A Salute to the Comments Section

Yes, I like Rick Santorum, and, therefore, I loved this. The two comments I have included in this post were in response to a bash Rick Santorum fest which was being hosted by some Huckabee supporters. They show why it is so profitable to have loyal supporters who love you for your loyalty to God, the nation, and your constituents.

There are reasons you should not compare a Burkean (or traditional) Conservative (which Rick Santorum is) to a progressive such as Teddy Roosevelt or Woodrow Wilson. One of such reasons is... there just isn't anything to compare. Huckabee is not the kind of guy I am alright with being president... or anything else. This gem from a comment section gives a neat and tidy intro as to why (as well as reflecting the awesomeness which dwells within Rick Santorum):

"I seriously do not think Rick Santorum patterns anything after Teddy Roosevelt. I'd say he's in line with Ronald Reagan. Big difference there. Now, you'd be correct to compare Huckabee to Roosevelt because both have embraced progressive policies. NOT Rick. Rick has said time and again he would make good use of the presidential bully pulpit to start a national conversation on issues of marriage, family, and a culture of life. This does not translate to government running and dictating policies to lift these up. He makes this clear in "It Takes a Family" and consistently throughtout his tenure in Congress and during his campaign and still today." - SW

And this is why you do not call another person's candidate "a joke" as a reason they should not be supporting the candidate (aside from the "joke" comment being tasteless and largely nonsensical):

"Yes, [Santorum is] a joke who just happened to win 11 states and more counties than all the rest of the field COMBINED by the time he was forced to suspend. Yes, a joke who ran a shoestring campaign with meager funds and a skeletal staff, outspent 5,6, even 10 to 1, and he came doggone close to toppling the pre-anointed Rominee. Yes, a joke who ran a solely grassroots brushfire campaign, and it took a combination of Rove, Trump, Fox News and every one of their talking egghead elitist shills, Adelson, Gingrich, Paul, and the dozens of billionaire moderate backers to aid Romney to take out this "Little Campaign That Could." That is the remarkable story of 2012 that the media, and even the Cruz and Rand obsessed talkers don't want to revisit, don't want you to remember ever, ever happened. That Santorum was a non-factor in 2012 and should go away, that we need "fresh blood", young inexperienced rebellious candidates with a flare for soaring rhetoric, not actual record and results. Yes, what a joke that Santorum was, just like Reagan in 1976. Ignorance reins supreme. I thank God Reagan gave it another shot in 1980 and his supporters from 1976 had the good mind to stick with him and build on that. Too many Chris Matthews in the GOP these days to learn from this. Huckabee going after Santorum's base is reflective of this, too. Dumb, dumb strategy - unless his goal is to aid Christie or Bush with the promise of a VP spot." - SW

Salute! Yes, there are, at times, decent people in the comments section.