Sorry, Ann

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Peter Robinson · January 27, 2012 at 6:07am

I missed the exchange, but, after reading Mollie's post below, I went looking for it--and found that it had already been put up on YouTube.

Why I still can't support Mitt Romney:

Liberty--liberty--"not worth getting angry about." That would have come as news to certain residents of Massachusetts, including John Hancock, John Adams, and, come to think of it, all those who participated in the very first tea party.

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Humza Ahmad: .....

And about Santorum, if you support him, then by all means defend him. As you can tell, I'm clearly not in favor of him getting the nomination, so it does not fall upon me or anyone else who isn't sold on his protectionist, big-spending record to defend him against liberal assaults. In fact, I am in diametric opposition to position on gay marriage, and so are most independents. ..... but because they do not ring well with independents, he is completely unelectable.

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I don't demand that you support Santorum or even defend him. At a minimum, though, loyalty demands that you don't pile on with namecalling.
If Santorum is really as big government and protectionist as you say he is, wouldn't that actually be a plus with a large portion of independents?
How can you claim to know anything about a group as fickle, transitory, and divergent as "independents"? In 2008, as a group they overwhelmingly supported Obama despite unfortunate views on gay marriage. They supported Obama despite far worse economic policies than mere protectionism. What about Romney (who has the same ssm views as Santorum, btw) will appeal to independents over Obama?

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Humza Ahmad: .....

It thus becomes simply a matter of pride to defend Santorum, a person who has next to no chance of the nomination. I say again, we are only wasting time and energy on this person because of a fluke in Iowa. · _{Jan. 28 at 1:39pm}

Who needs that flukey democratic process when we have Humza Ahmad to declare who's worthy of attention?