Posted on 03/26/2012 6:19:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
And then he spent the entire post-speech press conference walking back from that statement.
CBS:
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After a rally at the South Hills Country Club here, Santorum asked Republicans to "pick any other Republican in the country" than GOP presidential front-runner Romney, based on issues that make the former Massachusetts governor "uniquely disqualified" to run against Obama.
Reporters swarmed him for clarification, only to have Santorum testily reply that it was unreasonable to take his comment outside the context of health care. "I would say, as for, on the issue of health care, yes, that's what I was talking about - Obamacare, as you heard me say," he said. "That's what I said. I didn't say anything different than that. That's exactly what I said."
Minutes later, Jeff Zeleny of The New York Times followed up with a question about his outburst, to which Santorum asked, "What speech did you listen to? Stop lying." Pressed further, Santorum clarified that he meant Romney was the worst candidate "to run against Barack Obama on the issue of health care, because he fashioned the blueprint. I've been saying it in every speech. Quit distorting our words. If I see it [in print], it's bull(expletive). C'mon man, what are you doing?"
Romney spokesman Ryan Williams quickly issued a statement in response: "Rick Santorum is becoming more desperate and angry and unhinged every day. He see conservatives coalescing around Mitt Romney and he's rattled by the backlash caused by his suggestion that keeping Barack Obama would be better than electing a Republican. He's panicking in the final stages of his campaign."
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Santorum is clearly showing “the real Rick”, which is a petty, egotistical, and unhinged man. At least Gingrich has the intellect behind his ego. Rick has...well, not a lot.
Being more conservative than the other guy is no excuse to act like a jerk.
No, in fact, he’s right over the target.
It looks like Romney is using Alynski tactics on Santorum now. If Romney thinks we don’t recognize it by now, he is insane. Rick goes after Romney on Romneycare. In answer to the criticism, Romney begins to paint Santorum as crazy. Look familiar? This must be why the Romney team met with the Obama team when they were in Illinois. I will NEVER vote for Romney. I’d already been force-fed a candidate in 2008, I certainly don’t need another.
It looks like Romney is using Alynski tactics on Santorum now. If Romney thinks we don’t recognize it by now, he is insane. Rick goes after Romney on Romneycare. In answer to the criticism, Romney begins to paint Santorum as crazy. Look familiar? This must be why the Romney team met with the Obama team when they were in Illinois. I will NEVER vote for Romney. I’d already been force-fed a candidate in 2008, I certainly don’t need another.
And Newt is ‘erratic’?
After the calm, mature, optimistic and rational solutions offered by Newt, Santorum and Romney appear hysterical and rattled.
Heck, even Ron Paul seems comparitively normal.
It’s the truth. Romney is the godfather of ObamaCare. Romney is the worst possible candidate the GOP could nominate.
Well, in this case, I have to agree with Santorum, sorta. Romney is uniquely disqualified, by his extensive record of unconstitutional actions as Governor of Massachusetts.
As oppposed to the rest of the Republican field, including Santorum, who are just kinda run of the mill average disqualified.
The huge difference between Santorum’s tactics and Romney’s (which has been since Sarah Palin was selected as McCain’s running mate, to smear and attack every opponent) is that Santorum is willing to criticize directly, and not use puppets to do the heavy lifting.
How about you stop defending Romney.
If you support someone, then say who it is and explain why you believe that person deserves to win.
Thanks.
How does it feel, to be Mitt’s puppet?
Stop doing Romney’s dirty work for him.
Thanks.
RE: Stop doing Romney’s dirty work for him.
I just post the news reported by others, why are you getting personal?
There is no defense of Romney possible.
The man is a fraud. His record shows he is far to the left of the rest of the Republican Party.
Did you write the editorial comment into the subject line “(Is he becoming unhinged?)”.
That’s not just posting news by others.
That’s a screed, pretending to be news. Did you write it?
Just saying.
RE: Did you write the editorial comment into the subject line “(Is he becoming unhinged?)”.
I added it because IT WAS PART OF THE AMERICAN THINKER HEADING. SEE HERE:
And look at the right column where it exists.
Your issue is with Rick Moran, not me.
Oh. My bad.
In that case my apologies.
Really. I presumed that was the typical FR style addition.
Sorry about that.
I am not for Santorum, but he is 100% correct in this...and unfortunately, no one has been able to make this argument stick throughout the process. Perry failed, Newt failed, and Santorum overall has failed to effective message this due to the overwhelming ad spends against each consecutive non-Romney.
The fact is, Mitt is a terrible candidate to run in 2012. He is easy to frame as the out of touch rich guy that doesn’t know what people are going through. His health care record mitigates our huge advantage on health care, and his political record in Massachusetts is not so different than Obama’s. As it stands, no one can beat him, so he’ll probably be the nominee, but his record opens up multiple opportunities for Obama to run to the left of or to the same position as our nominee, which is something he did against McCain with great success. The only thing better about Mitt is that he is stronger communicator than McCain...that’s not saying much, but it is an improvement over 2008.
Santorum would be well-advised to stay on topic — policies, not personalities.
Santorum’s own resume is rather lacking in executive experience, recent political experience, etc.
Attack Romneycare, not Romney.
Why not attack Romney?
Romney’s been about attacking every single opponent for four years now.
He deserves more criticism. Not less.
Romney’s being coddled. Given a free ride.
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