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Unsolved Mysteries: Why Were Conservatives So Enamored of Rick Santorum?
Forbes ^ | 04/12/2012 | John Tamny

Posted on 04/13/2012 10:18:18 AM PDT by Josh Painter

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1 posted on 04/13/2012 10:18:30 AM PDT by Josh Painter
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Because he’s not Mitt Romney.


2 posted on 04/13/2012 10:19:18 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (I will not comply. I will NEVER submit.)
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To: Josh Painter

ABO and ABR

and... they aren’t considering Newt.


3 posted on 04/13/2012 10:20:52 AM PDT by Principled
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Because he’s not Mitt Romney.

That's exactly why.

4 posted on 04/13/2012 10:21:34 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Can we afford as much government as welfare-addicted voters demand?)
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To: Josh Painter

Believe me, not all of us were


5 posted on 04/13/2012 10:22:15 AM PDT by reefdiver ("Let His day's be few And another takes His office")
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To: Josh Painter

Because he is about 3 times more conservative than Mitt Romney.


6 posted on 04/13/2012 10:23:01 AM PDT by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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I never understood the appeal of Santorum. He is a big-government social conservative and he’s never managed or governed.


7 posted on 04/13/2012 10:25:18 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (Man is not free unless government is limited. ~Ronald Reagan)
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Anjd because Romney has never expressed any sympathy for all the workers in manufacturing who lost their jobs, because the policies that enabled him to get rich, also destroyed jobs.


8 posted on 04/13/2012 10:27:25 AM PDT by RobbyS (Christus rex.)
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To: Pollster1
That's exactly why.

That and they'd already run through all the other "not Mitt Romneys."

9 posted on 04/13/2012 10:27:43 AM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: Bryan24
more conservative than Mitt Romney.

Mitt isn't even a republican but a big govt LIBERAL. So don't say more conservative than. He doesn't belong in the GOP race.

10 posted on 04/13/2012 10:29:18 AM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: Josh Painter

Because anyone who has well defined beliefs and views will attract the attention of others who have well defined beliefs and views over someone who doesn’t hold any convictions. Even if you don’t agree with them on everything.


11 posted on 04/13/2012 10:30:11 AM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Because he’s not Mitt Romney.

Yep!

I could add another few reasons that I, personally, supported him:

1. He's not a phony (unlike Romney).
2. He is honestly pro-life, and lives his pro-life beliefs, much like Sarah Palin (and unlike Romney).
3. He stands by all his convictions, including the currently unpopular ones (unlike Romney).

A lot of people admired Santorum even though they didn't necessarily agree with all of his public policy positions or personal beliefs. Polls showed that even his position on contraception, which was wildly mis-reported, gained him respect from both men and women.

12 posted on 04/13/2012 10:30:40 AM PDT by shhrubbery! (NIH!)
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In brief, he spoke our language.

Perry was my number one, after that I switched to Newt. But many in my circle of friends loved Santorum, and it’s because what he says resonates with them. He resonated with me, too, but I preferred Newt, just barely.


13 posted on 04/13/2012 10:30:48 AM PDT by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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To: Josh Painter

I wasn’t “so enamored of him”— ever. Given my ABO stance, however, I’d have voted for him.


14 posted on 04/13/2012 10:30:48 AM PDT by Clara Lou (ABO! ABO! ABO!)
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Because many of us did not want to support the only other option to Mitt: A man who cheated on two wives before moving onto his third, endorsed Dede Scuzzyfavor, did global warming ads with Pelosi, and called those who wanted to enforce immigration laws on long time illegals "inhumane"...resulting in Jim Rob himself to post FUNG, and FUNG. Many on FR saw Newt as the only way top stop Mitt. Others saw Rick as the only way to stop Mitt. Mitt just sat back and laughed as the conservative vote was divided.
15 posted on 04/13/2012 10:31:25 AM PDT by icwhatudo (Tax codes and spending don't get 14 year olds pregnant and on welfare. Morality Matters.)
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Santorum wasn’t even close to ready for prime time.

After what he said about Zimmerman he has no business at any level of government.


16 posted on 04/13/2012 10:32:20 AM PDT by DB
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To: BuckeyeTexan

He duped his supporters but they allowed it because they never checked his record - seems they didn’t care.


17 posted on 04/13/2012 10:32:21 AM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: Josh Painter

Santorum was, is, and always will be a joke.

It was all about stopping Romney.


18 posted on 04/13/2012 10:32:30 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Go Newt!)
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To: Persevero

Perry was my first choice too, I still cant believe how bad he imploded, it’s unbelievable.


19 posted on 04/13/2012 10:34:14 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Go Newt!)
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>>the simple truth is that to the extent that manufacturing jobs were ever glorious (a big reach on its own

I’m sure the folks at Forbes cannot understand this, but factory jobs are not glorious and no ever said they were. However, they were a way for a high school graduate with a work ethic to make a good living for his family, possibly sending the children to college so they could migrate to the big city and look down their noses at factory workers.

I am so sick of elitist snobbery on both sides of the RepubliCrat parties who worked so hard this election destroying every conservative candidate (and some almost-rans and shoulda-rans) reducing us to the Newt-Santorum-Romney choice.


20 posted on 04/13/2012 10:34:48 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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