For some reason evangelical leaders have all voted to rally behind…Rick Santorum.
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) – Influential evangelical Christian leaders on Saturday endorsed Rick Santorum for the Republican U.S. presidential nomination, in an attempt to strengthen him as the more conservative alternative to front-runner Mitt Romney.
At a weekend meeting at a ranch outside Houston, Texas, the group of 150 conservatives agreed on the third ballot to support the former Pennsylvania senator.
I suppose evangelicals have a hard time with the usual degrading compromise when it means backing a schismatic cultist who tends to forget whatever promises he made last week. So noble failure it is.
Donald G
If the horse is not resurrected, will this show the godbotherers that Jeeesus isn’t on their side as much as they’ve convinced too many to believe?
Librarian
At a weekend meeting at a ranch outside Houston, Texas,
Is the nearest town called Apalachin, by any chance?
gbear
I expect that soon Mitt will add a new paragraph to his stump speech to say how much he cares about evangelical people.
gbear
Hear that, Mitt?
Mike in NC
We have a new pope? Santorum I. Who’ll be first to kiss his ring?
dr. bloor
Pfft. You mean profitable failure it is. The Godclowns would back Lindsey Lohan if they thought she was the best bet to keep the money flowing in from the rubes.
Baud
Feel the Santmemtum!!
I have to admit, I thought they’d choose Tim Tebow.
Linda Featheringill
“schismatic cultist”
Yes.
Historians please forgive me for this:
Santorum probably wants to be like Torquemada, purifying God’s bride for His Loving Delight.
I think that Santorum is more like Savonarola. He can purify until the cows come home but he’s gonna burn anyway.
Brachiator
Behind Santorum. Hee!
They will gnash their teeth and tire themselves out, but ultimately most of them will end up backing Mitt.
They got nowhere else to go.
handy
Idiots.
kc
Maybe when Santorum loses they’ll catch a clue.
kc
Maybe when Santorum loses they’ll catch a clue.
handsmile
How heavenly ironic that this conclave of fundamentalist Christian patriarchs has chosen a Papist as their preferred candidate. Santorum’s religious beliefs (and he himself is deeply conservative theologically within that faith) would have been denounced as wicked and idolatrous less than a generation ago by these same evangelical leaders.
This endorsement should offer some clue as to just how unholy and unworthy they regard Mormons.