Comments on: Rick Santorum’s Missed Opportunity (The Note) http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/rick-santorums-missed-opportunity-the-note/ The latest Politics news and blog posts from ABC News contributors and bloggers including Jake Tapper, George Stephanopoulos and more. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:23:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: MrE_mann http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/rick-santorums-missed-opportunity-the-note/#comment-18334672 MrE_mann Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:53:05 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=462152#comment-18334672 Arkie Vet - what color is the sky in your world? you said this joke -> ' but why should I suspect anything else.. this is the same party who OPPOSED civil rights and now call the republicans the racist ones and claim to be the party of minorities.. what a joke.' Are you a animal vet & on some kind of animal drug. Cause you're not thinking right. Which is a characteristic of the GOP, so maybe you're they're mascot. Make up stuff & shout it from the rooftops loudly. Yes that will change people's minds from the truth. /s Arkie Vet – what color is the sky in your world? you said this joke -> ‘ but why should I suspect anything else.. this is the same party who OPPOSED civil rights and now call the republicans the racist ones and claim to be the party of minorities.. what a joke.’ Are you a animal vet & on some kind of animal drug. Cause you’re not thinking right. Which is a characteristic of the GOP, so maybe you’re they’re mascot. Make up stuff & shout it from the rooftops loudly. Yes that will change people’s minds from the truth. /s

]]> By: MrE_mann http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/rick-santorums-missed-opportunity-the-note/#comment-18334342 MrE_mann Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:47:00 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=462152#comment-18334342 @ArkieVet - c'mon hasn't the GOP got anything positive. All they do is paint a doomsday picture of Obama ...that's it & in reality , he's getting the job done , while during 2000-2008 our country was so greedy & full of itself that we are still paying the price & Obama is cleaning up after the mess. Sorry that it's not going fast enough. But you know the downfall started with Bush. Obama is pretty much the janitor in chief cleaning up the mess. Viva Obama. All the while the children call him names & project their fear on America. Geez, get a new paradigm. When Obama wins are you gonna be pissy for another 4 years & think you're a hero? wow. @ArkieVet – c’mon hasn’t the GOP got anything positive. All they do is paint a doomsday picture of Obama …that’s it & in reality , he’s getting the job done , while during 2000-2008 our country was so greedy & full of itself that we are still paying the price & Obama is cleaning up after the mess. Sorry that it’s not going fast enough. But you know the downfall started with Bush. Obama is pretty much the janitor in chief cleaning up the mess. Viva Obama. All the while the children call him names & project their fear on America. Geez, get a new paradigm. When Obama wins are you gonna be pissy for another 4 years & think you’re a hero? wow.

]]> By: tmferretti http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/rick-santorums-missed-opportunity-the-note/#comment-18326822 tmferretti Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:34:53 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=462152#comment-18326822 President Obama has never served in our military but he seems to be fully aware of the gravity of sending our young men and women into harm’s way. Santorum, Romney and Gingrich talk tough. We should attack Iran and go into Syria yada, yada, yada. It’s easy for them; neither they nor any of their children would have to serve. It's easy to talk tough when not one drop of your family’s blood will be spilled. You republicans should thank Iran, if it wasn't for them holding the hostages until after the Presidential election, Ronald Reagan would never have been elected. President Obama has never served in our military but he seems to be fully aware of the gravity of sending our young men and women into harm’s way.

Santorum, Romney and Gingrich talk tough. We should attack Iran and go into Syria yada, yada, yada. It’s easy for them; neither they nor any of their children would have to serve. It’s easy to talk tough when not one drop of your family’s blood will be spilled.

You republicans should thank Iran, if it wasn’t for them holding the hostages until after the Presidential election, Ronald Reagan would never have been elected.

]]> By: tmferretti http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/rick-santorums-missed-opportunity-the-note/#comment-18322932 tmferretti Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:34:44 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=462152#comment-18322932 ARKEY VET If President Obama is destroying our country, as you say, then you must think President Bush is the devil himself. Don't forget Barrack Obama didn't get us into this mess. The Affordable Health Care Act will prove to be a good plan that will get our health care costs under control and eventually lower costs, insuring more people. Whether you agree with me or not, what is the republican plan? Is it to do nothing and let health care costs bankrupt the country? I haven't heard one viable idea from the republicans since this health debate started. ARKEY VET

If President Obama is destroying our country, as you say, then you must think President Bush is the devil himself. Don’t forget Barrack Obama didn’t get us into this mess.

The Affordable Health Care Act will prove to be a good plan that will get our health care costs under control and eventually lower costs, insuring more people.

Whether you agree with me or not, what is the republican plan? Is it to do nothing and let health care costs bankrupt the country? I haven’t heard one viable idea from the republicans since this health debate started.

