tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post6412147516244909763..comments2023-05-11T04:57:33.365-07:00Comments on Trees For Lunch: A day with Senator Rick SantorumUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-32737261077563760252012-01-30T16:10:31.338-08:002012-01-30T16:10:31.338-08:00looking at "crucial swing states" you co...looking at "crucial swing states" you could have the data say anything you want. why, if you look at Obama v. Bisch in the presidential election, among "crucial fellow household members, regardless of age" I'm beating Obama 5-0.<br /><br />what about looking at the whole country? since they are going to elect the next president, it seems appropriate...<br /><br />http://government.brevardtimes.com/2012/01/poll-romney-paul-do-best-in-obama-match.htmlBischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537125667928647491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-54661354926990990162012-01-30T05:53:17.843-08:002012-01-30T05:53:17.843-08:00This just in...
Tea Party Patriots straw poll: S...This just in...<br /><br /><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/29/tea-party-patriots-straw-poll-voters-would-be-most-enthusiastic-if-gingrich-got-nomination/#ixzz1kwvnbyEs" rel="nofollow"><br />Tea Party Patriots straw poll: Santorum nomination would generate most enthusiasm</a>J Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-82037299453945703972012-01-29T20:24:31.553-08:002012-01-29T20:24:31.553-08:00Santorum actually does slightly better than Paul w...Santorum actually does slightly better than Paul when matched head-to-head against Obama in the crucial swing states. <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-01-27/swing-states-poll/52871890/1" rel="nofollow">Link</a><br /><br />I think Paul's domestic policy is Great! It's his foreign policy that is a nightmare and his advanced age doesn't help things either.<br /><br />One thing I would LOVE to see from a Romney/Gingrich/Santorum presidency would be to have Paul in charge of a thorough audit of the Federal Reserve. If such an audit was merely a whitewash, Paul would be the first to call it so.<br /><br />I think we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one B.J Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-69685808174129133122012-01-28T19:47:44.486-08:002012-01-28T19:47:44.486-08:00take all you report above, and increase by a few o...take all you report above, and increase by a few orders of magnitude, and you'll have Ron Paul's record.<br /><br />plus this...<br />http://gunowners.org/2012presidential.htm<br /><br />plus no rebuttal about the actual subject at hand, my assertion that Mr Santorum often doesn't do what he says he'll do. No comment about Medicare part D? No comment about his change in stance about right to work? are those not big enough issues about which to be concerned? again, you're too bright to attempt such a sad attempt at misdirection.<br /><br />and more importantly, can you imagine finding anything like these about Ron Paul? of course you can't.Bischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537125667928647491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-24850935420161883202012-01-28T18:42:52.973-08:002012-01-28T18:42:52.973-08:00"As the junior senator from Pennsylvania, Ric..."As the junior senator from Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum shepherded welfare reform through the U.S. Senate in 1996. Given his limited tenure — he’d been elected to the Senate only two years before — the fact that Majority Leader Bob Dole selected Santorum to lead the effort is nothing short of remarkable, Santorum’s former colleagues say..<br /><br />Santorum showed that willingness in designing the Republican bill. Eager to call Pres. Bill Clinton’s bluff — he had promised to “end welfare as we know it” in the 1992 campaign — Santorum and the House Republicans introduced their version of welfare reform in 1993. “When we introduced our bill, the liberals savaged it, calling it cruel, heartless, and mean-spirited,” Santorum writes in his book. He continues with the characteristic sarcasm that has somewhat unfairly won him a reputation for acerbity: “We had actually had the audacity to call for <i>time limits</i> on welfare for the <i>able-bodied</i>!” <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/287091/santorum-s-fight-welfare-reform-brian-bolduc" rel="nofollow">Link</a><br /><br />"Rick Santorum..<br /><br />•Voted NO on the Clinton tax hike in 1993<br />•Voted YES on the capital gains tax cut in 1997<br />•Voted NO on a cigarette tax hike in 1998<br />•Voted YES on repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax in 1999<br />•Voted YES on the 2001 Bush tax cuts<br />•Voted YES to repeal the Death Tax in 2002<br />•Voted YES to the 2003 Bush tax cuts<br />•Voted YES to extend the Bush tax cuts in 2006<br /><br />More recently, when he was out of Congress, Santorum opposed TARP , the stimulus , the auto bailout, and the Fannie-Freddie" This from a highly reliable souce known as redstate.com, <a href="http://www.redstate.com/wosg/2012/01/06/rick-santorum-yes-he-is-a-true-conservative/" rel="nofollow">Link</a><br /><br />"SANTORUM: Medical health savings accounts is an anti-socialistic idea to try to build a bottom-up, consumer-based economy in health care...<br /><br />SANTORUM: I think we have to keep a prescription drug component, but we have to pay for it. In other words, we have to have a program that is funded. Now, the reason that that program has actually worked well--it's come in 40% under budget--is because it's a program that uses private sector insurance, not government-run, one-size-fits-all health care. If we do that for the rest of Medicare, which is what the Ryan proposal suggests, then we would be able to have a prescription drug program and we'd be able to have Medicare that you choose." <a href="http://www.issues2000.org/2012/Rick_Santorum_Health_Care.htm" rel="nofollow">Link</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-marans/santorums-antifamily-stan_b_1182174.html" rel="nofollow">Santorum has been wanting to begin the privatization of Social Security for YEARS</a><br /><br /><br />"When I was a freshman senator we came close to passing a Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In fact, it was the Republican Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Mark Hatfield, who can be credited with killing the amendment that could have helped us avoid the mess we face today. I led the fight to remove Hatfield as chairman because of his irresponsible vote and was castigated by my Republican colleagues, because that was not how the greatest deliberative body was supposed to behave. My response was that Hatfield’s vote was not how he was suppose to behave as a responsible representative entrusted with protecting the individual liberty of his constituents." Rick Santorum, 6/8/11 <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57960.html" rel="nofollow">Link</a><br /><br />You were saying?J Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-19231753706308531502012-01-28T17:30:42.887-08:002012-01-28T17:30:42.887-08:00Medicare part D, right to work, medical malpractic...Medicare part D, right to work, medical malpractice award caps, and that's just off the top of my head...Bischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537125667928647491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-86590839206198167932012-01-28T10:16:27.205-08:002012-01-28T10:16:27.205-08:00Bisch, for example?Bisch, for example?J Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-79574658390152289792012-01-28T00:25:40.225-08:002012-01-28T00:25:40.225-08:00you need to get over Gingrich or Santorum. both ha...you need to get over Gingrich or Santorum. both have no money, no prospects for much more money, and Gingrich is in debt. It's Romney v. Paul.<br /><br />and really? you agree with 90% of what he says, but what about with what he does? you're far too bright to believe what a guy like Santorum (or Romney or Gingrich for that matter) says and what he does have much to do with each other.Bischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537125667928647491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-85393481551775432282012-01-23T16:42:18.210-08:002012-01-23T16:42:18.210-08:00Probably my preferred candidate as well. Actually...Probably my preferred candidate as well. Actually, Romney, Gingrich and Santorum are not very far apart on their STATED positions. But oh to have a candidate with the the business acumen of Romney, the fire and intellect of Gingrich, and the uncompromised personal and political convictions sans baggage of Santorum. Of course, in addition to consistency and uncomproising principles, it doesn't hurt that Santurm is an Italian-American!The Maryland Crustaceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18309250912148013290noreply@blogger.com