Santorum Drops Out--What Next For Conservative Voters?

“Now What Do We Grassroots Citizens Do?”

by Donna Garner

4.10.12

We grassroots citizens are very saddened by Rick Santorum’s decision to suspend his campaign today but understand that he feels he must take care of his fatherly responsibilities to be with Bella and his family.

From Santorum’s letter to his supporters sent today at 2:20 P. M., we learned that Bella came home from the hospital last night but still has pneumonia. This is her second bout with pneumonia in a few months’ time.

Santorum praised the commitment of the 160,000 people who contributed to his campaign and stated, “We have been outspent in most states 5-1 or even 10-1. And we still won, or we've come incredibly close. Our average donation has been only $73.10. Few races in history have had so many people give so modestly to preserve liberty.”  He also asked people to consider sending their $25.00 to $73.10 contributions to help him retire any campaign debt that he is still shouldering.

As wisely stated by Tony Perkins of Family Research Council today:

Millions of voters flocked to his campaign -- not because he was a Republican, but because he passionately spoke of the connection between America's financial strength and its moral and cultural wholeness. Echoing what the FRC team promotes daily, he explained that real problem solving starts with an understanding that the economy and the family are indivisible, and that big government denies freedom.

This values message generated enthusiasm and drew many new voters into the process. If the Republican establishment hopes to generate this same voter intensity in the fall elections, these values voters must see the GOP demonstrate a genuine and solid commitment to core moral issues in addition to fiscal conservatism.

Here is the link to Santorum’s full speech today in which he explained the suspension of his campaign: http://www.therightscoop.com/now-watch-live-rick-santorum-holding-press-conference/

Now it will be up to us grassroots voters to decide whether to support Newt Gingrich or Mitt Romney. As we evaluate these two men, we must consider which one is better equipped to beat Obama. Either Gingrich or Romney would be far, far better for America  than having Obama in the White House for another four years. 

In the three years that Obama has been in the White House, he has almost succeeded in destroying America.  Our Constitutional rights have been eroded, and federal intrusion into our personal lives has escalated dramatically. We have lost face in the world, putting our troops and our nation at risk. Our influence in the world has been shattered. Our public schools and social structures have been taken over by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender agenda. Our financial future as a nation is in peril.

Because of ObamaCare, our healthcare system is on the precipice of destruction.  The Congressional Budget Office reported that if ObamaCare is allowed to go forward, it is estimated to cost $1.76 Trillion by 2022. That is not the $900 Billion that Obama told the American people his healthcare bill would cost when he spoke at the joint session of Congress in 2009.  

I personally cannot consider Ron Paul as the Republican candidate because he has defended the Iranian mullahs’ pursuit of nuclear weapons even though the Iranians have unequivocally stated they want to wipe Israel (and those who support Israel) from off the face of the earth. 

I also cannot possibly consider Ron Paul because he:   

(1) voted against the Child Custody Protection Act three times that would have strengthened local parental notification laws by making it illegal to take a minor girl across state lines to get an abortion;

(2) voted three times against the Unborn Victims of Violence Act which would have made it a separate crime to injure or kill an unborn child in any assault against a pregnant woman;

(3) voted twice against the Human Cloning Prohibition Act; and

(4) voted against school choice legislation, border security, and the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA). FMA would have amended the U. S. Constitution to limit marriage to the union between one man and one woman and would have prevented judicial extension of marriage rights to those of the same sex, unmarried heterosexual couples. and polygamists.  

Back to Obama, one of Obama’s worst curses upon our country has been in the form of the czars and politicos whom he has chosen to put around him.

Please read the following account from Gary Bauer (4.9.12) that tells about Obama’s Attorney General, Eric Holder, and what horrendous damage he is perpetrating upon our voting system:  

Despite the overwhelming popularity of voter ID laws, the Obama Administration is working non-stop to strike them down. Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered the Justice Department to block implementation of voter ID laws in South Carolina and Texas, despite a 6-to-3 ruling by the Supreme Court upholding such laws.

In the past, Holder has argued that voter ID laws are unnecessary and burdensome to minority groups. Holder insists that ballot access is more important than ballot security. Now James O'Keefe -- the man who exposed ACORN and NPR -- has struck again to show how voter fraud is a growing problem.

In recent weeks, O'Keefe has exposed how easy it is to cast ballots for dead people and to commit voter registration fraud. But Attorney General Eric Holder was unfazed by the facts.

So O'Keefe upped the ante and went after Holder's own ballot. His undercover agents went into a District of Columbia polling location and were offered Eric Holder's ballot. They did not take it so as to avoid violating any laws themselves. But they proved it could be easily done because the poll worker didn't ask for ID and said none was necessary.

