The trouble with my uncle, Rick Santorum

[witness23]

Short, sweet and to the point.

Truer words could not have been spoken, and too boot, from someone who know's the guy personally. The fact that this nit-wit came within 8 votes of winning Iowa just show's how pathetic this field is and speaks volumes about the Republican voters.

This thing should be a choice between Romney and Paul, simple as that, and the voters can't make up their fricken' minds on who they want? My God the GOP is in utter shambles.


The trouble with my uncle, Rick Santorum
By John Garver Published: 2:00 PM 01/03/2012 | Updated: 1:41 AM 01/04/2012
Student, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

link: Ron Paul | Rick Santorum | The trouble with my uncle, Rick Santorum | The Daily Caller

If you want another big-government politician who supports the status quo to run our country, you should vote for my uncle, Rick Santorum. America is based on a strong belief in individual liberty. My uncle’s interventionist policies, both domestic and foreign, stem from his irrational fear of freedom not working.

It is not the government’s job to dictate to individuals how they must live. The Constitution was designed to protect individual liberty. My Uncle Rick cannot fathom a society in which people cooperate and work with each other freely. When Republicans were spending so much money under President Bush, my uncle was right there along with them as a senator. The reason we have so much debt is not only because of Democrats, but also because of big-spending Republicans like my Uncle Rick.

It is because of this inability of status quo politicians to recognize the importance of our individual liberties that I have been drawn to Ron Paul. Unlike my uncle, he does not believe that the American people are incapable of forming decisions. He believes that an individual is more powerful than any group (a notion our founding fathers also believed in).

Another important reason I support Ron Paul is his position on foreign policy. He is the only candidate willing to bring our troops home, not only from the Middle East, but from around the world.

Ron Paul seems to be the only candidate trying to win the election for a reason other than simply winning the election.

This year, I’ll vote for an honest change in our government. I’ll vote for real hope. I’ll vote for a real leader. This year, I will vote for Ron Paul.

John Garver is a 19-year-old student at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. John is a strong supporter of Ron Paul despite his love for family member Rick Santorum.

 

[Pilgrim]

Short, sweet and to the point.

Truer words could not have been spoken, and too boot, from someone who know's the guy personally. The fact that this nit-wit came within 8 votes of winning Iowa just show's how pathetic this field is and speaks volumes about the Republican voters.

This thing should be a choice between Romney and Paul, simple as that, and the voters can't make up their fricken' minds on who they want? My God the GOP is in utter shambles.


The trouble with my uncle, Rick Santorum
By John Garver Published: 2:00 PM 01/03/2012 | Updated: 1:41 AM 01/04/2012
Student, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

link: Ron Paul | Rick Santorum | The trouble with my uncle, Rick Santorum | The Daily Caller

The last paragraph tells us all we need to know about the author and the value of his political opinion based on his life's experiences in the real world. (bold emphasis mine)

John Garver is a 19-year-old student at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. John is a strong supporter of Ron Paul despite his love for family member Rick Santorum.

Ron Paul | Rick Santorum | The trouble with my uncle, Rick Santorum | The Daily Caller

 

[RLENT]

The last paragraph tells us all we need to know about the author and the value of his political opinion based on his life's experiences in the real world.

Yup - he's actually still alive ..... and hasn't yet joined the ranks of the living dead

 

[greg334]

The fact that this nit-wit came within 8 votes of winning Iowa just show's how pathetic this field is and speaks volumes about the Republican voters.

one of the problems I heard this morning is the idea that either of the nit-wits running were reaganis style conservatives. Kind of wondered why a republican would make that claim.

 

[layoutshooter]

The fact that this nit-wit came within 8 votes of winning Iowa just show's how pathetic this field is and speaks volumes about the Republican voters.

one of the problems I heard this morning is the idea that either of the nit-wits running were reaganis style conservatives. Kind of wondered why a republican would make that claim.

Well, it is not the most stellar field of candidates that ever ran.

 

[RLENT]

The last paragraph tells us all we need to know about the author and the value of his political opinion based on his life's experiences in the real world. (bold emphasis mine)

No what it really tells us is what level of arrogance is required to dismiss, out of hand, a fairly large segment of the electorate. You know - the ones that will have to live with our decisions long after we are gone.

Sounds like just the kind of viewpoint that we need for "building the GOP" .... I'm sure it will have them just streaming into "the big tent" in waves ....

