Rick Santorum for... President? Really?!

2008 was a year where there was no incumbent President that was up for re-election. It was a year in which the Republicans had to run on some of the policies that many did not agree with from the Bush administration and a failing economy, a housing bubble crunch and terrible gas prices. Republicans coalesced early behind McCain as the Democrats fought a long hard battle between then Senator Hilary Clinton and then Senator Barack Obama. It is ironic to say that that fight most likely helped them to win the Presidency. (That and among many other things that maybe we can all rant about at a later time.)

This is needless to say not the scenario we are in at the moment. Republicans are in their own long struggle to find a single candidate that we can all unify behind. The question is, have we all ready found the candidate?

Former Governor Mitt Romney is by far the best man to run against Obama, despite what former Senator Santorum would argue. Rick Santorum ironically enough endorsed Mitt Romney in 2008 when he was running for President. Rick Santorum, ironically enough, in 2008 said that he was the most conservative in the race. Rick Santorum ironically enough says he doesn't flip flop or change with the times... or does he?

Well the year is 2012 and now Rick Santorum is at the forefront calling on Mitt Romney's lack of being a conservative. How can you call him conservative in 2008 and not in 2012? Now let's take a look here at who Rick Santorum is... the Senator who endorsed Arlen Specter (great judge of character Rick) and also brought home his own share of pork barrel to PA.

For a man that says he doesn't change with the times, Senator Rick Santorum did a lot of 'team work' or as he refered to himself as  being a, 'team player', during the Bush Administration and in response he blatantly said that he did at times what was best for the team. Well I find it ironic that you can do what is best for the team several years ago and today you would rather destroy your party's chance at winning the Presidency. Rick Santorum is a walking soundbite, he's his own worst campaign ad. There's nothing better that President Obama would like to do than go against Rick Santorum because he won't even have to spend money on putting together ads, you just have to loop together a bunch of Rick Santorum speeches and watch as Republicans and Democrats alike have their mouths drop in astonishment that an individual like this could even run.

Let's talk a few examples as to what a candidate Rick Santorum does to the Republican Party if, I know it's a nightmare and thankfully statistics and numbers show us he has little of a chance, Rick Santorum does get the candidacy.

• Rick Santorum will alienate the independents and Libertarians, myself included, because we do not want the radical social changes that would come with a Rick Santorum Presidency. 
• It is safe to say that he will lose any chance of coalescing any blacks towards his cause with the various soundbites and attack ads that can be, rightfully so, taken against his campaign and him as a person. Rick Santorum has said before, "I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money; I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money." Granted this is taken slightly out of context but most Americans will not do the research to actually see where the context came from. (Link for the full article here: Santorum's Foot in his Mouth V1)
• Santorum rather recently has said that Puerto Ricans should speak English. They all ready do. It is taught in schools and is one of two languages spoken there along with Spanish. This will help him to get the Latino vote which the Republican party will need to beat Obama. (Read this for the full article: Foot in mouth 2)
• Rick Santorum also has a lot of baggage with women and for the most part independent women will most likely not coalesce behind him either. He essentially said he didn't want to put women in a combat role because there could be scenarios because of their emotions. Well that'll sound great as a soundbite running through a loop won't it? (Full article here: Foot in Mouth 3)

There's so much more we can keep going on about but I'll be here for a week if I was to throw every clip, and a link to just every scenerio up. The other issue that I see that could happen here is it takes one wrong run in with a reporter on the campaign trail and for him to become a hothead, which he has just done recently, and it makes you wonder why would you throw away your vote by voting for him?

This definitely is not the guy I would want to run for President...

Disclaimer: The reason I placed liberal leaning media news outlets as the foot in his mouth, it does no good explaining the spin that would be placed on a Rick Santorum presidency or candidacy if you are not reading what the opposition would write.