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Showing posts with label Rick Santorum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rick Santorum. Show all posts
Monday, March 12, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Santorum has a woman problem? No, he has a Woman advantage!
Daily Telegraph blogger and Politicalbetting.com Editor, Mike Smithson claims that Santorum is now slightly behind Romney in the latest forecasts, you may read the full post HERE.
And the reason why is explained here in a brief extract:-
"An aspect of the polling detail, however, highlighted a trend that we have seen in many surveys during the past month: Santorum is doing reasonably well with male voters but he is miles behind with women.
Thus in the ARG survey, Santorum led Romney by 43% to 32% with the men in the sample, while Romney led Santorum by 47% to 26% with the women".
Of course, what Mike Smithson does not realise is, that, Santorum has the power of Our Lady behind him. It is her intercession that will make this man the Republican nominee and eventual President, if Almighty God wills it.
And, if Rick Santorum maintains the sartorial advantage!
And the reason why is explained here in a brief extract:-
"An aspect of the polling detail, however, highlighted a trend that we have seen in many surveys during the past month: Santorum is doing reasonably well with male voters but he is miles behind with women.
Thus in the ARG survey, Santorum led Romney by 43% to 32% with the men in the sample, while Romney led Santorum by 47% to 26% with the women".
Of course, what Mike Smithson does not realise is, that, Santorum has the power of Our Lady behind him. It is her intercession that will make this man the Republican nominee and eventual President, if Almighty God wills it.
And, if Rick Santorum maintains the sartorial advantage!
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| Santorum and his sleeveless jumper aka 'sweater vest' |
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Poor odds have never worried God
Throughout the history of the Catholic world we have wondrous examples of God's interventions when the odds have been weighed heavily against the side of the good and the Godly yet, all has come right in the end.
The Battle of Lepanto, where, following Our Lady's intercessionary plea, the Almighty gave victory to the Holy League against the overwhelming might of the Ottoman Empire is just one of many examples.
In Old Testament times there is the story of Gideon's victory over the Philistines:
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| Goliath found out about the power of God the hard way |
In Old Testament times there is the story of Gideon's victory over the Philistines:
When the leader of the 30,000 strong Israelite army, Gideon, faced the Medianite army of 50,000, God told him to get rid of the cowards in his ranks; in so doing, some 20,000 troops left the army.
God again told him to reduce his ranks as He wished to demonstrate His supreme power.
He told Gideon to take the troops to the river to drink and to observe the way in which they drank.
Most of them threw themselves on their stomachs to drink but a few ran upstream and scooped up water with their hands without halting.
“That is your army” said God.
Gideon was left with just 300 men but they went on to achieve outright victory over the enemy.
Archbishop Fulton Sheen was fond of relating that story as an example of God's power, of how He will respond to our pleas but, more than that, how the issue of being outnumbered or of struggling against the odds is a thing that we should not give in to.
With God's help, anything is possible.
And so, when I read reports of the uphill grind that Rick Santorum faces and when I see the filth that is being trotted out on Facebook and on some anti Catholic blogs, I recall Gideon, Lepanto, Poitiers and other great victories and I say my Rosary - because that makes Santorum the odds on favourite!
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Santorum - US Catholics, please get behind this man!
Not that it's any of my business except that you don't need to be an expert on recognising quality and goodness to know that Rick Santorum has it and is a great hope for the USA and the world.
Now, he has a 15% lead, against all the odds (more on that tomorrow) - Supertradmum has it covered HERE as does Defend us in Battle HERE and The Daily Telegraph HERE
Still a long way to go but I'm keeping up the Rosaries - Our Lady of Lourdes, please guide!
Now, he has a 15% lead, against all the odds (more on that tomorrow) - Supertradmum has it covered HERE as does Defend us in Battle HERE and The Daily Telegraph HERE
Still a long way to go but I'm keeping up the Rosaries - Our Lady of Lourdes, please guide!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Well, the Latin Builders Association likes him....
.....and that's good enough for me!
According to today's news, Rick Santorum has triumphed in Minnesota and Missouri and we await, with bated breath, the Colorado outcome.
