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Mitt Romney wins Maine Caucus – Barely – or has he?

Republican Tea Party (GOTP) presidential bride’s maid Willard Mittens Romney barely – and I do mean barely – won Maine’s GOTP presidential caucuses giving his lagging campaign a very small – as in miniscule – but much-needed boost after losing three straight to Rick Santorum.

Mittens claimed the slim victory with 2,190 votes, or 39 percent, compared to 1,996 – about 36 percent – for Ron Paul, Rick Santorum received 989 votes and Newt Gingrich won 349.

But the “so what” of this victory only proves Mittens can eke out a victory in New England; so what he was the governor of Massachusetts after all. Which begs the question, how does Romney only manage 39 percent four years after he pummeled McCain in 2008 with a 51 percent of the vote victory?

Clearly there is a chink in Romney’s armor, and his rather presumptive claim to be the GOTP’s choice to face President Obama in the fall; fully 61 percent of Maine voters selected anyone but Mittens in a state a mere 20 + miles from his back yard; if can only barely win here, how is he supposed to beat the incumbent president? If he can’t get his own party to like him, how on earth is he ever going to convince the majority of independent voters essential for a Romney victory in November?

But what if Mittens hasn’t won in Maine where the caucuses began 4 Feb 12 and continued throughout the week, and where several communities elected to hold their caucuses at a later date due to severe weather Saturday?

Caucuses in Washington County, where the caucuses were postponed until 18 Feb 12 because of the weather had been told earlier by the GOTP Executive Director Michael Quatrano that county officials had been told the results of that caucus would not count toward the total.

Excuse me, but how do you figure?

I guess voter disenfranchisement is now the standard for the Romney campaign and the “hired guns” in high places in the various states, states like Virginia where Mittens is the only candidate allowed to appear on the ballot; it doesn’t show leadership when you claim a victory by a mere three percentage points when all of the votes haven’t been counted, and when the remaining votes are being thrown out. True democracy in action; yes sir, true democracy.

 
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Posted by on February 13, 2012 in 2012 Election

 

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Latest 2012 Presidential Polls – 10 Feb 12 (pre-Maine Caucus Conclusion) Edition

The current regular season records for the remaining four GOTP candidates are Santorum 4, Romney 3, Gingrich 1 and Paul 0; CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!? Santorum pulled the trifecta – the hat-trick! He swept all three on Tuesday!

Ricky pulled the surprise upset in the Colorado Non-binding Caucus with 40.2% of the vote and 13 delegates; Romney got 34.9% of the vote picking up 6; Gingrich got 12.8% and picked up 2 delegates, while Paul polled 11.8% and won a whopping 1 delegate.

Ricky also dominated in the Minnesota Non-binding Caucus where he buried Mittens with 45% and 13 delegates. Romney actually placed third behind Ron Paul; Paul garnered 27.1% of the vote and 4 delegates; Mittens won 2 whole delegates with an astounding 16.9% of the vote; placing a dismal last was Newton Leroy who took 10.8% of the vote for 1delegate.

In Missouri’s Primary – which awarded no delegates; those will be decided later with caucuses – Rick surged to victory (sending the opposition packing) with 55.2% of the vote; Romney25.3% and Paul came in third with 12.2%. Gingrich – the dimwitted former Speaker – managed not to be on the Missouri ballot.

Maine’s – week long – Non-binding Caucus with 24 Delegates concludes tomorrow and the last PPP (D) poll of registered voters conducted way back in October is likely to be a lot closer – especially where Santorum’s concerned, charging hard from behind Romney.

Michigan’s Hybrid Primary with 30 Delegates – 28 Feb 12; last Rasmussen Reports poll of likely voters conducted 01 Feb 12: Romney 38; Gingrich 23; Santorum 17 and Paul 14 with 8% undecided.

Arizona Winner Take All Primary with 29 delegates – 28 Feb 12; last Rasmussen Reports poll of likely voters conducted 01 Feb 12: Romney 48; Gingrich 24; Santorum 13 and Paul 6 with 9% undecided.

Super Tuesday (6 Mar 12)

Georgia Proportional Primary with 76 delegates; SurveyUSA poll of likely voters conducted 01 – 02 Feb 12: Gingrich 45; Romney 32; Santorum 9 and Paul 8 with 6% undecided.

