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Rick Santorum went after both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich on health care, especially their support of the individual mandate.
While I think he made some excellent points about waiting times in Massachusetts (to which I can personally attest), Santorum was too technocratic in his argumentation and both Romney and Newt seemed to bat away his criticisms. This only seemed to get under Santorum’s skin and he reverted to his previous petulance.
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Clint| 1.19.12 @ 9:37PM
Big Government Ricky Santorum's Record On Voting For The Medicare Prescription Drugs, Earmarks, Even The Bridge To Nowhere, His Support For The Lobbyist "K-Street Project" , His Tariff Votes, , No Child Left Behind,Etc. Is Gonna Sink Him With Tea Party Patriots.
The Tea Party Rebellion Is In South Carolina.
bill| 1.19.12 @ 10:16PM
good comment.
9thID| 1.19.12 @ 10:07PM
Santorum needs to work on that perception if he is going to go up against Comrade Obama. However, at least he isn’t a total flake like Liberal-tarian Ron Paul on social issues and national security. As Santorum beat up Mitt & Romney on ObamaCare, so too will Obama hit Paul for his newsletters, ties to racial supremacist groups, tinfoil-hat interviews on InfoWars, and legalization of all illicit drugs, etc. Paul is the only one running who can’t beat Obama, but then again he is truly a Liber-tarian...
Clint| 1.19.12 @ 10:12PM
We're The Pennsylvania Gun & Bible Clutchin' Conservatives, Who Helped Throw Little Ricky's Ass Out Of The Senate, After He Stepped In The Last Weeks And Propped Up The RINO-CINO Poster Boy,Arlen Specter Against Our Republican Primary Guy, Pat Toomey.
Now, Little Ricky And Specter Have Been Chased Away And Our Tea Party Senator, Pat Toomey Is In.
If Little Ricky Comes Back To Pennsylvania,We'll Throw His Big Government Israel Firster Chickenhawk Ass Out Again.
The Tea Party Rebellion Is In South Carolina.
Clint| 1.19.12 @ 10:11PM
Ronald Reagan.
" If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals–if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.
Now, I can’t say that I will agree with all the things that the present group who call themselves Libertarians in the sense of a party say, because I think that like in any political movement there are shades, and there are libertarians who are almost over at the point of wanting no government at all or anarchy. I believe there are legitimate government functions. There is a legitimate need in an orderly society for some government to maintain freedom or we will have tyranny by individuals. The strongest man on the block will run the neighborhood. We have government to insure that we don’t each one of us have to carry a club to defend ourselves. But again, I stand on my statement that I think that libertarianism and conservatism are traveling the same path."
The Tea Party Rebellion Is In South Carolina.
WL| 1.20.12 @ 12:19AM
How long did it take you to type that...ass clown?
Resist We Much! | 1.19.12 @ 11:06PM
Allentown, PA’s Morning Call from April 7, 1994:
"U.S. Rep. Rick Santorum, R-Pittsburgh area, and Joe Watkins, a Philadelphia businessman who worked in the Bush White House, are seeking the Republican Senate nomination, creating the only true Senate primary race….Santorum and Watkins both called for a “comprehensive restructuring” of health care. But they differed sharply on what elements should comprise a basic benefits package.
Watkins would include mental health services, long-term care, prescription drug coverage, dental services and preventive care such as immunizations. Santorum would not. Both reject abortion services. Santorum and Watkins both oppose having businesses provide health care for their employees. Instead, they would require individuals to purchase insurance. Both oppose higher taxes on alcohol or tobacco to help pay for care. They also oppose government-run health care and disagree with controls on doctor or hospital fees. They would cap malpractice awards.
Allentown, PA’s Morning Call from May 2, 1994:
Santorum and Watkins would require individuals to buy health insurance rather than forcing employers to pay for employee benefits. Both oppose abortion services and support limits on malpractice awards. Santorum says non-economic damages should not exceed $ 250,000, adjusted annually for inflation, and lawyers’ contingency fees should be capped at 25 percent. [...]
Santorum introduced the idea of a medical savings account, called Medisave, which has become part of the Gramm bill. Under it, workers would buy major medical insurance and could make tax-free contributions to a Medisave account, from which they would pay for preventive services.