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Santorum Uses Romney‘s Own Words Against Him in ’Say What’ Michigan TV Ad

Rick Santorum Uses Mitt Romneys Own Words Against Him in Michigan Say What Ad

WASHINGTON (the Blaze/AP) — TITLE: “Say What”

LENGTH: 30 seconds.

AIRING: On broadcast and cable in Michigan.

KEY IMAGES: Against a black screen, a series of claims about Mitt Romney flash across in stark white text. As they appear, each one is punctuated by a sound akin to a prison cell door slamming shut. There are no other sounds or images, except of Rick Santorum end saying he approve the message.

The claims are all backed up by citations:

— “I don’t line up with the National Rifle Association (NRA)” – Mitt Romney. Source: The Boston Globe.

— “I will preserve and protect a woman’s right to choose.” – Mitt Romney. Source: Debate, Suffolk University.

— “Romney also professed support for state funding of abortions for low income women.” Source: The Boston Globe.

— “Romney Advisor Admits Romneycare was Blueprint for Obamacare.” Source: RushLimbaugh.com.

— “Under Romney fees and taxes increased more than $700 million a year.” Source: Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation

— “As Governor, Romney requested millions in U.S. earmarks.” Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

— “I‘d be embarrassed if I didn’t ask for federal dollars every chance I had.” – Mitt Romney. Source: Washington Post

ANALYSIS: Santorum‘s campaign takes the direct approach by using Romney’s own words against him in an ad released days before Michigan’s GOP presidential primary on Tuesday. The spot stands out for its stylistic choices. It’s effectively a silent film; no narration, just dramatic sound effects designed to get the viewer’s attention.

But as content goes, it’s fairly standard attack-ad fare. Citing a variety of media, the ad seeks to chip away at Romney’s conservative credentials, mostly by highlighting the former Massachusetts governor’s past comments.

Romney did say he doesn’t line up with the National Rifle Association. He did support abortion rights in previous runs for office, though never as a presidential candidate. A Romney adviser also did say the health care plan Romney put in place in Massachusetts was the basis for the national plan President Barack Obama signed into law nearly two years ago.

But two of Santorum’s claims are questionable.

Fees and taxes did increase under Romney’s leadership in Massachusetts. But Romney, for the most part, fought off tax increases while in office. He advocated a reduction in income taxes, which won him plaudits from anti-tax groups. He did raise business taxes by $140 million and approved millions of dollars in new fees and fines, which makes Santorum’s claim technically true but not the whole story.

As governor and in his tenure running the 2002 Olympics in Utah, Romney did seek earmarks, or targeted spending, from Congress. But Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator who secured millions of dollars in earmarks for his states and who defended the practice during a recent GOP debate, is hardly untarnished on this issue. Romney and Santorum both have said they would seek to end the practice of earmarks if elected.

Santorum’s decision to air his second negative Romney ad reflects the reality of the race in Michigan. Santorum, who had led in many polls in the state, has begun to see his lead shrink and is fighting back. If he’s to continue to build on momentum from recent victories in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, he will have to defeat Romney in Michigan. Romney‘s supporters have spent millions on ads attacking Santorum’s record.

Comments (140)

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  • academica2020
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:50pm

    If Obama’s staffers are trolling through these types of comments on The Blaze and other sites, they must be laughing their a$$es off! All they need to do is focus on the negative infighting among supporters of the Republican candidates and they’d have free advertising for the election in the Fall.
    Nice job everyone.

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:55pm

      Very good point but when there are lies like this ad, they have to come out. And so they are, Rick Santorum’s campaign has used one liners and assumptions to make this ad that just is not true.

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:07pm

      They are all spinning stuff to get votes, no one is innocent. The focus should be on Obama.

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    • Holaamerica
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:17pm

      Santorum Sweats and bleeds washington he was against the teaparty and is now all for it, now that he needs there votes!!!
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxeg22lDFps

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    • Look4DBigPicture
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:30pm

      ACADEMICA2020….Agree with ya … Gingrich is the only one who got a good punch in against Obama. I get frustrated when our candidates don’t take control of the debates instead of allowing the liberal moderators to keep them on liberal topics. There are far more important things going on in the world than birth control and earmarks.

