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I would much prefer to see Newt go in debates against the incumbent. He has proven record of brilliance in debates. Following is a list of actual Santorum votes. These are not opinions. These are actual recorded votes in legislature by Santorum. Would some one please explain how this makes him the "real" conservative?

Rick Santorum’s voting record:

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.

Voted for a Schumer amendment to make the debts of pro-life demonstrators not dischargeable in bankruptcy.

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 for Sonia Sotomayor, Circuit Judge Voted twice for Marsha Berzon to the 9thg Circuit

Voted for mandatory Federal child care funding

Voted for Job Corps funding Voted twice in support of Fedex Unionization

Voted for minimum wage increases six times Voted to require a union representative on an IRS oversight board. Voted against creating independent Board of Governors to investigate IRS abuses.

Voted for Federal funding for anti-gun education programs in schools.

Voted for anti-gun juvenile justice bill.

Voted for funding for the legal services corporation. Voted twice for a Congressional payraise.

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.

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 against food stamp REFORM Voted against Medicaid REFORM Voted for $2 billion for low income heating assistance.

Sponsored An amendment to increase Amtrak funds by $550 million 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 to increase community development programs by $2 billion.

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.

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 to increase spending for the Department of Education by $3.1 billion.

1 posted on 03/14/2012 11:39:18 AM PDT by entropy12
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Right. He gave the Rinos a run for their money and took over the party and the country’s agenda for a while. Conservatives turned against him because he was kinda slutty, if you know what I mean. But we erred in that. They are all pretty much sluts in one way or another and Newt was our slut. :)


93 posted on 03/14/2012 7:12:33 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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BTTT!


100 posted on 03/14/2012 10:55:46 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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