Rick Santorum

It will continue to amaze me that anyone (other than Santorum himself) thinks that he should be the next President of the United States.   Below are a few “beauties” from "Frothy Mix”.

1. Annul same-sex marriages
2. I’m for income inequality
3. Contraception is a “License to do things”
4. Gay soldiers cause problems for people living in close quarters
5. Obama should oppose abortion because he is black
6. We don’t need food stamps because obesity rates are so high
7. Abortion exceptions to protect women’s health are phony
8. Health reform will kill my child
9. Uninsured Americans should spend less on cell phone bills
10. Insurers should discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions

Details on the above can be found here.

And he claims to be against big government!   As reported in the NY Times:

In the years before he lost his Pennsylvania Senate seat in 2006, Rick Santorum worked hard to win hundreds of millions of dollars in additional Medicare money for hospitals in Puerto Rico.   He sponsored at least two Senate bills and pushed to amend a mammoth Medicare overhaul to include the extra spending, which would have benefited Universal Health Services, a Pennsylvania-based hospital management company with facilities in Puerto Rico.   If it seems at odds with the small-government philosophy Mr. Santorum now espouses in his presidential campaign, it was in line with his legislative efforts to help businesses in his state.

And some of those businesses were happy to return the favor.

Within months of leaving the Senate, Mr. Santorum joined the board of Universal Health Services, where he collected $395,000 in director’s fees and stock options before resigning last year.   He also became a consultant to Consol Energy, after years of advocating drilling and extraction policies helpful to the company, a Pennsylvania gas and coal producer.   And he consulted for the American Continental Group, a lobbying firm whose clients won earmarks he sponsored.

On a personal note…it scares the hell out of me to think that his 5 children are home schooled.   That will just add 5 more wackos to the mix!

It also scares me how many GOPers in Iowa and New Hamsphire thought he should be in the White House!   It scares me…but he’ll never get there!   South Carolina...bring it on!