Santorum for President

by Michael Gregory Steele and Herman B. Hayes

Looking at the field of Presidential hopefuls for 2008 there is only one potential Republican candidate that is Christian enough to earn my endorsement. This is a man who is strongly and vocally opposed to homosexuality, abortion, and birth control. He's a social conservative's social conservative -- Pennsylvania’s own Rick Santorum.

When it comes time to select who will be our Republican nominee for President, all Christians will be faced with a great choice. There will be the temptation to vote for a more electable candidate such as the moderate senator, John McCain. Since McCain has broad support among both Republicans and Democrats he would be a very easy candidate to run. There is one problem though: McCain does not represent what I want the Republican Party to be.

McCain supports stem cell research, supports homos, and is weak on family values. He is far from a Christian friendly candidate. If you'll remember he even criticized our saintly President Bush in the 2000 campaign for being too closely tied to the Religious Right. McCain simply does not have the moral authority to be President.

Our choice is simple: we must choose Rick Santorum to be our nominee in 2008.

I realize that getting Rick Santorum into the White House will be an uphill battle. In fact there's a very good chance we'll lose this fight, but this isn't about simply winning an election. My hope is that someday every Republican will be a family friendly conservative. We need to make it impossible for a moderate like McCain to win in a Republican primary. We are sanctifying the Republican field and thereby purifying the Republican Party. In choosing Santorum we will send a clear message to dispassionately moderate Republicans like McCain: start looking for new jobs, you godless unbelievers.