What a weird race...santorum wins minnesota,missouri

[JDzBrain]

Spending is another story. The free-market advocacy group Club for Growth describes Santorum’s fiscal record as conservative early on, but “plagued by the big-spending habits that Republicans adopted during the Bush years of 2001-2006.”

Data from the National Taxpayers Union shows that Santorum ranked in the top third among Senate Republicans for highest amount of proposed funding increases during the 107th Congress. He sponsored legislation to raise federal spending by a net $27 billion during that period, from January 2001 to January 2003.
Santorum’s record on fiscal policy (Fact Checker biography) - The Washington Post

He supported steel tariffs in Pennsylvania, which did him little good in his own re-election effort.

He supported No Child Left Behind.

He supported the prescription drug benefit.

He supported the Bridge to Nowhere. In fact, according to Club for Growth, “Santorum had the audacity to vote to continue funding the Bridge to Nowhere rather than send the money to rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.”
No Surprise, Iowa Social Conservatives Are About To Shoot Us All in the Foot Again | RedState

LMAOff...Annnnnnd the Romney supporting RINO spin machine begins.

You MIGHT want to ask what the 27 Billion in increased spending was for...OR maybe you don't!

See...there was this little "thing" that happened in 2001. You may have heard of it, 9/!!? But the thing is, that was AFTER the dot com bubble crash left to Bush by Clinton. UNLIKE Cruise missiles that he did NOT leave Bush because had shot all but 11 at baby aspirin factories and left office with our military RAPED!

I'll tell ya what here is a link.

Bills Sponsored and Co-Sponsored by Rick Santorum

It list all the bills that Santorum sponsored and co-sponsored. It covers the Congresses that the RINO machine CLAIMS makes him an evil SOB. Have a look at the bills for your self. I'll tell you this, in the 107th congress that the MORONS at the Washington Post attack him on, the LAST bill he sponsored was titled A bill to protect infants who are born alive...YEP, and evil son of a bitch!

But he introduced other evil shit too. Stuff like removing price supports for sugar. Damn guy actually wants to reduce the size of government! FOOL!

Then there was the one that would allow Medicaid to pay for seniors to be kept at home by family and in day care when the family wasn't home...just like our kids and INSTEAD of an old folks home 24/7. Yep, evil SOB actually wanted of let our seniors have a little dignity. BASTARD!

And here is something that just kills me. Of the 55 bills he sponsored, 1/5 of them were to suspend government duties on DRUGS! Can you believe it. He wanted to stop taxing drugs that were being used to treat cancer, diabetes and all manner of things...just to reduce the cost of treatment and lower health care cost. Now WHAT was that dumb son of a bitch thinking?

SOMEbody better buy a CLUE!!!

And I'm thinking it ain't Rick!

By the way, the prescription drug program WORKED in it's original form. And it worked because it was a free market solution, run by private enterprise!

The program kept millions of Americans from going SLAP BROKE paying for brand drugs, cut the price of nearly ALL drugs by more than 40% and saved millions of lives. So you can blow that!

 

[kwc57]

Actually, Santorum is also fiscal conservative. If you check, he actually authored the Welfare Reform Act that Newt forced Clinton to sign. He also authored and sponsored several other government reform bills that reduced government and were passed back in the 90's.

He DOES have some problems with his views on the roll of government in the states...especially for constitutional conservatives like me...but he is a VAST improvement over Obama and MUCH better than Obama lite...Romney. ;~)

The problem with Santorum is he is a social conservative. When a liberal is a social liberal, we call them socialists because they want to use the state to further their views and policies in society. It's really no different for social conservatives with their laundry list of items to make America better. For a Republican to win in 2012, they will have to attract the swing voters and independents. I don't think Sanotrum can pull that off. If he gets on his moral high horse and starts preaching about marriage amendments and abortion, he will hand the election to Obama. The Republican candidate has to focus on the economy and jobs to beat Obama.

Did you hear his speech last night?

Santorum is not on a moral high horse. It is reporters and political hacks that have been bugging him about those issues.
He is concerned with getting Obama out of office and getting the economy moving again.
He is also concerned with all the freedoms we have lost under the Obama regime.

