Red State: The Elephant in the Room

[Patricia M. McBride]

I don't know about you, but I don't know about you, but I don't want a team player who goes against their principles. I want someone who stands by their principles even when it is really hard to do, because you are badly outnumbered!  I am very disappointed in some of what was said at the debate the other evening...............how do you feel?

Friday, February 24th

He was the elephant in the room, so to speak, at the CNN Debate in Mesa, AZ. And this issue is why Campaign 2012 on the Republican side is so depressing.

The he is George W. Bush. And the issue is that Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney spent most of the debate campaigning against George W. Bush without using his name.

They went after each other on earmarks, spending, No Child Left Behind, Medicare Part D, the debt ceiling, and on and on. Santorum apologized for some votes. He defended some votes. Mitt Romney had the temerity to suggest he would have opposed some or all of that legislation even though, at the time, he was quite supportive of it all — including raising the debt ceiling. All of these were George W. Bush approved, adding also TARP and the auto bailout. They are also issues about which many conservatives and conservative organizations sold their souls to the Republican Party in the name of team work, damn the principles at stake.

Relatedly, it was entirely laughable for Rick Santorum to claim courage as the word that describes him best when he then went on to say he cast his votes against his principles because he was a team player. Just listen to the audio right here. At least he did not do what Romney did and try to claim himself an advocate of school choice, which Mitt Romney did not support as Governor of Massachusetts. Santorum, at least, is willing to recount his political sins honestly.

And that is what is so awful about this election season for so many conservatives. Santorum, Romney, and Gingrich are campaigning against major accomplishments of the Bush Administration that they, at the time, supported, and now have the audacity to lie to us — yes they are lying — and have us believe they would never have supported such big government programs.

READ MORE HERE:  http://www.redstate.com/erick/2012/02/24/the-elephant-in-the-room/

[tamara stephenson]

I like that Ron Paul can't be bought off by any special interest group.  Ron Paul speaks the truth and is consistent about his beliefs because he can afford to do so.  The rest (Repubs and Dems) cannot afford to be true to his/her beliefs because then the money will stop flowing.

[Patricia M. McBride]

Yes, Roma and he is the same person who thinks Iran is just a small country........what kind of damage can they do.  Give me a break.

[Peggy Hall]

Let's face it, at this time, no matter who is the nominee, it's hold your nose time again.