Ohio Proportional Primary with 66 delegates; PPP (D) poll of registered voters conducted 28 – 29 Jan 12: Gingrich 26; Romney 25; Santorum 22 and Paul 11 with 16% undecided.

Virginia Hybrid Primary (Where the FIX is in and only Romney’s on the ballot) with 49 delegates; Quinnipiac poll of registered voters conducted 13 – 19 Dec 11: Gingrich 30; Romney 25; Paul 9 and Santorum 3 with 33% undecided.

Oklahoma Proportional Primary with 43 delegates; Sooner Poll of registered voters conducted 17 Nov – 16 Dec 11: Gingrich 33; Romney 14; Paul 4 and Santorum 2 with 47% undecided.

Massachusetts Proportional Primary with 41 delegates; PPP (D) poll of registered voters conducted 16 – 18 Sep 11: Romney 50; Gingrich and Paul 5 and Santorum 1 with 44% undecided

Vermont Hybrid Primary with 17 delegates; PPP (D) poll of registered voters conducted 28 – 31 Jul 11: Romney 26; Paul 7 and Gingrich 6 with 61% undecided

The Current GOTP Delegate Count is: Romney 90; Santorum 44; Gingrich 32 and Paul 13. An interesting thought is if Gingrich and Paul were to step out and throw their delegates to Santorum, there’d be a real contest; but the same could be said if Santorum did the same for Newt; Paul is inconsequential as he’s not a serious contender – meaning he has a better chance of contracting small pox than of winning the GOTP nomination, and frankly Newt’s heading that way now too.

The current GOTP Popular Vote Count is:

Romney 1,119,283

Gingrich 838,344

Santorum 430,753

Paul 305,797

Nationally the GOTP Nomination according to the latest Rasmussen Reports poll of registered voters conducted 06 Feb 12: Romney 34; Gingrich 27; Santorum 18 and Paul 11 with 10% undecided.

So, how does each of the Four Horseman of the GOPocalypse stack up against the President? The latest Rasmussen Reports poll of likely voters conducted 07 – 09 Feb 12, if the general election were held today:

President Obama 50/Romney 40

FOX News poll of registered voters conducted 06 – 09 Feb 12:

President Obama 51/Gingrich 38

President Obama 50/Santorum 38

President Obama 48/Paul 38

If the GOTP clown car had finally stopped spinning, and the general election was held today, Willard Mittens Romney would be the GOTP nominee, and he’d lose to President Obama in the general election.

 
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Posted by on February 10, 2012 in 2012 Election

 

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Is Romney lying or just ignorant?

Willard Mittens Romney recently said during a campaign appearance, “We are the only people on the earth that put our hand over our heart during the playing of the national anthem. It was FDR who asked us to do that, in honor of the blood that was being shed by our sons and daughters in far-off places.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OJ6vTTlM-Tc

Is Mittens really that woefully stupid on foreign policy that he really doesn’t know better – Mister “I single handedly saved the Salt Lake Winter Olympics”? Did he bother to attend any medal ceremonies? Or did you only attend the ones when Americans took first?

Late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel proves Romney’s statement is wrong:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzScCtSBe80

Here’s a few more examples as well:

Honduras

Bolivia

Brazil

China

Columbia

Croatia

Ghana

Italy

Japan

Peru

South Africa

Ukraine

Clearly Mittens was pandering to the far right uber-patriots by making America better than everyone else; it’s the typical conservative rhetoric; and as I said above, he either lied when he said it; or he’s a moron when it comes to knowing anything about other countries.

What’s next, America’s exceptional because we’re the only country that drinks milk?

Liar or ignoramus? Either way, it’s not very presidential; we did the liar route with Nixon, and the woefully ignorant route with W. We don’t need a repeat of either.

 
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Posted by on February 10, 2012 in 2012 Election

 

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Posted by on February 8, 2012 in 2012 Election

 

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Michele Bachmann thinks she was the “Perfect Candidate”?

