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Rick Santorum's rhetoric toward Mitt Romney has grown sharper in recent weeks -- to the point where he’s now making an attack on Romney’s record that he once suggested was off-limits.
Case in point: On Tuesday, Santorum blasted Romney’s private-sector record at Bain Capital. “Gov. Romney has a career as an investment banker and someone who's a private equity guy on Wall Street. I'm not too sure that necessarily commends you well to be president of the United States,” Santorum said in an interview on the nationally syndicated show “Kilmeade & Friends.”
“I don't know of one group of people that's more disliked than politicians -- it may be the folks who gave us the Wall Street bailout. And that's where Mitt Romney comes from.”
But contrast that attack with Santorum’s Jan. 11 defense of Romney after then-candidate Rick Perry compared Romney’s private-equity work at Bain to “vultures”:
You have capitalism, where you have companies that are takeover opportunities because the management hasn't done a good job of managing the company.
Bain Capital, at least from the record I looked at, had a lot of success. I mean they weren't a company that has a long track of record basically destroying the companies and selling off the pieces. They had some situations where they had failures, but every company does.
I hate to sit here and be a defender of Mitt Romney, but to me this is federal capitalism, and I have to say that this is an attack that is probably not warranted.
There is plenty in Mitt Romney's record as governor of Massachusetts to attack and go after. ... I don't think going after capitalism and companies, that in many cases, do a public in saving companies is the way to go about doing that.
Yet two months later, as Romney looks to shut the door on his Republican challengers, Santorum identified Romney’s private sector background as a key element of his weakness versus President Obama.
“We'll have a Wall Street banker going up against the president of the United States -- not the best matchup for us,” Santorum told host Brian Kilmeade on Tuesday morning.
This reversal for Santorum comes weeks after Romney and his allies have bombarded Santorum with negative advertisements; as Santorum has positioned himself as the conservative alternative to Romney; and as Santorum hopes to turn the GOP primary race into a one-on-one battle against the former Massachusetts governor.
What’s more, on Monday evening, Santorum took to conservative talk radio to essentially call Romney a socialist -- an insult Republicans usually save for President Obama, not each other.
"I didn't pass RomneyCare, which is a government takeover of 1/6th of the economy," Santorum told conservative pundit Mark Levin in reference to the health reform law Romney signed as governor, which features many similarities to President Obama's national health reform law. "With Mitt Romney, his solution to a health care problem is to take over 1/6th of the economy. You can't call yourself a conservative. You can call yourself a socialist, but you can't call yourself a conservative."
The attacks seem directed toward addressing Romney's advantage over Santorum in previous primary contests when it comes to economic expertise. Romney took a swipe at Santorum on Tuesday when he said that the former senator's economic record all but disqualified Santorum for a spot as Romney's running mate.
"Well, that would preclude, of course, Rick Santorum," Romney said on Fox News when asked whether he needs to pick an identifiable conservative as his running mate. "Rick Santorum is not a person who is an economic conservative to my right. I give him credit for being conservative, but not a fiscal conservative. His record suggests he does not have the fiscal conservative chops that I have."
To that end, a Bloomberg News poll released Tuesday found that Republicans nationally view Romney as better-suited to handle the economy, and, maybe more importantly, view his career at Bain Capital as an asset.
Sixty-four percent of Republicans or lean-Republican adults said in the Bloomberg poll that Romney’s private equity career makes him better qualified to create jobs; 26 percent disagreed.
And 43 percent of Republicans in the same poll said they view Romney as the candidate best-suited to get the economy going, versus 16 percent of Republicans who said the same for Santorum.
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Rick, the fact that you believe, "single parents breed criminals", definitely disqualifies you from becoming the president of almost anything except greener pastures in your vineyards.
"Republicans nationally view Romney as better-suited to handle the economy, and, maybe more importantly, view his career at Bain Capital as an asset".
Conservative Rick against free market, capitalism? aha.
Obama/Biden 2012
Exactly. I can take my pick:
Romney: Who ran Bain and saved Staples, mostly through a slaughter of firing employees, but he did save it.
Santorum: Don't use women in the military...they are too emotional!
I think the 'real' conservative isn't the guy living 10 centuries in the past. Its sad how the emotionally troubled have linked to Santorum and their psychotic drum beat of being 'the real conservatives' only gives a weapon to their enemies to point out that the crazy is still trying to run the Republican party.
What can a thinking conservative say? The crazies ARE.
PEN-24,
Seems like that would a positive to you. After all, Obama/Biden are also against the free market and capitalism.
