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Santorum, as Rush and Levin has said, is the last true standing conservative

I don't listen to Levin but Rush never said that. If anyone thinks Santorum is a conservative in the smaller government sense, they are full of crap.

You don’t believe me?

Here’s Rush in his own words. Take a listen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6iyrOEaEaM

>> If anyone thinks Santorum is a conservative in the smaller government sense, they are full of crap. <<

I guess the National Taxpayer's Union is "full of crap" then.

The National Taxpayers Union (NTU) has been rating members of Congress for 20 years for "lower and less wasteful spending, individual liberty, and free enterprise.” Steve Forbes serves on its board of directors. For each session of Congress, NTU scores each member on an A-to-F scale. NTU weights members’ votes based on those votes’ perceived effect on both the immediate and future size of the federal budget. Those who get A’s are among “the strongest supporters of responsible tax and spending policies”; they receive NTU’s “Taxpayers’ Friend Award.” B’s are “good” scores, C’s are “minimally acceptable” scores, D’s are “poor” scores, and F’s earn their recipients membership in the “Big Spender” category. Fifty senators served throughout Santorum’s two terms: 25 Republicans, 24 Democrats, and 1 Republican/Independent. On a 4-point scale, those 50 senators’ collective grade point average (GPA) across the 12 years was 1.69 — which amounts to a C-. Meanwhile, Santorum’s GPA was 3.66 — or an A-. Santorum’s GPA placed him in the top 10 percent of senators, as he ranked 5th out of 50. (This is from www.weeklystandard.com)

The Club for Growth ranks Santorum better than Romney and Gingrich "in the smaller government sense" as well. I guess they're also "full of crap". Funny how you guys didn't think so when they were bashing Mike Huckabee's record, though.

Sorry, it turns out I trust these "small government watchdog" organizations that have been studied the issues for decades over the "Santorum's a pro-life socialist!!!" loudmouth internet warriors. Imagine that.