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One problem: Rick Santorum never said he would ‘rather have Barack Obama as president’
Daily Caller ^ | March 23, 2012 | Matt K. Lewis

Posted on 03/23/2012 8:07:36 AM PDT by God'sgrrl

Rick Santorum is getting grief — even from some of his supporters — for saying we’d be better off sticking with Barack Obama.

The only problem is…he didn’t say that.

Here’s what Santorum actually said:

“You win by giving people a choice. You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who’s just going to be a little different than the person in there. If you’re going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk with what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate of the future,” Santorum told a crowd at USAA.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: election; obama; romney; santorum
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To: Servant of the Cross
Santorum=neophyte=inexperienced=shoots himself in the foot=constantly=notreadyforprimetime [but now too late for Newt]

Translation: We will not have a candidate for president in 2012.

141 posted on 03/23/2012 2:51:25 PM PDT by Lexinom (Mitt < 1,144)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

I concur?


142 posted on 03/23/2012 3:36:41 PM PDT by steve8714 (Clay...Carnahan...who is the least of these?)
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To: Nervous Tick
Santorum NEVER mans up and takes responsiblity for his poor judgement ..."we might as well STAY with what we HAVE instead of taking a risk with what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate of the future" anyone that passed reading 101 would understand Santorum's words. It is not the media spinning it..it is Santorum.

Just 3 yrs ago..Santorum endorsed Mitt Romney for president. No doubt Vesty is trying to do damage control...he may as well go back to discussing porn.

143 posted on 03/23/2012 3:54:38 PM PDT by katiedidit1 ("This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." the Irish)
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To: copaliscrossing; All

“I would venture to guess that IF Romney is the Republican nominee in the General Election Newt, Rick, Sarah and all the rest of the folks that we wish were the nominee will ALL vote for Romney and it boggles my mind that someone would “sit it out” when these very smart conservative people “get it” and will most likely vote for Romney.”

That is because they ultimately put party ahead of principle, because IF they don’t - they will be forever blacklisted. I am not running for office so - I WILL NOT SUPPORT ROMNEY. He will NEVER BE ACCEPTABLE EVEN WERE HE RUNNING AGAINST ADOLF HITLER. The damnable GOP establishment won’t back a true conservative....they keep putting forth “moderates” translated means a GOP Liberal.


144 posted on 03/23/2012 4:56:47 PM PDT by Sola Veritas (Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
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To: God'sgrrl

Too bad. Wish he had said it. I believe it to be true.

Obama is preferable to Romney.

Since both are liberals, it’s better to let the democrat do that and not turn the Republican party into another overt bastion of liberalism.


145 posted on 03/23/2012 4:57:13 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Pray Continued Victory for our Troops Still in Afghan!)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

You have shown your attitude and your words to be indefensible.
Well, enjoy your Saturday night when Louisiana rolls in and Rick Santorum places number one, and Newt Gingrich comes in a poor third, another stake in the heart in the mere illusion of an untenable, windmill-tilting “Southern Strategy” (sic).

Will you like some “cheese to go along with your whine”?? :-)


146 posted on 03/23/2012 5:03:00 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (If Free Republic morphs into a supportive site for Romney, I'll conclude my 13 year participation.)
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To: throwback

Currently, I don’t support any candidate on the right. That said, Santorum clearly said we’d be better to stick with Obama than go with Romney. There is no other way to read it.


147 posted on 03/23/2012 5:06:19 PM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (Proud Teabagging Barbarian Terrorist Hobbit Son-of-a-Bitch!)
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To: detective
I'd love to get behind Santorum. Unfortunately, he tends to stick his foot in his mouth frequently, and having just moved out of Pennsylvania, I doubt he'd even carry that state.

Santorum loses in a blowout versus Obama.

148 posted on 03/23/2012 5:11:13 PM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (Proud Teabagging Barbarian Terrorist Hobbit Son-of-a-Bitch!)
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To: God'sgrrl

This is being misinterpreted, especially by the pro-Romney crowd, which is desperately grasping at any straw to erase the Etch-a-Sketch remarks.

Romney is too much like Obama — that Mitt is a RINO whose record looks like that of Obama and thus, you can choose either one and get essentially the same thing.

You might remember that Mittens voted for Tsongas.

Romney has said that he is for a national health mandate (Obamacare), even though he is denying that right now. You can find him saying that he is for a mandate on a NATIONAL level, on Youtube.

