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Rick Santorum Must NOT Be Our Nominee – And Here’s Why…
The Red Side of Life ^ | 2-22-12 | RedInNewYork

Posted on 02/22/2012 2:58:17 PM PST by jmstein7

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To: cripplecreek

Geez, you must be young to not remember that the year 2000 was all about the ‘Compassionate Conservative’... aka: Bush the Younger.


41 posted on 02/22/2012 3:36:59 PM PST by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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To: jmstein7

If we can’t win this election with a social conservative, we as a nation deserve what’s coming.


42 posted on 02/22/2012 3:37:45 PM PST by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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To: gogogodzilla

Bush the spender?


43 posted on 02/22/2012 3:38:12 PM PST by jmstein7 (A Judge not bound by the original meaning of the Constitution interprets nothing but his own mind.)
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To: jmstein7; All

Santorum:

Voted AGAINST increasing the number of immigration investigators:
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00201

VOTED AGAINST HIRING AN ADDITIONAL 1,000 BORDER PATROL AGENTS, paid for by reductions in state grants.
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00179

VOTED TO GIVE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=105&session=1&vote=00058

Voted to allow illegal immigrants to receive the earned income credit before becoming citizens.
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00154

SANTORUM: Trim Social Security now- even if painful.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j7O34Bpp42k-IlMMNiOLBkYF2zNw?docId=b1cff9ecefe24ca6ae1764a09761e361

VOTED AGAINST FOOD STAMP REFORM
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00353

VOTED AGAINST MEDICAID REFORM
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00352

Voted to increase the social services block grant from $1 BILLION to $2 BILLION
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=106&session=1&vote=00302

VOTED TO RAID SOCIAL SECURITY instead of using surpluses to pay down the debt.
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=106&session=2&vote=00056

Voted to impose a uniform federal tax mandate on states to force them to allow convicted , rapists, arsonists drug kingpins and all other ex-convicts to vote in federal elections.
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2&vote=00031
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Santorum; Big government spender:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt6XCZz2X1Y&feature=player_embedded
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Pop quiz: Which Republican presidential candidate supported the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor?
Hint: It’s the same one who endorsed a pro-abortion-rights presidential candidate in an earlier campaign.
Give up? The answer is Rick Santorum.

Santorum not only supported Specter. He ran an ad for him.
“Arlen is with us on the votes that matter,” Santorum said in an ad for Specter. “I’m proud to endorse Arlen Specter.”

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/which-republican-presidential-candidate-supported-sotomayor/

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This is only part of it. Santorum has not been properly vetted.
Even before this RINO voting record above came out,
he stuck me as a petty, egotistical little weasel

He needs to put his ego aside, put his country before himself and drop out.

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44 posted on 02/22/2012 3:39:18 PM PST by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: jmstein7

If a candidate isn’t a social conservative, they aren’t a fiscal conservative. If they are not a social conservative, that means they are willing to fund HUGE social initiatives that takes money from taxpayers & economy.


45 posted on 02/22/2012 3:39:18 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Katarina

Since I believe that Newt cannot beat Obama, we are in a pickle. If Newt or Rick win the nomination, they have my support. I happen to believe that Rick has the better chance in November, so he has my vote in Tennessee.


46 posted on 02/22/2012 3:40:06 PM PST by Ingtar ("But it is hard to maintain an aura of invincibility after you have been vinced..." Sowell)
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To: Ingtar

Please site your source for this. Last, albeit local, poll for TN I saw showed Rich and Newt head to head.


47 posted on 02/22/2012 3:41:25 PM PST by Fledermaus (I can't fiddle so I'll just open a cold beer as I watch America burn.)
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To: Katarina
The person that wrote the article is right. Santorum will never beat Obama.

Then unless you like Romney get your crying towel out.

Or get behind whichever of the two look like they have the best chance - right now that would be Rick.

WHY is that so hard to understand?

48 posted on 02/22/2012 3:42:03 PM PST by skeeter
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To: matt1234

No, the author proposes to attack where the enemy is weak...

...not as you, and Santorum, want. Which is to attack where the enemy would gather the most strength.

But to a single-issue type voter, it would look like what you say.


49 posted on 02/22/2012 3:42:43 PM PST by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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To: Cicero
We're talking about federal voting rights. The states can decide on state voting rights.

No, we are not. The states are the sole determiners of voting rights, with the fed being solely limited to enforcing constitutional provisions. There is no such thing as a federal vote that is not cast via the metaphorical auspices of a state.

