Posted on 02/15/2012 5:20:33 PM PST by Nachum
Excerpts from American Thinker by Edmund Wright:
Couldnt agree more
To be sure, the only reason Santorum has gotten away with this is that no one has taken his candidacy seriously enough to bother to look. He has not been above the fray. He has been off to the side of the fray. Ironically, he has been the look at me candidate all along, so now perhaps it is indeed time to look at him. Be careful what you wish for, Senator.
Oh My! Rick actually published a Pamphlet in his failed 2006 Campaign which tried to show Pennsylvanians how much pork he was bringing home!!! See link below
In the 06 campaign against maybe the least talented Democrat in Congress Bob Casey the notion that Rick went down swinging deserves scrutiny. Under said scrutiny, the impression one gets is that of an embarrassed faux conservative who is shuffling off to the left as fast as he can. This shuffle left was actually a pamphlet put out by the Santorum campaign called 50 Things You May Not Know About Rick Santorum.
Highlights from Ricks Pamphlet
-Among those 50 things is the aforementioned strong support for legislation raising the minimum wage. In addition to being a shameless union measure, this hurts the free market. A sample of the other items include:
-Sponsoring FAIR CAIR act to force companies to pay benefits to laid-off workers. -Working with John McCain on campaign finance reform. -Bragging about bringing home federal tax money for clean energy projects. -Working with Bono to spend tax money on poverty in the third world. -Working with Bono to spend tax money on AIDS. -Sponsoring legislation to regulate gas prices. -Authoring the Pet Animal Welfare State Bill. (Huh.) -Voting for record tax funding of
(Excerpt) Read more at damagereport.com ...
That certainly is Romney’s plan. You wouldn’t expect too many freepers to be helping Romney out with his plan....
Santorum is a Pro-Life liberal. He’s a big government Republican union shill.
here’s what we do, get to the convention and then have Sarah and Col Allen West run on the ticket like they should have done and the establishment can piss off
We only have four men to decide on and none are perfect. That being said Santorum has less baggage than Newt and it more correct on the issues than Romney or Paul. You said Specter was just the icing on the cake.........well, man-made global warming and attacking Bain Capital are just the icing on the cake for me regarding Newt. If Newt were running against Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater he would attack them from the left. That’s just the way he is.
No Newt.
So now pork is ok?
Do fiscal matters even matter anymore in the GOP?
Why would you get flamed? You’re just speaking the truth.
True conservatives do not have a candidate that has a reasonable chance of winning in this race.
Obammie the Commie is the incumbent. The state-run media will do whatever is necessary to ensure he wins. He has much more money. The people are stupid. I think he will win re-election.
What thin soup this stuff is. Yawn.
This comment betrays the absolute ignorance of the author about Pennsylvania politics. Bob Casey Jr. defeated Santorum in 2006. He was the son of the last prominent pro-life Dem, Governor Bob Casey Sr.
Santorum had a distinct advantage in two Senatorial elections - he was pro-life in a hard-core pro-life purple state against candidates who were not.
He lost that advantage in 2006 due to the Casey family pro-life legacy.
Toss in that 2006 was a very bad year for Republicans in general and that Santorum was the subject of a vicious MSM attack, and you have a massive defeat.
The Casey name was a big part of that defeat, but that was unique to PA.
Here's my take...
We need to win all the 2008 McCain states (not too difficult) plus flip Indiana (easy - I live there - its a lock), Ohio and Florida (tossup) Pennsylvania (could be tough) and scrounge up another 9 electoral votes someplace. Pennsylvania could be replaced by NC and VA.
The money may not be that significant because it can be concentrated in the battleground states.
Do fiscal matters even matter anymore in the GOP?
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Give me the name of one person in the house and or senate who did not bring home the pork? What is a senators job in representing his state? Even ron paul (romney’s campaign manipulator) brings home the pork. What is needed is common sense set of standards as to what is and isn't acceptable spending.
Actually he's gotten this far because he looks like Ronald Reagan next to the rest of the pack. If you line up these guys, their mis-steps, their transgressions, you'll see he's way ahead in the conservative race.
Excerpts from American Thinker by Edmund Wright
This guy works for a Newt PAC, yet he writes articles slamming Rick, go figure.
Not true. I saw this on Twitter and posted it for general consumption here. It is the first of this sort that I have ever posted on FR. I have nothing against Santorum. He would be an improvement on Obama, but then almost anyone would be.
Santorum is NOT a fiscal conservative and, IMO, has as much baggage as the others.
I'm going by his voting record and his questionable practices concerning the school funds and charities.
WINNER, We have a WINNER ! !
“heres what we do, get to the convention and then have Sarah and Col Allen West run on the ticket like they should have done and the establishment can piss off”
Thank you manc
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