Jeffersonwasright
You are wrong. I am for free market/capitalism where everyone play by a set rules. Mind you, this is what Obama/Biden supports.
Republicans are for the same free market/capitalism but without no set rules. You want lawlessness and no accountability. That's the difference.
Obama/Biden 2012
One has no heart, the other has no brain. The alternative just happens to be President of the United States !
Capitalism will fail if most of the wealth is concentrated in less than 10 percent. We have gone past that point. Most of the wealth is concentrated in less than one percent
Santorum - another freakin' flip flopper
PEN-24
What Republicans want is the regulations of 1900 but the profits of 2012.
The only true conservative is Ron Paul. I like Staples, that doesn't make Mitt my man. Team up Ron Paul with either Santorum or Romney and you have a winning ticket. Obama's only hope is if the republicans destroy each other before the election. Oh and Mike in pcb, apparently you don't know much about business, capitalism, or socialism. France is a socialist state. So is Canada. Capitalism works. Our government is based on property rights. Property is the right to deny the use of your resources to another person. Our laws and constitution are set up to protect your property. Intellectual property, resources. The rule of law is what keeps it all working. Big business does not want our government to interfere with their business. Statutes are made to protect the people. Sometimes Big business buys off the right people to enact legislation to help them screw the rest of us.
If one has no heart and the other has no brains that leaves Ron Paul. Barrack Obama is not even a proper citizen of the United States. Why doesn't he want anyone to know what passport he used in 1981 when he first entered the United States. What nationality did he claim? He doesn't have the RIGHT to be president. Osama Obama has failed. He has lied, cheated, said whatever it took to make the majority think that he's the solution to our problem. Guess what, he can sing, dance, talk, or shoot hoops. It doesn't matter. He's a lier. Corruption is the first thing that a Illinois politician learns. I'm sorry, that's wrong it's the second thing they learn. The first is how to lie with a straight face.
@PEN-24, Obama and the current administration have done nothing but levy regulation after regulation usually aimed at startup businesses, preventing most from starting up or making it so difficult that they don't want to startup. Other regulations that have been taking hold include taxes and fines for not operating within very specific parameters, and I do mean specific, preventing most small businesses from expanding and scaring larger companies into sending jobs overseas. So you want to play by rules? I support this entirely, but when you have rules that are so restrictive that it changes the game entirely, that is no longer free market capitalism. So I am really very curious as to how Obama has supported the free market at all?
@mike in pcb, capitalism only fails when the government steps in and says this is how business has to be run, no exceptions. As I explained to PAN above, that is exactly Obama's stance and exactly why the US economy stays weaker than it could be.
Pen - I know you don't see it, but when you take tax dollars from american citizens and businesses give it to "pet" businesses that are doomed to fail, that is not leveling the playing field - it is playing favorites - picking winners and losers. It is not even close to capitalism.
The original title of the segment of the news is: Close Three-way Battle.
We knew all along that they were all talk...Now the are having an orgy....ha ha ha
SSPerfectChaos ... "capitalism only fails when the government steps in and says this is how business has to be run, no exceptions."
The Banks just love fools like this .................
If Santorum or Romney really want to "fit" with the Southerners, they need to knock out a few front teeth....Any volunteers?
$2.50 for Newt.
Neither of the candidates are perfect. We have to listen to everything they say and decide which is being the most honest. They all have baggage and are all "selling" themselves.
Romney says nothing original. He is told what to say, he can't answer questions if he hasn't practiced the answers. Not that I don't like some of what he says I just don't know who is really saying it. Santorum changes his mind too much. Whatever suits him at the time. I like most of what he says but will he still be saying it tomorrow? Newt pretty much sticks to what he says and seems to be true to what he says. Again, none of them are perfect but Newt is trying to make things better now and he isn't even in office. None of the others can say that. Paul, well he is has some good points but according to the polls not many Americans agree with his "out there" opinions.
This is a huge deal for our country. We need things to get better. With Obama in office another 4 years, we will not have better in fact I can't imagine just how much worse our country's situation can get. Everyone take the time to listen, read and understand what each candidate is saying. Sometimes what they are saying about the other is something we should hear.
If I could say something to the candidates I would say "Let us know what YOU will do to make our country better. Don't tell me what the others are NOT doing or should be doing. I want to hear your heart. I don't even want to hear what Obama should be or is not doing anymore. Come up with something original and move on."
I love the USA and will support whatever Republican candidate is running in November. I just pray that God will take the heart of that person and bring them to where He needs that candidate to be soon.