The Huffington Post’s reporting that former Republican Tea Party (GOTP) presidential “never had a prayer of being the” candidate Michele “Krazy” Bachmann is trying to stay relevant weighing in on the remaining horses in the GOTP race declaring she – above all the others – “was the perfect candidate,” even after having her political butt handed to her in every debate and in every primary,

Asked by Bloomberg TV’s Al Hunt who of the remaining four candidates was the “most conservative,” Bachmann responded by including herself in the mix.

“I was. I was the perfect candidate,” Krazy answered absolutely straight faced. “America had their chance with the perfect candidate. But any of our candidates are going to be acceptable to the American people, and more than acceptable, because right now, if you look at the Gallup map that came out this week, President Obama is in big trouble all across the country.”

Clearly she hasn’t bothered to take the time to look at any honest electoral map, or she wouldn’t be so fast to say that, but then again this is Krazy, and she declared over and over again how any of the candidates could beat the President.

Bachmann also said she was happy with what the remaining candidates were saying on the issues she’d tried so hard to promote during her ill-fated run for the prize.

“Well, all of the candidates that remain — there’s four candidates that remain, and they are all for repealing Obamacare. They’re all for repealing Dodd-Frank. And I’m very grateful that they are.” she said.

Bachman’s crazy, she’s a loon and like Palin has no real credentials to have ever thought she belonged in the big leagues; she’s a mediocre Congresswoman who isn’t playing with a full deck, and her shrill voice isn’t missed on the debate stage.

If you’re feeling the need for the equivalent of water-boarding your brain, here’s her complete tortured interview: http://www.bloomberg.com/video/85700634/

 
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Posted by on February 7, 2012 in 2012 Election

 

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President would be frightened to debate Newt?

Just when you thought she’s slinked back into the hinterlands of the Great White North, former Republican Tea Party (GOTP) Queen, Sarah Palin continues to show her admiration for GOTP presidential has been Newton Leroy Gingrich, claiming he’s the one candidate President Barack Obama “would really fear having to debate.”

Of course this is also the woman Katie Couric stumped with such infamous “gotcha” questions as, “Name one Supreme Court decision you have a problem with”, and “What do you read to keep you informed”? But, hey, she can see Russia, and that makes her a foreign policy expert, at least where the “reds” were concerned.

In a recent “discussion” with Greta Van Susteren of FOX PAC (meaning the toughest question she was likely to face would be what she had for breakfast that morning), Palin said the President shouldn’t be looking to debating Willard Mittens Romney, because Newton would be the real danger in a debate.

“Well, I think that Newt Gingrich would be the toughest debater, debating ideas and solutions, and his experience as one who had learned through the Reagan revolution what true conservatism is, and how it is that with foreign policy we need to provide that peace through strength in our world, and how it is that we need to balance budgets and we need to slash budgets because we are going bankrupt, all those things that Newt has talked about in his campaign,” Palin said.

“I think that he could most brightly contrast himself against what Obama’s failed policies have done to this country through debates. So that’s why I say that Obama, I believe, would really fear having to debate Newt Gingrich.”

There’s just one major problem in the Ice Queen’s thinking, President Obama is never going to face Newton in a debate. In fact, Palin’s in La-La Land; her so-called “conservative” hero’s never going to win the nomination, and he never was; he’s a disgraced ex-Speaker, and serial adulterer and the rank and file of the GOP knows this. He’s not remotely electable, and outside of the “Deep South” – or apparently Alaska – where going to Cracker Barrel is a big night on the town, he polls horribly.

Please Sarah, do the decent – and humane thing – and return to the political obscurity from whence John McCain plucked you. Like Newt you’re not remotely qualified to be president, and you’re only slightly less qualified to recommend who is.

 
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Posted by on February 7, 2012 in 2012 Election

 

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Latest 2012 Presidential Polls – 06 Feb 12 (pre-Colorado and Minnesota Caucuses) Edition

The current regular season records for the remaining four GOTP candidates are Romney 3, Gingrich 1, Santorum 1 and Paul 0.

Romney buried the opposition in Nevada’s Proportional Caucus Romney 50 (14 delegates); Gingrich 21 (6 delegates); Paul 19 (5 delegates) and Santorum 10 (3 delegates).