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    • Patrick Henry II
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:39pm

      They are true statements.
      Romney says that he changed his mind. We would have to assume he has.

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 10:47pm

      Lets have a “Tea Party For Romney” .. it would be the first one he has attended….

      Romney and Paul could have stopped this……

      Gingrich asked for a truce… This is Romney’s Fight and Fault.

      Romney has not focused on any issue that I have heard.. 17 million dollars spent in Florida….. what message…… Gingrich this Gingrich that….

      Well today I have learned something about Romney… I share this with you so you know who Romney is….

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHaMqHh5NZ4

      Obviously, Romney wishes he was a historian like Gingrich..

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    • Hobbs57
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 10:49pm

      That’s right pPAtric, just as we have to assume Ricks wife having been alive in lover of an abortion doctor, assisting even some young women to getting abortions, also has changed her position. Just as Rick and his wife, having had what would considered by pro-life extremist as an abortion, but for some reason in this case, Rick says it isn’t. I say it is. I don’t have any problem with it, but it is still considerded an abortion, only od knew if this child would live, with out faith, any of us could excuse away a great many of our actions. Like I said, I don’t condemn him or his wife for it, I think they did the right thing, however, I do condemn him as a hypocrite for taking a stance which could lend itself to making another young lady in the very same position as his wives, to feel terribly awful and possibly not getting an abortion as a result. One that he and his wife did. This is a pro-Rick explanation of it…. What do you guys think ?? http://www.lifenews.com/2012/01/06/liberal-web-site-lies-claims-santorums-wife-had-abortion/

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    • Hobbs57
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 10:52pm

      MS – You talk all the Union propaganda and spread it like a true conservative ?? Supporting Newt, we know how you feel about the free market. A few simple google searches, even Wikipedia would dismiss the propaganda you posted, but why bother when your bigot right ?? People as you totally disgust me, you represent those who brand the right with bad names and causes.

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 11:02pm

      Ha ha ha ha ha Hobbs57

      Wikipedia knows that

      A little History, I, I, I was born and raised here, I love this state, it seems right here the trees are the right.. height…. uh I like uh… I like seeing the uh…. I like seeing the lakes, I love the lakes, there’s something very special here… The Great Lakes, but also, all the little inland lakes, that,… that… dot the uh.. uh.. the parts of Michigan uh… I love Cars I don’t know I mean I grew up i i u… totally in love with Cars I it it used to be in the 50‘s and 60’s if you showed me one square foot of all most any part of a car, I could tell you what brand it was the model and so forth, now now with all the Japanese Cars I’m not quite so good at it but I still know the American cars pretty well and uh Drive a Mustang uh Iife I Love Cars, I love American Cars and long may they Rule the world I want to do well……..

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHaMqHh5NZ4 Watch the Propaganda here……

      Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Hobbs57

      Ok you win

      Romney doen’t Love Michigan
      Romney doesn’t think the Trees are the right size
      Romney doesn’t love lakes
      Romney doesn’t love cars

      Thanks Holly Hobby 57

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    • loriann12
      Posted on February 24, 2012 at 6:16am

      We, as conservatives, want the most conservative candidate. I’m sorry, Romney is not that candidate. He flip-flops. he was a Massechussets moderate when Governor of Mass. because that’s what the public wanted. Now he‘s spouting conservative values because he realized that’s what we as a nation want in a President. He’ll get in and do what he wants. I don’t like having him shoved down my throat and will vote for ANYBODY else in the primaries. If he does happen to get the nomination, I’ll vote for him against Obama, unlike the Paulites. My opinion is that getting the same place slower is better than running there. With Romney, we’ll get the same place Obama wants to go, only slower. He’s the same as McCain would have been.

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    • RJL
      Posted on February 24, 2012 at 6:26am

      To sum up why people don’t like Romney. Look at the last question of Wednesday night’s debate. Romney arrogantly, snobbish, aristocratic, condescending attitude, toward the question and King. If you don’t like King or the questions then don’t show up at the debates.

      Romney comes off as a rich guy that doesn’t want bothered with the peasants.

      With the polls picking up for Romney I can see him acting even more arrogant. That’s why I don’t like him or won’t vote for him.