Seeing how easy it was to compromise his own ballot, I would hope the Attorney General of the United States would change his mind and respect the common sense views of most Americans. But Holder, like the man he works for, is a committed left-wing ideologue. And when reality conflicts with his ideology, it is reality that must give way.

Bottom-line: Our nation cannot possibly maintain its American exceptionalism if Obama is elected for four more years.  With another term under Obama’s Chicago way, we would not even recognize our country. We Republican voters must choose the person – Gingrich or Romney – who can best beat Obama. May God give us wisdom to make our decision.

Donna Garner

Wgarner1@hot.rr.com

RICK SANTORUM CAN WIN; ROMNEY IS NOT INEVITABLE CANDIDATE -- BY DONNA GARNER -- 4.6.12

“Rick Santorum Can Win; Romney Is Not Inevitable Candidate”

by Donna Garner

4.6.12

We voters must not listen to the liberal-left news media who want Romney to be elected because they believe he can be easily defeated by Obama. 

We also must not listen to the moderate country club Republicans who are always much too ready to compromise on all-important, conservative principles. These moderates only care about fiscal issues but cannot seem to figure out that the social issues and entitlement programs are what are driving the insurmountable national debt. 

Romney is not the “inevitable candidate.” 

We grassroots voters do not have to settle for less by choosing Romney.

We grassroots citizens orchestrated a conservative tsunami in the elections of Nov. 2010, and we have gathered strength and more political savvy since then. Our numbers are growing as more and more Americans see the dangerous plight of our nation.

We are losing our freedoms; we are drowning in debt; the Obama administration is taking over our public school children and our nation’s healthcare system. He is bullying the U. S. Supreme Court members, deliberately fueling hatred and prejudice among people in our society, and is trying to elevate the Executive branch above the Constitution of the United States.

The stability of the world is being threatened by Obama’s mishandling of foreign policy.

The Middle East is turning into a cauldron stoked by those who intend to perpetrate a nuclear attack on Israel and others supported by the United States. 

Our own country is in jeopardy of being targeted by homegrown terrorists who live among us.

For the sake of the future of our children and grandchildren, we simply must elect the authentic conservative who is Rick Santorum. Santorum understands the working man; he knows how to get our country out of debt; he has a solid plan to create jobs; he values faith and family; he knows the Source of all Wisdom and Knowledge; and he loves America and other people more than himself.  

Here is the Good News: Santorum can be elected!  Let’s look at the facts:

4.5.12 -- Rasmussen – Poll of likely GOP primary voters --

Pennsylvania GOP:  Santorum 42%, Romney 38%:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_

election/pennsylvania/2012_pennsylvania_republican_primary

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4.6.12 -- Daily Presidential Tracking Poll:  Obama 46% -- Santorum 44%

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_

administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

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4.5.12 --- From Rick Santorum: 

Let me be clear: the final goal of our campaign is the defeat of Barack Obama. That's why I ran for President in the first place…

I firmly believe Mitt Romney's support for his Massachusetts health care mandate, Cap and Trade and the bailouts make him unelectable in the fall. We cannot afford a nominee that does not stand strong for our conservative principles.

We need a principled, Reagan conservative to challenge Barack Obama in the fall and nothing less.

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4.1.12 – From Santorum Team: 

Two new polls show Rick gaining ground in Nebraska and the key swing state of North Carolina. Pollsters noted that Mitt Romney was more unpopular in Nebraska than President Obama. And in North Carolina, we're tied with Mitt Romney. The polling firm noted ‘More and more conservatives are unifying around Santorum as the alternative to Romney.’

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4.2.12 – “Mitt Romney’s Weakness Is Also Strength — or Is It?”  -- Roll Call --

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_119/mitt-romney-weakness-also-strength-or-is-it-213584-1.html

By Stuart Rothenberg

[Stuart Rothenberg is not known as a conservative. He has worked for PBS, CBS News, and CNN. He is a frequent contributor to Meet the Press, This Week, Face the Nation, The NewsHour, Nightline, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and other newspapers. – Donna Garner]

In this article, Rothenberg surmises:

(1) The reason the moderate country club Republicans are supporting Romney is that they really do not believe him when he tries to portray himself as a conservative.

Romney’s great asset is that these voters figure he is merely pandering to evangelicals and the most conservative element of the GOP when he talks about cultural issues, immigration and taxes.

(2) Rothenberg also says that conservatives don’t believe Romney either.  They are not at all convinced that he is one of them in spite of his trying to sound like a conservative “to lock up the Republican nomination.”

