Keep 'Em Leaning Right

A couple comments on Facebook got me thinking, today.  Former Senator Rick Santorum has created a wonderful site called Patriot Voices. Check it out if you get the chance; I think you will like it. I have joined this site on Facebook, so comments people have posted to Patriot Voices show up on my personal Facebook page. If you are familiar with Facebook, you know how it works.  Anyway, someone posted in regard to Mitt Romney’s Presidential campaign on Senator Santorum’s previous comment about endorsements. Referring to Romney, the fan posted, “Keep him leaning right, Rick! Thanks for all you do!”

I “liked” it! I couldn’t agree more!  What an awesome encouragement! And it is exactly what Senator Santorum is doing. It is what we all should be doing, if we want our politicians to stand up for our standards and values. I have noticed lately that Mitt Romney is now a new member of The National Rifle Association (NRA), as well as the conservative educational group, HSLDA – Homeshool Legal Defense Association. So obviously, something is helping Romney to lean right!

Senator Santorum is also helping elect conservative candidates.  He has boldly stepped out in favor of certain candidates, endorsing those that have policies and ideas that are aligned most closely to our United States Constitution.

This constructive trend doesn’t begin and end with Rick Santorum; Governor Sarah Palin, and Michelle Bachman as well as others, have also worked diligently in this manner.

Additionally, today as I browsed Facebook, there were some comments on another “friends” status that I found interesting. This discussion was about Ron Paul. As is almost always the case, the comments were pro Ron Paul, without actually stating why.  The comments mostly bashed Americans for being ignorant, and not moving to “line-up” with Ron Paul and his stances.  Obviously the people commenting were frustrated, and opining about their intentions to vote for Ron Paul regardless, come Election Day as a “matter of principle”.  

I hate to say it, but lamenting and regurgitating all they have heard about the ills of America seems to be the mantra of many Paul supporters.  Saying Paul is the “only true Constitutionalist” while running down others is the norm. When one points out the error of their facts, some (not all) quite often respond viciously – not with verification of their facts, but unfortunately with more attacks. There have been many times I can do nothing but shake my head in regard to the name calling and negative comments I have endured when I have commented on Ron Paul sites. And I continue to believe that I rarely hear Ron Paul and his supporters ever say anything positive about America! 

After participating in the Ron Paul discussion on my friend’s Facebook page - though no one attacked me there – I really got to thinking. After seeing the woman’s post on Senator Santorum’s page: (“Keep him leaning right!”) I couldn’t help but see the dichotomy!

Senator Santorum, Sarah Palin, and Michelle Bachman have chosen to do something constructive with their platform.  They have not given up on America and they have only praised America’s attributes, while noting her failures with a hopeful attitude of correction by using a strong and effective rule of law.

Ron Paul on the other hand, in my opinion, has done nothing but “stir the masses” it seems. He has stirred up and torn down, criticizing America almost as much as the Obama’s. Many of his supporters seem to be in a state of frenzy with no idea of how to do anything constructive for America. Some take credit for the Tea Party movement - and there were indeed many Paul supporters that were involved with that - but things seemed to fizzle when others that joined that movement didn’t agree with much of Paul’s ideologies. Even the Tea Party movement was divided, including a Paul sect, along with those that were traditional, conservative Republicans. Foreign policy seemed to be the most divisive issue when it came to support for Ron Paul.

Now, as election time draws nearer, Paul and his supporters continue to attack fellow Republicans when at this point in time we should be joining forces in order to generate a positive outcome at election time.

Even the bitter battles during the primaries between Romney and Newt; and Romney and Santorum did not prevent these two class acts from following through with an endorsement of Mitt Romney – solely for the benefit of the GOP!

Come on, Dr. Paul; what’s your real agenda? When closely observed, some of your actions seem more likely to divide. If you are a Republican, get on board! If not, work from your own party of choice…oh, that’s right; you said you couldn’t win if you did that, and that it would cost too much money to try that. Well guess what?  You aren’t winning…but you do continue to divide and you don’t seem to be offering any solutions to your supporters. They stand faithful to you and that is a wonderful thing, if you offered solutions that would aid in restoring America….I will stand with Patriot Voices and others that continue to believe in America and are working to restore America.