Santorum is the MOST conservative candidate left, and he has my endorsement.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNhMjhtcfVI]Rick Santorum Missouri, Minnesota & Colorado Victory Speech (C-SPAN) - YouTube[/ame]

No, I didn't see him last night. Sanotrum is OK when he sticks to the things that matter to most people and isn't whining. But there have been a number of times in smaller groups where he does start talking about the social issues near and dear to his heart. Trust me, if he wins the nomination, Obama will challenge him on those things in debates and it will be a turn off to swing voters and independents. Look, I'm conservative. Personally, I have my issues with gay marriage and abortion. That being said, I'm a libertarian conservative and I believe the constitution gives you rights to not have the government chin deep into your personal life. I recognize that not all Americans will see eye to eye with me on social issues just as I don't see eye to eye with them. I want a president who will govern the nation based on the constitution and stay out of people's lives. I don't believe Santorum can do that. I don't believe Santorun can beat Obama and Obama must be beat.

 

[Old Rocks]

Given the present candidates and their attacks on each other, President Obama is going to have a second term. No need to pony up for new political ads for the general election, just re-run the Republican ads from the other candidates about whomever gets the nomination.

 

[JDzBrain]

The problem with Santorum is he is a social conservative. When a liberal is a social liberal, we call them socialists because they want to use the state to further their views and policies in society. It's really no different for social conservatives with their laundry list of items to make America better. For a Republican to win in 2012, they will have to attract the swing voters and independents. I don't think Sanotrum can pull that off. If he gets on his moral high horse and starts preaching about marriage amendments and abortion, he will hand the election to Obama. The Republican candidate has to focus on the economy and jobs to beat Obama.

While Santorum being a social conservative is NOT a problem...MOST American are and agree with his views...the part about social engineering by the right being just as bad as it is by the left IS a legitimate criticism.

That is EXACTLY what I was talking about when I said that constitutional conservatives like me have a problem with his view on the role of the federal government in state's rights issues. But the RINOs (progressives republicans) inside government and the so called right leaning media just HAMMERED Newt when he said that about PART of Paul Ryan's budget plan. Doesn't matter that it was true.

When EITHER side tries to INFLICT minority or majority held beliefs, values or policies on the entire country through the federal system that do not DIRECTLY impact those things addressed in the Constitution as being, rights, powers of, powers prohibited to or all other powers reserved to...it is a violation of the Constitution. It's a simple damn thing, but misguide politicians and the pseudo intellectual intelligentsia JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT!

 

[Dragon]

Santorum won Colorado too. Problem is...I think he got more delegates from the Iowa caucus than he did tonight. Missouri where he had a HUGE win doesn't have ANY delegates. So in the delegate count, it doesn't mean much. However...these states are battle ground states in the general election and Santorum DESTROYED EVERYONE!

Rather importantly for such calculations, Barack Obama wasn't on the ballot.

 

[JDzBrain]

Rather importantly for such calculations, Barack Obama wasn't on the ballot.

Actually...not. At least to the primary. Obama ain't running to be the republican candidate.

What is important is that Romney TROUNCED McCain in Colorado in the 2008 primary. 60% to 20% last time and this time he lost by just over 5%...40 to 35%. That is a 25% PLUNGE in support.

If I were Romney's campaign...I'd be worried about that!

Now WHY is that important to the general election, and this IS where Obama figures in to the equation. Obama BEAT THE CRAP out of McCain in Colorado, 54 to 45%. And it is one of 6 traditionally red states in national elections that went to Obama. Had any 4 of those states stayed with their trends and gone to McCain...HE would have won.

THAT should also concern and inspire ALL conservatives to get out to support who ever the nominee is!

That is unless you like a welfare state...class warfare and forced redistribution of wealth OR a 3rd world economy...a debt that is 105% of the GDP and growing AND suspension of the Bill of Rights...including murdering US citizens without due process ON TOP OF suspension of Habeas Corpus...allowing the president to jail ANY American without due process for as long as he likes AND NOW...the federal government mandating what your religion can and can't do...just let Obama get 4 more years.

Cause I will PROMISE ya, that these STILL REVERSIBLE violations of the Constitution WILL be made permanent if we don't put him on the street. These progressives are working their ASSES off to institutionalize ALL of their insanity!