Rick Santorum
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Rick Santorum is a former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, serving from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he was known for his conservative positions on social issues, including opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage. During his tenure, Santorum was involved in various legislative efforts, including those related to healthcare and education reform. He gained national prominence during his 2012 presidential campaign, where he focused on issues such as economic growth and family values.
The president of the United States can't cut one penny out of the social welfare system. He wants to cut a trillion dollars out of our military and hit our veterans, and that's disgusting.
We have a whole laundry list of things that Governor Romney has taken one position on in one race and another position in another race.
That just leads to timidity on his part and uncertainty and a lack of clear contrast between what we need in a presidential candidate.
Grandiosity has never been a problem with Newt Gingrich. He -- he handles it very, very well.
When he was governor of Massachusetts, he put forth Romneycare, which was not a bottom-up free market system. It was a government-run health care system that was the basis of Obamacare, and it has been an abject failure.
It's great that the economy is moving forward, but it's got, you know, a boot on the throat of the economy. It's called Obama's taxation, regulatory policy, and his continual beating up of people who try to create jobs in this country.
Rick Santorum opposes same-sex marriage. He favors a constitutional ban on abortion.
What are rules to President Obama? Why do -- he is such a -- he is such an important man. I mean, he's the president of the United States, isn't he?
I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money. I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money.
There's going to be a rematch. And we're going to -- we're going to go to New Hampshire and take -- and take him on. And you know we're going to -- we're going to run a campaign talking about my vision for this country.
If elected as president, Santorum says he would tell the Iranians to dismantle their nuclear facilities and make them available to inspectors. And if not, we will degrade those facilities through air strikes and make it very public that we…
I don't want to make a lot of people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money. I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money.
What I cared about with Terri Schiavo was to make sure that a judge looked fairly at the case.
I think what I'm telling you to do is to pick the more conservative of the candidates. And it's not to settle for something less than what you believe is the best. And yet sometimes the best isn't that great, but it's the best.
We are not looking for a chief executive officer for this country. We're looking for a commander in chief.
What I carried about with Terri Schiavo was to make sure that a judge looked fairly at the case.
I lost an election in the worst election year for Republicans in the history of our state.
I'm asking you to not settle for someone who -- as your nominee, who might be able to win the election, but the election would be a Pyrrhic victory. In other words, we wouldn't have a candidate who is going to be elected president who will…
We've raise more money in the last few days than we have in the last few months.
obviously, Muslims would be -- would be someone you'd look at, absolutely. Those are the folks who are -- the radical Muslims are the people that are committing these crimes, as we've -- by and large, as well as younger males.
This president has poisoned the well. He's campaigned all over this country, trying to divide group from group in order to -- to -- to win.
You've blown a hole in the budget up there and you've authored in Obamacare which is going to blow a hole in the budget of this country.
You just don't have credibility, Mitt, when it comes to repealing Obamacare.
You do not have the credibility as a Republican presidential candidate to take on Barack Obama on health care.





