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Santorum: "I'd Like Everybody To Get Out"
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| Ben Terris
Posted on 03/11/2012 8:16:46 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP
Rick Santorum needs about 60 percent of the remaining delegates to claim the Republican nomination. It would be an easier task, he admits, if former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich would drop out, but Santorum would not call explicitly for him to do so.
The Speaker can stay as long as he wants, Santorum said on NBCs Meet the Press this morning. Instead, a Super PAC supporting Santorum has run ads calling for Gingrich to drop out of the race. (snip for excerpt purp.)
Were in a great position now as we go forward, he said.
Of course, there would be an easy way for Santorum to really make up ground: Id like everybody to get out, he said.
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To: Oklahoma
“Newt can talk a great game but in practice he allows his ego to run his positions.”
Can you please post an example of this? I'm not trying to be argumentative. I truly want to know. I have heard talking heads say it but I want to know why they say it.
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posted on
03/11/2012 9:54:24 AM PDT
by
Amntn
To: Houghton M.; Admin Moderator; Jim Robinson
[Psycho-Freep distorts everything]
You had better have proof of that claim! Especially since you lack the courage to ping those you are attacking!
102
posted on
03/11/2012 9:55:20 AM PDT
by
PSYCHO-FREEP
(If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
To: org.whodat
If only Perry would have adapted Newt’s position of not kicking out illegals...Perry would have done better.
Nice to see an anti-Perry troll still around.
103
posted on
03/11/2012 9:57:35 AM PDT
by
magritte
(Gladys Knight: Mormon Siren?)
To: magritte
I think we will see more from the good Governor Rick Perry.
If Newt were able to win that is.
104
posted on
03/11/2012 9:59:52 AM PDT
by
PSYCHO-FREEP
(If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
To: samtheman
I think its more accurate to say that the conservative electorate has a Huckabee Problem and that Santorum is just this cycles manifestation of that.That is a great point. I'd only add that this "problem" goes much further back. This is the same socon demographic that voted for candidates like Pat Robertson in 1988. People forget that Robertson actually won some states in the primaries (even finished 2nd in the Iowa caucuses).
Social conservatives are a vital part of the Republican party and are absolutely right on many issues such as opposition to abortion and gay marriage, but because many socon's put most/all their focus on social/religious issues they often vote in the primaries for really terrible candidates who have absolutely no chance to win a general election. There is zero chance someone like Pat Robertson was going to be elected president - even in 1988, yet over a million social conservatives voted for him before he finally dropped out.
To: PSYCHO-FREEP
106
posted on
03/11/2012 10:03:08 AM PDT
by
Happy Rain
("Better add another wing to The White House cause the Santorum clan is coming.")
To: GnL
Romney/Gingrich makes more sense.
107
posted on
03/11/2012 10:04:23 AM PDT
by
jersey117
(The Stepford Media should be sued for malpractice)
To: Longbow1969
What you say is very true. The base seems to have lost their direction and vision. Of course, moral issues are absolute. But to elect leaders on this criteria, as a primary attribute, is why the rest of the country has passed us by.
George W Bush is exactly who illustrates this. He was a Social Conservative, but a fiscal moderate, to big government spender. Add to that, a Big Labor Union advocate, and we have what a large number in this party see, as the best choice. No wonder we are snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
108
posted on
03/11/2012 10:10:02 AM PDT
by
PSYCHO-FREEP
(If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
To: PSYCHO-FREEP
The guy won Kansas.
We are not in Kansas anymore, Toto.
109
posted on
03/11/2012 10:11:08 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Government is the religion of the sociopaths.)
To: Happy Rain
110
posted on
03/11/2012 10:11:39 AM PDT
by
PSYCHO-FREEP
(If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
It’s almost funny. After Kansas, they were breaking out the nomination party hats and picking the drapes for the Oval Office.
But the really big, nasty ones are still ahead. And reality is always right behind them.
111
posted on
03/11/2012 10:14:59 AM PDT
by
PSYCHO-FREEP
(If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
To: PSYCHO-FREEP
Has anyone else noticed that, over time, the more that Psycho-Freep posts, the worse that Newt does and the better that Rick does?
