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Even before the final results had been determined in Missouri, Minnesota, and Colorado, the liberal media cabal was in high gear incessantly reminding America that the decisive wins by Rick Santorum were not legally binding. Thus, his incredibly strong showing did not officially guarantee a windfall of delegates for him at the Republican National Convention. Of course only a few weeks back these same people were falling all over themselves, trumpeting the significance Mitt Romney’s “win” in the Iowa caucuses, which likewise did not accrue delegates to any candidate. Even more significantly, they all went completely silent regarding Iowa once the actual count revealed that Romney in fact did not win, but was edged back to second place, behind Santorum.
Admittedly, media hypocrisy is nothing new, though it may have sunk to new depths during the course of the 2012 Republican primary contest. The same network mouthpieces who could never be bothered to notice the incessant lewdness of the Clinton White House were relentless in their efforts to defame Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich over every alleged impropriety. In essence, any Republican who dared to challenge Romney could expect a backlash on several fronts, including from Romney himself, along with his “Super PAC” surrogates, and predictably abetted by those objective and impartial experts on the nightly news.
In a Republican primary season frequently marked by these fierce collective efforts to destroy any presumed obstacle to Romney’s inevitability, the ongoing struggle of grassroots conservatives to promote an alternative has been both an enigma to the network anchors and a thorn in the side of the Republican establishment. Yet ultimately it is a shining hope for those on “Main Street.” They soundly reject the notion that their nation’s future is forever subject to the whims of morally bankrupt power brokers from inside the Beltway. The patriotic fervor that gave rise to the “Tea Party” movement in 2009 and 2010 is alive and well, despite being demeaned on the nightly news and disparaged by career politicians from both parties.
It is completely understandable that, among the current slate of candidates, such momentum would coalesce around Santorum. Despite the transparent efforts of his rivals to remind America that he is indeed less than perfect (only Democrats can claim such a mantle) Rick Santorum not only possesses an extremely admirable track record as a conservative powerhouse during his sixteen years in the Congress and Senate, he has made the best and most consistent case for conservatism during this campaign season. Considering the dire straits in which the nation currently finds itself, and the widely recognized need for decisive and unshakable action to fix the mess, Santorum’s hard-headed resolve looks increasingly appealing to middle-America.
The perils facing this nation loom on several fronts. After three years under Barack Obama, America’s finances are in tatters. The specter of encroaching socialism, spearheaded by that monstrosity known as Obamacare, threatens to eradicate every worthwhile vestige of the American ideal. Internationally, its reputation has been shattered on account of its perceived current weakness. Major changes must be implemented in very short order to ease these dismal circumstances. But ultimately, any such effort will prove to be an exercise in futility, barring a renewed emphasis on the moral foundations which undergirded the nation at its inception.
In spite of this stark reality, the combined power of prominent establishment Republicans and their sizable pocketbooks proved decisive for Romney in such places as New Hampshire and Florida. Yet among those residing in Middle America who have not been duped into accepting the ways of the “ruling class,” the Washington status quo is far less palatable. And in their quest to reclaim the nation, they are resolved to stay the course of true conservatism.
Furthermore, in a stark contrast to the general direction of the Romney campaign which too often emphasizes conciliation and “bipartisanship,” the latest outrages of Barack Obama against the core values of the nation serve to remind us that any attempted solutions to the problems facing the American people will be wholly insufficient if they neglect that essential moral component. Obama’s declaration of war against Catholic medical institutions, when considered in conjunction with his “National Prayer Breakfast” stump speech in which he invoked Jesus Christ as an advocate of statist collectivism, inarguably prove that the morass in which America currently finds itself is, at its roots, cultural and spiritual.
Consequently, a “fiscal only” response to such affronts will once again leave a gaping hole in the enterprise, which the liberals will continue to effectively exploit to their advantage. The America that the common folk, as epitomized by the “Tea Party,” hope to see returned to its former glory is not one that merely rebounds economically while remaining devoid of its soul. For they know that minus a cultural restoration, that approach will ultimately fail. And while Mitt Romney, has at times given lip service to this reality, he very consistently avoided fully embracing it as a defining precept of his agenda.
