Rick Santorum Mocks Mitt Romney

TUCSON, Ariz. — Rick Santorum is mocking Mitt Romney as a "Johnny come lately to the conservative cause."

Ahead of Wednesday night's GOP presidential debate in Arizona, Santorum told a tea party gathering in Tucson that Romney proposed a lower corporate tax rate only after Santorum had done so.

The crowd of 400 laughed and clapped when Santorum said America doesn't need a leader who has been "a well-oiled weather vane."

The former Pennsylvania senator urged Arizonans to support a courageous conservative rather than politicians who tell voters what they want to hear.

Santorum aimed his sharpest barbs at President Barack Obama. He said the president's economic plan is "more food stamps and government dependence."

Arizona's presidential primary is Tuesday.

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[NILDATX]

01:21 PM on 02/23/2012

Emperor Obama is against The Constitution, on religious freedom, and is stepping on the Catholic Religious Group throat and on others Christian groups. The Catholic women who favor the contraceptives and abortions must be honest enough to buy their own protection or go to work some other place to work. because they are an embarrassment for Catholics members. There are many faithful Catholic women desperate for a job within the Church and those hypocrite usurpers are out of place. Kathryn Sebelius and Nancy Pelosi and other Congresswomen, Judas of our time, should have the decency to leave the leave the Catholic Church and stop embarrassing other Faithfull members.
Independently of their believe they all are accountable to God, The GIVER of LIFE.
Independent. Replays are deleted.

[freedom1947]

10:31 AM on 02/23/2012

Don't rock the boat, let the Pubs choose this fool to run against Big O.

[Karissa36]

08:53 PM on 02/22/2012

Santorum doesn't get it. Waffling on issues is the best attraction for voters that Romney has. It suggests he might back off from the kookball side into something remotely approaching reasonableness. Stranger things have happened.

[Opinionsallaround]

03:17 AM on 02/23/2012

Perhaps, but waffling has its bad side.

An amusing YouTube video that addresses Romney's waffling:

http://youtu.be/LFzlAqqo2Mc

[freedom1947]

10:28 AM on 02/23/2012

State of Virginias politicians?

[SaucyD]

08:29 PM on 02/22/2012

.....and, cue the video of Santorum as BOASTING about being liberal....

http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/when-rick-santorum-touted-his-liberal-record

[Andythelawyer]

07:59 PM on 02/22/2012

Why are Republicans giving Santorum a pass on his class warfare?

[TranceAnd]

07:26 PM on 02/22/2012

This little man is soooo angry! Chill Rickster.

[Jill in NYC]

06:53 PM on 02/22/2012

Somebody need to give this clown a rap in the yap and send him to bed with no supper. He acts like he four and a half years old.

[alto2]

06:44 PM on 02/22/2012

"Courageous conservative" Rick
Wants to be the GOP pick.
To capture the base,
His flaws to erase,
He's laying it on pretty thick!

[prodemlib]

06:35 PM on 02/22/2012

another silly statement from the guy who will NEVER be president.

[Hoimeez]

06:31 PM on 02/22/2012

Rick Santorum is mocking Mitt Romney as a "Johnny come lately to the conservative cause."

Rick always comes early.

[Hvartski]

06:36 PM on 02/22/2012

It can't be early enough for the Vatican.

[Stephen Stafford]

06:30 PM on 02/22/2012

I would have been put on punishment had I engaged in all this name calling when I was growing up. He sure has been on quite the roll, engaging in all manner of name calling for the last several weeks.

I don't have a good reference point for name calling as a successful problem solving approach. Might not be one.

[Skunkman]

06:27 PM on 02/22/2012

Rick Santorum will show you his medical license, and sack of bones feathers and other ju-ju to practice on women. On men? Oh, right, top of the line medical degrees only! Amazingly, we have a potential candidate who pre-dates Martin Luther in his views! (and medical practices for women, after they're properly chained to their male masters.

Mike:

[carbec]

06:26 PM on 02/22/2012

After hearing the 2008 Sanctimoron speech in which he said Satan had taken over all our institutions, including academia, Protestant churches, government and politics, he is toast. I wouldn't mind him holding on longer in order to reveal more of his krazy religious views, but he is going into some states wherein people have a modicum of sense.

[ryker88]

06:35 PM on 02/22/2012

How the heck did he get this far? When we go back and examine some of the downright bizarre things he has been saying for years now, it is frightening that he is so high in some polls. Even some members of his own party are calling him out. I would really like to see a study on the types of people who are supporting him.

[jjhrams]

06:25 PM on 02/22/2012

lil ricky...i love it!

[wutzurbeef]

06:22 PM on 02/22/2012

Hmmm... grabs Bible... mocking.. M0CKING.. here it is : Galatians 6:7
"Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one SOWS, that will he also REAP."