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    • AmericanWoman
      Posted on February 24, 2012 at 11:26am

      Welcome to the Vetting process Academica…. If we do not expose the political and professional and personal histories of these president wannabes now…. it will kill us in the actual race. Better to lay it out on the table now and know what we are dealing with rather than have an October surprise again, ala, Fannie Mae and Freddie mac Democratic housing collapse and bank bailouts party. As for the “ TeaPartyForRomney” guy…. you have blasphemed the name of the Tea Party which stands for smaller government, the constituional restoration and maligned it with Mitt Romney…the antithesis of small government. Romney is a Rino….learn your candidate or admit that you are NOT a representation of the ‘Tea Party”. http://www.rinolist.org/2011/06/rinomittromney/

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:38pm

      I am all for “vetting” candidates. I just find it very interesting that, once a candidate surges, all of the crap comes out. Why wasn’t any of this stuff “on the table” last summer? Didn’t matter then, did it?
      As I said, all of these guys have skeletons. But the infighting on these comment streams remains disturbing. But, heck, have at it, It seems to be a recreational sport to some folks. The passion for each candidate is obvious, but it can go beyond the pale, and has quite often. I’ll leave it at that, since I was gutted by a posse of Paul supporters a few weeks ago when I brought the same issue up on a another story here on The Blaze.

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  • trashfree
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:44pm

    I think Santorum needs to go around the media and go directly to the people. There is no way the media is going to cover him favorably over Obama.

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:54pm

      Will Santorum come out and tell the world that his stances aren’t all consistent, and people like to trash Romney as a flip-flopper. As I have always said, Romney is just as consistent as Santorum and Gingrich. Actually I said in the past that Santorum was more consistent than Romney but the truth is coming out about it.

      Now Santorum fans may have more about his history but as it looks like he isn’t consistent. Romney on the other hand is, and history proves it, not with these one liners but in context he has been consistent. Check it out on TeaPartyForRomney.com .

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    • Morgan Hopson
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:54pm

      http://www.wtae.com/r/7821894/detail.html

      I agree Santorum should be getting much more blanketed coverage. I just wish his fake conservative, law bending self would be called out for what he appears to be. The facts can be found at the above website.

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:57pm

      That’s pretty much what Santorum has done to get where he is. It continues to be his strategy, but he’s in the cross-hairs now, so Paul and Romney are going to pick him apart. Gingrich is focused on Obama now, so it’s doubtful there will be attack ads from his camp.

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:05pm

      @MORGAN HOPSON:
      Gee, a mainstream media television station in Pittsburgh going after conservative Santorum. Maybe Romney can use it in an attack ad against Santorum? And then Santorum can respond and then Romney and Paul and Santorum and Romney and Paul… Good Grief!

      Report Post » academica2020  
    • Morgan Hopson
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:24pm

      @ Academica, The truth will set you free. A story like that needs to be out, the people deserve to know about such crookedness. I don’t care which candidate it is they should be called out and forced to explain to America what they have done. We already have a president in the white house that was given a media pass to his shady past. Americans should not be willing to accept anyone that is not fully vetted for their crooked behaviors whether they are left,Right, or Center.

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    • mils
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 11:38pm

      i’m tired of all the neiner neiner neiner..“gotcha” crap that is going on …they should all go crawl in a hole.
      Obama will wipe the dais clean with santorum

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:47pm

      @MORGAN:
      Do some digging and you can find stuff on all of these guys. Bad votes, stupid statements, flip-flops, etc.
      We can vet these guys on our own and vote as we choose. Does it serve any purpose to come on here and trash them and their supporters or would the time and effort be better used going after President Obama and all of the crap that has been done by him, and his cronies, over the past three years?

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    • Morgan Hopson
      Posted on February 24, 2012 at 4:25pm

      @ Academia It is our responsibility to get the information out to other Americans. The Media have failed us. So if we just sit by and don‘t demand the media cover these issues Americans won’t know. I disagree, I think this process is much better than attacking Obama, All that does is make Independents and Democrats think look they just attack Obama. We have to be willing to air all of our dirty laundry. Americans are more awake on both sides of the argument. It is our civil duty to call out these imperfections and make the candidates explain themselves. If we fail to do this there can be no better outcome than the last presidential election. We don’t just need anyone but Obama. We have lost if that is the mentality. The Democrats had the mentality Anyone but Bush and look who came into power. We need to slow down and ensure that we pick a quality candidate that will have the fortitude to address the real issues America faces.

