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Now Jack is gone, but his Chief of Staff, Critz, is running on May 18 for Murtha’s seat. Reportedly, Critz made the deals for Murtha’s office and Murtha rubber stamped them. And now it gets interesting. Back in 2006, Santorum was defeated largely because of conservative anger at his endorsement of Specter. At the recent SRLC on April 10, Santorum made a speech, that simply must be seen on video. Not because it is a hit out of the park, but because he does everything but bite his lower lip and ask us to define sex. His physicality on stage is only missing Bill Clinton’s unmistakeable accent. http://www.viddler.com/explore/rightscoop/videos/19/
A question and answer period began immediately after his speech. Santorum was questioned as to his regrets about his support of Specter in spite of the people’s opposition. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDAFlmprDto
In summary, he supported Specter for the sake of the children.
He says he knew he’d have two conservative supreme court candidates to work through the approval process. First, there is no way Santorum could have known that there would be two candidates for Supreme Court for approval when he supported Specter. Second, any credit for conservative Supreme Court justices belongs to the American people who went absolutely apoplectic when GWB’s first choice was Harriet Miers and no one had more to lose from her selection than Santorum. http://old.nationalreview.com/lopez/lopez200510181248.asp
His answer attempts to leave the impression that he is sorry and will never do it again. However in a question that follows, he slips in a plug for the machine endorsed Republican candidate in for the House, from PA Tim Burns, without mentioning Russell the conservative Republican who is way ahead in the polls. Santorum wants to be president after all. http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/04/specter_denies_endorsement_dea.html .
Thus, within minutes, he has done exactly what he did in 04 with Specter, and that is back the establishment Republican candidate with full awareness that Lt. Col. Bill Russell is far and away the people’s choice. http://www.viddler.com/explore/rightscoop/videos/21/
Newt Gingrich is also at it again, repeating the same choices he made in NY ‘s 23rd district race . Gingrich refused to back the conservative Doug Hoffman, in favor of the then Republican endorsed candidate Dede Scuzzafaza. Dede resembled a conservative like steel resembles a car. He hasn’t learned a damn thing. His ego won’t allow it. He is running for the White House and dammit he needs Burn’s money. Not only is Burns a millionaire, but if and when he loses, he can and likely will give money to Santorum and Gingrich.
Someone please call Santorum and Gingrich, before they turn the House back to the Democrats and give the gavel back to Pelosi.
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Excellent post. Burns came out of ‘nowhere.’ Russell ALMOST beat Murtha; and Russell had attracted national support.
PA Republicans that stupid or more nefarious? A quid pro quo...I don’t know...as I don’t live in JTown...but...
I think the ‘Tea Partiers’ are no longer ‘vote along a party endorsement.’ Nope...people are learning about who is on that ballot.
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He didn't learn a thing in 06. Hows that go...a leopard can't change its spots.