Sun, I read what you wrote the first time. Repeating it does not make it have more impact because I’ve seen him veer off the path rather than ‘walk the walk’.
I had asked if you lived in Pa and if you had any face to face time with Rick. You didn’t respond on either question.
It’s funny, when Rick was more agressively conservative in the early days, the GOP didn’t like him but conservatives did. Over time, that changed and mostly now conservatives want nothing to do with him because we see him as a predictable party hack with do feality to principle (except at fundraisers). He still gives a great speech. Too bad it’s hollow.
I seem to know some things about Rick Santorum that you know, even though you live in PA and had a face-to-face with him.
Political Arsonist, you seem like a super nice person, but you need to use facts rather than just say you had a face-to-face with Rick.
Here are a few more facts:
“The record will show that Santorum was and is a solid, mainstream conservative Congressman and Senator. In the 1990s, Santorum was a part of the Gingrich-led Congress that balanced the budget. And in 2002 to 2006 the budget deficit went to $250 billion – high but nothing like the level under Obama, Reid and Pelosi. Claims that Santorum is a big-government conservative are simply contrary to his full record snip
in the special election for Congress in New York’s 23rd district. Santorum was the second high profile potential presidential candidate (Sarah Palin was the first) to endorse Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman over liberal Republican Dede Scozzafava. This showed leadership for the limited government cause because of the timing of the endorsement, coming before establishment Republicans had figured out that Scozzafava was a losing candidate.
This is interesting because Newt Gingrich went a different way and endorsed the non-conservative Scozzafava. snip
Both Newt and Santorum are conservative. Just not perfect conservatives. For those who say that Santorum is not a ‘true conservative’, I would argue simply that if an 85% ACU rating and leadership on conservative issues in Congress for almost 2 decades is not enough, you will NEVER find a ‘true conservative’ in the Presidential field.
For the rest of us without that fine a filter, yes, Rick Santorum is a ‘true conservative’. Conservatives will be happy with his SCOTUS picks, his support of our military, his support for life, his tax reform and entitlement reforms, his pro-energy policies, his economic growth agenda, his fiscally responsible budgets, and his appeal to get America working again”
excerpt http://www.redstate.com/wosg/2012/01/06/rick-santorum-yes-he-is-a-true-conservative/
Have a great weekend!