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    • academica2020
      Posted on February 24, 2012 at 5:11pm

      @MORGAN:
      You make valid points. I think the vitriol on the comment streams has often gone beyond the pale, but your points are taken.

      Report Post » academica2020  
  • mikee99
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:40pm

    So Santorum takes all these quotes out of context and misrepresents. Since he gets very upset when others do this to him, I call that hypocrisy.

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    • Morgan Hopson
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:45pm

      http://www.wtae.com/r/7821894/detail.html

      Rick Santorum should be called out on this. Why has this story not been all over the news. Santorum starts a charity and funnels money to his lobbyist. Copying Arlen Specter. Do your own Research people don’t just lay complacent to the MSM or so called un bias websites. I found this in less than 10 minutes of searching then confirmed it through multiple resources in about an hour. Then was lucky enough to find this local news broadcast. Rick Santorum Votes like a crook, Acts like a crook, and is hypocritical like a crook.

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  • BarackStalin
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:40pm

    I thought the Republican Party was supposed to be a COALITION of fiscal conservatives and social conservatives.

    MITT ROMNEY DOES NOTHING FOR SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES.
    -ran as a pro-choice governor
    -signed legislation limiting gun ownership
    -grew government with Romneycare

    I can see why fiscal conservatives want Romney, but NO REPUBLICAN CAN WIN IF SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES STAY HOME ON ELECTION DAY!!!

    Obama can’t win if he loses Pennsilvania (Santorum’s home state)
    Obama can’t win if he loses Catholics by a wide margin (Santorum’s faith)
    most importantly…Romney can‘t win if he can’t excite social conservatives to show up and vote

    Fiscal conservatives will vote for Santorum to protect their wealth from Communist Obama
    BUT SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES GET NOTHING FROM ROMNEY

    If social issues are lost and should not be considered as some are claiming…
    WHY WOULD I EVEN VOTE REPUBLICAN?

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    • SHOWMESTATEGUY
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:55pm

      I agree with you. If the Republican party can’t stomach soical issues then I think it might be time to let the establishment Republicans fend for themselves without help from social conservatives.

      You know everything is a two way street, but with the establishment Republicans its a one way street, with them driving the car. Will a third party be formed so social and fiscal conservatives have a party to call home?

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    • godlovinmom
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:06pm

      I am in total agreement…social issues matter to me.

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  • hogtrashhd
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:35pm

    Mark Levin is the man.. love him..listening to him now and he’s the only talking head that gets out the facts on a continuous and constant basis.. shout it loud and clear Mark.. we’re listening..

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:49pm

      All Levin is putting out is assumptions. He said it was proven that Ron Paul and Romney are coordinating… where was that article, were was that confession… so he is assuming, he is making an A** out of himself. It is not proven. Why doesn’t he have a problem with other candidates that vie for VP like some were saying about Bachmann.

      That is all Levin is… ASSUMPTIONS. I listen to him everyday because it is the only thing on the air in my town at this time, but he is so full of crap and everytime I try to get on they put me on hold for ever and then end the show. Wasting my time. Because the call screener can refute the facts I give him I bet neither could Levin.

      Levin likes to protect Santorum but his true colors are coming out and he is no consistent conservative. Romney isn‘t the most conservative but he isn’t admits he had views that weren’t always inline. Talk about integrity, it is coming out that Santorum isn’t as consisten… look at his stance on abortion and Arlen Specter.

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    • TRONINTHEMORNING
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:01pm

      TEA,

      If you come away with such an opinion of Levin, I‘m thinkin’ you don’t listen. He may be on your radio, but your take is incorrect if you really listen. By the way, read AMERITOPIA by Mark. It’s fantastic.

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:14pm

      No I use to like listening him but when he brings up the campaign he has it all wrong. He protects Santorum and Gingrich and attacks Romney though the are all very similar in their pasts.

