Santorum: Might as well have Obama over Romney

[Hawkgirl]

SAN ANTONIO – Presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Thursday said Republicans should give President Barack Obama another term if Santorum isn't the GOP nominee and for a second day compared rival Mitt Romney to an Etch A Sketch toy.
Santorum reiterated an argument he has made before: The former Massachusetts governor is not conservative enough to offer voters a clear choice in the fall election and that only he can provide that contrast.

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Romney, who made no public appearances Thursday, issued a statement expressing disappointment "that Rick Santorum would rather have Barack Obama as president than a Republican."
"This election is more important than any one person. It is about the future of America," he said. "Any of the Republicans running would be better than President Obama and his record of failure."

Rival Newt Gingrich tweeted: "Rick Santorum is dead wrong. Any GOP nominee will be better than Obama."

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This is a disappointment Rick. I will throw my support behind Romney without hesitation.

[m00]

Romney, who made no public appearances Thursday, issued a statement expressing disappointment "that Rick Santorum would rather have Barack Obama as president than a Republican."

Okay, so lets say hypothetically President Obama had a little "R" by his name instead of a "D." Would this, and this alone, make him a better president?

[MountainMan]

Okay, so lets say hypothetically President Obama had a little "R" by his name instead of a "D." Would this, and this alone, make him a better president?

No, but I don't believe for a second that they are even comparable. If anything, Romney is even more conservative this time than in 2008.

I find it funny and sad that someone who obviously leaned more towards liberalism in his past and has obviously converted more towards the conservative side over the last 10-15 years is viewed as the same as Obama. According to some around here and unfortunately on talk radio as well, unless you are born citing quotes from Reagan, Hayek and Buckley you must be a RINO.

And lets not forget that Reagan was once a Democrat too but I guess we only allow that in our party once every hundred years or so as well.

[Arroyo_Doble]

No, but I don't believe for a second that they are even comparable. If anything, Romney is even more conservative this time than in 2008.

I find it funny and sad that someone who obviously leaned more towards liberalism in his past and has obviously converted more towards the conservative side over the last 10-15 years is viewed as the same as Obama. According to some around here and unfortunately on talk radio as well, unless you are born citing quotes from Reagan, Hayek and Buckley you must be a RINO.

And lets not forget that Reagan was once a Democrat too but I guess we only allow that in our party once every hundred years or so as well.

Reagan has been deified. He is the Republicans' FDR and his sins against dogma (amnesty, raising taxes, deficit spending, ect ...) are ignored.

As far as Romney, he will say what he has to to get the nomination. I am expecting the Etch-A-Sketch moment to come soon.

[AmPat]

Reagan has been deified. He is the Republicans' FDR and his sins against dogma (amnesty, raising taxes, deficit spending, ect ...) are ignored.

As far as Romney, he will say what he has to to get the nomination. I am expecting the Etch-A-Sketch moment to come soon.

Reagan's deification came after many years of looking at his record, good and bad, and their overal positive results. O Blah Blah was deified preemptorily and to this day is deified IN SPITE OF his miserable record of failure and march toward Marxism.
I suppose this was another of your lame attempts to make a moral comparison? Nice try.

[Arroyo_Doble]

Reagan's deification came after many years of looking at his record, good and bad, and their overal positive results. O Blah Blah was deified preemptorily and to this day is deified IN SPITE OF his miserable record of failure and march toward Marxism.
I suppose this was another of your lame attempts to make a moral comparison? Nice try.

I suggest we play Fanfare for the Common Man on our march toward Marxism.

[AmPat]

I suggest we play Fanfare for the Common Man on our march toward Marxism.

Hmm, not familiar. Does it have a German circa 1930's flavor or is it more Bolshevik sounding?

[Stoic]

This should be raising some eyebrows about Rick Santorum. Anyone?

[m00]

This should be raising some eyebrows about Rick Santorum. Anyone?

Not to defend Santorum here, but what sort of substantive policy differences do you see between the Obama administration and a hypothetical Romney administration? (based solely on the record of Romney, unless you want to argue that politicians keep promises that are a complete departure from their record)

[Rockntractor]

Not to defend Santorum here, but what sort of substantive policy differences do you see between the Obama administration and a hypothetical Romney administration? (based solely on the record of Romney, unless you want to argue that politicians keep promises that are a complete departure from their record)

If Mike 128 deserves this so do you.