50 posted on 02/22/2012 3:42:50 PM PST by Melas (u)
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To: Vigilanteman
You are doing it all wrong—you are supposed to smear Newt like his people do Santorum and NOT list Rick's good points.

You are not helping Mitt and then Obama win like they are.

51 posted on 02/22/2012 3:44:31 PM PST by Happy Rain ("Better add another wing to The White House cause the Santorum clan is coming.")
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To: patriot08

I suggest people follow those links and investigate what those measures were attached to. One of the bills was SCHIP. Others were voted down in favor of better amendments. And a couple, the headline doesn’t match the content at all. I suppose I should save the comments where I researched them somewhere, since the list keeps being posted. However, no one should believe me and should research it.


52 posted on 02/22/2012 3:45:42 PM PST by Ingtar ("But it is hard to maintain an aura of invincibility after you have been vinced..." Sowell)
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To: Cicero

My point has been missed by most of Santorum’s blind supporters. And if they do know it, they don’t care about fiscal/economic issues. They only care about his narrow social agenda.


53 posted on 02/22/2012 3:46:23 PM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
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To: fwdude

What are *YOU* doing on zombietime.com if it’s so horrific? I’ve never even heard of the site, yet I’m probably a lot less ‘holier than thou’ than you.


54 posted on 02/22/2012 3:46:42 PM PST by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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To: Drew68

I agree our primary process is broken. Not sure you will agree with my reasons for thinking so. But I think we, the American voter discourage folks w/ flaws to enter into the race. By flaws I mean, say you had an affair in 1985. You and your spouse worked thru it and stayed married. Or say you didn’t work thru it and got a divorce. Could you withstand the scrutiny? Would you want to put your family thru opening up their entire personal history to appease the MSM and the American public? What DOES the public have a right to know?

I do think character matters. It’s very important to me. But I also think people can learn from their mistakes and move on to become ‘better’ and more responsible. That is why I CAN support Newt. He does have the courage to run, even with all his flaws...many do not have the courage or do not have the stomach. Or maybe it’s just about protecting your family.

And here’s where I risk the ZOT. I do not like the idea of one man ‘buying’ a politician. This does concern me, even w/ Newt’s supporter. If someone gives you a million dollars...what do they expect in return? I’m not comfortable with how these ‘support’ committees operate. We don’t always know who gives and how much. I don’t have an answer...and I know it’s currently legal. I’m just a bit bothered that so much money is going into these campaigns by a few rich dudes. Does the person who gives $500,000 have the same access as the person who sends $50?

I’m not accusing anyone...as I said, it’s currently legal and I’m glad that Newt’s been given a life line to continue his campaign. But between the money and the MSM digging into all aspects of a person life and with some voters expecting perfection...who do we get to run? Romney with the perfect hair? :::sigh:::


55 posted on 02/22/2012 3:48:20 PM PST by conservaKate (Hoping Newt's still in by WA caucus.)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP
My point has been missed by most of Santorum’s blind supporters. And if they do know it, they don’t care about fiscal/economic issues. They only care about his narrow social agenda.

That is my impression as well. Although, I do need to look at this contraception issue, because I honestly haven't read his take on it, how he's defining etc. All I know is that it's being spun as though he wants to deny Americans access to birth control. I doubt that's truly the case, but if it is, it's a deal breaker for a huge swath of a potential voters.

56 posted on 02/22/2012 3:49:00 PM PST by Melas (u)
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To: gogogodzilla
No, the author proposes to attack where the enemy is weak... ...not as you, and Santorum, want.

BS. Santorum isn't pushing the social issues. The SRM is. The moment you start playing the game by their rules, you have lost.

57 posted on 02/22/2012 3:49:38 PM PST by matt1234 (Bring back the HUAC.)
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To: FlipWilson

Stop being flippant!


58 posted on 02/22/2012 3:50:20 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: jmstein7

Yep.


59 posted on 02/22/2012 3:50:39 PM PST by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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To: gogogodzilla

I checked it out after he mentioned it. I’d never heard of it either. I didn’t see anything horrible. Mostly old naked Berkeley hippies. Not much to look at, but when all is said and done just naked seniors.

Now some of the signage was offensive, but more of an offense to intelligent life than anything vulgar.


60 posted on 02/22/2012 3:52:18 PM PST by Melas (u)
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