Rick Santorum in 2008?

This is very interesting, I have seen the guy a few times and I like him. I would still perfer Rudy though.


Santorum Challenges Hillary to Debate

Sen. Rick Santorum has called Hillary Clinton a "radical feminist" and challenged her to a debate on who is responsible for raising children - the family, the government or the children themselves.

The Pennsylvania Republican - whose new book, "It Takes a Family," is the conservative answer to Clinton's "It Takes a Village" - told ABC's "This Week":

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"I'd love to have a serious debate.

"I believe her view is one that says 'government' and 'top-down.' I believe my view is the view that's held by most Americans, which means we need strong families and strong communities, and we don't need government really disassembling those institutions, which I think her view of the world does."


Host George Stephanopolous asked, "You believe [Clinton] is a radical feminist?"

Sen. Santorum replied, "Yes, I do.

"Read her work and what she's done on children's rights. I mean, that's radical - that children have rights equal to adults. That is not a nurturing atmosphere of mothers and fathers taking responsibility for shaping the moral vision of their children."

Santorum was referring to decades-old writings on children's rights that were used against Bill Clinton in the 1992 presidential race.

"Decisions about motherhood and abortion, schooling, cosmetic surgery and employment, and others where the decision or lack of one will significantly affect the child's future should not be made by parents alone," Hillary wrote in 1979.

"Children should have a right to be permitted to decide their own future if they are competent."

In a recent interview with NewsMax, Sen. Santorum said Clinton's so-called "village" is "really the government and I say in the book that the government really has it in for the family.

"What I call the 'village elders' have it in for the family because the family gets in the way of their ability to inculcate the children with the progressive values that they believe are right for these children."

On "This Week," Santorum was also asked about statements he made regarding sexual-abuse scandals in the Catholic Church, and Boston in particular.

In 2002 he told CatholicOnline: "When the culture is sick, every element in it becomes infected. While there's no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism in America, lies at the center of the storm."

Democratic Senators Edward Kennedy and John Kerry - who, like Santorum, are both Catholics - have called on the Republican senator to apologize.

But he told Stephanopolous: "I wrote the article in 2002. Ted Kennedy and John Kerry wrote no articles in 2002 criticizing this church.

"I went out and talked to bishops. I talked to cardinals. I was very concerned. I spoke loudly about it.

"The senators from Massachusetts did nothing."

Go Rick, I'd pay to see that debate!