On Feb 25, 11:00 am, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greg,
>
> It not a long list.... Simply say "All of them with NO exceptions".
> Obama is Bush lll , Tommy just refuses to open his eyes.
>
> On Feb 24, 10:07 am, GregfromBoston <greg.vinc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Ted Kennedy sponsored No Child Left Behind.
>
> > Now if you'd like a list of Bush initiatives Obama has ramped UP,
> > lemme know, its kinda lengthy
>
> > On Feb 24, 10:50 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Santorum Dragged Down By Support Of Bush Initiatives
>
> > > George W. Bush Still A Drag On Rick Santorum's Prospects
>
> > > WASHINGTON - In 2006, Rick Santorum was decisively tossed out of his
> > > Senate seat in Pennsylvania by 18 points, in a wave election where
> > > Democrats romped largely because of President George W. Bush's
> > > unpopularity.
>
> > > Six years later, Santorum is running for Bush's old job, but the
> > > former president is still a weight around his neck.
>
> > > Santorum was dragged down in Wednesday night's debate by his support
> > > for a few of Bush's initiatives.
>
> > > The 2002 No Child Left Behind legislation was the Bush agenda item
> > > that hurt Santorum most in the debate. Santorum said his support for
> > > the measure was "a mistake."
>
> > > "It was against the principles I believed in, but, you know, when
> > > you're part of the team, sometimes you take one for the team, for the
> > > leader," Santorum said.
>
> > > Mitt Romney, ignoring the fact that he himself supported No Child Left
> > > Behind, made hay Thursday with Santorum's ill-advised quip.
>
> > > "I wonder which team he was taking it for," Romney said at a campaign
> > > stop in Phoenix. "My team is the American people, not the insiders in
> > > Washington."
>
> > > Others said it was no mystery which team Santorum was on.
>
> > > "The team he was taking it for was President George W. Bush in his
> > > first year in office," said Bill Kristol, the founder of the
> > > conservative Weekly Standard, on Fox News.
>
> > > But Kristol said that Santorum's admission that he had erred was to
> > > the Pennsylvanian's credit, and that Romney's 2006 health care
> > > overhaul when he was governor of Massachusetts is a bigger problem for
> > > him.
>
> > > "Maybe No Child Left Behind was bad legislation. Rick Santorum said
> > > last night, 'I made a mistake.' Mitt Romney has never said about
> > > RomneyCare, 'I made a mistake.' And as a conservative, I think
> > > RomneyCare is a heck of a lot bigger mistake than the No Child Left
> > > Behind bill," Kristol said.
>
> > > Romney also dinged Santorum Wednesday for two other times that
> > > Santorum helped Bush, namely his 2004 endorsement of fellow
> > > Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter -- which was important to the White
> > > House at the time so that they kept control of the Senate -- and
> > > Bush's imposition of tariffs on imported steel in 2002.
>
> > > Santorum's steel tariff decision was driven as much by parochial
> > > self-interest as any loyalty to Bush, but it was nonetheless a
> > > controversial decision with conservatives for Bush to put the trade
> > > barriers in place, and Santorum's support -- at a time when he was the
> > > number three Republican in the Senate -- was a help to the White
> > > House.
>
> > > The way in which Bush's legacy has begun to hurt Santorum is a
> > > microcosm, some said, for how the former Republican president
> > > negatively impacted the conservative movement as a whole.
>
> > > "Santorum is a perfect example of what Bushism did to the Republican
> > > Party," said a former Senate GOP aide with detailed knowledge of
> > > Santorum's work in GOP leadership, who feels Santorum "undermine(d)
> > > fiscal conservatives."
>
> > > Many conservatives see No Child Left Behind, along with Bush's
> > > expansion of Medicare and his failure to veto any spending bills for
> > > most of his presidency -- while Republicans controlled Congress -- as
> > > betrayals of conservative belief in limited government. They believe
> > > Bush accelerated a trend of expanding the federal government that has
> > > in turn been sped up by President Barack Obama.
>
> > > A win for Santorum in next Tuesday's Michigan primary would be a
> > > game-changer, badly wounding Romney and thrusting Santorum forward
> > > into the driver's seat. But Santorum's Bush association is one of the
> > > major factors -- past statements on social issues is the other big one
> > > -- that has been a drag on his momentum this week, as Romney has moved
> > > to make up ground in the polls.
>
> > > Yet Andrew Card, who was Bush's White House chief of staff from 2001
> > > to 2006, said that Santorum was not an automatic Bush ally in every
> > > fight.
>
> > > "He was not always a dependable vote to be honest with you. We had to
> > > work hard for it," Card told The Huffington Post. "But he listened
> > > well and gave us the benefit of the doubt when we came to him with a
> > > challenge."
>
> > > On No Child Left Behind, Card said he "put Rick in the leaning
> > > favorable-skeptic category" going into the effort to pass the
> > > legislation. Santorum's caution, Card said, was based on concerns
> > > about the federal government's role in education.
>
> > > "I still think it's the right policy," Card, currently acting dean of
> > > The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M
> > > University, said of the law.
>
> > > "It didn't always get implemented to live up to people's expectations.
> > > But it was a noble and historic reform that was brought into education
> > > that you were going to hold people accountable and have some measure
> > > of success," Card said. "It did crack the establishment to bring more
> > > accountability to it."
>
> > > More:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/23/bush-santorum-_n_1298273.htm...
>
> > > --
> > > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > > Have a great day,
> > > Tommy
>
> > > --
> > > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > > Have a great day,
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