I want every talk radio host, rightwing pundit and Republican voter who thinks for one second that Rick Santorum is an actual conservative to watch this video, digest it and understand what a joke this guy really is.
For the last half century, being a conservative in the United States, first and foremost, meant adhering to the Goldwater-Reagan philosophy which views government in wholly negative terms. Barry Goldwater believed anything the Constitution did not give the federal government the authority to do, it should not do. Ronald Reagan said: “Government is not the solution to our problems, government is the problem.”
This is basic American conservatism 101. And it is basic American conservatism that Santorum rejects. Listen to him admit it:
The only candidate in this race who even talks about the proper role of government, the inherent evil of government, and the importance of it only performing its constitutional functions is Ron Paul.
Simply yelling at Democrats does not a conservative make. That so many in the Republican Party and the conservative media actually accept and promote Rick Santorum as a conservative reflects a party and a movement that is entirely ignorant of its own history. It is also the reason big government persists. If Santorum is the standard bearer for the GOP, conservatives no longer agree with Reagan that “government is the problem” only that Republicans can do a better job of managing big government. Mitt Romney undoubtedly believes this. Santorum obviously does too.
Ron Paul is the only conservative in this race.
Source: Paulitical Ticker with Jack Hunter. Video by "jecarter4"
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