      For ex: Romney had RomneyCare a state mandate to “Pay for your own insurance or pay your own bill. Gingrich had GingrichCare, which is a federal mandate like ObamaCare which he defended while we were on the steps of the Capital fighting ObamaCare. Santorum had a employer mandate even to cover those they lay off and he gave us Specter who gave the final vote for ObamaCare, now Specter is calling Santorum out for his lie about their ‘agreement.’ When will Levin report this, never. RomneyCare isn’t ObamaCare, GingrichCare is, yet you don’t hear the truth about that from Levin.

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:15pm

      I can’t wait to read the book, as long as he leaves the campaigning and his surrogate talk out of it. Which he does, as I hear.

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    • notanotherinsider
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:39pm

      RE: HOGTRASHHD

      Are you kidding me……Levin, Hannity, Rush, and FoxNews have been out to get Romney and Paul from the beginning. They report more negative comments about Romney than any other candidate (73% negative). They have an agenda and are deceiving the people. I agree with TEAPARTYFORROMNEY. Romney is the most conservative candidate. Granted they all have spots, but if fair and unbiased reporting was done by the media named above, you would see none of the candidates are perfect, but Romney is the most conservative.

      Don’t be deceived by Levin. Do your homework.

      Romney is the only candidate with Executive experience and the only candidate who reduced the size of Government during his term of publice service. He has the most conservative immigration policy, and he has the strongest stance on capitalism. He cut taxes 19 times, balanced Massachusetts budget, and created a surplus.

      Santorum and Gingrich were in Washington DC too long. They won’t change a thing.

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    • Patrick Henry II
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:42pm

      Well Teaparty for ROmney
      Lets see you slam Paul and Vehoricheck slam Romney.
      Probably will not happen.

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  • georgepatton
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:26pm

    Romney what an ass-hat!

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    • TRONINTHEMORNING
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:30pm

      Yep, he’s that and so much less. Not a fan. He would be a nose-holder to vote for; GOP, nevertheless.

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    • Guerrino_P
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:37pm

      That’s it. I’ve had enough. I’m voting Obama.

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  • ToStand
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:18pm

    Thank you Mark Levin! Somebody finally had the guts to call out Ron Paul!

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    • TRONINTHEMORNING
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:21pm

      Man, no kidding! Mark is got the spotlight out tonight! You go, Mark!! Irrefutable facts. Paul people need to wise up!

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    • Br@dley
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:24pm

      have you ever questioned why there is only one GOP candidate regularly attacked by the “conservative” media? the people in nazi germany didn’t realize they were being propagandized either…

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    • martinez012577
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:07pm

      What did LOL the “great one” have to say?

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:18pm

    For those of you who like Ron Paul best, will you vote GOP if Paul is not the nominee? Just wondering. As for me, GOP all the way; no matter the candidate.

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    • Br@dley
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:29pm

      i’m an independent. i vote on principle, not party.
      i happen to be a proponent of small government, so no, i would not vote for any of the other GOP candidates. i would consider the libertarian party or constitution party candidate though.

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    • ShyLow
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:29pm

      If Obama gets relected…blame yourself for not voting for the only one that could beat him

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    • TRONINTHEMORNING
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:41pm

      I appreciate you answering; though I find the logic troubling. If you want to paint a house red that is blue, you have to start somewhere. Brush stroke after brush stroke. You may need more than one coat. It takes time and effort. If you don’t pick up the brush and put it in the red paint, the house stays blue. I‘m a simple man and that’s my simple logic.

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    • Br@dley
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:36pm

      when a country‘s debt exceeds it’s GDP, there is no time for half measures sir.

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    • P8riot
      Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:18pm

      @BR@DLEY – agreed, but are half measures better than no measures? In other words, is a RINO better than a Progressive?

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  • Guitar Master
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:07pm

    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
    THE REPORTER Speaks
    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

    Today, in an interview on GBTV, Rick Santorum was asked by Glenn Beck whether he would shut down the Federal Reserve. His answer was “no.” Do most people in this country believe that the Federal Reserve has a stranglehold on the U.S. AND world economy – handing out billions in bail-out money to private entities?

    He did not answer several key questions directly which was very telling.

