He doesn’t scare the left, because his ideas are indistinguishable from those of Romney, which are all big government all the time.
I think the GOP establishment thinks they’re even less likely to win with him than with Romney for personal reasons, however, although the truth is that the GOP wouldn’t win with either one of them.
But I guess since Santorum adopted Rush’s idiotic Operation Chaos strategy of trying to get people from the other party (Santorum robo-calls to Dems) to vote for him, he’s Rush’s kinda guy.
If he doesn’t scare the left then why are they trying to kill him now?
Rush is spot on here. This is why they attacked him over the Kennedy speech - saying that he believes his faith is an integral part of him and that he’s not going to coat-check his faith at the door.
Haven’t we been wanting a Catholic to say just that for 50 years now? Say that his faith was more important to him than his politics and that even if he were elected president would stick by his faith instead of what Kennedy did?
Or am I mistaken?
“He doesn’t scare the left, because his ideas are indistinguishable from those of Romney, which are all big government all the time.”
That’s a flat out lie. Who are you pulling for, Newt? Santorum has a career scorecard from the National Taxpayer’s Union of 76%. Gingrich’s score is 61%. The NTU is not about big governement.
I could support both. Both have inconsistencies in their careers. Newt is a better at communicating. Santorum has a better moral compass which is also important. Both can beat Obama.
Obviously you never compared Rick with Mitt. Kindly do some research. This will get you started:
MITT ROMNEY
“In 2003 the Governor refused to endorse the Bush tax cuts, earning the praise of Massachusetts liberal congressman Barney Frank and was even open to a federal gas tax hike.
In 2007, Romney continued to oppose the flat tax with harsh language, calling the tax “unfair.”
http://www.clubforgrowth.org/whitepapers/?subsec=137&id=905
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“If Mitt Romney becomes president, we may actually have “cap and trade” shoved down our throats. While campaigning for president in 2007, Mitt Romney said that he would support a “cap and trade” carbon tax scheme for the entire world....
“I support Cap-and-Trade on a global basis but not the USA going alone. I want to do it with other nations involved and on a global scale.”
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RICK SANTORUM
“Santorum has consistently supported broad-based tax cuts and opposed tax increases either by sponsoring key legislation or by casting votes on relevant bills. Some high profile votes include:
•Voted NO on the Clinton tax hike in 1993
•Voted YES on the capital gains tax cut in 1997
•Voted NO on a cigarette tax hike in 1998
•Voted YES on repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax in 1999
•Voted YES on the 2001 Bush tax cuts
•Voted YES to repeal the Death Tax in 2002
•Voted YES to the 2003 Bush tax cuts
•Voted YES to extend the Bush tax cuts in 2006”
excerpt http://www.clubforgrowth.org/whitepapers/?subsec=137&id=902