Newt supported studies on ethanol it is SANTORUM that supported a federal MANDATE on ethanol...Santorum Called for Federal Ethanol Mandate
Conservatives4Palin ^ | 3/11/201 | Mary Beth House
Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2012 7:56:18 PM by katiedidit1
“Another presidential candidate had an energy proposal back in 2008 as well. Former Senator Rick Santorum’s ideas, however, went an entirely different direction. Rather than increasing production, his solution was to “reduce US oil appetite” in an article he wrote, titled, “Reducing U.S. oil appetite This is one cause that could be helped by smart mandates and taxing“
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And Newt also bought into the oil-appetite reduction baloney as well. Oh wait, let me guess, he already changed his position again. lol.
“Figure out what the country needs” and then do it? We know what the country needs already! That’s our ace-in-the-hole. One of the things Newt said in this interview was, “Far beyond just how do I subsidize your heating oil, how do I make it unnecessary for you to buy as much heating oil? And there are dramatic things we can do in that conversation.” Now, “How do I…?” He means a president, running a campaign, not him.“How do I subsidize your heating oil?” We Republicans are going to talk about subsidizing people’s heating oil now, and we’re going to call that conservatism?