Thank you SSPerfectChaos and DB Akron - you beat me to it. Obama is against the free market.
This country seems like it wants the revolution of 1917 in Russia where the wealth of the rich was flipped to everyone else. News flash - That didn't work!
Maybe some on here are less radical, but still want more socialism. Look at european socialism, if you think that's better then continue pushing for it though I warn you. Entitlements are not free and DO bog down an economy. We are on the exact same path as Greece and will end up the same if we don't change our spending soon. Maybe we can be like France though...
Santorum and Gingrich might have won this round, but Romney will eventually come up on top.
Just take a look at the states we have left. They are mostly democrat-leaning states: California and the north-east. The way Romney took democrat-leaning Hawaii will be the same way he takes these states.
The best candidate to beat Obama: He can get the moderates to vote for him, and those moderates are found in the blues: Which are the states that can sway votes and will tell us who the next president will be.
Mississippi and Alabama are going to vote republican in the general anyways! Their loyalty towards Romney is not necessary.
Robino5o1- This is part of whats wrong with GOP voters. If you actually believed in God you could never in good faith just ...... "support whatever Republican candidate is running" and hope God steps into their heart. Each of the front runners has demonstrated clearly they are not of sound moral or religious principle. Santorum is anti woman, Gingrich a savage adulterer that will have you accept his mistress/wife as our first "lady", and Mitt the Mormon is not even a christian in the first place but is following another made up fairy tale even worse than christianity. You are a blind faith voter that does not currently have a preference and most likely do not know anything about your potential candidates and their platform, which by the way is soley, vote for me, I am not Obama, and that is good enough for you. You are a part of the reason our democratic system is a failure, people that vote with no knowledge or conviction, just vote party line, no preference. Then top that off with pray for a combo of church and state and that God is gonna lay hands on that random guy you are going to put in the highest office in the world.
Do your folks know you are on the computer?
Avaguat - Are you too looking just for the best candidate to beat Obama, or to run the country? This is why Obama will win. Let us not forget the key factor, Obama is already in office. Obama has already won a presidential election and is the POTUS as we live and breath. The democrats already have a big dog in the fight that nobody took seriously in the last election. Claims he is a muslim, didn't wear a freakin flag pin, like you have one on right now, and oh yes............he's black and his middle name is Hussein like that guy we captured in Iraq.......say it.......Hussein. None of the disgusting vitriole spewed from the party of no worked. You caused defections and seperations made only worse by adding a Palin to the ticket.
Face it..... the GOP does not want anyone of the candidates in the race no more than you wanted McCain/Palin. The dems are more mobilized than in 08' and the gloves are off. We know he is black, the birthers are shoosed, no one in this country cares about your muslim accusations and most have friends in this country that are of different religious backgrounds or no faith at all. his middle name is Hussein.
It must suck to know you are going to vote for someone on the basis of who they are not rather than their being qualified to run the country. That speaks not of your candidates convictions, we know they do not have any, moral or otherwise, but it speaks to yours.
Bet you didn't know your candidates are going to increase goverment spending once in office, just for their own kind, the haves, Lucky for me because I am in the top 5%. I vote dem for the sake of a clean conscience that I atleast tried to get people in office that may make me do my fair share. I do give to charity and homeless people at gas stations occassionally, but I take no pity on poor people in the GOP. They vote against their own interest and for mine......... idiots deserve to be poor and I deserve what I have worked for. So while I could never vote for a greedy lying two faced, adulterous woman hating GOP candidate, I hope you do.
Kevin S,
Obama has done a lot of things I like, but face it, he doesn't know how to run the economy. After increasing the national debt from 10 trillion to 15 trillion, we have slow growth with GDP only at 2% and real unemployment above 15%.
I know he inherited a huge problem, but he shoved money in dumb places that promote only short term jobs - Solyndra, other green initiatives, and construction. We need some promotion in the private sector.
The Government Accountability Office after auditing the United States budget project that 98% of all taxes will go towards entitlements by 2020. No changes in entitlements since he's been in office. In fact, they've passed at different times temporary prolongment of unemployment. How are businesses supposed to plan long term when the government is only passing short term bills?
He hasn't led our country through this debt crisis and our nation lost it AAA rating! I know he's not solely to blame, but you'd think as POTUS he would step up and lead. He's the manager and the one to blame for the lower credit rating. Over time that lower credit rating will mean more costs for all loans in the US.
So no, I don't think Obama is the best candidate for the job when he's leading our country down the same path as Greece.
