to
fight the war on religion (specifically Christianity) being unleashed
by
the Obama administration. They are also avid supporters of Israel.
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reason enough to ignore them
On Feb 13, 9:34 am, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/why-i-chose-newt-over-santorum/
>
> WND.COMMENTARYWhy I chose Newt over SantorumExclusive: Chuck Norris asks,
> 'How can alternative to Romney be Romney supporter?'Published: 18 hours ago
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>
> In 2008 when my wife, Gena, and I were on the campaign trail backing former
> Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee for president, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick
> Santorum was fighting to get former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney elected.
> (Listen in this video how Santorum passionately endorsed and elevated Mitt
> in his bid for the Oval Office <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu50Hb61jVQ>
> .)
>
> Just three years ago in his interview with radio host and conservative
> commentator Laura Ingraham, Santorum also emphatically told millions of
> listening Americans: "If you're a conservative, if you're a Republican,
> there is only one place to go, and that's Mitt Romney."
>
> Why an alleged conservative like Santorum would fight for the flip-flopping
> Massachusetts moderate on the presidential campaign trail, especially in
> light of the fact that Huckabee and even McCain were running then with a
> much clearer conservative record, I will never know.
>
> Yet Santorum now admits that Romney "bragged he's even more liberal than
> Ted Kennedy on social issues."
>
> And the question that keeps coming to my mind now is this: How can the
> "alternative to Romney" also be a Romney supporter?
>
> Newt and Santorum are good Christian men, both of whom are passionate to
> fight the war on religion (specifically Christianity) being unleashed by
> the Obama administration. They are also avid supporters of Israel.
>
> However, in light of the potential global clash outside our country with
> regimes like Iran and Syria, and the ongoing domestic assault within our
> country from the Obama administration, we believe America needs the best of
> the best veterans of political war to lead us forward.
>
> We truly believe Newt's experience, leadership, knowledge, wisdom, faith
> and even humility to learn from his failures (personal and public) can
> return America to her glory days. And he is the best man on the battlefield
> who is able to outwit, outplay and outlast Obama and his billion-dollar
> campaign machine.
>
> While I commend Santorum for some of his stands since leaving Congress,
> like opposing TARP, the stimulus, the Fannie-Freddie bailout and the auto
> bailout, I have a slew of problems with what he did while serving in the
> U.S. Senate from 1995-2007.
>
> As noted by the Club for Growth, Taxpayers for Common Sense, the South
> Carolina Hotline Blog, and other watchdog and news sources, here are the
> reasons that my wife, Gena, and I gave our endorsement to Newt, not
> Santorum:
>
> - Santorum was a serial earmarker, requesting billions of dollars during
> his time in the Senate, and not reversing his position on earmarks until he
> was out of Congress in 2010. As recently as 2009, Rick said, "I'm not
> saying necessarily earmarks are bad. I have had a lot of earmarks. In fact,
> I'm very proud of all the earmarks I've put in bills. I'll defend earmarks."
>
> - Santorum voted for H J Res 47 Debt Limit Increase
> Resolution<http://www.votesmart.org/bill/3272/7739/27054/debt-limit-increase-res...>
>
> - Santorum voted to raise the national debt ceiling five times
>
> - Santorum voted for the 2005 highway bill that included thousands and
> thousands of wasteful earmarks, including the Bridge to Nowhere. In fact,
> according to Club for Growth, "in a separate vote, Santorum had the
> audacity to vote to continue funding the Bridge to Nowhere rather than send
> the money to rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina."
>
> - Santorum voted for CAFTA, which removes duties on textile and apparel
> goods traded among participating nations, resulting in nearly ALL
> textile companies leaving the
> South<http://www.votesmart.org/bill/3380/7728/27054/cafta-implementation-bill>
> .
>
> - Santorum voted for Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (though he now says he
> will repeal it), which imposes job-killing federal regulations on
> businesses.
>
> - Santorum voted
> against<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_...>the
> National Right to Work Act of 1995, which would have repealed
> provisions of federal law that "require employees to pay union dues or fees
> as a condition of employment."
>
> - Santorum voted for taxes in the Internet Access Tax
> Bill<http://www.votesmart.org/bill/3250/7806/27054/internet-access-tax-bill>
>
> - Santorum voted for HR 3448 – Minimum Wage Increase
> bill<http://www.votesmart.org/bill/2784/7831/27054/minimum-wage-increase-bill>,
> which allows punitive damages for injury or illness to be taxed, allows
> damages for emotional distress to be taxed and repeals the diesel fuel tax
> rebate to purchasers of diesel-powered automobiles and light trucks.
