Santorum says country needs contrast
Hixson, Tennessee (CNN) - GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum brought a crowd in Tennessee to its feet Saturday when he told them "true happiness comes from doing God's will in your life"
"True happiness comes from doing what you ought to do," he continued. "Real happiness is not doing whatever you want. In many ways it's self-sacrificial"
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Santorum was the keynote speaker at the Chattanooga Tea Party Liberty Forum in Hixson, Tennessee.
"I love the tea party," Santorum said. He said the tea party is not only about politics, but about educating people to the "importance of a limited government.”
The former Pennsylvania senator credited the tea party with helping conservatives score big wins in the 2010 election cycle and with reminding the public about the U.S. Constitution.
"I carry a copy of the Constitution with me," he said. "But it wasn't talked about much until a certain group said 'Remember this?'"
Santorum said he also carries a copy of the Declaration of Independence because one without other is "like peanut butter without jelly, it doesn't work."
Santorum criticized President Barack Obama, telling the crowd the president does not see things the way people in Chattanooga do. Santorum said Obama wants government to be a neutral player when it comes to supporting marriage and families, and went on to accuse the current administration of dictating Americans' rights.
"Not rights given to you by God, no. President Obama isn't selling you those rights. He's telling you what rights he can create. And when government creates a right, they can take it away," Santorum said.
He added the country needs a Republican presidential candidate who can draw stark contrast to Barack Obama.
"Someone who is against government-run health care, someone who is against the Wall Street bailout, someone who is against the phony science of man-made global warning," Santorum said. "We had to eliminate carbon dioxide because it was a threat to the world. Tell a plant that."
Santorum, who said he plans on performing well on Super Tuesday, said the election is still very much in doubt.
"Super Tuesday is going to be a huge, huge day," he said. "You can set this country on a course where big things can happen after this election."
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I guess he's in "crazy-central" now... When he tells them he believes the Earth to be less than 6000 years old the folks in Tennessee will consider him a top scientist – like Dr. Rush Limbaugh.
Sorry Rick, we don't want or need or will tolerate an Ayatollah as President. Keep your religion to yourself.
Santorum wants government to be small enough to fit inside a woman's uterus.
This guy knows nothing of what he talks about.
He voted for BIG government just as much as the rest of the political bunch in Washington, D.C.
Flip-flopper.
this guy is INSANE. completely, 100%, off-his-rocker insane. i cannot fathom how any normal person would vote for him.
I'd say the country is getting a terrific contrast – the contrast between an educated, caring, humble man doing his damndest to help the country in the face of the rabid fear and ignorance of racists, and a manipulative, ethics-free, sanctimonious asshat doing his damndest to hold on to the money and power, and to hell with the country.
"someone who is against the phony science of man-made global warning," Santorum said. "We had to eliminate carbon monoxide because it was a threat to the world. Tell a plant that.""???
truly scary
Our country is going to elect a leader, not a preacher. Let's hear something from sanatorium about foreign affairs, finances, etc.
I wish Santorum stop saying God's name in vain – I wish he kept the Almighty out of politics. If you want to run for public office, Mr. Satorum, run on your record not on God's. Stop saying it is God's will for you to run for President because, mark my word, you will not win the nomination, Mr. Santorum. Is that what God has in store for you, to be a loser, to publicly embarrass you in front of the world? I don't think so. So please stop diminishing our God – for He is Great!
What an idiot!
Santorum need to put on a robe and preach because he sure don't know what he's talking people when it comes to leading all Americans. He's leading from feelings and not from logic. We have too many denomination in this country for 1 man to impose his sect on the American people.
One has to wonder how a candidate for President can take pride in being ignorant.
This guy belongs on Newtron's moon colony. No one can be this dumb.
Contrast? Yes IF somehow you do become the candidate to run against Obama, you would be a strong contrast Rick.
Just not the contrast anyone wants.
This guy is a joke. I want a leader for President, not a religious nut.
"One without the other doesn't work- it' s like s*x without Santorum.". A frothy reminder of what love really means.
So he's acting like Ron Paul, now?
Now Santorum has the Dutch mad because he is telling lies about the Dutch health care and saying the Senior Citizen are afraid of death panels. WOW,
I knew practically nothing about Rick Santorum until last week when he started his diatribe regarding the personal lives of this countrys women.It didn't take long for me to realize that this man is demented. In the first place his religion has NO place in our democracy and his beliefs on what we women can and cannot do with our health and bodies is totally absurd. and none of his business. We don't try to telll men what to do wiith their bodies, by the way does their insurance pay for Viagra?????. Later he went on to say that children should all be home schooled ...considering some of the intellegence or lack of same I've seen lately on the big screen , I think this is a terrible and dangerous idea...
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This is exactly why Obama will win the election............Santorum is a religious wack o doodle. We don't want a theocracy .....sorry Ricky poo
The threat is carbon monoxide not carbon dioxide. What an idiot. Get your facts straight!
And it's apparent that Rick, is what's needed. Captain Wonder Bread, rides to the rescue. What a pile.
Shut up, Rick.
Osama Bin Laden also thought countries should be ruled by religious law. The Taliban thinks that too. Santorum is a lunatic, just like Bin Laden. The only difference is that Santorum hasn't killed anyone yet. But I promise he's just as dangerous.
Rick Santorum brought a crowd in Tennessee to its feet Saturday when he told them "true happiness comes from doing God's will in your life"
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