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Santorum Defends Robocalls To Democrats
Hugh Pickens writes "The LA Times reports that Rick Santorum defended his robocalls urging Democrats in Michigan to vote in today's critical primary, a tactic that has come under withering criticism from rival Mitt Romney as a 'terrible dirty trick' and a 'new low for his campaign.' Santorum says he reached out to Democratic voters, who can vote in the primary, to show that 'we can attract voters we need to win states like Michigan,' and noted that the former Massachusetts governor has wooed Democrats in the past and used Santorum's own words endorsing him in the 2008 race on a robocall of his own. 'I didn't complain about it. I don't complain. You know what, I'm a big guy. I can take it.' Romney crossed party lines himself to vote for Paul Tsongas in the 1992 Democratic primary over Bill Clinton in order to cause mischief for the general election. 'In Massachusetts, if you register as an independent, you can vote in either the Republican or Democratic primary,' said Romney, who until he made an unsuccessful run for Senate in 1994 had spent his adult life as a registered independent."
Sadly, it's that opinion (which I broadly share) against math, and math is going to win. If you want to get rid of the two party system, you have to make a structural change. Something like partisan voting for the House, or a preferential system or some such. But as long as we are first past the post, only a two party system is stable.
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Aw, would you listen to the gibberish they've got you saying, it's sad and alarming.
You were designed to alert schoolchildren about snow days and such.
Well, let's get you home to Frinky. Hope your wheels still work, bw-hey.
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Guess which American President has killed more Jews via drone strike than Hitler? Barack Obama. Almost certainly true (though I have no actual data to back it up), and absolutely certainly meaningless. What, exactly, are you trying to get across here?
Aye, there is. spreadingsantorum.com/
Of course, he hasn't actually started any wars on his watch, unlike, say... every other US President going back to Carter. (No, a handful of drone strikes in Libya and Somalia don't count.) He did end the war in Iraq and is ending the war in Afghanistan. He got Bin Laden with a minimal incursion that didn't become a full-blown invasion.
He's talking tough on Iran, but is showing no signs of actually planning for a military operation there. The budget cuts to the military show that.
Reality conflicts with your fear-mongering and false equivalency.
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