America’s next leader must not only commit to limiting the bloat of government, he must publicly and unabashedly condemn the inherent immorality of the excessive spending that spawned it in the first place. He must likewise seek to reverse the dependency it fosters, and the burden it places on future generations. He must unabashedly trumpet the traditional values, and the Judeo-Christian ethic from which they were derived, as the surest guarantor of freedom and justice for all of the American people, as well as the most noble element of its worldwide sphere of influence.
Apart from such ideals, the societal and fiscal decline can be fully expected to continue. Clearly, the results of this week’s primary contests prove that Heartland America is not ready to consign itself to that fate.
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Christopher G. Adamo is a resident of southeastern Wyoming. He has been involved in politics at the local and state level for many years. His archives and contact information can be found at www.chrisadamo.com.
February 9, 2012 @ 8:50 am
Santorum not only connects to the heartland, he connects to the heart, and connects to the heart of the matter which refers to the values Americans hold dear to their hearts. He is the only unwavering,,, lead by example Conservative Candidate left standing,,,,, that does not say one thing and compromise his core values the next in his actions. People who vote in Caucasus’ are not emotional sunshine patriots and sunshine politicians but truly concerned men and women who get off their duff and go to debates. They also have had more firsthand exposure to the real candidates and are better able to smell out a pretender. This is why Santorum does so well in the caucuses, but is beginning to take hold and rise in the general primaries as well.
His main strength is his ability to sway intelligent votes over purchased votes, and considering the estimated $1 billion than Obama has skimmed into his campaign chest, even Romney’s money will pale in comparison, so we had better have a pure Conservative warrior to win the minds of the voters because we sure will not have enough money to buy them. He must be able to cut through the liberal fog with the sharp knife of truth and expose the potential mud-slinging Democrats for the filth that they offer.
February 9, 2012 @ 10:04 am
Rick Santorum is too conservative. We will not get back the Presidency with him. Yesterday, when they had that prayer before something it upset me. I am Catholic and shoving it down everyone’s throat…is not going to help. I have so many family members that get turned off when you bring up religion all the time. You can’t make people be religious. I was even more upset when Rick went home to be with his daughter. Not that he did it but all the pictures he took of her and she was I understood gravely ill. Sorry, who would do that but a politician. That was so awful. I pray for his daughter….but upset that he used her.
We need to take back the country and start stirring the country to the right with someone who knows business……and has been successful. Once we convince the country that it is working…then go more right….but the independents will decide the Presidency and you are not going to change them in a few short months if ever. You may sway them a little….
Conservatives…Its my way or the highway – will turn off everyone.
February 9, 2012 @ 10:42 am
Hmm. So we need another John McCain? That worked really, really well last time.
February 9, 2012 @ 10:46 am
But nobody ever says that Obama cannot win with his ultra liberal philosophy. He is much farther left than the republicans are to the right.
February 9, 2012 @ 12:50 pm
Yeah, McCain, Bob Dole and………..
Other that Reagan, & Bush who have the Republicans nominated that had any strength?
Romney will get chewed up and spit out over & over again by the thugs of the South Chicago mafia types, the former “Students for A Democratic Society”, Bill Ayers & Bernadine types. Romney is one of the 1% that will be hated by 50%+ of the young & ignorant, used up by the Romney Care program, etc., etc.
Frankly we need an *** kicker that can stuff Obama record down his throat.
February 9, 2012 @ 1:38 pm
I don’t think Santorum “used” his daughter at all. I think he showed his humanity in the way he obviously cares for her. And neither do I think he shoves his Catholicism down anyone’s throat. Your “my way or the highway” seems like a cynical generalization of conservative thinking. A true conservative can win the hearts and minds of the people, just as Reagan did. I’m not willing to write off a strong conservative as unelectable, considering 40% of the voting population classify themselves as conservative as opposed to 20% who consider themselves liberal.
February 9, 2012 @ 2:09 pm
“We need to take back the country and start stirring the country to the right with someone who knows business”
If the economy turns back up before the election, like economies tend to do on their own in spite of Liberal interference with manipulating social experiments, Romney’s argument and appeal will wane. Our Conservative universal truths and arguments never wane and always win when the courage to address the falsities of their arguments are exposed, and the courage to tell truth over manipulating political correctness prevails.