Colorado Non-binding Caucus with 36 Delegates – 7 Feb 12; last PPP (D) poll of likely voters conducted 4 Feb 12: Romney 40; Santorum 26; Gingrich 18 and Paul 12 and with 4% undecided.

Minnesota Non-binding Caucus with 40 Delegates – 7 Feb 12; last PPP (D) poll of likely voters conducted 4 Feb 12: Santorum 29; Romney 27; Gingrich 22 and Paul 19 with 3% undecided.

Maine Non-binding Caucus with 24 Delegates – 11 Feb 12; last PPP (D) poll of registered voters conducted 28 – 31 Oct 11: Romney 24, Gingrich 18, Paul 5 and Santorum 2 with 51% undecided.

Michigan Hybrid Primary with 30 Delegates – 28 Feb 12; last Rasmussen Reports poll of likely voters conducted 01 Feb 12: Romney 38; Gingrich 23; Santorum 17 and Paul 14 with 8% undecided.

Arizona Winner Take All Primary with 29 delegates – 28 Feb 12; last Rasmussen Reports poll of likely voters conducted 01 Feb 12: Romney 48; Gingrich 24; Santorum 13 and Paul 6 with 9% undecided.

Super Tuesday (6 Mar 12)

Georgia Proportional Primary with 76 delegates; SurveyUSA poll of likely voters conducted 01 – 02 Feb 12: Gingrich 45; Romney 32; Santorum 9 and Paul 8 with 6% undecided.

Ohio Proportional Primary with 66 delegates; PPP (D) poll of registered voters conducted 28 – 29 Jan 12: Gingrich 26; Romney 25; Santorum 22 and Paul 11 with 16% undecided.

Virginia Hybrid Primary (Where the FIX is in and only Romney’s on the ballot) with 49 delegates; Quinnipiac poll of registered voters conducted 13 – 19 Dec 11: Gingrich 30; Romney 25; Paul 9 and Santorum 3 with 33% undecided.

Oklahoma Proportional Primary with 43 delegates; Sooner Poll of registered voters conducted 17 Nov – 16 Dec 11: Gingrich 33; Romney 14; Paul 4 and Santorum 2 with 47% undecided.

Massachusetts Proportional Primary with 41 delegates; PPP (D) poll of registered voters conducted 16 – 18 Sep 11: Romney 50; Gingrich and Paul 5 and Santorum 1 with 44% undecided

Vermont Hybrid Primary with 17 delegates; PPP (D) poll of registered voters conducted 28 – 31 Jul 11: Romney 26; Paul 7 and Gingrich 6 with 61% undecided

The Current GOTP Delegate Count is: Romney 79; Gingrich 29; Santorum 9 and Paul 8.

The current GOTP Popular Vote Count is:

Romney 1,088,064

Gingrich 824,645

Santorum 382,231

Paul 284,853

Nationally the GOTP Nomination according to the latest ABC News/Wash Post poll of registered voters conducted 01 – 04 Feb 12: Romney 38; Gingrich 24; Santorum 18 and Paul 14 with 6% undecided.

So, how does each of the Four Horseman of the GOPocalypse stack up against the President? The latest ABC News/Wash Post poll of likely voters conducted 01 – 04 Feb 12, if the general election were held today:

President Obama 51/Romney 45

President Obama 54/Gingrich 43

If the GOTP clown car had finally stopped spinning, and the general election was held today, Willard Mittens Romney would be the GOTP nominee, and he’d lose to President Obama in the general election.

 
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Posted by on February 6, 2012 in 2012 Election

 

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Latest 2012 Presidential Polls – 03 Feb 12 (pre-Nevada Caucus) Edition

The Republican Tea Party (GOTP) nominating circus continues, moving west young man, moving west! Willard Mittens Romney appears to be firmly ensconced behind the rubber wheel of the GOTP clown car.

The current regular season records for the remaining four GOTP candidates are Gingrich 1, Santorum 1, Romney 2 and Paul 0; clearly there are still issues as to whether the party wants Mitt, and if it will fall in line behind him should he eventually be the winner. Problem is, who would it run instead and how would it displace him?