Whether it is his multiple positions over the years on abortion, his support for an individual mandate in Massachusetts, his Mormon faith or simply his profile as a wealthy, impeccably dressed businessman, the most conservative Republican voters (many of whom are evangelicals) don’t believe that he is a passionate conservative who is ready to take on the political establishment.

Rothenberg concludes with a highly troubling statement for Republicans:

The bottom line, of course, is that nobody — not his critics and not his allies — really believes Mitt Romney...Is Romney such a mass of contradictions that voters can look at him and project their positions on him, allowing them to support him? Or is his credibility so shot that too many voters will simply conclude that they can’t trust him, making it impossible for them to support him?

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http://www.wnd.com/2012/04/santorum-camp-says-media-distorting-delegate-count/

WND EXCLUSIVE

COULD GOP DELEGATE COUNT REALLY BE THIS CLOSE?

Santorum camp looks to claim as many as 7 victories during May

Published: 4.5.12

by BOB UNRUH

Excerpts from this article:

A report released today by the Rick Santorum campaign says that the GOP primary tabulations being assembled by the media are wrong – and the former Pennsylvania senator actually is much closer to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney than is being portrayed.

And the report said Santorum will follow what always was expected to be a “difficult” month of April with the possibility of up to seven victories in May, which would leave him “heading into the June 5th primaries with a freight train of momentum.”

The report by Strategic National was released this afternoon by the campaign.

The report says a much more accurate assessment of the delegate totals in the GOP nomination race at this point is 571 for Romney, 342 for Santorum, 158 for Newt Gingrich and 91 for Ron Paul.

The Wall Street Journal, on the other hand, lists 658 for Romeny, 281 for Santorum, 135 for Gingrich and 51 for Ron Paul. Real Clear Politics lists 655 for Romney, 272 for Santorum, 140 for Gingrich and 67 for Paul.

The report released by Santorum’s campaign said, “There are a couple of fundamental flaws with the delegate counts that the media keeps that reveals that this race is much closer than they report.”

The report said Florida, Arizona and “possibly Puerto Rico” will be recalculated to disperse their delegates on a proportional basis. Those counts now go wholly to Romney.

“They broke RNC rules by going winner take all before the window and therefore RNC members and/or the convention will enforce the rules and make the delegations proportional. This will reduce Romney’s delegate total substantially and increase the other three candidates’ respective delegate totals,” the report said.

It also said national convention delegates are elected at county, district and state conventions, rather than “the initial beauty contests” in many states, and that could change totals...

The report also said media reports add “unbound delegates” to their counts, but those “should not be counted as if they are bound.”

“The month of April was always going to be difficult but the calendar gets much more friendly for Rick Santorum in May,” the report said. “North Carolina, Indiana, West Virginia, Nebraska, Oregon, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Texas might lead to Santorum winning roughly 7 out of 8 states in May, and heading into the June 5th primaries with a freight train of momentum.”

And the Santorum campaign continues to “reach out” to the Gingrich campaign to work together to prevent Romney from achieving 1,144, needed to claim the nomination, and to elect a conservative majority of delegates, the report said…

“Santorum has what amounts to a five-part strategy to achieve victory: (1) disqualify the Romney delegations from Florida and Arizona’s winner-take-all primaries; (2) run up his total in states that select delegates by conventions, not primaries; (3) carry his home state of Pennsylvania; (4) take advantage of ‘the map in May’ which, as Mr. Santorum told ‘Fox News Sunday’ moderator Chris Wallace this weeks, ‘looks very, very good’; and (5) swing over uncommitted delegates.”

Donna Garner

Wgarner1@hot.rr.com

Power To The Churches To Shine The Light This Election

Neil Mammen, author of Jesus Is Involved In Politics, has a desire to wake up America.  In his website he states--

"Almost 40M Evangelicals and Conservative Catholics DON’T VOTE! Get 1/3 of them out to the polls - and we win every election; without having to argue with a single independent or non-Christian. This site and book are aimed at helping Christians start small groups and give Biblical and Historical reasons to convince their Pastors, Elder Boards and fellow Christians, why Christians and the Church critically need to be involved in Politics.

Answers every objection your pastor/priest may have. Prove WHY the Church SHOULD be involved in Politics. Show why charity is the job of the Church & not Government. Show why socialism violates the Bible and why Atheists needn’t fear a Christian Taliban!".  Here are some more food for thought!  The three listed comes out of his book.  Share below along with the one from Liberty Council (on the backside)--showing what churches can and cannot do--powerful!  Pray and give copies to your Sunday School Class and friends and see what God will do with it. 

