I believe it’s naïve to think Santorum is a fiscal conservative. Supporting who he supported in ’08 and supporting the pork he supported and then claiming to be a fiscal conservative is squishy. He lost his seat for a reason.
“I believe it’s naïve to think Santorum is a fiscal conservative. Supporting who he supported in ’08 and supporting the pork he supported and then claiming to be a fiscal conservative is squishy. He lost his seat for a reason.”
That, I can understand. I was just mystified at the social conservative part of it. I can understand why someone who considers fiscal conservativism as their primary issue would not vote for Santorum.
I guess, here’s my problem. Newt’s a big spender too. I’m looking through his congressional record in 1993-4, and there is a lot of pork. The man had a huge number of earmarks through the years.
I’m seeing benefits for boat builders, special exemptions for all kinds of industry, just going through the bills that he sponsored.