Nevada Proportional Caucus with 28 Delegates – 4 Feb 12; a new PPP (D) poll of likely voters conducted 1 – 2 Feb 12: Romney 50; Gingrich 25; Paul 15 and Santorum 8 with 2% undecided.

Colorado Non-binding Caucus with 36 Delegates – 7 Feb 12; last PPP (D) poll of registered voters conducted 1 – 4 Dec 11: Gingrich 37; Romney 18; Paul 6 and Santorum 4 with 38% undecided.

Minnesota Non-binding Caucus with 40 Delegates – 7 Feb 12; last PPP (D) poll of likely voters conducted 21 – 22 Jan 12: Gingrich 36; Romney 18; Santorum 17 and Paul 13 with 16% undecided.

The Maine Non-binding Caucus with 24 Delegates – 11 Feb 12; last PPP (D) poll of registered voters conducted 28 – 31 Oct 11: Romney 24, Gingrich 18, Paul 5 and Santorum 2 with 51% undecided.

Michigan Hybrid Primary with 30 Delegates – 28 Feb 12; last Rasmussen Reports poll of likely voters conducted 01 Feb 12: Romney 38; Gingrich 23; Santorum 17 and Paul 14 with 8% undecided.

Arizona Winner Take All Primary with 29 delegates – 28 Feb 12; last Rasmussen Reports poll of likely voters conducted 01 Feb 12: Romney 48; Gingrich 24; Santorum 13 and Paul 6 with 9% undecided.

Super Tuesday (6 Mar 12)

Georgia Proportional Primary with 76 delegates; SurveyUSA poll of likely voters conducted 01 – 02 Feb 12: Gingrich 45; Romney 32; Santorum 9 and Paul 8 with 6% undecided.

Ohio Proportional Primary with 66 delegates; PPP (D) poll of registered voters conducted 28 – 29 Jan 12: Gingrich 26; Romney 25; Santorum 22 and Paul 11 with 16% undecided.

Virginia Hybrid Primary (Where the FIX is in and only Romney’s on the ballot) with 49 delegates; Quinnipiac poll of registered voters conducted 13 – 19 Dec 11: Gingrich 30; Romney 25; Paul 9 and Santorum 3 with 33% undecided.

Oklahoma Proportional Primary with 43 delegates; Sooner Poll of registered voters conducted 17 Nov – 16 Dec 11: Gingrich 33; Romney 14; Paul 4 and Santorum 2 with 47% undecided.

Massachusetts Proportional Primary with 41 delegates; PPP (D) poll of registered voters conducted 16 – 18 Sep 11: Romney 50; Gingrich and Paul 5 and Santorum 1 with 44% undecided

Vermont Hybrid Primary with 17 delegates; PPP (D) poll of registered voters conducted 28 – 31 Jul 11: Romney 26; Paul 7 and Gingrich 6 with 61% undecided

The Current GOTP Delegate Count is: Romney 65; Gingrich 23; Santorum 6 and Paul 3.

The current GOTP Popular Vote Count is:

Romney 1,071,274

Gingrich 817,420

Santorum 378,567

Paul 278,567

Nationally the GOTP Nomination according to the latest Gallup Tracking poll of registered voters conducted 29 Jan – 02 Feb 12: Romney 33; Gingrich 25; Santorum 16 and Paul 11 with 15% undecided.

So, how does each of the Four Horseman of the GOPocalypse stack up against the President? The latest Rasmussen Reports poll of likely voters conducted 27 – 29 Jan 12, if the general election were held today:

President Obama 47/Romney 41

President Obama 52/Gingrich 35

A new USA Today/Gallup poll conducted 27 – 28 Jan 12:

President Obama 51/Santorum 43

President Obama 49/Paul 46

As crazy as it still looks, clearly, on the electability scale Paul is the candidate who comes closest to actually being able to beat the President; that being said, if the GOTP clown car had finally stopped spinning, and the general election was held today, Willard Mittens Romney would be the GOTP nominee, and he’d lose to President Obama in the general election.