Various Christians, Catholics, Protestants and Yes, even Mormons may not be able to meet in the same pews, but we can meet on our knees in the shadow of the same cross of truth whose univeresal verities of light always prevail to win the argument. Obama doesn’t have a prayer of overcoming a united Christian vote with his cobbled secular interest groups of self-interest and failure. His only prayer is to keep us divided and at each other’s throats.
In Lumine Tuo Videbimus Lumen -”In God’s light we shall see the light”
February 12, 2012 @ 9:21 pm
Me thinks jaybird99 is a liberal in sheeps clothing. How pathetic that he was upset over prayer. I am also Catholic and I though it was refreshing and spiritual; I loved it and felt proud. And to be upset that Santorum left to be with his daughter is not only small-minded but insulting. Jaybird, you are not a Catholic I don’t care what you say. You’re just a radical and intrusive “nothing” that shouldn’t even be posting on this site & trying to pull the wool over people’s eyes. Go spew your poisonous rhetoric on the Huffington Post, ABC or any other liberal low-level site, you lowlife moron. Santorum is exactly what we need to strengthen the Republican base whether you like it or not.
February 9, 2012 @ 10:30 am
We must always keep in mind, the progressive media hold Republicans at a higher standard than Democrats or progressives. However, the standard for a conservative of any stripe is held by a much higher standard still by the progressive media as well as the Republican establishment. While the Democrats and the progressives do not recognize it, they are providing conservatives with a massive compliment. So it should be no surprise Romney is not held to as high a standard as Santorum.
Your intimation that our problem as a nation is not only fiscal but moral is spot on.The Democrat and Republican elite, who maintain they are smarter than the populace, are completely ignorant in their stand that fiscal and moral concerns can be separated. Statism has always failed and will continue to fail. You cannot successfully separate morality from the mechanics of governance. The sum of the parts is greater than the whole.
February 9, 2012 @ 10:52 am
At the doctor’s office yesterday, my wife was talking to the lady seated next to her who was lamenting that the government should do more to help people with housing. My wife commented that Habitat for Humanity helped people find housing. Her response was “but you have to pay for that”.
February 9, 2012 @ 12:12 pm
To me the federal government should only have their hands in keeping our interstate highways and bridges up to date, keeping our borders secure, and keeping our military up to date with the latest weapons. The federal government shouldn’t be in our private sector businesses, they shouldn’t be in our schools, and they shouldn’t be in our private lives. Obama should be in jail, not in the white house. And as far as a presidential candate, I look for what he plans to try and get through. When I hear someone say this is what I’m going to do, that turns me off to them. It’s not just one person that makes the decisions in Washington. It’s a collection of thoughts. Obama forgot about the three wheels of decision making. If we had wanted a king rulling us, we would never have become this great nation, and would still be rulled over by England.
February 9, 2012 @ 12:17 pm
Jaybird, this country was founded by men with religious principles. One of them, I can’t remember who, said that this Republic is based on good morals and it can’t stand without them. Do you think he was referring to giving people “stuff” that they haven ‘t worked for? That this Republic should encourage promiscuity, drug use, one parent families, homosexual and lesbian marriage, going back to the turn of last century? That crony capitalism should be a way of life for our members of government?
I don’t think so. Unless you’re a liberal, you’ve been almost totally co-opted by a liberal way of life as espoused by our left wing educational system. IMNSHO I think you’re one of those who will aid in the downfall of our country because you won’t stand up either for your religion or your country. I hope this is a warning to the Catholic Church and other churches.
The Roman Catholic Church can see what is happening now that they threw out too much of their tradition. I remember Father Groppi and he is the first one I think of when I look back to the beginning of the Church having gone astray. The trouble was happening before this but he’s still the chief figure. Now they’re treated with contempt by the president of the United States.
BTW, I’m not a Catholic but I seem to be able to see somewhat into the future using some linear thought and the fact that for many years now I’ve seen in what direction the Democrat Party was going. Contirbuting to that, when I went to school we were only partly indoctrinated by the Left because not all of our teachers went to liberal colleges. Some of them had only gone to Normal Schools which didn’t put up with that foolishness.
February 9, 2012 @ 12:53 pm
“Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” John Adams
February 9, 2012 @ 1:21 pm
Thanks, genesal.