    He said that he didn’t have to be a “team player” if elected president. It’s a contradiction because he would have been a part of the Republican “team” that got him elected. It shows how phony Rick Santorum really is.

    The “team player” comment came about during the Arizona debate when asked about his support for Arlene Specter during Specter’s campaign for re-election. When asked why he backed Specter, Santorum said, “sometimes you’ve got to be a team player!” If you remember, Specter changed his political affiliations when he confronted the fact that he would lose as a Republican so he changed over to the Democratic party.

    So what else do you Santorum supporters need to know?

    A vote for Santorum is a vote for MORE OF THE SAME !!

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    • godlovinmom
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:04pm

      I‘m wondering if you watched the whole interview because that’s all you got out of it…I thought Mr. Santorum was very genuine…in his answers and his mistakes…I know I’m forty eight years old and have changed my position many times on things….what I got out of this interview is someone who deeply cares about our country and I agree with him on most things talked about today…as far as Karen Santorum…I can see her as First Lady…what a change from Michelle :)

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  • disenlightened
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:01pm

    Santorum caught in a big lie.

    Arlen Specter is calling Rick Santorum out. He told the Boston Herald today that Santorum lied in the AZ debate when he said he and Specter had made a deal regarding Supreme Court nominations in exchange for Santorum’s endorsement of him for re-election. He say’s they never spoke. Specter:

    “He is not correct,” Specter said. “I made no commitment to him about supporting judges. That would have been the wrong thing to do. As chairman of the committee I supported Roberts and Alito because I thought they were qualified for the job. But I made no deal.”

    Santorum flat-out lied last night. And Specter’s vote gave us Obamacare.

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    • the58thstate
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:25pm

      so specter isnt? or could he just be a lib now and doesnt want rick to win. im thinking he’s just a lib.

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    • Uranium Wedge
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:30pm

      So blame Specter.

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    • edmundburk
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 9:54pm

      it’s pretty bad when Romney supporters take the side of a progressive RINO(spector) over a man of proven charater(santorium)!

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  • Kathleen3
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:52pm

    I’m starting to question why I am paying GBTV $10/mo to listen to non-stop Rick Santorum endorsements.

    Anyone who had the misfortune of interacting with Santorum when he was PA’s senator knows this man is a political careerist and ruthless Party operative who conducts himself more like an adolescent boy who was rejected by the varsity Vs a dignified, mature future leader. I find it reprehensible when people such as Santorum hide behind the mantle of God and religion in order to achieve their sinister goals.

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:00pm

      Funny how all these statements that Santorum is using have been proven to be out of context. TeaPartyForRomney.com has already proven them wrong even the rhetoric against RomneyCare. Santorum needs to find actual problems in Romney’s record instead of using this recycled garbage and misquotes.

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:04pm

      Same here. I’m paying $5 and haven’t watched in weeks because GBTV and his radio show are just infomercials for Santorum now. I won’t be renewing next year.

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    • mikee99
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:54pm

      I have a hard time with that also. The reason I have kept listening is because Glenn is so right on so many other things. I wish he would tone down the Santorum stuff though. I thought he promised never to endorse a candidate?

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    • Morgan Hopson
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:16pm

      ://www.wtae.com/r/7821894/detail.html

      I cancelled mine sub ends on the 25th. I am with you Beck used to be right about so very much. But he has so pro Santorum and Anti Paul I had to cancel. I know Glenn has his reasons for not liking Paul. but to me the 9/12 and the Tea Party was all about restoring the constitution. He used to be against the big Union guys. As soon as he started pushing Santorum not that he did, but to me it felt like he had sold out. Santorum is a big government, big spending, social conservative. Who has a very shady history to say the least. When I was able to find that Santorum had started a charity and about 70% of the donations went to his lobbyist, and political agenda: That was when I felt either Glenn had a huge lapse in vetting, or he had sold out. I want to believe it was just bad vetting. I hope it is. Yet, I cannot support GBTV when it is used as a bully pulpit for Santorum. Who with little research can be found to be if not a crook extremely spooky.

