Posted on 02/21/2012 6:47:42 PM PST by writer33
"I'm not a manager. I'm not a visionary," he told the crowd in an apparent reference to his GOP rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. "I'm a guy from a steel town who grew up understanding what made this country great and for the years that I've been involved in public life, put my heart and my effort on the line to make this country the kind of country that we all want to hand on to our children and grandchildren."
Santorum also touched on the fight over who's the real "Washington insider," saying the only reason Romney wasn't a Washington politician is because he lost his Senate race in 1994.
"You hear a lot of talk about who's the insider and who's the outsider in this race. There's a guy that's outside of Washington, who was not a senator or a congressman — not because he didn't try — but because he never got elected," he said. In contrast, Santorum added, he was someone who was "an outsider when he was inside" Washington.
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@Limbaugh for those who do not know, Rick’s Favorability 69% / 18% {net +51%} is off-the charts: JFK territory http://race42012.com/2011/09/16/poll-watch-ppp-d-favorability-survey-of-ex-presidents/
Retweeted by Conserv Nation Radio
PPP Favorability: 69/18 {51%} RT @JimAcostaCNN #Santorum to CNN: “I’m going to stay on message & talk about things Americans {care about}.”
Retweeted by TeamSantorumOK
Visionary (n): 8. a person who sees visions.
Did you know what a visionary was? Maybe you are thinking of another definition:
Visionary (n): 9. a person who is given to audacious, highly speculative, or impractical ideas or schemes; dreamer.
Or maybe you were thinking of the word as an adjective:
Visionary (a) : 1. given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views, or schemes: a visionary enthusiast.
No wait. You couldn’t have meant ANY of the advjectives:
2. given to or concerned with seeing visions.
3. belonging to or seen in a vision.
4. unreal; imaginary: visionary evils.
5. purely idealistic or speculative; impractical; unrealizable: a visionary scheme.
Oh wait, I see the problem. Out of the 9 possible definitions of “visionary”, you assume the usage here must have been this one (n):
7. a person of unusually keen foresight.
If only Newt had used that keen foresight to avoid certain living room furniture. He’d have had an easier time this election.
At least Gingrich was visionary enough to avoid getting his picture taken with Dede.
Rick, trying to pick up a few votes in some forum where he probably does not even know where he is, and probably physically exhausted, contrasts himself to Romney (the 'Manager") and Newt (the 'Visionary) and ends up sounding like a nothing.
The current primary system (which only exists because of the Commie lead riots in Chicago in 1968) is a prescription for fratricide, not for choosing the best candidate.
And I'll add to that. Washington DC professional "Political Consultants" (i.e. Guns for Hire), who only exist because of this screwed up primary system are more dangerous to our liberties than Al Quida.
They (the political consultants) are all whores who care nothing about the Republic and only about their fees, which is why a presidential election costs billions of dollars today.
They might as well be GEICO and Progressive battling it out with incessant (and stupid) advertisements for car insurance policies.
It's all 'got-ya' not issues. And this nation has big issues that need to be dealt with.
I'm sick of it --- ready to resign and head to the hills and let the world turn without me.
No. You don't get to resign.
Because
this nation has big issues that need to be dealt with.
And we're going to deal with them.
I’m witchya. Can you imagine a candidate for leader of any country on earth saying: “I’m a mediocrity, vote for me?” !
We are screwed. More so seeing that mediocrity appeals so much to some here.
25m ago @VisionaryManager: Romney supporters remove Santorum signs at Michigan Event http://www.therightscoop.com/romney-supporters-remove-santorum-signs-at-michigan-event/
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26m ago @teamsantorumwa Washington state: Santorum 38, Romney 27, Paul 15, Gingrich 12: http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/02/santorum-leads-in-washington.html
27m ago @TeamSantorum ksantorum: Karen and I are in Arizona enjoying the Maricopa Co Lincoln Day Dinner! http://ow.ly/i/tgBH #AZGop
59m ago @CNNPoliticalTicker: Santorum super PAC buys more ad time in Michigan - http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/21/santorum-super-pac-buys-more-ad-time-in-michigan/
I don’t think it’s as bad as all that. It’s a little annoying that FR could be overrun by those political consultants, so it’s hard to tell when you are getting keen insight, and when you are getting the party line by someone who was paid by a politician.
I find it refreshing when a candidate just says what they think, and not what has been drilled into them as the “politically correct” statements. In that regard, both Gingrich and Santorum are fun candidates.
I am certain the people at the speech knew exactly what Santorum meant by “visionary” in context. Being a visionary isn’t necessarily a bad thing; better as an adjective I guess, a “visionary leader”, than as a noun.
But I don’t feel a strong need for a president who keeps coming up with wild schemes all the time. I’m not as opposed to a manager — the country could use some good management. We need some good ideas, but what we need is a president who can recognize good ideas, not one that HAS the good ideas.
That’s why you would hire an “ideas man”. Reagan may have been considered “visionary”, but he was a communicator, and a smart man who recognized good ideas when he saw them. Gingrich is the guy you want on your staff, because a good leader will recognize the 1 good idea out of 5 and be able to act on it. Gingrich’s flaw is that he thinks all his ideas are great, and acts on them all.
I’d still much prefer Gingrich over Obama as President — I just still don’t see him actually winning the nomination, or being able to beat Obama. I’m hopeful Santorum can; I don’t know he can, I’m just less pessimistic about his prospects — so far, he’s survived the attacks, but we’ll see.
Thanks for the updates.
Rick Santorum: "I'm a guy from a steel town who grew up understanding what made this country great and for the years that I've been involved in public life, put my heart and my effort on the line to make this country the kind of country that we all want to hand on to our children and grandchildren."
See a difference?
Boilerplate. Shameful and embarrassing. And it sounds like it was stolen from the guy who ran for dogcatcher in my town last year.
As if Santorum really has the slightest clue about growing up as a guy in a steel town. His father was a clinical psychologist and his mother was a nurse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Santorum#Early_life_and_education
In Ricks own words it is why I think Newt is the better candidate. The President needs a clear Conservative vision for the future of our country. It is part of leadership. Newt is clearly that man. GO NEWT GO!
A guy from a steel town who grew up understanding what made this country great and for the years that I’ve been involved in public life, put my heart and my effort on the line to make this country the kind of country that we all want to hand on to our children and grandchildren.
Shames you?
Have any kids?
Boilerplate. Meaningless cliches, banalities, that Obama and dogcatcher candidates speak, this inspires you? Costless, inconsequential tripe, that’s what’s shameful!
Santorum is just a tryhard putz. No thanks. Would rather have someone with real experience, ability, and vision.
I guess. But it really sucks man.
I see so many here going off on each other over the Republican candidates with more venom than they show for the real enemies. I am more convinced that the political consultants have won. They can get people of similar minds going at each others throats. It's sick!
I don't really give a damn which Republican gets to nod now, I just don't want another four years of Obama to further destroy my kids and greadchildern's futures.
They can't hurt me anymore but they can destroy the younger people. That's my worry. I want my kids and grandkids to have the same chances that I had in life.
I'm looking for a president to sign and veto appropriate legislation, hire good executive branch heads, appoint good judges, and have a good sound foreign policy. That's the job description.
I've said it elsewhere -- I'm a Newt supporter, but I'm still mad at him for saying stupid things that hurt his campaign.
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