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    Rick Santorum

    Rick Santorum, a fiscal and social conservative and former two-term Republican Senator from Pennsylvania, kicked off his run for the presidency on Monday, June 6, on ABCNews’ “Good Morning America.” 

    In his formal announcement speech later that day in Somerset, Pa., he took aim at one of his favorite targets – President Obama’s health care reform.

    “Obamacare does something that no other entitlement has ever done and that is it obviously makes you buy something, but more importantly it’s the government for the first time is going to have its clutches to create dependency on every single American,” he said. “Not those on the margins of life, not those who are old or sick, but every single American now will be hooked to the government with an IV. And they will come to you every time they want to do more and say, well you want that IV, you want that health care, then you got to give us more power.”

    A GMA viewer asked Santorum “why, after being rejected by the people of Pennsylvania 59%-41% in his last Senate race, he thinks Americans would want him as their president.”

    “I didn’t back down on trying to reform the social security system,” Santorum told George Stephanopoulos. “I did some things that were very unpopular but if you look back at what I did and when I did it people can say ‘You know what, he may have lost but he didn’t flinch, he stood by what he believed in and continued to fight to the end.’”

    Santorum has been the most vocal -- and perhaps the most controversial -- on the socially conservative issues he is most passionate about: abortion and homosexuality. During debates about late-term abortion, he brought in large posters of fetuses on the Senate floor using graphic language to describe why he believed the procedure should be outlawed.

    Santorum, 53, and his wife Karen have seven children.

     

    Profile Details

    • Birthplace: Winchester, Va.
    • Family: Karen Garver Santorum (wife); Children: Elizabeth, Richard, Daniel, Sarah, Peter, Patrick, and Isabella
    • Religion: Roman Catholic.
    • Job before candidacy: Attorney,
    • Political experience: Has never run for presidency, served two terms in U.S. Senate.
    • Most recent book written: "It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good" (2006)
    Pros: Two terms in Senate, fiscal and social conservative.
    Cons: Lost Senate seat by 17%, too conservative for general election.

    More on Rick Santorum: He's hoping to surprise the field with a Mike Huckabee-style win in Iowa.


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    • ayaya  •  1 day 13 hrs ago
      ROMNEY SHOULD STOP LYING ... WE HAVE YOUR BAD RECORD HERE IN MASSACHUSSETTS:

      It is not just that you - Romney fire bread-winners, file bankruptcy and make money from it, take away money that your family amassed in Michigan to Switzerland, Cayman Island, offshore money laundering, but you also bully and shave people's hair when you dislike them. What did Romney do in Massachussetts as Governor?:

      Turns out, the Mitt Romney a lot of folks voted for back then never showed up to work. To jog your memory, here's a shortlist of what we endured while he was governor -- a stark reminder of what's on the line in this election:

      -- During Romney's tenure, Massachusetts was 47th out of 50 states in job creation -- and lost manufacturing jobs at twice the national average.
      -- Long-term debt increased by 16.4 percent, and Massachusetts had the largest per person debt in the nation. Romney even left a billion-dollar deficit at the end of his term.
      -- Taxes and fees went up $750 million per year -- and the state and local taxes owed by the average Bay Stater went up by $1,200 per person.
      -- The cost of a college education skyrocketed, and in Romney's second year, K-12 schools saw the second largest percentage cut in the nation on per-pupil education spending.

      We learned a lot about where Romney's priorities lie over those four years. While cutting taxes for wealthy people like him, Governor Romney raised fees that hit the middle class, vetoed a minimum wage increase, and even shipped jobs overseas.

      Now that he's locked up the Republican nomination, he's trying to Etch-a-Sketch all that history away.

      We can't let it happen. As Bay Staters, we have a special responsibility to hold him accountable to his record and make sure other Americans know the truth. If you thought he inflicted a lot of damage as governor, just imagine what he'd do as president.
    • Elphyndevil  •  Irvine, California  •  1 mth 1 day ago
      We miss you Rick the race is just not as funny with out you...
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    • Arthur  •  Sacramento, California  •  10 days ago
      Santorum; I am sending $5.00 Check because your a possible Homosexual; nevertheless Good Spirts, Jim Kimble said "...": "HOMOSEXUAL!..." $/\~/ Arthur B. Jaime Jr in SACRAMENTO, CA. 95815.
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