"Santorum might be a conservative, but hes a Retard"
You gotta be feeling pretty desperate when you completely reverse your our stand within 60 days. Either Ricky feels he needs to attempt a takedown in Mississippi or he is piqued that Landslide Willard cut him out of a shot at VP.
I love how the Press has once again spun an answer to a very specific question into: "Romney says he would not pick Santorum as VP." That is not what Romney said, although I hope it is true.
Romney was interviewed by Neil Cavuto. Neil asked, and I am paraphrasing: Given the perception by some that you need to solidify the conservative base of the party, does that mean you need to pick a strong conservative, someone to your right, as your VP candidate?" Romney replied: Well, that would eliminate Senator Santorum then because, while a social conservative, he is certainly not to the right of me on fiscal issues."
Romney never said he would not pick Santorum, although I am certain he would not, rather, he was pointing out that Santorum is not a fiscal conservative based on his record. The left does not miss any opportunity to take a Republican out of context and spin it into a non-existent snub of an opponent.
When did the Press stop simply reporting the news and switch into this making news business model? I am pretty sure it began during the Clinton years and the advent of cable news.
"Santorum said to his camp, remind me later that I'm a conservative"
Santorum with the help of Jeff Foxworthy...Ways to tell if you're a Romney.
1. If you think the trees in Michigan are the right height, you might be a Romney.
2. If you like to travel with your dog strapped to the roof of your car, you might be a Romney.
3. If you think $10,000 on a bet is pocket change, you might be a Romney.
4. If you like to pander to the South by saying "Y'all and Grits", you might be a Romney.
5. If you think the Cayman Islands is your "Piggy Bank", you might be a Romney.
6. If you sing, and your voice sounds like finger nails on a chalk board, you might be a Romney.
Eye2eye: Funniest and truest thing I've read all day. You rock!
Name calling on Romney? Hmm, ok lets play your game!
Your Mitt Romney: Balanced the Budget in Democrat controlled Massachusetts!
Eliminated Billions in Debt in Massachusetts!
Saved the 2002 Winter Olympics by Balancing the Budget!
Cut State Taxes 19 times in 4 years!
Created hundreds of thousands of net jobs at Bain!
Built a company worth 66 Billion dollars that invests in 112 companies currently!
Keeping people employed!
Led the development of 12 companies Bain invested in that created
value of 112.8 Billion dollars!
Led the development of 12 companies that now employee 867,000 people.
Led the development of the same companies that now pay property and other taxes in
43,000 locations .
Gave away every penny his parents left him!
Helped a friend find a lost child missing a long time! Closing the business to do it!
Note: Jeff Foxworthy endorsed Mitt
http://www.collegenews.com/article/jeff_foxworthy_endorses_mitt_romney
You should save this for the general
If you're stupid and you're the current President you're an Obama!!!!
Amazing comeback, #3.5.
"Rush Limbaugh endorsed Rick Santorum"
Don: you post would be amazing if you had the facts. You need to read more about your buddy Romney. He didn't do half of what you have written. Get this from his campaign site or do you work for him?
Santonum as VP? Got to be kidding. There isn't a hell's chance for a Romney/Santorum Ticket. People don't want to hear that he brought another dead fetus home to show his other kids, play with and sleep with. Don't believe me, Google it.
Now as a nominee, l would like to Santorum get it and watch the President rip him to shreds in a debate. Ricky will come across as Little Ricky and he would cry as he ran away and hid - oh, sorry that's Speaker Bonehead
Pat
Then why are you bringing it up? BTW: Alan Combs appoligized for just about what you wrote.
If the Santorums did not bring the child home to bury it, it would have had to go through a furneral home, or be disposed of as medical waste. THOUSANDS of people each year face the same grave choice.
What they did was hospitals allow to let then grieve properly. They hold the baby early in the morning after it died, then took it home, showed it to the kids, took some pictures, and buried it in private catholic ceremony.
All other versions is simply play low, rude, and ignorant politics with a very sad event in their lives!
DB, Pat's right, No one does what Santorum did, That was a weird act, so stop with your bull. What Santorum did is on the record, he took home a dead fetus against the hospitals well, than he pass the dead baby around for 8 hours with his kids dancing,Playing, sleeping, singing, jumping up & down so everybody could say their goodbyes. This is beyond "Weird" and this nut is running for President of the United States. This guy is a Phony & a Liar.
The Far Right Coward now says whatever he must & he'll still LOSE!!
I'm a conservative and I am frustrated that the republicans can't come up with better candidates. With that said, I will vote for whichever republican gets the nomination over Obama/Biden in a heartbeat. It is certain that the country will continue to decline if Obama get re-elected and most likely he will get re-elected.
