CHICAGO — Rick Santorum might no longer be an active candidate for the presidency, but he is not backing down from his conviction that this presidential election is the most vital in American history.
Santorum announced he is launching Patriot Voices, a new conservative group, aimed at getting Americans “who don’t have a voice” energized to resist the political left.
“This is not the time just to stand back,” Santorum said. “Make a difference.”
The former Senator told participants at CPAC Chicago that Scott Walker’s election makes him feel more confident in Republican chances of beating Barack Obama.
“This election’s about whether we have leaders who will tell us the truth,” Santorum said. “Well, we got a great shot in the arm from Gov. Walker and his courage to stand up and face the problems.
“He told the truth and did what he said he would in spite of the attacks… I think people are looking for leaders to be honest with them.”
The stakes couldn’t be higher for the nation in Santorum’s opinion because Obama would be able to succeed in “fundamentally transforming America” should he get a second term.
Santorum slammed Obama for burdening the country with “crushing debt” and what he sees as the current administration’s shirking away from its responsibilities in the world.
“We are engaged in an ideological war here in America,” Santorum said. “We have a president who is an admitted advocate of transforming America at its very foundation.”
He returned to a familiar theme noting that Obama and the American left prefer to follow the ideology of the French Revolution that suggests people get their rights from government, unlike the American Revolution, which says rights come from God.