>
> - Santorum voted to confirm President Bill Clinton's
> nomination<http://www.votesmart.org/bill/7631/21223/27054/alan-greenspan-federal...>of
> Alan Greenspan to be chairman of the board of governors of the Federal
> Reserve System for a fourth four-year term.
>
> - Santorum voted for Medicare prescription drug benefit known as
> Medicare Part D, though critical of it now. It is the largest expansion of
> entitlement spending since President Lyndon Johnson, which now costs
> taxpayers more than $60 billion a year and has almost $16 trillion in
> unfunded liabilities, according to Club for Growth.
>
> - Santorum voted in 1997 to support the Lautenberg Gun Ban, "which
> stripped law-abiding gun owners of their Second Amendment rights for life,
> simply because they spanked their children or did nothing more than grab a
> spouse's wrist," according to a press release from Dudley Brown, executive
> director of the National Association for Gun Rights.
>
> - Santorum voted in 1999 for a bill "disguised as an attempt to increase
> penalties on drug traffickers with guns … but it also included a provision
> to require federal background checks at gun shows," again according to
> Dudley Brown's release.
>
> - Santorum "came to anti-gun Arlen Specter's defense in 2004 when he was
> down in the polls against pro-gun Republican Pat Toomey. Specter won and
> continued to push for gun control during his years in the Senate," per
> Brown.
>
> - Santorum voted with Barbara Boxer in 2005 on the Gun Lock Requirement
> Amendment<http://www.votesmart.org/bill/7704/21354/27054/gun-lock-requirement-a...>
>
> - Santorum voted for the Firearms Manufacturers Protection
> Bill<http://www.votesmart.org/bill/3392/7775/27054/firearms-manufacturers-...>and
> then flip-flopped and voted against it in S 1805 – Firearms
> Manufacturers Protection
> Bill<http://www.votesmart.org/bill/3254/7776/27054/firearms-manufacturers-...>
>
> - Santorum voted against HR 2356 – Campaign Reform Act of
> 2001<http://www.votesmart.org/bill/3095/7717/27054/campaign-reform-act-of-...>
>
> - Santorum voted for an
> amendment<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_...>to
> the Communications Act of 1934 that requires television broadcast
> providers to give their lowest rates to political candidates.
>
> - Santorum voted for HR 1 – No Child Left Behind
> Act<http://www.votesmart.org/bill/3087/8426/27054/no-child-left-behind-act>
>
> - Santorum sponsored legislation to force companies to pay laid off
> workers benefits<http://mediacdn.reuters.com/media/us/editorial/pdf/50Things.pdf>
> .
>
> - Santorum worked for an increase in funding big government programs
> like Head Start<http://mediacdn.reuters.com/media/us/editorial/pdf/50Things.pdf>
> .
>
> - Santorum voted for taxpayer money to go to Pennsylvania families for
> their heating
> bills<http://mediacdn.reuters.com/media/us/editorial/pdf/50Things.pdf>
> .
>
> - Santorum introduced and co-sponsored big government health-care
> bills<http://mediacdn.reuters.com/media/us/editorial/pdf/50Things.pdf>
> .
>
> - Santorum voted for HR 796 – the protection of abortion
> clinics<http://www.votesmart.org/bill/5480/21800/27054/abortion-clinic-access...>
>
> - Santorum actively supports the Global Fund, which was created by the
> United Nations to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, but also
> "channels a large portion of its funds through Planned Parenthood's
> affiliates around the world and through a British group Marie Stopes
> International (the largest chain of abortion mills in the UK, with 66,000
> abortions a year.)… to operate in Cambodia, Fiji, Bangladesh, Sierra Leone,
> Uganda, Burma, Kenya, Tanzania, and other countries," according to the
> pro-life Gerard Health Foundation that provides millions of dollars to
> pro-life groups.
>
> - Santorum boasted of teaming up with Joe Lieberman, Barbara Boxer and
> Hillary Clinton in his 2006 political ad for re-election to the U.S.
> Senate, which he lost to Democrat Bob Casey Jr. by the largest margin of
> victory ever for a Democratic Senate nominee in Pennsylvania and the
> largest margin of victory for a Senate challenger in the 2006 elections.
>
> - Santorum opposed the tea party and its reforms in the Republican Party
> and conservative movement just a couple years ago saying, "I have some real
> concerns about this movement within the Republican party … to sort of
> refashion conservatism. And I will vocally and publicly oppose it."
>
> It's no wonder in January that Rep. Ron Paul accused Santorum of having a
> "very liberal" political record.
>
> I'm also bringing this up now because, if Santorum were to win the
> nomination, Obama will definitely bring this up in his campaign for the
> presidency.
>
> And the question that keeps coming back to my mind about Santorum is: How
> can the "alternative to Romney" also be a Romney supporter?
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