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| Santorum was Nick Named "The Rooster" back in College ... Crowed About His Iowa Win !!! |
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| Santorum thinks Global Warming is "junk science" |
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Richard John "Rick" Santorum was born May 10, 1958 is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives (1991-1995) and the U.S. Senate (1995-2007).
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As a Senator, Santorum was the chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, making him the third-ranking Senate Republican from 2001 to 2007..
Santorum is considered both a social and fiscal conservative. He is especially well-known for his strong social conservative positions, his role in enacting welfare reform, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act in 1996, and his views on U.S. foreign policy towards Iran.
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Santorum was born in Winchester, Virginia, and raised in Berkeley County, West Virginia, and Butler County, Pennsylvania. He is a son of Aldo Santorum (1923-2011) and his wife, Catherine Santorum (née Dughi, born 1918). His father was an Italian immigrant, originally from Riva del Garda, Italy, and his mother is of half-Italian and half-Irish descent.
Both of Santorum's parents worked at the Veterans’ Administration (VA) Hospital in Butler, and the family lived on the VA hospital post. His father became licensed as a clinical psychologist in August 1974.
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Santorum earned a B.A. in political science from the Pennsylvania State University in 1980 and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981 ...
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Santorum and his wife, Karen Garver Santorum, have seven children. Karen is the author of a book on etiquette for children. Santorum and his family usually attend Latin Mass at Saint Catherine of Siena Church, near Washington, D.C.
His "nick name" throughout high school and college was "The Rooster" ...
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Santorum is a G W Bush Clone ...
If You liked G W You Will Love Santorum ...
During the Bush administration, Santorum was just as much a poster boy for big government as the president. Throughout Dubya’s debt-doubling agenda — No Child Left Behind, Medicare Plan D, you name it ... Santorum was completely on board. And for that entire period, the Republican Party was completely off course.
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Santorum has been successful in spending as many taxpayer dollars as the Democrats by seeking right-wing refuge in his pro-life, pro-gun, and anti-gay marriage positions.
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Bush, but there’s no denying that he doubled the national debt while in office and significantly grew the size of government. A vote for Santorum is a vote for continuing to grow the debt, and the size of government, though maybe more slowly than Obama has done.
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Santorum's Positions ...
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Would Bomb Iran ...
Santorum would call upon Iran to open its facilities to international inspection and begin to dismantle them, and that if Iranian leaders did not comply, he would bomb the weapons sites.
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For Long Term Occupation of Iraq & Afghanistan ...
Santorum is a supporter of the War on Terror and shares the views of neoconservatives and the Bush doctrine in regards to foreign policy. He says the war on Terror can be won and is optimistic about the U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan for the long-term.
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Thinks Global Warming is "Junk Science"
Santorum thinks Global Warming is "junk science" and has supported a policy of "Drill everywhere" for oil ...
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Stand On Abortion ...
Against abortion, homosexual marriage, stem cell research, cloning.
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Santorum On Immigration
Santorum has been a consistent supporter of US immigration laws. He opposes benefits for illegal aliens, comprehensive immigration reform, and supports a border fence and making english the national language. However, he has hinted at providing some method of "dealing with" those already in the US.
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Santorum on the Supreme Court ...
Santorum "If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual (gay) sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything,”
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Santorum On China - Wants To Drastically Reduce Chinese Imports...
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Santorum is highly critical of the current administration’s handling of China, citing the country’s perceived timidity in the face of China’s aggressive rhetoric, especially in regional matters. He believes that the country has a moral duty to battle China’s brand of ‘godless socialism’ (actually Communisum Not Socialism).
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In the House, Santorum opposed NAFTA and offered legislation to impose steel tariffs. He wanted to tax imported honey and Chinese imports.
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Santorum believes that over the latest 60 plus years the Chinese Communist Part has been marred with lies, wars, famine, tyranny, massacres, and terror. Chinese culture and beliefs have been crushed and destroyed and that Chinese people even today, continue to die from torture and abuse in prisons and slave labor camps.
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Newt takes the traditional GOP approach !!! That is he believes that we can improve China by trading with them and exposing them to the Western world of freedom. *** Are you kidding me it is our money that is growing China and destroying democracy ... Might as well stick a "Going Out of Business" sign on the U.S. ... .
Attracts Female and Young Voters Based on His Looks Alone ....