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  • Br@dley
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:52pm

    how about his anti-personal liberty stance?
    http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/10456-rick-santorums-take-on-libertarianism-vs-conservatism

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  • TerryDo
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:52pm

    Santorum forgot to add one of his own important words : And these words are the only truth!

    snippet— Today, former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) announced his endorsement of Governor Mitt Romney.
    “Governor Romney has a deep understanding of the important issues confronting our country today, and he is the clear conservative candidate that can go into the general election with a united Republican party.” BOSTON, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/

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  • David Pipkin
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:51pm

    Since when is it an “attack ad” to use a candidate’s own words and record, in context? Reagan ran aggressive and forceful campaigns, and the force behind them was truth. When he represented an opponent’s position or record, he did so with accuracy. In this political climate, we cannot be afraid to shine the light of truth on fakes. Romney is a fake, and he is a dirty politician to boot. He misrepresents his opponents’ positions and statements – truth is not a barrier or a guide. He is everything we have come to loathe in politicians.

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:03pm

      That is the problem, they are out of context, that is when it is negative slanderous campaigning, that is the problem we have the Romney’s superPAC, but not with Romney’s own campaign. This comes directly from Santorum’s campaign and it is his ads in the past that have been full of lies. Again TeaPartyForRomney.com has proven this.

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  • Smokey_Bojangles
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:51pm

    Gee,Which of these 2 democrats should I vote for?

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    • TerryDo
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:44pm

      I would say go for the white Obama the black one failed miserably… So much for affirmative action.

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  • Br@dley
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:50pm

    how about santorum’s words regarding his pro-choice position.
    http://www.businessinsider.com/santorum-in-1995-i-was-basically-pro-choice-all-my-life-until-i-ran-for-congress-2012-2

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  • qpwillie
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:49pm

    Oh lookee, the Paulbots are here!!! Poor things, they see progressives in their coffee cup in the morning.

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    • Br@dley
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:53pm

      morons label people they can’t debate.

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    • TRONINTHEMORNING
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:58pm

      The ignorance of Paul supporters is astounding. Just heard on Mark Levin, Ron Paul ranting on a 1980′s episode of Downey, Jr.’s tv show. I mean Levin is getting the facts out on Ronnie, baby.

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    • Br@dley
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:01pm

      you take levin’s propaganda as gospel, then question the intellect of others.

      wow.

      pot, meet kettle.

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:02pm

      @Br@dley

      I’m sure you mean things like calling them “morons” when you say “label”.

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    • ShyLow
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:04pm

      Paul Suppoters on one side,big government loving progressives on the other

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:07pm

      @TRONINTHEMORNING

      The Paulies probably call Mark a progressive.

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:07pm

      @TRONINTHEMORNING
      I‘d respect Levin’s opinion more if I knew he wasn’t pimping for Santorum like Beck and Limbaugh, but he is.

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    • TRONINTHEMORNING
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:09pm

      @BR@D.

      No, I don‘t take Levin’s comments as gospel unless you are referring to the correct definition of ‘gospel’ which is ‘good news’. And it is good news to ‘out’ that Paul fella with all of his baloney. Hopefully, thinking people will wake up about the congressman. He is no conservative.

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    • Br@dley
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:09pm

      i didn’t label anyone anything, only a hypothetical entity.

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    • Br@dley
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:11pm

      if you define conservatism as amall government (as i do) he is the most conservative republican since freaking goldwater. are you insane?

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:11pm

      @ShyLow

      You Paulbots are not “supporters. A supporter is someone who prefers one candidate over others. Someone who believes that there is only one person on earth who can save the world is called a “worshiper”.

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    • Br@dley
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:18pm

      yet i bet you will be at the next glen beck cult rally, “restoring (fill in the blank)”.

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    • ShyLow
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:24pm

      QP Who is your canidate again?.. Pretty sure it must be Obama

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    • justangry
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:24pm

      I seen that interview Tron. You have to admit his positions haven’t changed since then. Notice how he talked about drug money funding terrorism way back then?

      Anyway, here’s a link to the interview.
      http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ron+paul+morton+downey&mid=FB0697BBAB956956A194FB0697BBAB956956A194&view=detail&FORM=VIRE1

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    • justangry
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:28pm

      QPWILLY, and every other Santorum groupie out there, the reason us “Paulbots” see progressives everywhere is we read. I’ve taken some quotes out of my old history books and web about the progressive era. Tell me how it’s different from Ricky’s social platform.