February 9, 2012 @ 12:54 pm
Because people are stupid.
February 9, 2012 @ 12:58 pm
Charle Waldie, you are most ceratinly one of the stupid people you are referring to.
Most intelligent people are tired of RINOS, tired of career politicans, tired of elites, and tired of having their tax dollars wasted by government.
Santorum is a true conservative, not a conservative in name only (CINO). He is not a Rockerfella Republican with a family history that’s steeped in politics.
The problems this country is facing are due mostly to a bankrupt political system that allows career politicians to pass laws that apply only to others, not themselves; and do whatever they deem necessary to get re-elected. This has got to stop. We need Term Limits, and we need them now. Let’s get these worthless paracites out of office before they suck the lifeblood out of this great country.
February 9, 2012 @ 1:15 pm
Santorum success has been very much due to established conservatives making false statements about Romney. Many voters do not get deeply involved with the issues and the facts. They hear the other candidates and conservative writers and others in the media call Romney a moderate over and over again. Actually Romney is the most conservative of any of the candidates. Santorum is more like McCain. He would stand no chance of beating Obama. People get worked up emotionally as they did with Obama. also Santorum was basically the only one who campaigned in these last three states.
February 9, 2012 @ 1:47 pm
There you go again, ladydai. You made that same ridiculous statement yesterday about Romney being the most conservative of all the GOP candidates. When I called you on it you conveniently had no response. Let’s see if you have more courage today. Please provide examples of Romney’s “conservatism” as it contrasts to the conservatism of the other candidates and explain how Santorum is like McCain. I don’t think Santorum is anything like McCain. If you want to be taken seriously you need to back up your assertions with some facts and not just post some blather and run away.
February 9, 2012 @ 2:35 pm
It seems that Santorum’s win reflected his almost endorsement from Amy Kremer, Chairman of the Tea Party Express. Contrary to their stated tenets, the Tea Party apparently has little or no interest in fiscal and economic issues. And, contrary to what is stated in the article, Rick Santorum has neither a fiscally conservative voting record nor the best record on social issues. He voted several times to fund Planned Parenthood. Many of us are becoming very disappointed in the Tea Party because our intent was to be involved with a fiscally conservative group whose focus was turning our economy around by adhering to principles of small government. Tea Party endorsements have gone in the opposite direction. Ron Paul is the only fiscal and economic conservative left in the race.
February 9, 2012 @ 2:42 pm
He voted to fund Planned Parenthood? Well that’s a bummer. You’re probably right about Ron Paul being the only fiscal and economic conservative left in the race, but his foreign policy ideas are much too naive for him to be a viable candidate. Now I don’t know who to vote for!
February 9, 2012 @ 3:09 pm
The Tea Party Express only represents themselves. Don’t refer to the Tea Party. Refer to the Tea Party Express. They all have individual names. There are about 6 tea parties within 50 miles in all directions from me. I haven’t heard talk of endorsing a presidential candidate. They are, however working for Scott Walker in this state because they know which party has the big spenders and which is trying to cut spending.
Tea parties don’t have much money unlike the Wall Street Occupy people who, the last I heard had a bank account of $342,000 on hand.
Tea Party Express probably does have money because they travel across the country, but your local tea parties? Nope.
February 9, 2012 @ 3:32 pm
Sen Santorum is a decent family man but at the end of the day, he is a politician and Washington Insider.
When he was struggling during his 2006 re-election, he begged Sen McCain for help to make him Moderate Rick. He steered clear of our President Bush. He lost to Sen Casey (who incidentally, isnt the sharpest tool in the shed)
When Gov Romney ran 4 years ago, he endorsed Gov Romney and threw Sen McCain under the bus, going to every Conservative talk show to say how difficult it was to work with McCain, blah, blah, blah.
Now with voters trying to vote with their hearts and desperately seeking hard core conservatism, Conservative Rick emerges.
lets not forget that Sen Santorum voted against Right to Work and if he was such a principled man when it came to politics, he would have voted for it not against it !
At the end of the day, say what you will, Sen Santorum flipped flopped on his positions but that is all part of the political game. He is for pork and politics as usual stuff
February 9, 2012 @ 11:32 pm
With 67million living on the government and almost one half not paying taxes It makes it even more important that we select a candidate that can beat O. Once people become supported by the government they will not want to give it up. I believe all of our candidates with the exception of Paul on foreign policy are basically conservative with Romeny’s governming record being the most conservative.
