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Casting Himself As Outsider, Santorum Benefited From D.C. 'Revolving Door'

• by Tamara Keith
 

Rick Santorum is trying to shake up the Republican primary by winning the primary Tuesday in Michigan — and many polls show him neck and neck with Mitt Romney. He's a former senator from Pennsylvania best known as a culture warrior. What's less well known is what he did after losing his re-election bid in 2006.

After 16 years in Congress, Santorum found himself in need of a new job. And like so many before him, he found work inside the Beltway. Santorum left Congress, but he never left Washington, though that would be hard to tell just listening to him on the campaign trail.

"I come from southwestern Pennsylvania, the heart of the steel country, the heart of manufacturing, and it's been devastated," Santorum said at an ABC debate in January.
 
"I'm coming to change the entire nature of Washington, D.C.," Santorum said. "That's been one of the benefits, frankly, of being out and looking in."

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Comment by Sam Weathersby (5726)
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Santorum is one of the 3 big govt stooges. Mitt & Newt the other 2. Here is the low down on Rick.

Overview of Santorum. http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh144.htm    [Part 1]   http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh145.htm     [P. 2]   http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh146.htm      [p.3]   Santorum's nephew goes for Ron Paul: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/01/nephew-of-rick-santorum-vote-ron-paul/     Santorum rails on freedom & individualism.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread793960/pg1   Rick said:   “One of the criticisms I make is to what I refer to as more of a Libertarianish right.   They have this idea that people should be left alone, be able to do whatever they want to do, government should keep our taxes down and keep our regulations low, that we shouldn’t get involved in the bedroom, we shouldn’t get involved in cultural issues.   That is not how traditional conservatives view the world. There is no such society that I’m aware of, where we’ve had radical individualism and that it succeeds as a culture.”    Hear Rick's own words from the video in the above link. This idiotic comment alone should get Santorum bounced. Rick is diametrically opposed to Ron Paul's freedom & liberty message.   Santorum is for big govt. http://tinyurl.com/7vb6rtl
http://www.clubforgrowth.org/perm/pr/?postID=1007

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Comment by Sam Weathersby (5726)
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Santorum is one of the 3 big govt stooges. Mitt & Newt the other 2. Here is the low down on Rick.

Overview of Santorum. http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh144.htm    [Part 1]   http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh145.htm     [P. 2]   http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh146.htm      [p.3]   Santorum's nephew goes for Ron Paul: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/01/nephew-of-rick-santorum-vote-ron-paul/     Santorum rails on freedom & individualism.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread793960/pg1   Rick said:   “One of the criticisms I make is to what I refer to as more of a Libertarianish right.   They have this idea that people should be left alone, be able to do whatever they want to do, government should keep our taxes down and keep our regulations low, that we shouldn’t get involved in the bedroom, we shouldn’t get involved in cultural issues.   That is not how traditional conservatives view the world. There is no such society that I’m aware of, where we’ve had radical individualism and that it succeeds as a culture.”    Hear Rick's own words from the video in the above link. This idiotic comment alone should get Santorum bounced. Rick is diametrically opposed to Ron Paul's freedom & liberty message.   Santorum is for big govt. http://tinyurl.com/7vb6rtl
http://www.clubforgrowth.org/perm/pr/?postID=1007

SamFox

 

 

 


 

Comment by Sam Weathersby (5726)
Entered on:

Santorum is one of the 3 big govt stooges. Mitt & Newt the other 2. Here is the low down on Rick.

Overview of Santorum. http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh144.htm    [Part 1]   http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh145.htm     [P. 2]   http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh146.htm      [p.3]   Santorum's nephew goes for Ron Paul: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/01/nephew-of-rick-santorum-vote-ron-paul/     Santorum rails on freedom & individualism.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread793960/pg1   Rick said:   “One of the criticisms I make is to what I refer to as more of a Libertarianish right.   They have this idea that people should be left alone, be able to do whatever they want to do, government should keep our taxes down and keep our regulations low, that we shouldn’t get involved in the bedroom, we shouldn’t get involved in cultural issues.   That is not how traditional conservatives view the world. There is no such society that I’m aware of, where we’ve had radical individualism and that it succeeds as a culture.”    Hear Rick's own words from the video in the above link. This idiotic comment alone should get Santorum bounced. Rick is diametrically opposed to Ron Paul's freedom & liberty message.   Santorum is for big govt. http://tinyurl.com/7vb6rtl
http://www.clubforgrowth.org/perm/pr/?postID=1007

SamFox

 

 

 


Comment by Sam Weathersby (5726)
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Santorum is one of 3 big govt stooges. Mitt & Newt are the other 2 CINO-RINOs of the same stripe as Rick. 

Overview of Santorum. http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh144.htm    [Part 1]   http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh145.htm     [P. 2]   http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh146.htm      [p.3]   Santorum's nephew goes for Ron Paul: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/01/nephew-of-rick-santorum-vote-ron-paul/     Santorum rails on freedom & individualism.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread793960/pg1   Rick said:   “One of the criticisms I make is to what I refer to as more of a Libertarianish right.   They have this idea that people should be left alone, be able to do whatever they want to do, government should keep our taxes down and keep our regulations low, that we shouldn’t get involved in the bedroom, we shouldn’t get involved in cultural issues.   That is not how traditional conservatives view the world. There is no such society that I’m aware of, where we’ve had radical individualism and that it succeeds as a culture.”    Hear Rick's own words from the video in the above link. This idiotic comment alone should get Santorum bounced. Rick is diametrically opposed to Ron Paul's freedom & liberty message.   Santorum is for big govt. http://tinyurl.com/7vb6rtl
http://www.clubforgrowth.org/perm/pr/?postID=1007

SamFox

 




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