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Santorum’s absurd remark that Obama would be better then Romney.

That's not what he said and that's not what he meant.

He said: “If they’re going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk of what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate for the future.”

He was speaking from the point of view of the voters and what their reasoning would be if there were no clear distinction between Obama and Romney.

Yeah, he could have said it much better. If he had, his detractors wouldn't have such an easy time dishonestly twisting his comment.

[Graewoulf]

BUMP!

BTW, just what IS the difference between Obama and Romney, ignoring Obama”care,” of course.

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He said: “If they’re going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk of what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate for the future.” He was speaking from the point of view of the voters and what their reasoning would be if there were no clear distinction between Obama and Romney. Yeah, he could have said it much better. If he had, his detractors wouldn't have such an easy time dishonestly twisting his comment.

Most of us who prefer Newt over Rick, understood exaclty what he meant. The trouble is that this misstep was one of his best efforts to make an anology to attack his opponent and he did a half-assed job of trying to come up with something to make a mockery of Romney's etch-sketch moment. If he can't do better than that, we might well get Obama back with either Mitt or Rick as the opponent. I agree with much of what seem to be Rick's views, but he has failed to exhibit the level of control/imagination/wit that would instill a sense of confidence in his ABILITIES.