[Finny]

It's pretty disgusting, isn't it? I really can see why so many are tempted to snort in contempt at my beloved Rush, who is regardless an American hero, in my book. He goes off on the evils of the minimum wage, and even FINALLY makes a point that I've been making on FR for at least five years, which is that minimum wage contributes HUGELY to the illegal immigration problem ...

... and at the same time, slyly encourages people to vote for Santorum, whose own campaign literature bragged about the fact that Rick voted to INCREASE the NATIONAL minimum wage.

Now Mark Levin, that wonderful man, has called Romney down on the carpet about how he defines conservatism, and Mark has stated that there's a difference between a capitalist and a corporatist.

How long will it be before Rush slams him for "attacking capitalism" the way he slammed Newt? And BOTH Rush and Levin (certainly Levin) appear to be leaning toward Santorum, the VERY GUY who has touted his support for the minimum wage!

It is one big clusterf*ck.

[CharlesWayneCT]

His literature said he WOULD vote to increase it, not bragged that he had increased it (he was getting attacked for opposing it).

And his bill, which had failed in his previous attempt, was defended by RedState as follows: Anti-Santorum Attacks are over the top:

His alternative proposal for increasing the minimum wage was actually a conservative bill that Democrats all voted against. Shortly after his bill failed, a new Congress passed a larger minimum wage increase. Had Santorum’s bill passed, the minimum wage would be lower now. His bill had republican supporters, and Dems opposed.

Here is how the left characterized his minimum wage bill: Rick Santorum's Phony Minimum Wage Bill:

When is an increase in the minimum wage not an increase in the minimum wage? When it’s an “increase” proposed by Republican Sen. Rick Santorum, and when it’s an “increase” that will be killed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives anyway.
...
Perhaps because the Florida vote makes them nervous about appearing to be against an increase in the minimum wage, Republicans have a proposal of their own. Under a plan proposed by Rick Santorum, the minimum wage would go up in two bumps over 18 months, ultimately reaching $6.25 an hour. That’s a dollar an hour less than the Kennedy plan — we’re quick with math here — but that’s not the worst of it. Santorum’s plan would also exempt from the minimum wage, and a whole host of other federal labor laws, any employer with revenues under $1 million; allow some employers to offset minimum wage salaries with tips workers receive; and rob many workers of overtime pay by instituting federal “flex-time” rules. Thus, workers would receive a smaller increase under Santorum’s plan, fewer of them would be protected by the federal minimum wage laws at all, and whatever gains some workers made through a minimum wage increase would be lost to offsets from tips or cutbacks in their overtime pay.

Not exactly the "enthusiastic support" that some here claim.