Rick Santorum to GOP: Sell the anti-LGBT ‘far-right’ agenda by talking like the pope

[unhappycamper]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/09/rick-santorum-to-gop-sell-the-anti-lgbt-far-right-agenda-by-talking-like-the-pope/



Rick Santorum to GOP: Sell the anti-LGBT ‘far-right’ agenda by talking like the pope
By David Edwards
Sunday, March 9, 2014 11:10 EDT

Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Sunday advised Republicans that it would be easier to oppose equal rights for LGBT people, roll back reproductive rights for women, and cut the social safety net if they adopted the rhetoric of Pope Francis.

The day after the close of the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference, host Chris Wallace told Santorum that a viewer had asked how the Republican Party could win the presidency with a far-right candidate if a majority of the party was more moderate.

“I care about the economy but want the government to stay out of many social issues,” the viewer explained.

Santorum pointed to conservative Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott as someone who had won without changing his position on social issues.

[theHandpuppet]

1. Well it works, doesn't it.

While kindly old Francis smiles for the camera and the media, his bishops have unleashed an unrelenting torrent of anti-gay, anti-woman legislation and lawsuits.

[dbackjon]

3. And DU eats it up

[Gothmog]

2. Ricky is too stupid to be POTUS

Ricky is an idiot Time has left him behind and no one is paying attention to anything he says

[Fearless]

4. The difference is the pope is moving FROM the far right

Not toward it!

Granted he isn't moving much, but that is why people's ears perk up. I mean, seriously ten years ago it would be unheard of that the church would even "tolerate" gay people.

He shouldn't mistake something that gets people's attention for something that will get people's votes. ...Or maybe HE should.