Now why should I be so focused on the Republican nomination for the Presidential campaign?
Simple. Santorum is a Catholic, not just any old Catholic, he is a traditional Catholic (sharp intake of breath). By that I mean that he holds true to the teachings of Holy Mother Church and condemns abortion, civil marriage and the rest of the pinko liberal claptrap. He is not necessarily an EF Catholic but I am sure that he attends both forms when fulfilling his obligation.
He also, great man that he is, tells the Bishops what's what (H/T to Bones for his post this morning) - that gives him star status in my eyes because we do need a leading layman who is not afraid to take on the magic circles in the hierarchy.
The real point is that we have a potential candidate who can reverse the horrors of Obama-ism, who is a Conservative and a family man and who could, conceivably, take the crown of the most powerful leader in the world.
Why is Conservative important? Because the political intentions of Conservatism are good (never mind that Cameron has gone badly astray, the base levels are sound).
Keep to the path, avoid constant, incontinent introductions of new laws, make strong decisions (like deporting Abu Q pdq!) and keep a firm moral steer to all that is done; good, sound principles made all the better for a dose of the Catholic Faith.
And now...to cap it all, the Latin Builders Association has weighed in on Santorum's side.
Who? You say. And you may well ask.
At first my pulses raced as the title excited my senses; possibly a group intent on restoring Latin in the Liturgy, brick by brick? (oh, no, please).
It transpires that they are a trade group of businesses in the construction industry, based in Miami.
And they have 750 member companies (by 'eck, that's a larger membership than the Guild of Blessed Titus Brandsma!).
Here is how the US press reported the news....
"We are most interested in supporting a candidate that is going to reinvigorate the economy," said Bernie Navarro, president of the association. "After careful consideration... our board voted to endorse Senator Santorum."
The endorsement came after both Gingrich and Santorum addressed the group on Friday.
Romney did not accept the invitation offered him, choosing instead to address a meeting, also in Miami, of the Hispanic Leadership Network, a national GOP organization that tries to attract Latinos to the Republican Party.
Speaking to about 300 people, Santorum said if business regulations adopted by the administration of President Barack Obama are not repealed soon, the number of small businesses in Florida and the country will decrease rapidly.
"This room will be half as big in 10 years and half of that in another 10 years," he said speaking of the size of the crowd.
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So, keep up the Rosaries, and pray for the people of America, that they make the right choice - and vote, (if eligible) for Rick Santorum also!
According to today's news, Rick Santorum has triumphed in Minnesota and Missouri and we await, with bated breath, the Colorado outcome.
Now why should I be so focused on the Republican nomination for the Presidential campaign?
Simple. Santorum is a Catholic, not just any old Catholic, he is a traditional Catholic (sharp intake of breath). By that I mean that he holds true to the teachings of Holy Mother Church and condemns abortion, civil marriage and the rest of the pinko liberal claptrap. He is not necessarily an EF Catholic but I am sure that he attends both forms when fulfilling his obligation.
He also, great man that he is, tells the Bishops what's what (H/T to Bones for his post this morning) - that gives him star status in my eyes because we do need a leading layman who is not afraid to take on the magic circles in the hierarchy.
The real point is that we have a potential candidate who can reverse the horrors of Obama-ism, who is a Conservative and a family man and who could, conceivably, take the crown of the most powerful leader in the world.
Why is Conservative important? Because the political intentions of Conservatism are good (never mind that Cameron has gone badly astray, the base levels are sound).
Keep to the path, avoid constant, incontinent introductions of new laws, make strong decisions (like deporting Abu Q pdq!) and keep a firm moral steer to all that is done; good, sound principles made all the better for a dose of the Catholic Faith.
And now...to cap it all, the Latin Builders Association has weighed in on Santorum's side.
Who? You say. And you may well ask.
At first my pulses raced as the title excited my senses; possibly a group intent on restoring Latin in the Liturgy, brick by brick? (oh, no, please).
It transpires that they are a trade group of businesses in the construction industry, based in Miami.
And they have 750 member companies (by 'eck, that's a larger membership than the Guild of Blessed Titus Brandsma!).