Speaking of the general election; the latest Electoral College figures are below, based on current available state polling, and once again, if the general election was held today these would be the results:

 
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Posted by on February 3, 2012 in 2012 Election

 

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Reasons Why I Can’t Vote for Romney (and yes this list will no doubt grow and need to be amended)

12 Jul 12 – Lied about when he left Bain Capital

23 Feb 12 – Lied about requiring Massachusetts’ non-profit hospitals to provide emergency contraception

01 Feb 12 – He claims he “Doesn’t Worry About the Poor

27 Jan 12 – Failed to Report Interest Earned in His Off Shore Accounts

27 Jan 12 – Lied about his Fannie and Freddie investments being in a blind trust

18 Jan 12 – Mittens Stashed Millions in Offshore Accounts

17 Jan 12 – Romney says $362,000 in Speaking Fees is ‘Not Very Much’?

11 Jan 12 – Romney doesn’t get it; believes class warfare is about envy

09 Jan 12 – Mittens vetoed contraception bill for rape victims as governor

09 Jan 12 – Mittens likes to fire people

05 Jan 12 – Mittens’ tax plan, steal from the poor and give to the rich

04 Jan 12 – Big Bird to get the boot under Romney

13 Dec 11 – Mittens bet Perry $10k during a debate

28 Nov 11 – Mitt flip-flops repeatedly

23 Nov 11 – Romney said false ad’s ok

14 Nov 11 – Mittens said he’d prepare for war with Iran

08 Oct 11 – Romney lied to cadets at the Citadel

22 Sep 11 – Mittens claimed to be middle class

06 Sep 11 – Mittens economic plan favors the rich over everyone else

11 Aug 11 – Mittens said corporations are people

05 Aug 11 – Mittens pledged himself to evangelical group

01 Aug 11 – Romney opposed deal on debt ceiling

06 Jul 11 – Mittens lied about the economy

 
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Posted by on February 3, 2012 in 2012 Election

 

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Dick Santorum says market more important than child’s life

Republican Tea Party (GOTP) presidential groupie Dick Santorum told the mother of a child with a rare genetic disorder that she shouldn’t have a problem paying $1 million a year for drugs because Apple’s iPad can cost around $900.

Speaking to a “huge” crowd of a couple hundred people in Colorado, Dick said demand should set prices for drugs.

“People have no problem paying $900 for an iPad,” the candidate explained. “But paying $900 for a drug they have a problem with — it keeps you alive. Why? Because you’ve been conditioned to think health care is something you can get without having to pay for it.”

First, you unfeeling dolt, an iPad costs about $500, and it’s a onetime expense; and second, that’s all you’ve got to offer as someone running for president? “Demand should prices for drugs”? What was the next line you were going to say? “If you can’t afford the drugs then perhaps your son should die and decrease the surplus population”? Perhaps Dick “in the sight of Heaven, you are more worthless and less fit to live than millions like this poor woman’s child!”

The mother replied she couldn’t afford her son’s medication, Abilify, which can cost as much as $1 million a year without health insurance.

“Look, I want your son and everybody to have the opportunity to stay alive on much-needed drugs,” Santorum insisted. “But the bottom line is we have to give companies the incentive to make those drugs. And if they don’t have the incentive to make those drugs, your son won’t be alive and lots of other people in this country won’t be alive.”

What’s that supposed to mean? I want your son to live, but we can’t have both? For the good of society it’s better to sacrifice your son’s life than ask a pharmaceutical company to make less profit? This is the classic uber-conservative religious zealot in action, oppose abortion, oppose contraception but once the child is born forget about it and place the entire burden of raising a child upon the head of the parent. No help from government, “that’s not government’s concern”.

“He’s alive today because drug companies provide care,” the candidate continued. “And if they didn’t think they could make money providing that drug, that drug wouldn’t be here. I sympathize with these compassionate cases. … I want your son to stay alive on much-needed drugs. Fact is, we need companies to have incentives to make drugs. If they don’t have incentives, they won’t make those drugs. We either believe in markets or we don’t.”

So, markets and corporations trump people in Santorum world? What if it was his family that didn’t have health insurance or couldn’t afford the meds his daughter needed? “Oh God! To hear the insect on the leaf pronouncing on the too much life among his hungry brothers in the dust!”

Santorum needs to crawl back into whatever dark, dank hole he slithered out of; he’s an embarrassment.

 
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Posted by on February 2, 2012 in 2012 Election

 

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