Further, it completely ignores the possibility, that this individual may be possessed of knowledge not in the public domain about Uncle Ricky .....

For the "ignorance-is-bliss" crowd, it's fairly typical ... so no big surprise .....

 

[RLENT]

The fact that this nit-wit came within 8 votes of winning Iowa just show's how pathetic this field is and speaks volumes about the Republican voters.

Well, some of them anyways .....

 

[layoutshooter]

Imagine what voting for a bum like Obama says about Democrats.

VOTE "EM ALL OUT! If they have EVER held an elected office higher than dog catcher, DON'T VOTE FOR THEM! Party does not matter.

 

[Ragman]

This thing should be a choice between Romney and Paul, simple as that, and the voters can't make up their fricken' minds on who they want? My God the GOP is in utter shambles.

 

[cheri1122]

The last paragraph tells us all we need to know about the author and the value of his political opinion based on his life's experiences in the real world. (bold emphasis mine)

"Us"? For whom do you speak?
Not me. Because the value of his political opinion is not based solely on his life's [sic] experiences in the real world, even if we knew the first thing about what those experiences are.
Some folks who are three times his age couldn't produce a well thought out paragraph to save their lives, so the kid's already ahead of them, lol.

 

[layoutshooter]

"Us"? For whom do you speak?
Not me. Because the value of his political opinion is not based solely on his life's [sic] experiences in the real world, even if we knew the first thing about what those experiences are.
Some folks who are three times his age couldn't produce a well thought out paragraph to save their lives, so the kid's already ahead of them, lol.

19 year old college kids have real world experience? Not many. School is not real life. It is training to enable one to begin learning once they start their real life.

 

[witness23]

Well, some of them anyways .....

Fair enough. I'll put it this way, "It speaks volumes to those Republican voters that participated in the Iowa caucus and those that are okay with this guy gaining momentum".

 

[davekc]

Never hurts to look at what may be a fresh or new prospective on something regardless of age. Being 19 years old certainly can't be overlooked either.

 

[witness23]

Never hurts to look at what may be a fresh or new prospective on something regardless of age. Being 19 years old certainly can't be overlooked either.

Nor can you overlook the fact that he is Santorum's nephew.

 

[davekc]

Nor can the fact that he is Santorum's nephew.

No argument there.

 

[layoutshooter]

Never hurts to look at what may be a fresh or new prospective on something regardless of age. Being 19 years old certainly can't be overlooked either.

It never hurts to look at a new prospective, regardless of age. Keep this in mind, and think back to when you (all of us, not aimed at you Dave) were 19. Did you really have much insight into life yet? I would be willing to bet that very few people have the same views, opinions or insights at 40 than they had at 19. Anyone who does has not grown up.


I know that my views, outlooks and opinions changed drastically between the age of 19 and 30. My outlook at age 30 was the outlook of an adult with responsibility, at 19 I was a kid just starting the adventure of life.

A 19 year old person's opinions on life are interesting, even kinda cute at times, seeing how naive and inexperienced they are, but have to be assessed in the context of that age and experience.

That does not imply that this "kid" is right, wrong or indifferent, just very young, very inexperienced and still in school. He has yet to even start his adult life. Everything will change as he matures.

 

[jaminjim]

Dang that really swayed me. Down with Santorum! Long live Paul.

 

[greg334]

I think in the bigger scheme of things, someone his age has more sources of information and being connected to a politician he is a bit better informed about the person at hand.

Life experiences has little to do with the opinion and observation of a family member and the same seems to hold true when one has more understanding of the issues that are laid out in the piece.

 

[jaminjim]

Little Johnny's not that smart, he wrongly titled his hit piece. He should have titled it

'Why I'm infatuated with Dr. Ron Paul'

 

[layoutshooter]

"Life experiences has little to do with the opinion and observation of a family member and the same seems to hold true when one has more understanding of the issues that are laid out in the piece."

Your life must have been FAR different than mine. My views on EVERYTHING were changed/colored and shaped as my experience grew. The way I looked at the death or divorce of a family member at 19 was way different when I was 8 or 30. My understanding was different, shaped by my own experience over the years. Age or life experience has little to do with observation of a family member but everything to do with how the observer interprets in input. I have yet to meet the 19 year old who would have the same interpretation of an event at age 30.

As said in 1 Corinthians 13:11 :

"When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I [a]became a man, I did away with childish things."


1 Corinthians 13:11 NASB - When I was a child I used to speak like - Bible Gateway