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knock off the Santorum bashing

I won't

Jan 4, 2012 - The CATO Institute's David Boaz explains why there hasn't been a candidate more inimical to American political values than Rick Santorum since Hillary Clinton.

http://youtu.be/hhtep2_Mw9Q

Santorum - The Big Government "Conservative"

Here is the quote from Rick's 2006 Interview with NPR.

This whole idea of personal autonomy, well I don’t think most conservatives hold that point of view. Some do. 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. You know, people should do whatever they want. Well, that is not how traditional conservatives view the world and I think most conservatives understand that individuals can’t go it alone. That there is no such society that I am aware of, where we’ve had radical individualism and that it succeeds as a culture.

Anyone who understands the core of our Founders know that to a man, our Founders would be appalled at the anti-individualism of such a statement. It's amplified because it was spoken by someone active in the political arena.

I can never imagine Reagan speaking in such terms. Rick has an authoritarian streak. I have no doubt that he would use the power of the State to ends that would be disturbing.

Rick voted for No Child Left Behind, Medicare Part-D and other laws that would make a real conservative cringe. Make no mistake none of the candidates running are Conservative as Reagan.

It is laughable that some people would push Rick as this stalwart Conservative. Rick's record is not one of someone who believes strongly in the Constitution and limited State Power. That said, he or Newt would be infinitely better than Mitt.