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Success Comes When We Seek And Follow God's Ways-America's Christians Have Power-Vote Biblically!

1.Vote for morals over money

2.  Make sure the person  you vote for knows the difference between unalienable rights vs goods.  A right is something we are given from God and is not based on someone else's sacrifice.  Goods are things that are a product of someone's work.  You have a right to your own goods, but  you have no right to anyone else's goods.  For instance food, healthcare, clothing and a house, are all goods.  No one has a right to these.  The only right they have is the freedom to strive to gain these goods without unfair rules, regulations or oppression.  A government that allocates goods as rights will eventually have to enslave some or "all" men to ensure an ample supply of those goods.

3.  When voting for a propositon, ask yourself if it is allocation of goods as rights?  If so vote "No".  Even if you really wish you could have those "goods." 

Go to Jesusisinvolvedinpolitics.com for more.

Matt 6:31-33

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Please study the records of the candidates--Romney says he is a true conservative--yet unconstitutionally allowed through his own directives to his Dept of Health the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses.  Immediately homosexual indoctrination started from K-12 and parents could not opt kids out.   See more of his record at www.Massresistance.org and in this book Romney vs. Family Values: His Administration's Homosexual Programs Targeting Children--(Book available on Kindle for $4.95).  It says:

"Massachusetts has been the incubator for harmful sexual-radical programs directed at children. It was, after all, through the Governor’s Commission on Gay & Lesbian Youth that Kevin Jennings (GLSEN founder, “Safe Schools Czar”) got his start in the early 1990s. It was, in fact, Jennings’ then “partner” who designed the Massachusetts DOE’s “Safe Schools” programs. The goal of these programs is to normalize homosexuality and transgenderism for children of all ages, while demonizing traditional values and denigrating parental authority.

As for Mitt Romney’s role: The Governor enabled sexual radicals whose goal is the destruction of traditional family values. "Yet, Romney claims to believe in traditional marriage and every child needing a home with a father and a mother."

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In stark contrast is Santorum, who is pro-life because God has given him a reminder of the value of life in his own family with a disabled child.  His record also stands out.  There were people that predicted Santorum would never be able to successfully reform the welfare program in America.  He got it done.  In fact, it was the only successful reform of an entitlement program in the  history of our country.  It sent milllions from the welfare program  to work including both houses of Congress--see link.  That's what happens when you seek God and his ways!

The Founding Fathers knew that and God  blessed them greatly-what will we leave our children and their children's children?  Please pray for wisdom and right action.
Read more from this book that churches are using to help reclaim America for God--Jesus Is Involved In Politics.

Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul--Comparisons from Christian Perspective with God's answer to economic problems

Isaiah 65:2

I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people,
      Who walk in a way that is not good,
      According to their own thoughts;

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

---Here are some interviews to give you more food for though on this Presidential Primary--it's important you know as our future depends on how "we the people" vote...  May God help America.

Listen to internet radio with City On A Hill Radio on Blog Talk Radio

It is always good to set the stage--to put our minds in the right frame so that we can see things through the eyes from whom all blessings flow.  If you are serious about loving God and wanting the best for this nation then get ready and remember:

Hope at this point you will pray for wisdom from the God who can give it to you.

You will have to do research to properly compare so here are points and links to make you think:

Rick Santorum

• Pro-Life

• Defines Marriage as between man and woman

• Meets the test of the Founders when they said choose ye men that fear (respect) God

• Believes in the Constitution and Original Intent-

• Has been seen as for big government

Read and learn...

Mitt Romney

• Perceived as savvy and will know how to grow the economy

• Developed Romneycare-bankrupting state according to Mass State Treasurer Cahill

• More on developing Romneycare by Romney

• Allowed same-sex marriage in Massachusetts

Ron Paul

• Promotes freedom in almost everything--from marijuana to Iran getting nuke

• His stand on Iran is dangerous

• His stand on Israel is dangerous

• He has a problem with calling  homosexuality as sin

And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind.  For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things. ³¹ But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you.  Luke 12:29-31

Listen to David Parker who recounts what happened to his elementary school children--every parent should hear to understand what is before us...

Who do you dare trust --man vs God?  It should be elementary for the faith-filled and here in America--history is so rich in God's Providence--so the ball is in your court.  God has given you choices--whom shall ye follow?  Choose wisely so that the dog eat dog mentality will not prevail and God's ways reigns to bless us all.  By the way remember the example of one bad apple named Barney Frank--has almost led to worldwide economic destruction.  Please pray for wisdom from the one from whom all blessings flow.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7