Religion of some presidents.

I did not know.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/darrin-gr ... 83210.html

it says about Andrew Jackson...

"Our first Presbyterian president, Jackson's religious life is noteworthy because he conscientiously refused to allow his religion to be a part of his office. Long before the Presidential Prayer Breakfast or the National Day of Prayer, Jackson was called on by members of Congress and influential religious leaders to call for a national day of prayer and fasting in response to a cholera epidemic. Jackson refused, stating that to do so would be to transcend "those limits which are prescribed by the Constitution for the President," and he feared that this religious encroachment could "disturb the security which religion now enjoys in this country in its complete separation from the political concerns of the General Government." "

Says Lincoln would be unelectable today. Really didn't talk about God at all.

Are people thinking about he president's religion (now or future)? Santorum seems to be running on religion (or at least that is what the media is currently making of it). Romney, who does spout some non Jacksonian God talk, does stay pretty generic about it. Obama does not talk about it much, though does reference God here and there.

I'm not.

I believe Santorum should stop taking the bait of reporters who want him to talk about social issues. Concentrate on economics.

But while I am not religious, I do believe there are still enough Americans out there who would refuse to vote for a presidential candidate who declared his athiesm. (This could change in another 20 years however.)

And I didn't vote for Santorum in the caucus, but I would have no trouble voting for him to defeat Obama.

I'm curious. Name me the last president to have had passed some law or bill that was based on theocratic principles?

Rick Santorum In 2008: Mainstream Protestantism Fell Out Of 'World Of Christianity'

As far as Rick Santorum is concerned, mainstream Protestantism "is gone from the world of Christianity." That's what he told students at Florida's Ave Maria University, founded by Domino's Pizza mogul Tom Monaghan, during a 2008 lecture.

Really? This nutbag wants to re-fight Martin Luther and the Protestant revolution of 1517?


Santorum says Obama looks down on disabled, encouraging more abortions

Rick Santorum accused President Obama of requiring free prenatal testing in the health care plan he signed in 2010 because it would detect if children were disabled, encourage more abortions and save money.

Really? This nutbag wants to suggest that "prenatal testing = abortion"?


Santorum says "States should have the right to outlaw birth control."....

Really? This nutbag is suggesting that government should be smaller, but he's okay with the government climbing into women's wombs with intra-vaginal sonograms, and birth-control prohibition?



Oh, god, PLEASE let this religious fanatic win the nomination....

Just because Santorum has some extreme views on social policy doesn't disqualify him from being president. He won't be dictator. Obama made a number of speeches while in the Illinois statehouse supporting a "radical" single payer health system, but he wasn't able to get it passed.

You're damned right he won't be dictator....or president...

Oh, god, PLEASE let this religious fanatic win the nomination....

Single payer is not "radical".. Ask the Canadians, the Brits, the Danes, the Germans, the.......... It's only "radical" if you're a teabagger.

LadyJazzer wrote: You damned right he won't be dictator....or president...

Oh, god, PLEASE let this religious fanatic win the nomination....

Single payer is not "radical".. Ask the Canadians, the Brits, the Danes, the Germans, the.......... It's only "radical" if you're a teabagger.

Yes... let's ask the Brits...

UK eyes privatizing its health care.

Filmmaker Michael Moore glorified the United Kingdom’s National Health Service in his 2007 documentary ”Sicko,” making a cult film argument that socialized medicine works. But Prime Minister David Cameron, the Tory MP who heads a coalition government in England, is apparently not a Moore fan: He is working to partially privatize the NHS, beginning a massive outsourcing of medical services to private health care providers throughout the U.K.

Britain’s media, in particular the Washington Post–Huffington Post hybrid The Guardian, is publishing near-panic-attacks alerts daily about the conservative plan, which comes as the British government scales back on entitlement spending, hoping to avoid a Greek-style financial meltdown.

But in the United States, left-wing enthusiasts of socialized medicine don’t seem bothered at the loss of a role model. Many won’t even acknowledge it.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/17/as-ob ... z1msQzFZcO

Not working out so well for those Brits. Thanks for playing.