]]> By: arkey vet http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/rick-santorums-missed-opportunity-the-note/#comment-18321852 arkey vet Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:29:14 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=462152#comment-18321852 T Storm --"Any of these conservative right wing nut Republicans “boo” our troops like they did at their last clown-debate??? Losers."--- I would say the real loser would be some one who comes on these blogs and post an outright LIE... Exactly which of the republican candidates "BOOED" our troops... you said it .. back it up... I have been around for a lot of years.. remember NAM from my childhood and remember troops being spat on called baby killers BY DEMOCRATS and HIPPIES.. I remember HARRY REID saying the war was lost while we still had troops on the ground and I remember Sheehan, Jackson, and others protesting the war and the troops.. I remember Murtha Callign our troops murderers to hold his party's line even though he was a former Military man himself.. For you to say that REPUBLICANS are anti military is not only idiotic, it moves the liberals to a new low... but why should I suspect anything else.. this is the same party who OPPOSED civil rights and now call the republicans the racist ones and claim to be the party of minorities.. what a joke.. T Storm –”Any of these conservative right wing nut Republicans “boo” our troops like they did at their last clown-debate??? Losers.”— I would say the real loser would be some one who comes on these blogs and post an outright LIE… Exactly which of the republican candidates “BOOED” our troops… you said it .. back it up… I have been around for a lot of years.. remember NAM from my childhood and remember troops being spat on called baby killers BY DEMOCRATS and HIPPIES.. I remember HARRY REID saying the war was lost while we still had troops on the ground and I remember Sheehan, Jackson, and others protesting the war and the troops.. I remember Murtha Callign our troops murderers to hold his party’s line even though he was a former Military man himself.. For you to say that REPUBLICANS are anti military is not only idiotic, it moves the liberals to a new low… but why should I suspect anything else.. this is the same party who OPPOSED civil rights and now call the republicans the racist ones and claim to be the party of minorities.. what a joke..

]]> By: arkey vet http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/rick-santorums-missed-opportunity-the-note/#comment-18320282 arkey vet Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:17:58 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=462152#comment-18320282 tmferetti--"The Obama vs. Clinton debates were debates between two serious, mature, thoughtful people. "--- Really... and the result was that one of those "serious, thoughtful, mature, people got elected and now he is literally DESTROYING this country at an unpresidented rate.. I'm sure you're very happy with the outcome of 2008 based on your posts, but let me give you a little advice.. when we feel the same pinch as Greece, when you are told that you must now work an additional 10 or fifteen years to get SSI (or possibly are told simply that you are not going to get it at all), when that healthcare bill you wanted SOOO much becomes such a burden on the economy that healthcare becomes a giant version of medicaid where only basic necessity coverage is available and only after long waits.. when there is NO private insurance and you have to take what the government provides even if its substandard (imagine VA type healthcare for the whole nation), when you can no longer remember when the nation did not have 9 or 10% unemployment and when most of your friends' biggest aspiration in life is a bigger check from the government.. when that time comes.. do us all a favor and shut up.. because you will have gotten what you asked for.. tmferetti–”The Obama vs. Clinton debates were debates between two serious, mature, thoughtful people. “— Really… and the result was that one of those “serious, thoughtful, mature, people got elected and now he is literally DESTROYING this country at an unpresidented rate.. I’m sure you’re very happy with the outcome of 2008 based on your posts, but let me give you a little advice.. when we feel the same pinch as Greece, when you are told that you must now work an additional 10 or fifteen years to get SSI (or possibly are told simply that you are not going to get it at all), when that healthcare bill you wanted SOOO much becomes such a burden on the economy that healthcare becomes a giant version of medicaid where only basic necessity coverage is available and only after long waits.. when there is NO private insurance and you have to take what the government provides even if its substandard (imagine VA type healthcare for the whole nation), when you can no longer remember when the nation did not have 9 or 10% unemployment and when most of your friends’ biggest aspiration in life is a bigger check from the government.. when that time comes.. do us all a favor and shut up.. because you will have gotten what you asked for..

]]> By: tstorm http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/rick-santorums-missed-opportunity-the-note/#comment-18315732 tstorm Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:09:22 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=462152#comment-18315732 Any of these conservative right wing nut Republicans "boo" our troops like they did at their last clown-debate??? Losers. Any of these conservative right wing nut Republicans “boo” our troops like they did at their last clown-debate??? Losers.

]]> By: Don http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/rick-santorums-missed-opportunity-the-note/#comment-18315602 Don Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:05:42 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=462152#comment-18315602 The GOP voters get what they deserve. All of the remaining candidates reflect their voters: extremist, childish, narrow-minded, nutjobs. Not a fit POTUS among them. The GOP voters get what they deserve. All of the remaining candidates reflect their voters: extremist, childish, narrow-minded, nutjobs. Not a fit POTUS among them.

]]> By: tmferretti http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/rick-santorums-missed-opportunity-the-note/#comment-18314462 tmferretti Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:38:57 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=462152#comment-18314462 IVAN I watched the republican debates because I'm a political junky and interested. It’s really entertaining also. Maybe the republicans would do better if none of us watched and they could continue to fool the American people with sound bites and unsubstantiated accusations. The Obama vs. Clinton debates were debates between two serious, mature, thoughtful people. All the republican debates have reminded me of a group of immature juvenile delinquents who when they have no ideas or responses resort to name calling. IVAN

I watched the republican debates because I’m a political junky and interested. It’s really entertaining also. Maybe the republicans would do better if none of us watched and they could continue to fool the American people with sound bites and unsubstantiated accusations.

The Obama vs. Clinton debates were debates between two serious, mature, thoughtful people. All the republican debates have reminded me of a group of immature juvenile delinquents who when they have no ideas or responses resort to name calling.

]]> By: Bobby Jo http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/rick-santorums-missed-opportunity-the-note/#comment-18313722 Bobby Jo Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:20:44 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=462152#comment-18313722 The big elephant in the debate room: JOBS!? Where was the insightful, detailed discussion of the candidates' plans for the economy and job creation?? Unbelieveably, hardly even addressed. The big elephant in the debate room: JOBS!? Where was the insightful, detailed discussion of the candidates’ plans for the economy and job creation?? Unbelieveably, hardly even addressed.

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