Mitt Romney’s Errand Boy, Ron Paul Calls Rick Santorum a ‘Liberal’
Liberal! It is without a doubt the most offensive term a conservative can visit upon a fellow conservative. But, dad gum, that’s exactly what Republican presidential primary candidate, Ron Paul, up and done to God-fearin’ Mr. Santorum. Called him a ‘liberal’ he did. And it ain’t the first time.
It all started back in the first week of January, maybe even earlier. I do know that on January 2nd, Paul told a CNN interviewer that Santorum was “Very liberal” and he’s been repeating that mantra ever since. Apparently Santorum missed most of the insults. Must have been busy chasing homosexuals out of his yard. Paul accuses ‘liberal’ Santorum of once voting for free drugs for senior citizens. You know; those seniors who aren’t multi-millionaire doctors. I’m not aware where that vote came from.
My thanks to the folks at a website called “On the Issues” for compiling a database on all the politicians and their stands on issues. I borrowed liberally from their excellent research.
While in congress, Santorum’s voting record on Medicare and other health issues bordered on third-world: No on expanding the enrollment period for Medicare Part D. No to increasing the Medicaid rebate for producing generics. No to negotiating bulk purchases for Medicare prescriptions drugs. No to $40 billion per year for a limited Medicare prescription drug benefit and No to allowing patients to sue HMOs and collect punitive damages. There were also a couple of yes votes. It was Yes to limiting medical liability lawsuits to $250,000 (10-day hospital stay and surgery?). Yes to a 2001 republican version of Medicare prescription drug benefits. A similar program was a total failure in Connecticut largely due to dust-ups with insurance companies.
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