Coincidence? Maybe. But as a long-time Santorum supporter, I am willing to take a chance and put up with the psychosis in order for my candidate to keep surging.
Go Psycho-Freep!! /s
Comment #113 Removed by Moderator
To: Engraved-on-His-hands
LOL! Right, Newt is losing because of my posts.....
But don’t look now, Santorum is not exactly taking it by storm either.
114
posted on
03/11/2012 10:19:45 AM PDT
by
PSYCHO-FREEP
(If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
To: ngat
.
Yep ... Santorum as Romney's "butt-boy" ...
supporting Romney just because the Citizens in Pennslyvannia REFUSED to "ever again" elect him to ANYTHING ...
Little Ricky Santorum will be DESTROYED by the Mittens "Schorched-Earth TV Ad Campaign" that will take place in Pennslyvannia ...
Santorum has allied himself with Darth Vader ... to satisfy his own sense-of-specialness ...
It's a great thing that Rick Santorum wasn't born in 1735, and that General Washington didn't have to put up with his likes during the War for Independence ...
Unless ... Benedict Arnold ... was just Ricky's "previous incarnation" ...
.
115
posted on
03/11/2012 10:20:48 AM PDT
by
Patton@Bastogne
(Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin in 2012 !)
To: PSYCHO-FREEP
Yeah, what a sweep, only Georgia and South Carolina—uh how many states is that?
Delegates to date—both pledged and bound (AP):
MR—over twice as many as Rick-over four times as many as Newt.
RS—over twice as many as Newt.
NG—Over twice as many as The Nut.
The Nut—47
Can you say two man race?
116
posted on
03/11/2012 10:22:46 AM PDT
by
Happy Rain
("Better add another wing to The White House cause the Santorum clan is coming.")
To: Patton@Bastogne
117
posted on
03/11/2012 10:29:10 AM PDT
by
PSYCHO-FREEP
(If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
To: Eva
How in the world could Santorum beat Obama? Obama has $100 million in his reelection fund and will probably still get 80 percent of the black vote, 70 percent of the Hispanic vote, 70 percent of the union vote, 100 percent of the homosexual vote, 75 percent of the college-age vote, and 100 percent of the traditional Democrat party vote.
Unless the Republican party nominates someone that the Catholics and conservative evangelical Christians can vote for, many will stay home in November, and President Obama will be president for at least the next 4 years.
To: Happy Rain
Yes, I sure can. But you will soon learn that the “two” are as “one”.
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posted on
03/11/2012 10:31:37 AM PDT
by
PSYCHO-FREEP
(If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
To: Engraved-on-His-hands; Girlene; PSYCHO-FREEP
.
.
Psycho-Freep,
It's an honor to provide "covering fire" for you ...
Don't hold your breath as the local Little Ricky Fan Club members ...
refuse "repeated" invitation(s) to refute any three (3) of the "Santorum's Greatest Anti-Conservative U.S. Senate Votes" ...
that list ... which you so magificently provided us at Free Republic ... is a life-saver for true Conservative Patriots ...
Strength and Honor ...
Patton-at-Bastogne
====== RICK SANTORUM'S Incredible CONSERVATIVE Voting Record ======
(Source: Free Republic's Psycho-Freep, 2012-03-05)
NEA
Voted for taxpayer funding of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Voted against a 10% cut in the budget for National Endowment for the Arts.
Bankruptcy
Voted for a Schumer amendment to make the debts of pro-life demonstrators not dischargeable in bankruptcy.
Defense and Foreign Policy
Voted for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
Voted against requiring the President to certify that the CWC is effectively verifiable.
Voted against requiring the President to certify that that Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, North Korea, China, and all other countries determined to be state sponsors of terror have joined CWC prior to submitting the instrument of ratification.
Voted for the START II Treaty
Voted to allow the sale of supercomputers to China.
Voted to ban antipersonnel landmines
Voted against increasing defense spending offset by equivalent cuts in non-defense spending.
Voted to require that Federal bureaucrats get the same payraises as uniformed military.
Voted to allow food and medicine sales to state sponsors of terror and tyranical regimes such as Libya and Cuba.
Voted to limit the Presidents authority to impose sanctions on nations for reasons of national security unless the sanctions were approved by a multilateral regime.
Voted against requiring Congressional authorization for military action in Bosnia.
