............

[saltpoint]

19. In three weeks, Mr. Hollenberg's "hero" faces a significant defeat.

I hope Pennsylvania voters turn out in record numbers to send Rick Santorum packing. He's lead-hearted and has no business at all in public service.

[yellowcanine]

22. Bring on the British Santorum fans! That ought to do it! I can see it

already. Democrats didn't count on the British factor. Heh. WHAT are they (Pubbies) thinking?

[TrogL]

25. We should sic the IRS on churches stuffing partisan literature