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Tinsldr2 Wrote: Nov 23, 2012 11:48 AM

Carlos7 Wrote: (11:34 AM) I'm talking Principle. .............. After the first few Primaries the only one left more principled or whose principles reflected mine better then Romney was Santorum and when compared to OBAMA the difference between them was small Like a guy I agree with 85% of the time and a guy I agree with 90% of the time compared to Obama who I agree with less then 5% of the time. On core PRINCIPLES I agree with Romney and so did Santorum. On Details and nuance there were differences. But smaller Limited Fed Gov? Strong national Defense? Low Taxes and Pro-economic growth? Lower Regulation? Secure borders? On those PRINCIPLES Romney and Santorum were both Right and Obama was wrong.

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anti-neocon Wrote: Nov 23, 2012 11:57 AM

both romney and santorum are pro-big government. santorum was as much the big spender as most democrats. you can not make us case, based on his track record that santorum was in any way a fiscal conservative.

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Carlos7 Wrote: Nov 23, 2012 11:51 AM

I only agree with Obama when he is asleep :-)

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Tinsldr2 Wrote: Nov 23, 2012 12:02 PM

Even a broke watch is right twice a day.....

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Romney Was Not the Problem

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