      “Progressives believed that the family was the foundation stone of American society, and the government, especially municipal government, must work to strengthen and enhance the family”

      “At the local level, many Progressives sought to suppress red-light districts”

      “Progressives’ confidence in the utility of government for regulating the economic and SOCIAL environment led them to use it to control behavior. Support for Prohibition and other government suppression of vice and immorality boomed.

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    • justangry
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:31pm

      Continued

      “The result was the development of a “national police power” to protect the safety, health and MORALS of the people. The United States Constitution nowhere expressly delegates the authority to enact such police regulations to the Nation government, but advocates of progressive national legislation offered two main justifications. Both relied on a nationalist rather than states-rights interpretation of federalism. “

      “Early interpretations of the Progressive Era dwelled on political and diplomatic goals, but in reality the movement was a broad-based cultural and even religious phenomenon. Most progressive leaders came from Protestant and often clerical families, they had learned Christian moral principles from an early age, and they tended to assume that sin was somehow at the core of social problems. Sin implied sinners; sinners needed to repent; and thus the period comes increasingly to look like a massive revival effort, with journalists, professors, lawyers, social workers, and clergy exhorting their audiences in sermons, secular or otherwise.”

      Do I need to continue? GB’s interpretation of Progressive is short-sighted because he jumps around too much. Rick is a progressive. Today Social Conservative platform IS, in fact, progressive.

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  • tired of taxes
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:49pm

    Rick is a good choice for Ameica, the others would do as well but I like Rick.

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:45pm

    There isn’t much difference between the two,both are big government progressives who haven’t said a word about slashing spending which seems odd to say the least since spending is the problem.

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  • ShyLow
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:45pm

    They are both progressives that suck a$$

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:44pm

    Excellent ad. By the way, you kids should tune into Mark Levin right now; he is explaining; quite well, the Ron Paul silliness. I love how Paul called Santorum a ‘fake’ as Ron is tied with Romney as truly the least conservative in that gang of 4 candidates.

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    • Br@dley
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:55pm

      memorizing talking points isn’t knowledge sir.
      you seem to have a fundamental lack of understanding of what conservatism really is.

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    • ShyLow
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:00pm

      Santorum’s true thoughts of the tea party… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3TVoVqvt74

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    • TRONINTHEMORNING
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:00pm

      You are wrong on that statement, sir–or madam. Ron Paul is a follower of that fellow, Rothbard; and he was truly a non-conservative. Read all about it!

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  • lcallday
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:42pm

    Hang in there Rick! You have friends in Michigan.

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  • Psychosis
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:34pm

    if its true, how is it a negative add ???????

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    • CatB
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:39pm

      Check!

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    • CatB
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:39pm

      Using ones own words … I hope they do the same to Obummer SOON!!!

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:07pm

      It is a negative ad when it is not in context. Look at how they are all clips. It is like all those 6 second clips of Romney on YouTube, are they too afraid to use the whole clip, it definitely isn’t about saving time.

      And I thought it was Santorum whining about Romney’s PAC doing the same thing on him, wait they didn’t use his words, they used his voting record. Actions speak louder than words.

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  • PJL
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:34pm

    Oh My, is that an attack ad? Rick don’t cry when you get the same.

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    • mikee99
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:41pm

      Exactly, what gets me too is that the blaze has bias towards Santorum. They are so great about other issues, just not the nomination process for some reason.

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    • P8riot
      Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:26pm

      If I was Romney I would simply have a black background with a slow zoom-in on a sweater vest. Enough said. lol

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  • bikerr
    Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:30pm

    Why is it called “negative” ad?. If it speaks the truth it then maybe is negative?(for the one being quoted in the ad).

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    • cripplecreek
      Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:33pm

      Looks like truth to me.

      Santorum will be getting my Michigan vote.

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    • P8riot
      Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:25pm

      @cripplecreek – looks like there are fewer and fewer of Santorum supporters in Michigan -

      Today on Drudge:

      “The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Republican Primary Voters in Michigan shows Romney with 40% of the vote and former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum with 34%.”

      Romney will be getting my Arizona vote.

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