'nuff said.
Rick Santorum’s voting record:
Voted for taxpayer funding of the National Endowment for the Arts. Voted against a 10% cut in the budget for National Endowment for the Arts.
Voted for a Schumer amendment to make the debts of pro-life demonstrators not dischargeable in bankruptcy.
Voted to require that Federal bureaucrats get the same payraises as uniformed military. Voted to allow food and medicine sales to state sponsors of terror and tyranical regimes such as Libya and Cuba.
Voted for Sonia Sotomayor, Circuit Judge Voted twice for Marsha Berzon to the 9thg Circuit
Voted for mandatory Federal child care funding
Voted for Job Corps funding Voted twice in support of Fedex Unionization
Voted for minimum wage increases six times Voted to require a union representative on an IRS oversight board. Voted against creating independent Board of Governors to investigate IRS abuses.
Voted for Federal funding for anti-gun education programs in schools.
Voted for anti-gun juvenile justice bill.
Voted for funding for the legal services corporation. Voted twice for a Congressional payraise.
Voted against increasing the number of immigration investigators Voted to allow illegal immigrants to receive the earned income credit before becoming citizens Voted to give SSI benefits to legal aliens. Voted to give welfare benefits to naturalized citizens without regard to to the earnings of their sponsors. Voted against hiring an additional 1,000 border partrol agents, paid for by reductions in state grants.
Voted against a flat tax. Voted to increase tobacco taxes to pay for Medicare prescription drugs Voted to increase tobacco taxes to fund health insurance subsidies for small businesses. Voted to increase tobacco taxes to pay for an $8 billion increase in child healh insurance. Voted to increase tobacco taxes to pay for an increase in NIH funding. Voted twice for internet taxes. Voted to allow gas tax revenues to be used to subsidize Amtrak. Voted to strike marriage penalty tax relief and instead provide fines on tobacco companies. Voted against repealing the Clinton 4.3 cent gas tax increase. Voted to increase taxes by $2.3 billion to pay for an Amtrak trust fund. Voted to allow welfare to a minor who had a child out of wedlock and who resided with an adult who was on welfare
within the previous two years. Voted to increase taxes by $9.4 billion to pay for a $9.4 billion increase in student loans.
Voted against food stamp REFORM Voted against Medicaid REFORM Voted for $2 billion for low income heating assistance.
Sponsored An amendment to increase Amtrak funds by $550 million Voted to increase spending on social programs by $7 billion Voted to increase NIH funding by $1.6 billion. Voted to increase NIHnding by $700 million Voted to for a $2 million earmark to renovate the Vulcan Monument (AL) Voted for a $1 billion bailout for the steel industry
Voted to increase community development programs by $2 billion.
Voted to make Medicare part B premium subsidies an new entitlement. Voted against paying off the debt ($5.6 trillion at the time) within 30 years. Voted to give $18 billion to the IMF. Voted to raid Social Security instead of using surpluses to pay down the debt.
Voted to allow states to impose health care mandates that are stricter than proposed new Federal mandates, but
not weaker. Voted twice for Federal mental health parity mandates in health insurance.
Voted to increase spending for the Department of Education by $3.1 billion.
Sorry to say but both Newt and Santorum are losers in a general election.
You failed to mention that the remainder of his campaign will serve no purpose other than to assure Mitt Romney the nomination.
'nuff said.
However?
Newt sat on the couch with Nancy.
Newt said FDR was among our “greatest Presidents”
Newt attacked Paul Ryan's plan
Newt has HIS troubles and problems, just like any candidate.
Try the “Serenity Prayer” as there is little hope, now, for Gingrich to pull off a clear-cut victory. Even Newt, himself, calls Santorum a “Conservative” ! (Or were you listening to Newt, last night?)
America has become too stupid for Newt Gingrich.
My dad can beat up your dad!
No particular fan of any of the three... But I get a kick out of Santorum being transformed into a Jim DeMint type Republican.
The guy was a one trick pony as a Senator. He was a leader of the social conservative wing. Other than that he was pretty much a run of the mill Bush (semi)big government republican.
I wouldn’t put him in the class of a RINO or a Mitt Romney, but Gingrich was a much more fiscally conservative rep.
“Newt helped president Reagan balance budgets and create millions of new jobs, as Speaker of the House. “
Do you actually know when Reagan was president and Gingrich was speaker?
I’m For Santorum.
I was going to post that you are going to be attacked for any reference that Santorum is not “Fiscally” Conservative, too late. But we do know there is a “Fiscally” Conserative in the race that also has an excellant voting record on “Socially” Conservative issues. I also believe Newt is responsible for obama’s drop in the polls because of Newt’s energy policy and obama’s weak responses to him, the White House reduced to saying he lied then having to retract that. Newt is the one we need to beat obama.
Maybe so, but when Newt runs out of money (i.e. when Adelson stops signing the checks), it’ll be all over.
We all know this is how it works, how conservative he is has no bearing on anything.
My last post in this thread....have to go!
Listen all fellow Freepers, you may vote for the candidate of your choice. If it is not Newt, I will not hold it against you. Thanks for all the responses. Even the snarky ones!
Pushing for him to get more delegates does not hurt Romney.
There is nothing good about actively campaigning for Newt any more.
If he had won decisively last night over Santorum I'd have begun supporting Newt today, reluctantly. I know it will be hard to realize this.
John King at CNN put forth on his delightfully easy to follow electronic delegate counting graphic various scenarios last night, and I happened to catch that segment twice. There is no way around it:
If Santorum does his best reasonably imaginable from here on. with Romney winning all the predicted Romney win battles, Santorum catches up to Mitt and can win. If Gingrich steps out now. With Gingrich still in the race, most likely Romney gets them all in enough time to win. Or is missing a tiny amount by the convention. He WILL be the nominee.
It is crystal clear.
Newt doesn’t seem to be able to close the deal.
In fact, outside of SC, he doesn’t seem to be able to even open the conversation on closing the deal.
Not sure what the dynamic is, but it does not appear that he will be the nominee.
All this may be true, but Santorum has locked up the Church Lady vote, so it doesn’t matter.
http://www.issues2000.org/Newt_Gingrich.htm
http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/rick_santorum.htm
http://www.issues2000.org/OTI_Santorum_Gingrich.htm
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/10/santorum-blasts-gingrich-over-romneycare/
http://www.issues2000.org/2012/Newt_Gingrich_Health_Care.htm
http://www.issues2000.org/2012/Rick_Santorum_Health_Care.htm
http://www.issues2000.org/2012/Newt_Gingrich_Immigration.htm
http://www.ontheissues.org/International/Rick_Santorum_Immigration.htm
http://www.politicalscoops.com/rick-santorum-hits-newt-gingrich-on-amnesty-for-illegal-immigrants/
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Concern troll, go away.