Have you looked at the nunbers? 45 states reported a drop in unemployment. Google it if you don't believe me and then look at what the Republican House has done to stall the economy.
OK, Do you really thing the founding fathers intended, that we vote the "anyone but" ticket. My opinion is the worst thing we have done for this country is allowing shows like Oberman, O Reilly, The Ed show, Linbaugh and all the rest. The best thing we could do is have all these guys put disclaimers on their shows that what they are spouting is purely OPINION. Rarely do any of them state anything that is fact. Please everyone go out this year and do some research and vote for men and woman who really want to help this country and are not loyal to any party. Pick people who are Loyal to the american public.
I completely agree, both the far right and the far left have the shows that just spew rhetoric desinged to pump up their followers. The more grotesque the rhetoric the more their followers gobble it up. It has created an impossible situation for moderates of both parties.
Jefferson: Do you not understand that IF either Romney or Santorum are elected (which won't happen, thank God), their so-called budget plans will end up costing us MORE money and raising the deficit even higher than it is already? Apparently, you haven't done your homework. AND, voting for someone just because he's a Republican....even one you don't like, is ridiculous. Goes to show that most Republicans don't vote with their brains....they vote with their party. Stupid!
As a note, I've voted Republican before, and I've voted Democrat....I tend to use my brain when it comes to voting and do my research and vote for the one that I feel is more in line with my way of thinking.....too many people just vote for their party because they feel they HAVE to....even if they don't like the candidate. It's the blind leading the blind!!!
Do me a favor....use your brains, do your research on ALL the candidates and then make your decision....do not base it on party lines. That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!
I'd like an example of 'far left'. The republicans have moved the entire political arena so far right that dems are now what moderate republicans USED to be. There is no far left.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/0731/America-s-big-shift-right
Utah mom. I guess you are a liberterian. That's not a bad thing. Didi, I assume that you are a Osama Obama fan. Get over it. If the republicans can keep from cutting each others throat Obama is done for. Even the most illiterate fool can see that he is a lier. I'm from Southern Illinois and I can say that we are fed up with his singing and dancing. Smoke and mirrors. That's Osama Obama in a nutshell!
Didi - try this out! And then say again that Obama and the Democrats are the right way to go.
http://quitenormal.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/obama-recession-slowest-recovery-since-great-depression/
To me, all Obama and Biden have is empty excuses.
Actually, I believe Bibi sounds like a person with a good head on her shoulder. No one in should be voting for a person whose stated believe or posible plan of action sound at odd with the needs of the country at a particular point in time. Sensible Democrats/Liberal have voted for Republican/Conservative Presidents like Reagan for example. We are misusing the rights and priviledge of our civics duties when we are casting that ONE vote based on emotion and propaganda rather than exercising clear headed judgment. I will vote for a candidate who can show me that he or she has at least a thought through plans for the office they are contesting over my party person. That is putting the country above everything else, after all the country is bigger than the party or the individuals seeking particular offices. We have and continue to bash politians and our leaders, we get too emotional we miss the points they are making, hense we do not listen anymore. When we do not listen, we are failing our country and our leaders, not them failing us.
Moonridre
Problem is the far left (left out) commentators have not been able to gain enough traction to build a profitable business. Closest is NPR and they ain't getting rich.
Why is that? Are the lefties just not controversial enough?
Pat,
Could it be that unemployment rate is going down because thousands of people have stopped looking for jobs and what is it that the republicans in the house have done to stall the recovery? This country is very resilient and in due time the economy will begin to recover, in my opinion that would be in spite of Obama and not because of Obama. Many reports have stated the true unemployment rate is much higher.
Utahmom,
If you or anyone believe that the shows you mentioned are anything other than opinion, you are very naive (it also explains why you apparently support Obama). I have done research and continue to do so. I am convinced that Obama/Biden as well as many politicians from both parties are more interested in helping themselves and their cronies than helping the country.
For everyone else:
I will vote for any of the republicans because I believe that the highest priority at this time is to repeal and de-fund Obama care. Check out the latest news that the CBO's latest estimate is Obama care will cost more than double the original estimates. Before you give up more of your liberties talk to some people in Canada about their health care system and taxes.
While Romney or Santorum aren't ideal, at least they aren't socialists and they're at least talking about cutting the size of government.
What we do know is that Obama and many of his cohorts are bent on increasing the size and scope of government and punishing the wealthy and the producers in this country.
Alexis de Tocqueville once said that “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.”