Here is how the US press reported the news....
"We are most interested in supporting a candidate that is going to reinvigorate the economy," said Bernie Navarro, president of the association. "After careful consideration... our board voted to endorse Senator Santorum."
The endorsement came after both Gingrich and Santorum addressed the group on Friday.
Romney did not accept the invitation offered him, choosing instead to address a meeting, also in Miami, of the Hispanic Leadership Network, a national GOP organization that tries to attract Latinos to the Republican Party.
Speaking to about 300 people, Santorum said if business regulations adopted by the administration of President Barack Obama are not repealed soon, the number of small businesses in Florida and the country will decrease rapidly.
"This room will be half as big in 10 years and half of that in another 10 years," he said speaking of the size of the crowd.
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So, keep up the Rosaries, and pray for the people of America, that they make the right choice - and vote, (if eligible) for Rick Santorum also!
Friday, January 27, 2012
Santorum is right about the NHS
It's taken me a little time to brew over the remarks made by Rick Santorum regarding the National Health Service of England and Wales.
At first, my knee jerked in accord with most Brits when I heard what he had to say. You may see for yourself in this video clip.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/9671217.stm
At the time, Santorum was under a bit of pressure with a mike thrust under his nose, but he must be able to take that, and then he comments that the NHS "devastated British society".
He also stated that it spelt the end for the British Empire. I think our Empire was at an end long before Nye Bevan brought in the NHS but let's overlook that and focus on whether we were "devastated" by health reforms.
As a nation we love the NHS, despite the fact that it's under the thumbscrews of consultants who rule the roost and ensure that management and practice are firmly rooted in the 1940s.
It is horrendously expensive, wastefully so and it's also pretty crap!
What do I mean by that?
I mean that it uses old technology (if it uses technology at all); it cannot put patient records online so it relies on paper files going back to the days prior to penicillin, the General Practice service is risible and can only half cope with coughs and colds (any complaint outside of runny noses is a mystery to the Doctor).
Again, electronic communications appears beyond them and as for patient satisfaction surveys - forget it!
When you finally, after many months, struggle to a hospital for a consultation you have to beat the consultant to a pulp before he/she will authorise an operation or a scan or any bleep thing for that matter.
And when, after a year or two, you are admitted for your operation, you are fed food that appears to have passed its sell by date in the days of Florence Nightingale.
But we love it - we cherish it, because, you see, it's free! And because the nurses are such angels (which they are).
Well, we do pay extortionate taxes to fund its profligate lifestyle but that's all right, we must be grateful and not complain. It was much worse for Grandfather who had to have his leg amputated with a penknife and a rusty saw with no anaesthetic!
The point is, that a catchall state funded organisation is pretty well bound to be full of flaws.
If you remove the competitive edge, provide a thick tissue of bureacracy so that no challenge to the system can be upheld, instigate political correctness to the enth degree, allow racial discrimination (from the ethnic minorities involved) and alien cultural practices to flourish and chuck well over £700 billion at it, what do we expect?
When Santorum made his NHS comment he followed through by mentioning the name of one Margaret Thatcher, whom he obviously admires. Good.
Having seen the Lady Thatcher film, The Iron Lady this week I was reminded (by newsreel footage) of just what a grim Britain she inherited back in 1979.
Constipated by trade union greed and menaces, violent with mobs running out of control, communists behind every door of industry and commerce. Banana Republics around the world were getting out of hand and threatening British outposts and citizens.
The poor were being well and truly kept poor and then, a Lincolnshire grocer's daughter came along into a heavily male dominated Parliament and kicked it all into touch.
Whatever one thinks about her, she was one amazing woman and leader. I just wish that she had been Health Minister in the Heath Government rather than Education Minister, she would have given the NHS a good shaking.
What has all of this got to do with the Catholic Faith and Rick Santorum?
Well, I'm still saying my Rosary for Rick's success.
If ever the US (and the world) needed a good Christian leader, now is the time.
And we should not write him off just because he criticised the NHS.
Rather we should embrace him with our hopes and prayers and wish him every success.
