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To: Joe 6-pack; TexasFreeper2009; onyx; LS; WOSG; Windflier

Seriously, can someone explain to me why Santorum is unexeptable to 95%+ of Republican primary voters?

Just because he got his head handed to him in a purple/blue state during a horrendous GOP yr(’06). Do that many find him unelectable?
Help me here guys.


165 posted on 12/05/2011 9:11:54 AM PST by CPT Clay (Pick up your weapon and follow me.)
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To: CPT Clay

I just don’t like him personally, something about him makes me not like him, I can’t explain it beyond that.


166 posted on 12/05/2011 9:14:30 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Newt Gingrich 2012!)
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To: CPT Clay

First, as a personality he is uninspiring. I love most of his views, but he doesn’t move me to action. Second, it is significant that an INCUMBENT (you can’t downplay that) conservative lost. Third, he endorsed Sphincter-—an unpardonable sin.


167 posted on 12/05/2011 9:17:10 AM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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To: CPT Clay
can someone explain to me why Santorum is unexeptable to 95%+ of Republican primary voters?

At the risk of appearing uninformed, I'll just go ahead and admit it. I don't know Santorum. I've never followed him, and know only what I see other Freepers report about him.

From what I can tell, the consensus (not just here) is a thumbs down.

The biggest deal-breaker for me, is that the guy's track is as a legislator, not a chief executive (such as a Governor or CEO).

175 posted on 12/05/2011 3:00:04 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: CPT Clay

For me personally, I never took his entry into the race seriously and I still don’t. Some pundits called Herman Cain’s a “vanity run”, but I think Santorum’s is a vanity run.

He’s running as a defeated US Senator for crying out loud. How lackluster can you get?


177 posted on 12/05/2011 3:18:53 PM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC:DONATE MONTHLY! Sarah's New Ping List - tell me if you want on it.)
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