Rick Santorum misses a "teaching moment"

Would you vote for this guy? I wonder if he lost any votes to gain this one?

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John Weber said…
Actually I thought he handled that uncomfortable situation quite well. The question was why wasn't anybody doing something to get Obama out of government and the answer was he was working on doing just that with his campaign for President.

We all know there are a number of vocal people on the fringes on both sides of the political spectrum. There isn't anything you can say or do to dissuade them from thier beliefs and dogma, so why bother to try? Better to keep focus on the issues which are truly important and move the subject of the debate to highlight the distinct differences in the proposed solutions that the two parties have to offer. Let's face it, the differences can't possibly be more stark.

Calling undue attention to what some unknown whack job has to say when a candidate happens to be standing in the room only adds to the noise. I happen to disagree with Santorum on a number of his policy positions, but I doubt very highly Santorum believes Obama is an avowed muslim. Not issuing a public smack down to someone who says diffently doesn't really change that, does it? If this happened in a town meeting with a member of congress who happened to be a Democrat would you be seeing it on CNN or posting it on your blog?

Sorry John, but this sort of distraction is most annoying. We have more important problems to discuss as a nation, don't you agree?
January 25, 2012 at 9:55 AM
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