Voted to give $25 million in foreign aid to North Korea
Voted to weaken alien terrorist deportation provisions. If the Court determines that the evidence must be withheld for national security reasons, the Justice Department must still provide a summary of the evidence sufficient for the alien terrorist to mount a defense against deportation.
Voted against delaying the India Nuclear until the President certified that India had agreed to suspend military-to-military exchanges with Iran.
Voted against the Conventional Trident Missile Program
Nominations
Voted for Richard Paez to the 9th Curcuit (cloture)
Voted for Sonia Sotomayor, Circuit Judge
Voted for Richard Holbrooke to be Ambassador to the UN
Voted for Margaret Morrow to be District Judge
Voted twice for Marsha Berzon to the 9thg Circuit
Voted for Mary McLaughlin to be District Judge
Voted for Tim Dyk to be District Judge
Voted for James Brady to be District Judge
Union Labor
Voted against National Right to Work Act
Voted against Real of Davis-Bacon Prevailing union wages
Voted for Alexis Herman to be Secretary of Labor
Voted for mandatory Federal child care funding
Voted for Trade Adjustment Assistance.
Voted for Job Corps funding
Voted twice in support of Fedex Unionization
Voted against allowing a waiver of Davis-Bacon in emergency situations.
Voted for minimum wage increases six times here here here here here and here
Voted to require a union representative on an IRS oversight board.
Voted to exempt IRS union representative from criminal ethics laws.
Voted against creating independent Board of Governors to investigate IRS abuses.
Guns
Voted to require pawn shops to do background checks on people who pawn a gun.
Voted twice to make it illegal to sell a gun without a secure storage or safety device
Voted for a Federal ban on possession of assault weapons by those under 18.
Voted for Federal funding for anti-gun education programs in schools.
Voted for anti-gun juvenile justice bill.
Reform
Voted for funding for the legal services corporation.
Voted twice for a Congressional payraise.
Voted to impose a uniform Federal mandate on states to force them to allow convicted rapits, arsonists, drug kingpins, and all other ex-convicts to vote in Federal elections.
Voted for the Specter backup plan to allow campaign finance reform to survive if portions of the bill were found unconstitutional.
Voted to mandate discounted broadcast times for politicians.
Voted for a McCain amendment to require State and local campaign committees to report all campaign contributions to the FEC and to require all campaign contributions to be reported to the FEC within 24 hours within 90 days of an election.
Immigration
Voted against increasing the number of immigration investigators
Voted to allow illegal immigrants to receive the earned income credit before becoming citizens
Voted to give SSI benefits to legal aliens.
Voted to give welfare benefits to naturalized citizens without regard to to the earnings of their sponsors.
Voted against hiring an additional 1,000 border partrol agents, paid for by reductions in state grants.
Taxes
Voted against a flat tax.
Voted to increase tobacco taxes to pay for Medicare prescription drugs
Voted to increase tobacco taxes to fund health insurance subsidies for small businesses.
Voted to increase tobacco taxes to pay for an $8 billion increase in child healh insurance.
Voted to increase tobacco taxes to pay for an increase in NIH funding.
Voted twice for internet taxes.
Voted to allow gas tax revenues to be used to subsidize Amtrak.
Voted to strike marriage penalty tax relief and instead provide fines on tobacco companies.
Voted against repealing the Clinton 4.3 cent gas tax increase.
Voted to increase taxes by $2.3 billion to pay for an Amtrak trust fund.
Voted to allow welfare to a minor who had a child out of wedlock and who resided with an adult who was on welfare within the previous two years.
Voted to increase taxes by $9.4 billion to pay for a $9.4 billion increase in student loans.
Voted to say that AMT patch is more important than capital gains and dividend relief.
Welfare
Voted against food stamp reform
Voted against Medicaid reform
Voted against TANF reform
Voted to increase the Social Services Block Grant from $1 billion to $2 billion
Voted to increase the FHA loan from $170,000 to $197,000. Also opposed increasing GNMA guaranty from 6 basis points to 12.
Voted for $2 billion for low income heating assistance.
