The Record Speaks--Why Santorum by Donna Garner

“Why Rick Santorum?”

by Donna Garner
1.18.12

We support Rick Santorum as our Republican candidate for many reasons, some of which are that he has integrity, is honest, and has a strong moral compass -- just the type of person we need in the White House – someone whose word we can trust -- to lead America back to its former role as the respected leader of the free world.

Along with his personal qualities, I like the fact that Rick Santorum has a strong, conservative record in Congress that demonstrates he had the knowledge, personal communication skills, and political wisdom to be able to work effectively as a member of Congress for 16 years.  

One of the best ways to analyze Rick Santorum’s voting record is to look at the Interest Group Ratings while he was in Congress. Please go to this link:  http://www.votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/27054

SANTORUM’S PLAN TO CUT FEDERAL SPENDING

According to The Hill, 1.9.12,  Rick Santorum wants to cut federal spending by $5 Trillion over 5 years.

That is even more than the amount proposed by the House Budget Committee under conservative Paul Ryan --$1 Trillion over 5 years.

The  conservative House Republican Study Committee (RSC) has proposed $2.3 Trillion.

Rand Paul wants to cut $3 Trillion using the CBO's baseline as a comparison. 

Ron Paul has proposed a cut of $4.1 Trillion in 4 years.

To get to the $5 Trillion level of spending cuts in 5 years, Santorum wants the changes in Medicare proposed by Paul Ryan to be sped up; but the changes would only apply to retirees from 2022 onward.

NEWT

Newt Gingrich was a Congressman but exhibited such a lack of moral character that even Republican members who served with him have refused to support him for President.

ROMNEY AND PERRY

Mitt Romney and Rick Perry do not have a Congressional record because they have only worked at the state level as Governors. 

RON PAUL

Ron Paul certainly has no record of success in Congress.  According to non-partisan GovTrack.us ( http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400311 ), “Ronald Paul has sponsored 421 bills since Jan 7, 1997 of which 418 haven't made it out of committee and 1 were successfully enacted.” (This site appears to be quite current because it tracks bills filed as late as Oct. 20, 2011.)  

Since 1997 to the present time, Congressman Ron Paul has been able to build the required support for only one of his bills to pass.  Even worse, only three of his bills have even made it out of committee. This record demonstrates a startling lack of leadership on his part and reveals how little trust his fellow Congressmen have in him.  His record also explains why he has been nicknamed “Dr. No.”

Please go to the following link to read “Ron Paul and Obama – Dangerous Men”

by Donna Garner, 12.26.11: http://educationviews.org/2011/12/26/ron-paul-and-obama-dangerous-men/

SANTORUM VS. RON PAUL ON THE CONSTITUTION  

Please listen to the attached 4-minute interview with Glenn Beck in which Rick Santorum explains the differences between himself as someone who believes in the U. S. Constitution and Ron Paul who supports Libertarian beliefs.  

POSSIBLE CABINET PICKS BY RICK SANTORUM

Because Rick Santorum is a highly principled person with a well-defined moral compass, conservative voters could count on him to choose the same principled type of people to put around him in his cabinet and in his administration.  Just think how exciting it would be to have the following experienced experts to serve under President Santorum:

Michele Bachmann – Vice President or Department of Health and Human Services

Jim DeMint – Vice President or Office of Management and Budget

Mario Rubio – U. S. Trade Representative or U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations

Paul Ryan – Office of Management and Budget or Council of Economic Advisers

Rick Perry – Department of Agriculture

Herman Cain – Department of Labor or Department of the Treasury

John Bolton – Department of State, Department of Homeland Security, or U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations

John Ashcroft – Department of State or Department of Justice

Robert Scott (Texas Commissioner of Education) – Department of Education

Sarah Palin – Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, or Environmental Protection Agency

Mario Rubio – U. S. Trade Representative or U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations

Bobby Jindal – Department of Health and Human Services

Newt Gingrich – White House Press Secretary

*Not a complete list of appointed offices

To become familiar with Rick Santorum's positions on various issues, please go to the following link and https://www.ricksantorum.com/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=2&utm_source=RSGS100001&gclid=CM_405vE160CFW-HtgodnE6Wlg

Donna Garner

Wgarner1@hot.rr.com