Posted on 01/03/2012 9:42:37 AM PST by Happy Valley Dude
Edited on 01/03/2012 9:45:45 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Conservatives, frustrated by the Republican leadership
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Yep, I’m one of them.
But I must also say...if Santorum eventually gets the nomination, I’d vote for him.
As much as it pains me to say it. Rick Santorum is the best chance we have of electing anything close to a conservative to office.
The rest of the bunch are either progressives, establishment republicans or socialists.
I wonder how much Karl Rove was involved in this as well.
Still better than Romney on Romney’s best day.
I live in NYS and have family in PA. This neck of the woods hasn’t forgotten.
How can we forget? Liberals like you bring it up daily. I don’t give a dang about this. Each candidate makes bad endorsements. In fact, most here normally say endorsements don’t matter. Suddenly they do? I don’t by it. Oh and the wonderful voters in Pennsylvania where I voted for Santorum are sadden by punishing Santorum because Casey was part of the Obamacare vote. Yep they sure showed them. I remember that Scuzzynova was endorsed by Newt.....where is the story reminding everyone of that????????
He made a mistake out of party loyalty. We saw how Specter repaid that loyalty and Specter’s treason isn’t any one’s fault but his own doing.
That’s Santorum’s only real baggage. Its either him or Romney.
Conservatives can let an old grudge get in the way or they can take Mittens.
Now it begins. The hit pieces on Rick now begin. Lets see how he holds up. Newt is still standing after all the bombardment.
Right, because Bachmann campaign for Carter. Perry for Gore. Newt for Dede...I could go on.
Ditto
Santorum gave the dems the vote needed to pass obamacare.
I didn’t know this about Santorum. Hard to believe. Wonder why he did it.
Yep. The one thing he did wrong. How many things have the other guys done wrong?
He did it because George W. Bush and Karl Rove twisted his arm, hard.
Also, he said that he agreed to do it because Specter had earlier endorsed him—although it must be said that Specter did not return the favor in that election. He took Santorum’s endorsement and left Santorum hanging in the wind.
Santorum is the only reliable, all-around conservative left standing, now that Palin has dropped out. The rest have long lists of misdeeds, not a single mistake, like Santorum.
Watching him in one of the debates taking one position THEN after Paul spouted his BS. The next thing Santorum did was agree with Paul!
Didn’t take much for him to switch his opinion within minutes.
IIRC the Blitzer debate?
Romney for Obama in 2008
The Palmetto Scoop reported: "One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was
the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"Im told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palins people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romneys former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.
"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off .hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."
"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"
"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"
"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"
"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"
"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"
He explained it on Hannity. He wanted the best shot for Pres. Bush's appointments to the Supreme Court to get a fair hearing and without Spector as the Chair of the Judicial Committe it may not have happened. Samuel Alito came out of this. Santorum also said he knew he was going to get a lot of political heat for this.
If that is his baggage then so be it. I will vote for Santorum in the primary if I get a chance.
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