I just got this feeling in the pit of my stomach that makes me horribly ill

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24. That's my thought too

While things wouldn't change for a little while under a RS prez, the repercussions would be loud and deafening.

We thought Bush was bad, but he didn't go half as far as a sycophant like Santorum would. Even if he got nothing through in a first term, voters would begin to think that an ultra religious government would get more through than being blocked all the time, and the RR would help put other extreme right pols through, and they would be able to use their power to change an awful lot of laws and rules to make the US their bitch.

It's not important to only consider the near future, but to determine what could--or would--come with someone like Santorum in a farther looking scenario. I guess this is one of the reasons I've had ulcers. ...

If we elected someone like Santorum, this country would soon join the third world countries and countries run by despots like Khadafi, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, and face diminishing fortunes. Our educational standards would plummet, the dangers of theocratic rule, and scientific projects would be halted.

There are a lot of problems this country has to face, granted. And this all started when the religious right began to interfere in our political process. Santorum is one of those burrs that breaks down the machinery of a well honed engine.

We need forward looking politicians, not backwards looking ones.