Anyone who can damn the Health Service and praise Lady Thatcher in one sentence has got to be Presidential material.
At first, my knee jerked in accord with most Brits when I heard what he had to say. You may see for yourself in this video clip.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/9671217.stm
At the time, Santorum was under a bit of pressure with a mike thrust under his nose, but he must be able to take that, and then he comments that the NHS "devastated British society".
He also stated that it spelt the end for the British Empire. I think our Empire was at an end long before Nye Bevan brought in the NHS but let's overlook that and focus on whether we were "devastated" by health reforms.
As a nation we love the NHS, despite the fact that it's under the thumbscrews of consultants who rule the roost and ensure that management and practice are firmly rooted in the 1940s.
It is horrendously expensive, wastefully so and it's also pretty crap!
What do I mean by that?
I mean that it uses old technology (if it uses technology at all); it cannot put patient records online so it relies on paper files going back to the days prior to penicillin, the General Practice service is risible and can only half cope with coughs and colds (any complaint outside of runny noses is a mystery to the Doctor).
Again, electronic communications appears beyond them and as for patient satisfaction surveys - forget it!
When you finally, after many months, struggle to a hospital for a consultation you have to beat the consultant to a pulp before he/she will authorise an operation or a scan or any bleep thing for that matter.
And when, after a year or two, you are admitted for your operation, you are fed food that appears to have passed its sell by date in the days of Florence Nightingale.
But we love it - we cherish it, because, you see, it's free! And because the nurses are such angels (which they are).
Well, we do pay extortionate taxes to fund its profligate lifestyle but that's all right, we must be grateful and not complain. It was much worse for Grandfather who had to have his leg amputated with a penknife and a rusty saw with no anaesthetic!
The point is, that a catchall state funded organisation is pretty well bound to be full of flaws.
If you remove the competitive edge, provide a thick tissue of bureacracy so that no challenge to the system can be upheld, instigate political correctness to the enth degree, allow racial discrimination (from the ethnic minorities involved) and alien cultural practices to flourish and chuck well over £700 billion at it, what do we expect?
When Santorum made his NHS comment he followed through by mentioning the name of one Margaret Thatcher, whom he obviously admires. Good.
Having seen the Lady Thatcher film, The Iron Lady this week I was reminded (by newsreel footage) of just what a grim Britain she inherited back in 1979.
Constipated by trade union greed and menaces, violent with mobs running out of control, communists behind every door of industry and commerce. Banana Republics around the world were getting out of hand and threatening British outposts and citizens.
The poor were being well and truly kept poor and then, a Lincolnshire grocer's daughter came along into a heavily male dominated Parliament and kicked it all into touch.
Whatever one thinks about her, she was one amazing woman and leader. I just wish that she had been Health Minister in the Heath Government rather than Education Minister, she would have given the NHS a good shaking.
What has all of this got to do with the Catholic Faith and Rick Santorum?
Well, I'm still saying my Rosary for Rick's success.
If ever the US (and the world) needed a good Christian leader, now is the time.
And we should not write him off just because he criticised the NHS.
Rather we should embrace him with our hopes and prayers and wish him every success.
Anyone who can damn the Health Service and praise Lady Thatcher in one sentence has got to be Presidential material.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
The Rosary Crusade for Santorum gathers pace
There is a report on the Guild of Blessed Titus blog that indicates that the Santorum Rosary Crusade is fast spreading, certainly across Europe.
We know, also, that many in America are praying for his victory.
Of course, as predicted, the adverse comments are flying around the ether but, so are the good ones and I have to say that those bloggers who have been positive about Rick Santorum all appear to speak without hype and make a good case for this man (see A Reluctant Sinner).
And from America, posted under the Catholic Vote blog comes a stout defence from Stephen White.
The thorny issue seems to be the torture question.
Opponents claim that Santorum is in favour of it.
But where is the evidence?
He has said that he does not regard "waterboarding" as torture (and neither does the US Military).
