General Election 2012 Thread - Page 106

I would put Santorum and maybe perry up against Obama in biblical knowledge any day. For,that matter I would bet on them in the US History and Constitutional Knowledge categories, too.

Poor Gov. Rick Perry. He’s admitted that political debates aren’t his thing and that his college grades weren’t anything to brag about.But then, he missed the date of a major piece of American history (the Revolutionary War) by 200 years, ABC points out.
“Our Founding Fathers never meant for Washington, D.C. to be the fount of all wisdom,” he said following last night’s Washington Post/Bloomberg debate on the economy.
“As a matter of fact they were very much afraid if that because they’d just had this experience with this far-away government that had centralized thought process and planning and what have you, and then it was actually the reason that we fought the revolution in the 16th century was to get away from that kind of onerous crown if you will.”
We, as in America and the Founding Fathers, fought the revolution in the 18th century, the late 1700s.
We all get confused sometimes, Perry. And Texas wasn’t even a state then!

[color=#333333]mitt romney certainly has a heart, and rick santorum a brain. but right now, neither is getting much attention.[color=#333333]as the republican presidential race in michigan comes down to the wire with the former massachusetts governor and the former pennsylvania senator neck and neck, romney remains on message, and santorum continues to be all over the place.
[color=#333333]romney stuck with his economic message monday, as he has all campaign.
[color=#333333]"the reason that i'm going to beat barack obama in michigan in the fall is that this is going to be a contest about who can strengthen the economy," romney told supporters in royal oak monday night. "we'll look at his record -– and it's been a failure -– and we'll look at my record and the successes i've had in the private sector, the olympics and in my state, and i'm going to be able to talk about the economy with credibility he doesn't have."
[color=#333333]romney made things a little more interesting than usual by appearing with musician kid rock, a supporter, producing the jarring image of the clean-cut romney and the long-haired kid rock shaking hands after a performance of "born free," romney's campaign anthem.
[color=#333333]santorum, meanwhile, refused to stop talking about the things that matter most to him, no matter how much they take him down rabbit trails that make sense to him, but inevitably produce headlines and news coverage that confuse or provoke casual observers. it's a high-risk wager by his campaign that he is connecting with enough of the gop base in the primary, and will have time to win over independents later.
[color=#333333]"what do you do to overcome the view that your very conservative views make you unelectable in the current political climate?" santorum was asked by a moderator at a chamber of commerce breakfast in livonia.