Posted on 01/06/2012 10:00:48 AM PST by Fred
I’m rather tired of all the people who don’t like Romney trying to claim Rick Santorum is not a big government conservative, or not a pro-life statist. I would support him before I would support Romney too, but I have no intention of giving up ideological and intellectual consistency in the name of beating Mitt Romney.
Rick Santorum is a pro-life statist. He is. You will have to deal with it. He is a big government conservative. Santorum is right on social issues, but has never let his love of social issues stand in the way of the creeping expansion of the welfare state. In fact, he has been complicit in the expansion of the welfare state.
I and some friends, none of us Romney fans, have set about exploring Santorum’s record since Wednesday morning. Here now is a non-exhaustive list of what we have found. It does not even include his support for No Child Left Behind, Medicare Part D, etc.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
The list at the link is informative.
Santorum will be a total train wreck if he becomes the nominee. He will be slaughtered by the left on social issues (say goodbye to any of the youth vote), and he will turn off the limited gov’t tea party types like myself.
Erickson lost all credibility when he started attacking Sarah Palin and pimping Mitch Daniels. He can take his RINO red website and go away.
I’m okay with Santorum as VP, but I want to make sure he’s matured and grown out of his love affair with big government-ordained social collectivism before he becomes president.
Voted to allow illegal immigrants to receive the earned income credit before becoming citizens
Voted to give SSI benefits to legal aliens.
Quite the ‘conservative’ voting record imho.
Immigration:
Voted against increasing the number of immigration investigators
Voted to allow illegal immigrants to receive the earned income credit before becoming citizens
Voted to give SSI benefits to legal aliens.
Voted to give welfare benefits to naturalized citizens without regard to to the earnings of their sponsors.
Voted against hiring an additional 1,000 border partrol agents, paid for by reductions in state grants.
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I can imagine what would be said against any of the other candidates if they had this voting record.
But facts are facts. If this is an accurate report of Santorum’s voting record, it’s not good.
Wow, Erickson put my list on Santorum to shame. Good job.
Ironically PA voters booted him in 2006 for taking positions that they thought were too conservative, although I think it was mainly the problems in Iraq at the time that did it and not that he ever really opposed spending.
Nope. It’s only part of it.
Santorum wants the government to do what the Constitution and Declaration of Independence dictates it do, defending "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness".
Whatever. I take no political input from a Paul-tard.
Seems like Erick Erickson wants Romney to win, because other than Perry all he does is tear down the other conservatives- sure they aren’t perfect, but they’re darned better than Romney. Maybe he should spend more time attacking Romney’s record (truthfull) than being a pessimistic party pooper! I am really disliking this strategy of tear the current non-Romney down untill they sink to the point that Romney SUCCEEDS (all the while ingnoring Romney’s glaring RECORD)!?
Can we all AGREE to just attack Romney (on his truthful liberal record, and not or “not-perfect” conservative)?? We are running out of time-unless YOU LIKE Obama Presidentcy, or a Romney (George W. McCain/Kerry) administration??
In fact I think that IS Romney’s strategy- send out bloggers into the conservative blogosphere to tear down the current “surging” conservative; so that he can slide by clean as glass?..
Seems like Erick Erickson wants Romney to win, because other than Perry all he does is tear down the other conservatives- sure they aren’t perfect, but they’re darned better than Romney. Maybe he should spend more time attacking Romney’s record (truthfull) than being a pessimistic party pooper! I am really disliking this strategy of tear the current non-Romney down untill they sink to the point that Romney SUCCEEDS (all the while ingnoring Romney’s glaring RECORD)!?
Can we all AGREE to just attack Romney (on his truthful liberal record, and not or “not-perfect” conservative)?? We are running out of time-unless YOU LIKE Obama Presidentcy, or a Romney (George W. McCain/Kerry) administration??
In fact I think that IS Romney’s strategy- send out bloggers into the conservative blogosphere to tear down the current “surging” conservative; so that he can slide by clean as glass?..
I thought Erickson was a Perry supporter?
And what will MITT ROMNEY do if he is the nominee (to the Republican elctorate)???
Actually this is more monkey poo from the red state jokers.
On social issues all the candidates are good except Romney.
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