We know most of the time Newt has done great things but has to go off every now and then and is unpredictable.
Santorum has said some of his votes did not reflect how he really felt. He has supported the unions instead of right to work. But of course they give almost all of their dues to support Dems. He does not hesitate to lie about Romney.
Romney governed in a state with a 85% Dem legislature. He vetoed Dem bills and fought for what he stood for such as pro-life. anti embronic stem cell research and anti gay marriage. He balanced the budget and even turned deficits into surpluses.
He is a self made man as was his father. He is successful in business and saved the olympics. A problem solover who stands by his principles is what we need. He strongly supports the 1st amandment and our religious freedoms. He is also strong on defense and supporting our friends and not apologizing to our enemies. He has strong family values and gives a large percentage of his income to charity.
I believe he will make a great commander in chief……protecting our country being the first duty of our president. He will repeal Ocare and establish policies to get jobs, cut spending and eventually balance the budget.
Reagan was a conservative who independents and even some Dems could support. I see Romney the same way.
Santorum is less conservative than Romney but the media will paint him as a right winger scaring away independents who we need to help us defeat O. After his win of the 3 states NBC’s Today show had someone on calling Santorum an insane man.
February 10, 2012 @ 9:10 am
Well ladydai, I take it all back. You actually made a really good case for Romney and you supported your position. Giving you five stars for this one.
February 9, 2012 @ 4:23 pm
ABO! Anybody but Obama! Obama must go!
February 9, 2012 @ 6:30 pm
I can not in good conscience vote for any of the ones running, which means the POS Obama will win by default!
This is the worst group I have seen running in years! All of them miss the mark!
Twit Santorum lost my support when he stated that he would further victimize any Woman Unfortunate enough to be Raped! Last count we have more Women in the US than Men! Since it is 2012 and not 1512 WOMAN CAN and DO VOTE!
All of these twits started screaming about Abortion & Gay Rights instead of what is really important!
The Repubs need to change the focus of the conversation away from Abortion and Gay Rights to the important Issues like JOBS!
Turn the Focus on doing what is for the Benefit and Interest of Legal US Citizens and Only Legal US Citizens!
We need to stop ALL Current Immigration both Legal and Illegal until US CITIZENS are FULLY EMPLOYED! NO more Work Visas or Work GreenCards ISSUED!
NO letting ANY FOREIGN NATIONALS have ACCESS to US Social Services, College Grants, Financial Services, Loans, etc.
NO more letting them take up important college admission places that should go to US Citizens!
NO more Foreign Nationals in ANY Government JOB! It’s time that Charity be for US Citizens and only US Citizens, it’s time to take OUR COUNTRY BACK!
February 9, 2012 @ 7:10 pm
“Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” John Adams
You might learn something V, if you paid more attention to our founding fathers. You can rant and rave all you want about twits but our country was not founded to shake off our morals. The two things go together – our economy and our morals. I’m not sure what you mean by Santorum punishing rape victims. Ihpe you will explain that statement. A tad of history here – women only vote due to Republicans. The Democrats were all thumbs down on that.
I‘m very happy to see that you’ll throw the whole country on the trash heap because you won’t get the candidate you want. You sound just like a Liberal. Go ahead and let this immoral man who is our president right now keep on with his pie-in-the-sky economics. He’s a freakin’ Keynesian and so are all the doofuses around him.
Bottom line ~
You get a country with the economy in the tank and flushing further.
You get a president who will keep pushing his immoral, unethical, ideology.
Total: Complete chaos.
Greece anyone?
February 9, 2012 @ 7:01 pm
The GOP nomination is up for grabs. Now that Santorum has emerged as a more serious contender the liberal press is probably now trying to dig up dirt on him and going back over 30 years to hunt. No matter who wins the nomination all 4 candidates are far more conservative than Obama and would get my vote. I am sick of all the lies, cons and bs coming out of the White House and tired of seeing our Constitution abused by the leftists. The anti-religion trends have also stoked my animosity to the liberal media and to the leftist groups who continue to tear down Christianity.