You may read Stephen White's take on the waterboarding issue but I would only add that, if a terrorist was detained with evidence that he or she was privy to knowledge of a nuclear device that was due to be detonated in the capital, then with three children and four grandchildren in London, I would not object to the suspect being waterboarded if it would result in thousands of lives being saved.
It is not nice. It is abhorrent. But, is it torture?
Meanwhile....keep up the Rosaries
We know, also, that many in America are praying for his victory.
Of course, as predicted, the adverse comments are flying around the ether but, so are the good ones and I have to say that those bloggers who have been positive about Rick Santorum all appear to speak without hype and make a good case for this man (see A Reluctant Sinner).
And from America, posted under the Catholic Vote blog comes a stout defence from Stephen White.
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| I can think of more violent and abhorrent forms of interrogation |
Opponents claim that Santorum is in favour of it.
But where is the evidence?
He has said that he does not regard "waterboarding" as torture (and neither does the US Military).
You may read Stephen White's take on the waterboarding issue but I would only add that, if a terrorist was detained with evidence that he or she was privy to knowledge of a nuclear device that was due to be detonated in the capital, then with three children and four grandchildren in London, I would not object to the suspect being waterboarded if it would result in thousands of lives being saved.
It is not nice. It is abhorrent. But, is it torture?
Meanwhile....keep up the Rosaries
Thursday, January 5, 2012
The scalpels are out for Santorum!
H2S04 = Vitriol
It did not take long, in fact, to some degree, the filth,underhand mass of lies and distortions was already in the public domain. It just took Santorum's close outright victory in Iowa to open up the cess pit.
On the one hand you have the secular journalists who damn with faint praise and speak about his "religiosity" as if were something akin to the Ebola virus; on the other, the abortion lovers, baby killers, rabid homosexuals and lesbians who spew hatred that, if it were directed against them, would result in the originator being jailed and reviled.
This man is fighting against the odds. He is not well heeled, his Catholic views have apparently upset 50% of his Republican 'friends' and he is up against strong competition.
He needs our prayers.
Just as I recall praying at morning school assembly so many years ago for JFK (the nuns just wanted a Catholic to be President no matter what) so we need to pray for Rick Santorum today and every day until an outcome becomes clear.
The odds have never bothered God so why should they bother us.
Anthony Radice of A Tiny Son of Mary blog has proposed a Rosary Crusade - A great thought.
Please visit Anthony's blog and sign up for the Crusade - we are the Church Militant after all!
And please......give Anthony's Rosary appeal a bit of a push on your blog.
And please......give Anthony's Rosary appeal a bit of a push on your blog.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Hands in the air! I'm an evangelical!
And I didn't even know it!
It seems that the BBC are now referring to US Presidential candidate, Rick Santorum, as an "Evangelical Christian" which, in Beeb terms means fundamentalist bigot.
But, as Stuart at eChurch points out, Rick Santorum is a Pape; not only that but it appears as if he is a fur lined traditionalist Pape!
Just imagine it.
A Catholic President of the USA - no!
A Republican traditional Catholic President of the USA - that would be worth a huzzah or two.
Now I await the filling up of my combox with people telling me that he, (Rick S) is not a traditionalist.
When he made his thank you speech in Iowa earlier today one of the first things that he did was to publicly thank Almighty God.
In my book that's pretty traditional these days.
"Game on Santorum" (his surname even sounds Latiney).
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| What could be better than a Catholic in The White House? - A traditional Catholic? No - a Republican traditional Catholic! |
It seems that the BBC are now referring to US Presidential candidate, Rick Santorum, as an "Evangelical Christian" which, in Beeb terms means fundamentalist bigot.
But, as Stuart at eChurch points out, Rick Santorum is a Pape; not only that but it appears as if he is a fur lined traditionalist Pape!
Just imagine it.
A Catholic President of the USA - no!
A Republican traditional Catholic President of the USA - that would be worth a huzzah or two.
Now I await the filling up of my combox with people telling me that he, (Rick S) is not a traditionalist.
When he made his thank you speech in Iowa earlier today one of the first things that he did was to publicly thank Almighty God.
In my book that's pretty traditional these days.
"Game on Santorum" (his surname even sounds Latiney).
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