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Rick Santorum announces second presidential bid
washingtonpost.com ^ | May 27, 2015 | Robert Costa

Posted on 05/27/2015 2:36:38 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

CABOT, Pa. — Rick Santorum, the brusque and deeply conservative former senator who won nearly a dozen contests in the 2012 race for the Republican nomination, announced here Wednesday that he would seek to recapture that fleeting magic by entering a crowded primary likely to be far more difficult than the last.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2016election; announcement; bid; braking; clintoncash; clintonfoundation; election2016; pages; pennsylvania; peterschweizer; presidential; ricksantorum; santorum; santorum2016
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To: snoringbear

One silver lining in the plethora of R candidates announcing their campaigns... The left will have a much harder time picking a target to demonize when they are not sure who will emerge at the end.


21 posted on 05/27/2015 3:02:40 PM PDT by ez (Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is... - Milton)
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To: Oliviaforever

“Santorum Runs!”


22 posted on 05/27/2015 3:03:55 PM PDT by Coronal
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Nnnnnnnnnnoooope!


23 posted on 05/27/2015 3:04:06 PM PDT by mountainbunny (Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens ~ J.R.R. Tolkie)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Oh joy, another one.


24 posted on 05/27/2015 3:06:43 PM PDT by ozarkgirl
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The list of those NOT running for President soon may become shorter than the list of those who are. I think they’re being paid big, big money to jump in the race and dilute the pool of contenders. Confuses most voters who will then go for the one with the most name recognition. You know, big RINO Bush.


25 posted on 05/27/2015 3:07:47 PM PDT by arasina (Communism is EVIL. So there.)
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To: ConservativeTeen

stopped watching Fox a few months back


26 posted on 05/27/2015 3:08:52 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: arasina

Hey arasina!

I think you’re right!


27 posted on 05/27/2015 3:09:18 PM PDT by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly or Join Club 300! God bless you all.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

If you look at his history, he’s never been anything but a politician.

He’s a one issue candidate in an empty sweater vest.


28 posted on 05/27/2015 3:11:13 PM PDT by boycott
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I don’t understand why the heck Bush is still pulling in the top 3. I wish he would go away along with a bunch of others


29 posted on 05/27/2015 3:12:09 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans; Berlin_Freeper; All
Come on now, don't hold back ... what's your real opinion? ;^)

I'm with you, though -- I think Santorum is pride-filled, sanctimonious, and devious. For example, in 2011-12, he constantly used the phrase "family values," and even made the absurd claim that "family values" were necessary for a strong economy. Really, Rick? Then why isn't Mexico, where family values are fabulously strong and righteous, enjoying a thriving economy?

The truth is that Rick was using "family values" as code for "I didn't get divorced like Newt did" and also because he was too timid to use the term "Christian values." I asked a lot of Santorum supporters what the difference was between family values and Christian values, and not a single one even attempted to answer that question. Santorum's "family values" phrase caused pain and hurt good worthy people who for whatever reason either didn't have big families or if they did, weren't the types to dote on them.

Santorum used devious language then, and will no doubt use it again. Cruz, on the other hand, speaks straightforwardly. Cruz is the ONLY guy in the race who is worth voting for.

30 posted on 05/27/2015 3:12:29 PM PDT by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: Oliviaforever

It took me at least 3 times (I think 4) to correct a post once.


31 posted on 05/27/2015 3:14:19 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: Berlin_Freeper

He is as fake as they come.


32 posted on 05/27/2015 3:15:55 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: Berlin_Freeper
He's a good guy, but no shot at the presidency. I think this run is more strategy for him. He gets a small constituency and raises money, then throws that behind a candidate to raise his profile for a cabinet position.

If it ends with him in President Cruz's cabinet, then it was all for the good.

33 posted on 05/27/2015 3:18:25 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Finny

“Santorum used devious language then, and will no doubt use it again. Cruz, on the other hand, speaks straightforwardly. Cruz is the ONLY guy in the race who is worth voting for. “

I think Cruz’ straight talk and ability to articulate his patriotic message will put the other candidates to shame. As long as he is allowed in the debates! I just know the MSM, and Faux too unfortunately, are trying to figure out how to minimize Cruz. He scares them because he is the first real, unapologetic conservative in a long time....and he’s smarter than them and they know it ;)


34 posted on 05/27/2015 3:20:08 PM PDT by Hardens Hollow (Couldn't find Galt's Gulch, so created our own Harden's Hollow to quit paying the fascist beast.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

FIFA and Santorum on the same day? Hot damn!


35 posted on 05/27/2015 3:20:40 PM PDT by j.argese (/s tags: If you have a mind unnecessary. If you're a cretin it really doesn't matter, does it?)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans; MinuteGal

“This guy just enters into the race and nukes everybody else— guaranteed! And this freak has no chance of actually winning. He’s unelectable. Always has been. Always will be. Who the heck wants a momma’s boy, sweater vest wearing poindexter like this wannabe?”

LOL. Tell us what you really think. By the way, I totally agree with you.


36 posted on 05/27/2015 3:23:55 PM PDT by flaglady47 (The useful idiots always go first)
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To: rovenstinez

Yes, Cruz. The less from Santorum the better. This guy his incredible unlikable, still plays the fraud of being a Pennsylvania resident while living in a multimillion dollar mansion near Newt Gingrich in northern Virginia. His 15 minutes are well past done.


37 posted on 05/27/2015 3:28:36 PM PDT by Reno89519 (For every illegal or H1B with a job, there's an American without one. Muslim = Nazi = Evil)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
 

 Rick Santorum announces second presidential bid

 

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I'm sorry. What were you saying?

38 posted on 05/27/2015 3:29:15 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

ONLY his second?
Dayum, seems like it’s his profession!


39 posted on 05/27/2015 3:30:25 PM PDT by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly or Join Club 300! God bless you all.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

2 to 2?


40 posted on 05/27/2015 3:30:32 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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