Santorum says little about economy during Phoenix speech Santorum, a staunch Roman Catholic and “tea party” supporter, drove home a message of limited government and family values as the featured speaker at the Maricopa County Republican Committee’s primary-election lunch. He was there with wife Karen and three of their seven children.
Entering as his alma mater Pennsylvania State University’s fight song played, Santorum appealed for votes to about 500 Republicans at the El Zaribah Shrine.
“You need to speak loudly on Tuesday that you want someone who’s going to stand up and fight the insiders,” Santorum said, calling himself a candidate who has “a track record of cutting spending and taking on the big problem of entitlements, a track record and a vision to fight against the radical Islamists who threaten our country and threaten our freedoms, someone who has a track record of sticking up for the foundational pillars of our society: faith and family.”
At the lunch, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said he spent about 20 minutes speaking privately with Santorum. An endorsement by the nationally known sheriff would have given Santorum a major boost among conservative voters.
But Arpaio stayed neutral.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/2012/02/21/20120221santorum-phoenix-speech-says-little-about-economy.html#ixzz1n5wW2w8G
“You need to speak loudly on Tuesday that you want someone who’s going to stand up and fight the insiders,” Santorum said”
WHOM is Santorum trying kidding there? He’s been for 16 years a Washington DC man. He only become an “outsider” in 2006, when he badly lost his Senate reelection, 41% to 59% for Casey Jr.
As an “outsider” he largely profits from his Washington lobbyist ties.
In 2006, his last year as Senator, Santorum earned a $165,200 Senate salary and $32,245 in book royalties.
One year later, his income soared to over $600,000, and rose to $1.1 million in 2010. Santorum received $395,414 in director fees and stock options from Universal Health Services Inc., a hospital management company, for which he pushed two spending bills for a total of $400 million, when he was Senator in 2003 and 2004. Santorum listed between $100,001 and $250,000 in Universal Health stock.
Santorum has also largely profited from his contacts with lobbyists in Washington. Consol Energy, based in Pennsylvania, paid Santorum $142,500 for his consulting services. American Continental Group, a Washington lobbying group, paid him $65,000 in consulting fees. The firm’s lengthy client list includes Microsoft Corp., Comcast Corp. and the American Gaming Association.
When he left the Senate in 2006, he reported retirement accounts with investments valued between $21,000 and $140,000.
Five years later, his records shows new investment accounts, including college savings funds for five of his seven children with investments valued between $25,000 and $375,000; individual retirement accounts with investments ranging between $173,000 and $720,000; and a brokerage account with investments valued in the range of $10,000 to $150,000 and a $2 million, 5,000 acres mansion in Virginia.
My, my, some “inside-outsider”.
Suorce for data: http://www.theweekly.com/news/2012/January/07/Santorum_income.html
“a track record of cutting spending” Santorum???
During his last term in Senate, 2001-2006, Santorum sponsored or co-sponsored 51 spending bills, and not a SINGLE one cut spending bill.
During his career as Senator, he pushed for more spending, a total of $53 billion and signed pork earmarks of a total value $3.5 billion for his Pennsylvania state.
How can he be so shameless in his lies? The records can be consulted by anyone on the internet.