Posted on 02/13/2012 12:25:40 PM PST by Bobbisox
That’s an impressively horrific list!
Thank you, Naps. I agree with your every word. Bob
“What happened with regards to the tax returns is he went home and his precious daughter got sick so he didn’t finish them.”
I don’t buy IT.
His daughter is NEVER well, as she suffers of a very severe genetic condition. I rather think that was just a pretext used by PRick Santorum not to reveal his tax returns too early on the campaign trail, because they show him taking advantage of dubious money providers and links to the lobbyists he pushed during his activity in K Street project.
We will never know what impact his source of income would have had, if PRick released the tax returns before the caucuses, to be vetted on what they could reveal .
“In the years before he lost his Pennsylvania Senate seat in 2006, Rick Santorum worked hard to win hundreds of millions of dollars in additional Medicare money for hospitals in Puerto Rico.
He sponsored at least two Senate bills and pushed to amend a mammoth Medicare overhaul to include the extra spending, which would have benefited Universal Health Services, a Pennsylvania-based hospital management company with facilities in Puerto Rico. If it seems at odds with the small-government philosophy Mr. Santorum now espouses in his presidential campaign, it was in line with his legislative efforts to help businesses in his state.
Within months of leaving the Senate, Mr. Santorum joined the board of Universal Health Services, where he collected $395,000 in director’s fees and stock options before resigning last year (in 2011).
...Santorum strong showing in the Iowa caucus, so too has the scrutiny of his activities since leaving the Senate. When he left office he was not especially wealthy, but records show he wasted little time fashioning a lucrative post-government career based largely on income from businesses that had benefited from his work in Congress.
... by the time his Senate career drew to a close, he had become an emblem for some of a pay-to-play culture on Capitol Hill.
Mr. Santorum enjoyed unusually close ties to Washington lobbyists while in office. For several years, he held regular breakfast meetings with a handpicked group of 30 to 40 power players, ostensibly to brief them on the Republican agenda...”
I guess Newt is going to have to request that Santorum release his tax returns like he did Romney a few debates back. Let’s see what Newt will do. Do me a favor, stop with the Prick thing. First of all we are a professional website and it just shows silliness. And you know that Rick is a great guy you just don’t agree on one of his issues. Otherwise you love the guy.
Seems clear that the votes came from Gingrich. His percentages have fallen, Santorum’s have risen and Romney’s are pretty much where they have been.
Seems clear that the votes came from Gingrich. His percentages have fallen, Santorum’s have risen and Romney’s are pretty much where they have been.
Good Post. I have several good friends in PA. that would agree with you on Santorum having a soft core. He just is not impressive to me as a leader, not on a national nor international scale.
I’m for Newt all the way!
What is horrific is that unlike Newt, Santorum has not admitted any of those votes were wrong or harmful.
>> “So please explain this to me about Newt.” <<
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Newt has admitted his mistakes, Santorum arrogantly ignores the contradiction between his record and the word ‘conservative.’
I don’t think there is one thing that Rick has done that needs apologizing. I really don’t. Every bill he voted on was thought out and studied and he made the decision he thought was right at the time. I am glad he is not going to grovel and cry over the wrongs of his past. We don’t need another John Boner. Newt needs to buck up and stop his apologizing tour.
I hope that Newt will eventually prevail. I will never vote for Romney, and will only vote for Santorum knowing that we settled for second best, and missed an opportunity to have a truly great President in Newt Gingrich.
Well said. And I agree 100%.
“Frankly, I’ve got to get home because everybody’s asking for my tax returns. I’ve got to get these tax returns, so everybody gets what they’ve been asking for,” Santorum said.
Well, it’s February 13, and still no tax records in sight..
We've got to know how Santorum's earned his money (don't care how much) since he lost his Senate seat.
Is no one vetting him?
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