— Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum called Friday for immediate cuts to Social Security benefits, risking the wrath of older voters and countless others.http://news.yahoo.com/santorum-trim-social-security-now-even-painful-210617928.html;_ylt=AwrSbmrhCHZTMw4Aj4pXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEzMzd2bjlxBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDNARjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkA1NNRTM0Nl8x
Santorum’s wife dated abortion doctor in the 1980s: report
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/santorum-wife-dated-abortion-doctor-1980s-report-article-1.1007228
Santorum in 2004 backed abortion-rights supporter Arlen Specter for Senate over conservative challenger Pat Toomey
He voted to fund Planned Parenthood as part of an appropriations bill that provided money for Title X family planning. He voted three years in a row against bills to end the National Endowment for the Arts, famous for funding artwork like a cross in urine.
The fiscal watchdog organization Club for Growth describes his performance in Congress as merely “above average.” Santorum voted for union-backed legislation that restricts steel imports. He opposed repeated attempts to reimpose the “pay-go” rules that would hold down spending increases and tax giveaways. He voted against the National Right to Work Act and voted for Fed Ex unionization. He supported a bill by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) increasing the minimum wage. He voted for practically every “emergency supplemental” spending bill sought by the Bush administration, which added tens of billions to the deficit. He voted to increase the debt ceiling and voted against a flat tax. He voted against reforming welfare programs numerous times.
He requested billions of dollars of earmarks for his home state of Pennsylvania, and defends this practice by claiming that “there are good earmarks and bad earmarks.” He was one of only 25 Senators who voted for the Bridge to Nowhere, part of the $284 billion 2005 highway bill known for its bloated earmarks.
He voted for the expensive Medicare Part D prescription-drug program, the largest entitlement program since Lyndon Johnson, which is expected to cost $68 billion this year. He said after the fact that his vote was a mistake since the program did not have funding. During last week’s presidential debate in Arizona he admitted that voting for the No Child Left Behind Act, which expanded the federal government’s role in education, was a mistake and he “took one for the team.”
conservative challenger Pat Toomey
That is the funniest post I have read in my time on Free Republic. Toomey conservative......oh my gosh...what a joke! Mr Gays in the military....another ridiculous voter who loves the liberals.
He voted for the expensive Medicare Part D prescription-drug program,
That President Bush wanted. Every other Republican voted for it too.....lord almighty you are stretching. I hope you don’t pop. And the dating abortion doctor in the 80’s....his wife was not running for President if you didn’t know. Plus what a low thing to worry about....
