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!
Thanks, but really, I am not that nice.
It wasn’t ‘a’ face to face. It was multiple face to face meetings. I watched him attack anyone who dared to question his votes. I witnessed his arrogance towards the little people. He thought that he was better than the rest of us.
I know his gun vote record and it stinks. I was there when he refused to advance pro gun legislation but wanted our time, our money, our work, and our vote on a promise that he’d act after the election.
You still consider him pro life when his record clearly doesn’t support it. You cannot back pro abortionists and negate your own vote for life and truly be pro life.
He did have a conservative record but that diminished with time. We here in Pa know it but we also know that he will not be appointing any judges because we will never elect him again to anything.