We need to get rid of all of the people in office, but since that won't happen, we need to take small victories where ever and when ever we can and getting rid of Obama needs to be a priority.
Hey Jefferson, You can probably tell by my name where I am from, a state that can get no redder. But I will tell you that many of the people here act like O' Reilly, Beck and Limbaugh are the 3rd - 5th prophets, Romney being the second. If they heard it on Fox its fact and no amount of proof will change their minds. I am not promoting that anyone votes for anyone, all I am saying is that before I repeat, Let say " The healthCare Bill has deathpanels in it", I am going to open the Bill its self from the .Gov website and read at least the summery and read sections that I have concerns with. The reality is that a u-tube video of kitten watching fish gets more hits than the Library of Congress, Thomas site here they post all the Bills.
I will tell you that no matter what my political beliefs are I have no respect for any politician that state that their only goal is to make someone a "one term" anything. That is only proof to me that they are only worried about themselves and have no intent on doing what is right for America. If you take office please keep your personal stuff out of it.
You guys better suck it up and get ready to vote for Mitt, unless you want Obama to win again.
I have no doubt that all of you republicans will shed your supposed values and vote for Mitt Romney. My prediction is a landslide victory for Romney in the general elections...because yes, we americans really ARE that stupid! The hatred for President Obama (Pretty much one of the most intelligent presidents we have ever had), runs deep and hard. ordinary, poor americans have been brainwashed almost to sleep...so much that they will vote against the one man who really cares about them. Romney, Rush, and all the other conservatives who make more money while they sneeze then you will in your lifetime, are your idols...because you think Obama is trying to prevent you to be as rich as they are. As if you had a real possibility.
Republicans do have values, if they don't allign perfectly with yours it doesn't mean that they don't exist. The conservative base is struggling with Romney because he is more of a moderate, while Santorum represents the far right on social issues, and Gingrich is only still in the race because he's a narcissist. The public is ignorant, not stupid. I agree that President Obama is a VERY intelligent man, but that has not translated to success in the White House (if you want to take sheer intelligence into account, President Obama has a degree from Harvard (impressive), Romney has two degrees from Harvard (twice as impressive). If you want to talk about brainwashing, look at the media, 90% of it has a liberal bias. President Obama has been a very successful politician, but an ineffective leader who blames House Republicans for his lack of success (he had huge majorities in both houses his first two years in congress, so it's not exactly the Republicans' fault that he didn't get anything done). The vote this year; however, should be based on what you want America to look like, a vote for Obama is a vote for bigger govt., for Romney a smaller govt., it's pretty simple.
Doug Jones-4264639
Did you sleep through 2007-2008, and miss the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression? This was what President Obama inherited, that and two wars, Osama bin Laden running around the world, and a housing crisis.
The fact we are not in another Great Depression is to Obama's credit, that the big three automakers are all profitable again, we are out of Iraq and on our way out in Afghanistan, and we now know where are biggest enenmy is - at the bottom of the ocean - are all thanks to President Obama.
The fact you would still support the Republicans in Congress after they simply made defeating Obama their number one priority, is astounding. What world do you live in?
we want Obama to win again! thank you.
I'd like to know how any American can pretend 'trickle down' economics works. The only thing republicans want to do is cut taxes on the rich, end regulations and strangle government so they can make it impotent. The sad thing is how many republicans don't seem to know or care. I guess as long as they get their SS and Medicare they don't care about their children or grandchildren.
Lucas. Do your homework. Obama hasn't passed a single piece of legislation. Everything that he proposed while in congress was defeated. Obama is intelligent? What degress does he have? Where did he get them from? In what country? I would like him to give full disclosure of several things. (1) What passport did he use to enter the US in 1981? (2) What nationality did he claim to enter the US? (3) When he turned around and left the US where did he get the money to tour the world? Get him to answer those questions. He won't. He can't because if he did he would be inelligable to be President.
Amy - apparently you slept from 2003 - october 2008
What you missed was Bush asking congress 22 times to reform the mortgage to safeguard the integrity of banking
What you misssed in 2003 was regulators testifying in congressional and Senate committee meetings that there was something wrong, that they did not have the authority see where these loans were mysteriously going.
What you missed in 2003 was, democrats and some republicans told the regulators to shut up or be investigated themselves.
What you forget is the the democrats maintained that there was nothing wrong with the low income mortgages from 2003 - right up until the day the finance collapse occured. Then they blamed republicans for everything even though the quarterly testimony from 2007 until the collapse said that the finance problems were deteriorating and that banks needed to refinance the bad mortgages to reset home values and make mortgage payments lower, but representing the real values.