Government Waste
Sponsored An amendment to increase Amtrak funds by $550 million
Voted to use HUD funds for the Joslyn Art Museum (NE), the Stand Up for Animals project (RI) and the Seattle Art Museums Olympic Sculpture Project (WA)
Voted to increase spending on social programs by $7 billion
Voted to increase NIH funding by $1.6 billion.
Voted to increase NIHnding by $700 million
Voted to for a $2 million earmark to renovate the Vulcan Monument (AL)
Voted for a $1 billion bailout for the steel industry
Voted against requiring that highway earmarks would come out of a states highway allocation
Voted to allow Market Access Program funds to go to foreign companies.
Voted to allow OPIC to increase its administrative costs by 50%
Voted against transferring $20 million from Americorps to veterans.
Voted for the $140 billion asbestos compensation bill.
Voted against requiring a uniform medical criteria to ensure asbestos claims were legitimate.
Voted to increase community development programs by $2 billion.
Spending and Entitlements
Voted to make Medicare part B premium subsidies an new entitlement.
Voted against paying off the debt ($5.6 trillion at the time) within 30 years.
Voted to give $18 billion to the IMF.
Voted to raid Social Security instead of using surpluses to pay down the debt.
Health Care
Voted to allow states to impose health care mandates that are stricter than proposed new Federal mandates, but not weaker.
Voted twice for Federal mental health parity mandates in health insurance.
Voted against a allow consumers the option to purchase a plan outside the parity mandate.
Education
Voted to increase Federal funding for teacher testing
Voted to increase spending for the Department of Education by $3.1 billion.
Voted against requiring courts to consider the impact of IDEA awards on a local school district.
Energy
Voted to allow the President to designate certain sites as interim nuclear waste storage sites in the event that he determines that Yucca Mountain is not a suitable site for a permanent waste repository. Those sites are as follows: the nuclear waste site in Hanford, Washington; the Savannah River Site in South Carolina; Barnwell County, South Carolina; and the Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee.
Voted to make fuel price gouging a Federal crime.
====== NEWT GINGRICH'S GREAT 2012 CAMPAIGN SPEECHES ======
CPAC 2012 Speech -- Newt Gingrich, U.S. President Elect
CPAC 2012 Speech -- Sarah Palin, U.S. Vice President Elect
Nancy Reagan (1995) : Ronnie turned that Torch over to Newt
NRA Second Amendent Speech -- Newt Gingrich
U.S. Energy Independence in 2012 -- Newt Gingrich
"America's Space Renaissance" in Florida !
Newt Gingrich -- Vision for America in Space Again
Why is Newt Gingrich So Angry ?
Newt Gingrich : South Carolina Victory Speech (2012-01-21)
Newt Gingrich : Christmas Day in 1776 George Washington's "Victory or Death"
Newt Stoutly Defends the Second Amendment (Right to Bear Arms)
Newt Gingrich Constitutional Removal of Radial-Liberal Federal Judges
Newt Slams an "Increasingly Radical" EPA
Newt Defends Israel and Shows how the Palestinians are an "Invented" people !
Newt Warns against the Proposed 9-11 NYC Islamic Mosque and Islamic Sharia Law
Gingrich Compares Radical-Isalmics Muslims To Nazis
Newt Gingrich On The Threat Of Radical Islam
Newt Gingrich Americas Defense of Judea-Christian Ideals and Defense against Islamic Fascism
Gingrich: Aggressive Prosecution of Radical-Militant U.S. Muslim Groups
Newt Gingrich: Response to CNNs John King Divorce Question
Newt Gingrich to Juan Williams: Americans Want Paychecks, Not Food Stamps
Gingrich BLASTS Chris Wallace for his "Gotcha" Questions at Iowa Debate
Newt Destroys Ron Paul's Foreign Policy Vis-à-Vis Killing Osama bin Laden
Gingrich: My Credential Is 4.2% Unemployment
Newt Slams Obama's Stupidity on the Keystone Pipeline
Gingrich attacks Federal Reserve (Bernanke and Geitner) Deception and Corruption
Newt Discusses Job Creation and Dismantling Federal (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac)
Newt: No American President Should Bow to a Saudi King
Newt Gingrich: Super PAC Committee Is Washington's Dumbest Idea
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posted on
03/11/2012 10:33:16 AM PDT
by
Patton@Bastogne
(Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin in 2012 !)
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