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To: LexBaird

I don't deny that Santorum is better than the leftists....but I just can't abide the duplicity any longer. When he turned on his pro-life base, that was the last straw for me. I don't know if you've read the entire thread, so please forgive me if this is mindless repetition, but you should probably know that prior to teh release of the Arlen ads, Rick even called some of the people who'd worked tirelessly for him precisely because of his pro-life stance. He did not call me personally, but he called one of the Committee women in my county. He clearly knew and understood that what he was about to do would wound his base severely. That we are angered to the point of refusing to support him should come as no surprise. That we are holding him accountable should likewise come as no surprise. We worked for him because we thought he he shared our principled pro-life views, and that those principles would NEVER be compromised.

I guess the duplicity would be easier to abide if Rick hadn't played the part of "St. Rick" for so long. The fall from grace was swift, and the landing will be hard.


209 posted on 03/30/2005 9:11:35 AM PST by Conservative Goddess (Veritas vos Liberabit, in Vino, Veritas....QED, Vino vos Liberabit)
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To: Conservative Goddess
Right now, we are one reliable vote short in the Senate to invoke the "nuclear option" to allow Federal judge nominees an up-down vote. Until Chafee, Snowe, McCain, et al are replaced with real republicans, we can't afford to lose Santorum. I'm sorry if that offends your sense of betrayal, but that's the hard facts.

If you want to see REAL damage to the pro life side, imagine this: three SCUSA absences filled with Souter clones. Which is exactly what you'll get out of the Senate if the Dems filibuster tactic isn't stopped. Electing another Dem Senator would insure that reality.

210 posted on 03/30/2005 10:44:26 AM PST by LexBaird ("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats" --Jubal Harshaw (RA Heinlein))
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