You must be a real sound sleeper!
I do not know how you measure intelligence, but try and enter Harvard Law School, become editor of the Law Review and then tell me what intelligence is. Get elected as Senator from IL against another candidate of your color who was planted to destroy you and still make it against all the odds, and then come tell me what intelligence is. Growing up between two world, and neither one fully accept you and still rise to a stature that millions can only dream about, and then come back and tell me what intelligence is. Keeping your head cool against pressure to go to war, but intelligently navigating a troubled sea, and not foolishly commit the batle-weary amed forces to yet a third war, and then come back and tell me what intelligence is. Keeping a country afloat that was in the brink of financial collapse three years ago, and then come back and tell me what intelligence is if not those.
Yet in late 2003 as part of his re election stategy, he pushed for 5.5 million minorities to have homes they couldn't even make the down payments on by 2010. That was a 200 million dollar a year piece of crap we got shafted with.
More notably, a big reason for our current housing situation. He was even warned about this in 2004.
I can post his speech if you want.
Uh. The Affordable Healthcare Act?
Uh. Harvard Law? Uh. In the United States?
Obama has already won by being a great president in terrible times.
This fool will say and do anything to make people think he is just like them with no real substance or facts to back him up, he is just one of those controlling nut cases that uses religion for his benefit when needed. What a slick lizard with a phoney smile. He and Romney are both suck up artist of the highest nature.
Let's see... which one of these folks will get the Evangelical group to their "Armaggedon" and resulting free flight to Heaven quickest? Which one will ensure a holy war with any of the non-believers either here in the US or anywhere overseas?
Do we really want Mullah Santorum to run our country?
Oh, that's a good one!
Hmmmmm good question.
As compared to the democrats constantly kissing Muslim a$$ every single day, I guess it would be much better than having Sharia Law....
Willard, er Mitt, er Mitt Bob, really likes grits. Wonder if he will take on a Moon Pie?
what a loser
even rush is more qualified then any on the rep ticket
True and what a sad commentary that is on the GOP
If the biggest problem right now is the economy, wouldn't you want a person who has a financial background and has made millions of dollars? Doesn't that seem like a qualification to take over a "company" like the USA and fix it's financial woes? Santorum is just proving that a lot of Republicans don't care if the right person gets elected, just that A Republican gets elected. If your only motivation is to get your party elected, regardless of the mindless tool that happens to be running for you at the time, then your priorities are not the American people. I would gladly vote a Republican into the White House if there was one who didn't shove his religion down my throat through legislation and who wasn't concerned about not just HIS party, but all parties and people. But since I haven't see one yet, and Ron Paul is as close to a Republican that I would vote for right now, I see no reason to oust Obama just for the sake of ousting him.
the USA is not a business or a company. Anyone that says only a business man can run this country is a complete fool. there are to many gray ares that can't be fixed unless you have ability to even see the gray area. rommey is a poor little rich kid who has no idea how the rest of us work or feel, santorum is a bible thumping nut case and newt, give me a break you really can't be serious about newt.
Romney made money in the private sector, where he wasn't owned by big business, special interests and people cashing in on donation favors. As president, making the "correct decision" vs the "polically correct decision" will be miles apart. No president can be his/her own person once they claim the crown. Romney's private business success carries zero weight with me because outside influences will neuter his ability to make "correct decisions". That being said, I need to see him offer up somethng else that he could actually pull off as president to convince me he would be good at it.
brotherhiggy - I agree with the religion down my throat comment. I don't need my president telling what to believe.
Romney is out of touch with me and I don't see him doing anything to help me. Santorum is too wrapped up in "his" religion to represent a diverse nation. Obama has proven nothing to me other than his ability to spend money on projects to nowhere, appoint people to useless positions, and install staff that has effectively covered-up his background. He also followed one of the most radical religious figures this country has ever seen. I really don't think you just stop believing that stuff over night. His wife has a strong dislike for whites and the USA, even though she lays down beside a half white who currently holds the highest office in the USA, every night. Biden? Nuff said. Problem for me now is, who do I vote for? I'm not party loyal, and still have no choices.
How is it that a Senator that was voted out of office with the largest anti vote in his state get this close to being President of our country. But, then again, How did a virtually unknown, short term senator, from the Chicago Political machine, who was a foreign student become President of our country? Doesn't any one pay attention.
"How did a virtually unknown, short term senator, from the Chicago Political machine, who was a foreign student become President of our country? Doesn't any one pay attention.:
Two words, there, Car3: "Sarah Palin".
