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• Rick Santorum is a Fake Conservative Who Worships Earmarks

  
  Truth Wins Out Blog — Authority: 517
  Presidential candidate Rick Santorum likes to claim he is conservative. Indeed, a slew of evangelical leaders endorsed him in Texas over the weekend because they said he was the most conservative candidate in the race.  However, the record reveals that Santorum is in love with Big Government. It has been well ...
  2 weeks ago

• Santorum Snorts at the Trough…

  
  The Ruth Group — Authority: 114
  The mighty reformer Rick Santorum turns out to have greatly enjoyed the cozy earmarks for donations trade during his time in the Senate.A review of some of his earmarks, viewed alongside his political donations, suggests that the river of federal money Mr. Santorum helped direct to Pennsylvania paid off handsomely in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Lake Champlain Basin Gauges Get Reprieve

  
  Spatial Sustain — Authority: 461
  In a telling news story of the times, the Lake Champlain Basin monitoring program nearly lost its funding and narrowly avoided being shut down. The program has received earmarked congressional funding for NOAA and the USGS to run monitoring stations through the efforts of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), which has recently ...
  2 weeks ago

• Weekly Wastebasket: Bridge on the River (St.) Croix

  
  carapace - Not your father's america — Authority: 131
    Volume XVII No. 2: January 13, 2012 Several lawmakers want Minnesota and Wisconsin to spend upwards of $700 million to build a bridge that will carry just 18,000 cars a day when it opens. To put this in some perspective, the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis — which collapsed in August 2007 — cost $234 million to ...
  2 weeks ago

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  American Freedom by Barbara — Authority: 129
  Rick Santorums Big Coal Buddies The "local" company Santorum brags about helping was a coal mining giant that gave him tens of thousands of dollars during and after his time in Congress. Rick Santorum likes to brag about how he helped a poor local company fight big, bad government regulations on ...
  2 weeks ago

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  American Freedom by Barbara — Authority: 129
  Santorum Won Earmarks AS DONORS GAVE By   MICHAEL LUO   and   MIKE McINTIRE Published: January 15, 2012 The announcements flowed out of  Rick Santorum ’s Senate office: a $3.5 million federal grant to Piasecki Aircraft to help it test a new helicopter propeller technology; another $3.5 ...
  2 weeks ago

• As Rick Santorum Secured Earmarks, 2006 Donations Flowed In

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 865
  Rick Santorum with his family at his concession speech after losing his Senate re-election bid in 2006.
  2 weeks ago

• The Caucus: Romney Moves to Blunt Santorum Surge in South Carolina

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 865
  Mitt Romneys camp may be worried about the potential for a Santorum surge again.
  2 weeks ago

• Catalogue firm N Brown earmarks 2,000 jobs with Simply Be store move

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 164
  http://www.mirror.co.uk/ Catalogue firm N Brown earmarks 2,000 jobs with Simply Be store move CATALOGUE giant N Brown has earmarked up to 2,000 new jobs with a high street expansion. published date:Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:52:00 GMT
  2 weeks ago

• Rick Santorum and his false strawman

  
  Beers with Demo — Authority: 464
  . In just over a minute and a half, Rick Santorum pretty much disqualifies himself for consideration for the G.O.P. nomination. He just doesnt get it with earmarks. Its not that earmarks were a signficant part of spending with respect to the entire budget, it is that they were an integral part of the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Ronald Paul Assails GOP Establishment

  
  United Liberty - Free Market - Individual Liberty - Limited Government — Authority: 593
  It’s not often that the media give Ronald Paul (R-Texas) a chance to speak. There were reasons, why I didn’t watch the second GOP debate on Sunday. Ronald Paul cleared the field on Saturday, he was the last man standing! After some initial tampering with his microphone, and pitch, he opened his arguments by ...
  3 weeks ago

• You Learn A Lot About Paul Supporters By Who They Denounce

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 142
  You know, it sure is funny. I write an article unspinning the spin that the military just loves Ron Paul what do I get? A bunch of angry Paulbots railing against me for using their own argument and methodology against … Continue reading →
  3 weeks ago

• More proof of Santorums big government record

  
  United Liberty - Free Market - Individual Liberty - Limited Government — Authority: 593
  Over the last few weeks, Rick Santorum has made it increasingly clear that he is not a libertarian. We already knew this. Last summer, Santorum expressed concern about libertarian influence inside the Republican Party, not just in terms of our views on social issues, but he seems to have rejected economic views in the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Here’s a Great Email From A Reader RE: Ron Paul

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 142
  Shirley writes what I think is a typical email from people who do not support Ron Paul as to why they do not support Ron Paul. All of these are things I have talked about before, but here it is coming from someone other than me. Continue reading →
  3 weeks ago

• Ron Paul Slays Newt: ‘When I was drafted, I was married and had two kids — and I went’

  
  InvestmentWatch: Emerging markets, Real Estate, Personal finance, Business management, Politics, Economics — Authority: 148
  By Emily Goodin - 01/07/12 10:57 PM ET Ron Paul returned to the spotlight Saturday night by attacking his rivals for the Republican nomination. The Texas congressman launched ferocious attacks against Rick Santorum, who has surged in the polls recently, and Newt Gingrich. Those two snapped back, leading to one of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Rand Paul Hurls Stones From His Dad’s Glass House

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 142
  I used to say of Senator Rand Paul that he was more reasonable than his father, Representative Ron Paul. I don’t know if I can keep saying that after his actions as of late where he is showing me that … Continue reading →
  4 weeks ago

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