Oh, gee ... how nice of Rush to talk about how "they" are misrepresenting by omission what Santorum meant to say ... considering that Rush FORGOT to include the part where Gingrich, when he challenged Romney's work at Bain, made it clear he was criticizing specific methods of capitalism, not capitalism itself; the spin that Rush wrongly pushed that Newt was "attacking capitalism itself!!!" became the whole MSM meme, and did huge damage to Gingrich. How nice of Rush to defend Santorum here .. considering that when Rush railed agains the minimum wage, he FORGOT to include that as Senator, Santorum voted to increase national minimum wage SIX TIMES.
Just because "Rush said ..." something doesn't mean it's the whole story. Rush hasn't aged well, I'm sad to say. Gingrich, on the other hand, HAS. If you dont' believe it, go to Santorum's website and read ALL of his proposals, word for word, the details. Yes, I said Santorum's website.
Then go to Newt's Website and if you don't do anything else, at least click on the link for the 21st Century Contract; better read ALL of the contract and also click on the "Issues" tab and read ALL of it, every word.
At first they sound the same ... but closer inspection shows that Newt has paid closer ATTENTION to what needs to be done. For example, Santorum wants to cut the capital gains tax to 12 percent, lower the corporate income tax from 35 percent to 17.5 percent EXCEPT for manufacturers; he proposes to eliminate corporate income tax for them altogether (handy, since manufacturers are more likely to have the expense of labor unions, which Santorum generally supports, having voted against Right to Work laws).
Gingrich wants to reduce corporate tax to 12.5 percent all across the board, and abolish the capital gains tax completely.
On Santorum's site, he talks about repealing Obamacare ... but NOWHERE does he promise, as Newt DOES, that mandates on individuals and mandates on employers regarding health insurance are OFF THE TABLE. Newt makes it a point to reassure me that he knows mandates are wrong and that his plan will have zero mandates. That Santorum doesn't, knowing Santorum's past penchant for big government "solutions," should worry every one here.
Godspeed Newt Gingrich.
Read Taranto’s Best of the Web in the WSJ. He talks about this.