It’s amazing how many people on this board are suddenly going wobbly for Romney, ain’t it, especially after all the documented damage his minions have done to Conservatives in general, and Sarah Palin in particular, since 2008?
I’m far more amazed that people on this board have gone wobbly for Santorum. The guy is basically the living embodiment of the Republican Leadership for the last 20 years, with the exception of his strong pro life stands. How in the world did he go from former generic senate Republican, to Tea Party hero in 4-5 months? This is the guy conservatives bailed on after Medicare Part D and the Specter/Toomey debacle. I find it amazing that people are treating Santorum as if he’s our only hope to stop the Republican establishment from doing that types of things he supported when he was part of the Republican establishment.
I get why people don’t like Romney. I just don’t understand why they thick Santorum is a solution. I’d have voted for Gingrich, Cain, Perry and Bachmann over either Santorum or Romney, but I’m ambivalent as between the two of them. I can see why people would just pick the one that they believe more likely to win.
Santorum isn’t an open socialist who signed socialized medicine into law, he didn’t advocate that Obama adopt the individual mandate on a national level, and he never gave the okay on Cap & Trade. He doesn’t have a history of appointing far-left radical judges or supporting queer marriage. He hasn’t been caught on camera admitting that he’s a progressive, conceding that his only tie to the GOP is his registration, or anything similar.
With someone as radical as Obama in the White House, you have to allow for some flexibility in the GOP nominee. Santorum would be nominally better than Obama in a number of ways, and quite a bit better on abortion. Romney, on the other hand, matches up so well with the Obama regime that he would be virtually the same.
No self-respecting conservative would vote for Willard Romney the open socialist. Anybody who does is a part of the problem as much as Boehner, McConnell, and their limp-wristed friends.