I don't agree with Rick Santorum on a lot of things. I respect his opinions on most social issues since it's easy to tell that they're sincerely held and, unlike a lot of people who express those feelings, Santorum is more than willing to walk his talk. But I disagree with those opinions all the same and that alone would likely preclude my ever voting for him.
However, there have been a number of times in the debates where I have spoken to friends afterwards and said something that I never thought I would say: Rick Santorum is the smartest guy up there. Whether it's defending the fundamental fairness of a progressive system of taxation, or his belief that corporate tax breaks are best when targeted at those businesses actually capable of leaving the U.S., Santorum sounds like he's actually put some care and thought into his proposals.
However, there have been a number of times in the debates where I have spoken to friends afterwards and said something that I never thought I would say: Rick Santorum is the smartest guy up there. Whether it's defending the fundamental fairness of a progressive system of taxation, or his belief that corporate tax breaks are best when targeted at those businesses actually capable of leaving the U.S., Santorum sounds like he's actually put some care and thought into his proposals.
If you put aside the positions on social issues which are dictated by his faith, Rick Santorum comes off as being pretty reasonable. At least, as reasonable as it seems to get in the GOP these days. He's the Mike Huckabee of the 2012 cycle. He won't win, but the process will have been better for his participation. And that's something we can't say about too many of the others.
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Mr. Howell? No.
Professor Brainard? No.
Mr. Mom? Yes.
Contraceptive sweater vest? Yes.
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?
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