Yes, WE were paying attention.
And YOU??
Barack Obama gave the keynote speech at the 2004 convention, you ought to watch it on YouTube, it's brilliant. Obama was also a state senator in Illinois and a constitutional law professor, and before that, the editor of the Harvard Law Review. Guess, to a Republican, that's not as well qualified as having a rich daddy.
Santorum make Palin look like a girl scout.
Other way around!
Why not just call the evangelical's the borg that are on star trek because santorum and them wants everyone to have just one mind which is what ever benefits them.
Hey! wouldn't it be nice!
Santorum/Bachmann for 2012!!
Then we can amend the US Constitution to read, "Resistance is Futile....You will be assimilated."
The Republicans ARE Borg and will be defeated but not completely annihilated.
The Republicans will be defeated and will completely annihilate themselves.
Rick says: “I don't know of one group of people that's more disliked than politicians -- "
Me either Rick. I don't know of any group of people that's more disliked than politicians, especially former senators, unless it's former house speakers.
Mitt & Mitch 2012!
rick, you don't know dick. dimwit.
Well Senator Rick told somewhat the truth, (whether he realize it or not). Shame he blinded by so much other GOP talking points that he is under water now. Keep swimming Rick, you will come to shore. Where I don't know, maybe Florida.
No sir, how about Cuban shore?
So...let me get this straight. According to Santorum, Romney is a predatory capitalist. No wait, he's a socialist. Capitalist...socialist...echo...echo...echo...
Sounds like Santorum's the real flip-flopper.
It is said that the apple does not fall far from the tree which means the republican party went from Bush Jr and chaney to John Mccain and Sarsh Palin to this total mess with four candidates that are not even connected to themselfves, with a track record like this even their enemies would laugh at them for being clueless. And they want to replace a person who has way more brains and logic without question.
He`s for sure a fine reader of teleprompters. What a genius. I`ll bet he writes all his own speeches also. (not).
is that the best you got? telepromter? get real dude, you're showing what we all think of repubs, ignorance.
Davy.....your' idiocy is showing. EVERY president since Eisenhower has used a teleprompter....heck, even Romney and Santorum are not above using a teleprompter. As Chin Music says....if this is the best you've got, you're really in trouble! What an idiot! Additionally, ALL presidents have speech writers; however, they are all very good at letting the writers know what they want to say and making sure the final speech is in line with what they want to put across. Hey, again, even Romney and Santorum have speech writers; albeit, not very good ones apparently!
They may have good ones, but it takes intelligence to deliver what is written. No matter how skillful the writers are, the delivery is the key ingredient.
That's why Reagan was such a popular President with those easily fooled, especially after the onset of Alzheimer's for Reagan and those easily fooled!!!
They want that because the smarter the person in the oval Office is, the harder it will be for them to keep messing up the people and the country. They want to go to war we cannot afford in terms of money and human resource; they want to sell pat of the USA to the Canadian big oil company so the companies can sell oil to china; they want federal workers to take reduced paychecks to pay for jobs bill... the list goe on ad infinitum. If they can put a puppet in the presidential chair, just think about it....
Because Sarah Palin's choice of writing her "key topics" in pen on her HANDS was a much more appropriate way of being statesman-like. He has long speeches and doesn't memorize them, get over it.
Desperate and pathetic. The other day on Piers Morgan Santorum said Romney was saying things that were untrue. But, he didn't have the cajones to call him a liar. What a wimp.
Still trotting out the "government takeover of 1/6 of the economy" tripe despite the fact it's been shown to be the biggest political lie of the past few years. Of course, he was talking to Mark Levin who hasn't met right lie he wouldn't begin or repeat.
Make that a "right wing lie" he wouldn't begin or repeat.
As much entertainment as we have had with the 3 stooges plus 1 in the GOP Residential Race, I will be saddened when Mitty finally backs into the nomination.
Hopefully, there will be some fireworks at the convention. Maybe Sarah will do a striptease.
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The real tragedy is not the Four Stooges running for the Republican Presidency but that you don't realize that Bush Jr, Cheney, McCain, and Palin are gullible, dishonest, self-serving idiots.
jymAllyn: I was trying to be nice for a change but you are right all of them are screwed up and it is very apparent that they serve themselfves above anyone else and don't give a flying flip who knows.
"Gov. Romney has a career as an investment banker and someone who's a private equity guy on Wall Street. I'm not too sure that necessarily commends you well to be president of the United States"
Santorum is Sarah Palin in a sweater vest, way savvier than Romney at the political game and equally unsuited for the presidency.