Jack Kerwick from the New American website wrote a good article about GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum stating he's no conservative. Now it's true that Santorum's been a stickler when it comes to supporting the pro-life position for the most part and his opposition to gay marriage, however, he admitted during the GOP presidential debate in Arizona that he supported funding for Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood provides contraceptives and provides for abortions. The actions by Santorum when he was a Senator was inconsistent with his pro-life stance.
Kerwick presents a list of positions that Santorum took as Senator which in turn supported the growth of big government such as his support for "No Child Left Behind" in 2002, Medicare Part D, which provided for prescription drug coverage in Medicare, which in turn expanded Medicare. He also supported his former colleague, Arlen Specter, a Republican at the time during Specter's re-election campaign in 2004. Specter was a supporter of abortion rights for women. Santorum explained that the reasoning behind supporting Specter was that Specter was the next in line to become head of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2005 and Santorum felt he would be play an instrumental role in pushing for George W. Bush's judicial nominees in the Senate Judiciary Committee at the time. Santorum was a big spender. He supported earmarks and even voted for the bloated farm bill that then-president George W. Bush signed in 2002.
To read the details about the legislation that Santorum supported while he was U.S. Senator, click on the link above.
Alexander B. Cummings