CLOSE ! (but no cigar).

Bless me Father for I have sinned. Over the last few months I've actually changed my mind about Rick Santorum. Wait !!! don't hit the delete key and please don't call me that ! What I've actually done is come to realize that he's not stupid. He's a good debater, he's articulate..( except when he says the word Bull___, he's energetic, he believes what he says, he's a good family man...(except when he talks about the stillborn baby that he brought home), and he seems authentic.

But he's also much too extreme to even be considered to run this country. His views on public education are ridiculous...the idea that every community ought to be responsible to educate their children wouldn't work in most of the country. His eradication of the line separating church and state would lead to even more divisiveness for the country. His lack of trust in the scientific community would impede progress like never before...stem cell research and environmental protections would be stymied, and Planned Parenthood would no longer be able to address crucial women's health issues.

Rick Santorum would never advocate for gay people. He would reinstate Don't Ask Don't Tell, try to change the constitution to block equal marriage rights, and anti discrimination policies would surely bite the dust. While he'd do all in his power to protect the unborn..he's been trigger happy for a long time to start a war with Iran.

I do give him credit for getting as far as he did in the GOP primaries..but as far as I'm concerned, it's now time for him to gather up his toys and go home.

We can't and won't have an extremist calling the shots when so much is at stake. We can all go to church to hear about sin and evil, we don't need to listen to it blasting out from the Whitehouse.