Hmm, where do I begin?
Newt didn't attack Ryan, wasn't for cap-and-trade and has changed his mind on global warming.
Newt was for individual insurance mandates, because we have government mandated medical treatment in this country. That means that the free loaders take advantage of medical treatment while the rest of us are mandated by government to pay for their treatment.
The best most conservative solution of course is no government mandates of any kind. Now point out for me where Rick Santorum is against government mandated medical treatment.
You of course can't.
Meanwhile, I'll point out to you that Santorum increased medical treatment mandates by voting for the Perscription Drug Benefit mandate.
Moving on to Newt's amnesty, Santorum agrees with Newt.
Roll tape....
GINGRICH: [to Santorum]: We should make English the official language of government. We should insist that first-generation immigrants who come here learn American history in order to become citizens. We should also insist that American children learn American history. And then find a way to deal with folks who are already here, some of whom, frankly, have been here 25 years, are married with kids, live in our local neighborhood, go to our church. It's got to be done in a much more humane way than thinking that to automatically deport millions of people.
SANTORUM: My solution is very similar to Newt Gingrich's. We should not have a debate talking about how we don't want people to come to this country, but we want them to come here like my grandfather and my father came here. They made sacrifices. They came in the 1920s. There were no promises. There were no government benefits. They came because they wanted to be free and they wanted to be good law-abiding citizens.
So let's summarize...
Newt mentions his 25-years-and-up amnesty, and Santorum doesn't criticize Newt for mentioning his 25-years-and-up amnesty. Instead, Santorum says that his position is "very similar to New Gingrich's".
As I said...
Santorum has a lifetime conservative rating from the American Conservative Union of 88%. Newt's lifetime rating is 90%. Newt was beating Mitt in Iowa. Both are now splitting the anti Romney vote in Iowa, yielding the lead to Mitt.
And all for what?
Thank you for adding clarity to both Newt’s and Rick’s position on amnesty. The 25 year break off point makes sense.
The border has always been a lax system; allowing people running across like chickens crossing a street. We didn’t control that border all those years and saw no need to do so. Illegals crossed that border because we did not take on our responsibility seriously. It was like someone leaving the doors unlocked and the keys in the ignition. And when the car was stolen, not even reporting the crime. It was all in the name of taking advantage of a good thing. Cheap labor was coming across and always providing services we could use. The same dynamics gave Americans access to cheap leather goods, beautiful velvet Elvis Presley paintings and a wild bull fight. Mexico was synonymous with cheap thrills. The road was full of chickens gone wild, yours for $9.95.
Moving along through the years, everything was good until the economy hit hard times and the work the border crossers took away was work we could not afford to lose. The worse part of it was that these illegals began to take a bigger bite in our state services and cost us big in tax money to pay for them. They were also running drugs, creating graft and corruption and kids gone wild, yours for $9.95.
Now people want to undo what has taken years to create. So, a break off point should be made, the border be sealed and those who are in the United States be required to assume responsibilities they should have assumed before—like live law-abiding lives (not Mexicans gone wild, yours for $9.95).
Also change the anchor baby rule.
Not all is lost. I don’t think all Mexicans want to stay in the U.S.A. Many are saving as much money as they can to take with them back to Mexico. Remember, Mexico is their real home and their roots. What they really want is roots and the lap of luxury. With enough money they can live the rest of their lives in a comfortable lifestyle. Our Snow Birds already know that lifestyle. As this lifestyle attracts them back to Mexico, they will not be able to come back so easily. Not at all. Once they go back, they can’t come back again unless, it is as tourists to see—you guessed it—Girls Gone Wild. Then the Mexican population will dwindle—not overnight, but naturally.
In my humble opinion.