*Romney ran as a PRO-CHOICE candidate for Governor

*Romney supported Cap and Trade

*Romney supports a national healthcare mandate and is the creator of Romneycare (the blueprint for Obamacare)

*Romney helped give Massachusetts gay marriage

*Romney believes in man-made global warming

*Romney was for the bail outs.


149 posted on 03/23/2012 10:41:11 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Toespi

If you wish to choose your candidate based on the opinion of the media that is your choice. I will go with moral courage and strong principles.


150 posted on 03/24/2012 4:58:49 AM PDT by detective
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To: The Iceman Cometh

If you think Santorum will be an inneffective candidate that is your choice. I wish Santorum was more articulate and able to handle the media better and able to present the issues better.

I respect Santorum as a good and moral man and I am tired of the media constantly lying about him.


151 posted on 03/24/2012 5:02:52 AM PDT by detective
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To: God'sgrrl

I don’t think anyone with an IQ over 85 actually misunderstood Rick.


152 posted on 03/24/2012 7:54:59 AM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: God'sgrrl
Brother From Another Mother


153 posted on 03/24/2012 1:48:05 PM PDT by God'sgrrl (twitter.com/Women4Santorum)
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To: The Iceman Cometh

Yeah, you’d read it that way if you hadn’t been watching the primary, the debates for 3 months, or the preceding sentence.


154 posted on 03/24/2012 4:33:23 PM PDT by throwback ( The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.)
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To: throwback
Yeah, you’d read it that way if you hadn’t been watching the primary, the debates for 3 months, or the preceding sentence.

/facepalm...the quote is clear on what Santorum said. Sheesh...he'd rather see Obama than Romney.

155 posted on 03/24/2012 9:01:57 PM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (Proud Teabagging Barbarian Terrorist Hobbit Son-of-a-Bitch!)
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To: Kazan

“Who Says” is the key words in your post !! I don’t know for sure that Romney if elected won’t nominate a liberal judge to the courts. However, I do know that if Obama is relected he will for sure nominate a far left liberal. I voted for Rick Santorum in the Georgia primary but he is not going to win the nomination and I refuse to cutt off my nose to spite my face. Romney will come under immence pressure to stand by his words if elected and all I can do is hope that he will nominate a concervative jurist to the court. Romney was the Gov. in the most liberal state in the nation and I’m sure he put judges on the courts that he wasn’t happy with but they were the only ones he could get passed.


156 posted on 03/26/2012 11:29:42 AM PDT by bestrongbpositive
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To: bestrongbpositive
! I don’t know for sure that Romney if elected won’t nominate a liberal judge to the courts. However, I do know that if Obama is relected he will for sure nominate a far left liberal.

The problem with that line of reasoning is Anthony Kennedy has said he won't return until Obama leaves office. A Romney Presidency would like result in him returning. Romney could easily stick us with another David Souter and move the court to the left.

I’m sure he put judges on the courts that he wasn’t happy with but they were the only ones he could get passed.

Utter nonsense, showing you haven't done your homework on Romney. Any judge he appointed has to be rabidly pro-abortion according to his criterion. He was putting homosexual activist lawyers on courts.

157 posted on 03/26/2012 3:16:06 PM PDT by Kazan (Mitt Romney: The greater of two evils)
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To: Kazan

With that line of reasoning it sure looks like you should vote for Obama so Kennedy will stay on the court !! Not me. I’ll just take my chances on anyone with an “R” after their name.


158 posted on 03/26/2012 6:13:21 PM PDT by bestrongbpositive
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To: Astronaut

Well said Timber Rattler !!


159 posted on 03/26/2012 6:21:25 PM PDT by bestrongbpositive
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To: bestrongbpositive
With that line of reasoning it sure looks like you should vote for Obama so Kennedy will stay on the court !!

I will not for Romney, whose record is the left of Bill Clinton and who is just as big a liar and flip-flopper as Clinton.

You don't seem to get it. Romney means a shrinking Republican minority in Congress while an Obama reelection will result in a growing Republican majority. The Republican party will be in as bad a shape after a Romney Presidency as it was after Bush left office. Any gains we made in 2010 will be wiped and then some.

Romney is FAR more likely to get liberal legislation passed working with RINOS and Democrats than Obama would be.

The election of Romney will be as big a disaster as the governorship of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

160 posted on 03/28/2012 11:08:11 AM PDT by Kazan (Mitt Romney: The greater of two evils)
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