Santorum: I made Medicare 'mistake'

Here's hoping that this clown fades from memory quickly.

Hmmm! I voted yes, but I should have voted no! Sound familiar? Did not the right blast the left for this on another issue? He voted yes because his party ordered him too! He does not control his actions, he is a puppet of his party!

I don't think Rick will even make it to the Iowa primary. Let's consider him the first contender to fall by the wayside.

I think many Republicans will see "Jesus" and start saying they will do everything to protect medicare and social security. Just wait and see after they all toss their hats in the ring one will be against all the social cutting plans and gobble up the independent and some Republican votes...and hopefully grab the GOP nod.
But we know that we can trust them when he says he'd do anything to stop the cuts in the popular programs...but we know what we can expect...more cuts.

To little too late... These losers seem to think we will forget how much off the books crap they passed during the Bush lite years.

Putting mayo on a sandwich instead of the mustard you wanted is a mistake.

A $60 Billion program is not a "mistake," it's pandering to his corporate masters.

It'll be interesting to see how many of these clowns fall on their asses while backpedaling from this.

That's the entire article, no need to use the link unless you want to read the Politico comment thread.

God no. Every time I read a Politico comment thread I am so grateful that Newsvine has moderation and *doesn't* allow fancy fonts/colors and embedded graphics (or even sig lines).

I think we should have paid for it, that was not an option on the table at the time I voted for it,"

why didn't he make it an option, that is what amendments are for.

His partial voting record on medicare and medicaid

Look like if it was for the individual he voted against it if it was for the benefit of the big companies he voted for it.

He voted for higher tax burden on small business.

If nothing else, the rhetoric (yep, from both sides) has become predictable, while the slide toward insolvency continues. And the whole mess is gonna get much worse before it gets better.

Chris Wallace is a shamless 'pub-sucking hack.

Rick Santorum has said some incredibly hateful, ignorant and demeaning things about homosexuals and non-Christians.

In fact, his publicly-voiced views on these issues have pretty much defined Santorum over the past few years.

Did Wallace give it the slightest mention yesterday on Fox Sunday? Hell no. Bunch of softballs to make Rick seem like a normal, socially-sane person who just wants to talk about the budget.

The sh*t that Republicans are putting forth in the name of "budget concerns" is sickening and about as anti-American as you can get.

"I would say that that was a mistake," Santorum told "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace when asked about Medicare D, which adds abut $60 billion to the deficit per year.

Medicare made a mistake, Rick Sanatorum's mother... smile :-)

The GOP created the huge deficit they handed over after 8 years under the Bush administration and now we have one politician admitting they created it.

It was the GOP who took the Clinton balanced budget and did exactly what Santorum is admitting, the GOP spent it on ridiculous bills that even now Santorum admits was wrong.

The GOP just supported anything Bush wanted even if it was the wrong thing to do.

Santorum is only admitting what most GOP politicians don't have the courage to admit.

The GOP sent the country downward with their spending, leaving the deficit for someone else to deal with.

Yet Santorum now admits this, but still blames the current administration for the mistakes the GOP made.

I think American voters made a mistake. By electing our bad joke of a president. . . one Barak H. Obama -- in the first place! Hopefully a mistake which will not be repeated in 2012.

Rick Santorum: "I made a mistake in voting the Republican way"

Santorum didn't just make a mistake, he IS a mistake-a big one, made by his parents.

Let's not forget that America's Accountant, Little Paulie Ryan, voted FOR Medicare Part D, too.

Now Ryan is the raging Fiscal Conservative Budget Hawk with the Grand Plan to Save the Republic.

Santorum is an A**Hole. However this should not be surprising news about a fanatical Roman Catholic who blames sexual abuse by Catholic priests on liberalism. Check it out for yourselves.

Santorum claims priests were affected by liberals "preaching" about sexual freedom and so on. Santorum and other politicians of his ilk blame everything on the so called Liberals and progressives. Getting an anal retentive like this for President would be a disaster.

This should not be surprising news about a fanatical Roman Catholic who blames sexual abuse by Catholic priests on liberalism. Check it out for yourselves.

Santorum claims priests were affected by liberals "preaching" about sexual freedom and so on. Santorum and other politicians of his ilk blame everything on the so called Liberals and progressives. Getting an anal retentive like this for President would be a disaster.

Rick is a feastering boil on the ass of humanity, whose lack of self control, and accountability is undeniable truth he and his supporters lack the integrity required to run a laudry mat.

If it were not for Part D my wife and I could not afford our medication. The major mistake about it was in not allowing negotiations with the pharmacy companies. The cost could probably be cut by at least a third, and maybe by half if Medicare were permitted to negotiate for lower prices.

Santorum: I made Medicare 'mistake'

What about these mistakes you assclown?

He did not make a mistake in voting for it. The mistake should be and must be shouldered by the present administration. The bill's intention is good. The bill's intent and purpose is clearly identified.

The administration made a mockery of the bill's intent by making compromises and revisions that made that intent a waste of time and energy. They made it such that the bill is not implementable in it's present state without incurring substantial loss. It is the administrations job to make sure that the bill can be initiated and then implemented to attain an efficient and financially stable grounds. They miserably failed to do this. The Neville Chamberlain of the United States, the great compromiser had seen to that. He made himself look good by having the bill passed even knowing that by doing so in it's present state it was nothing but a smoke that can dissipate once enough air is blown into it.

Santorum did not make a mistake. However his comments now shows he himself does not understand what he is signing for and for a legislator it shows incompetent performance with an effort to hide his mistake by declaring he should have done otherwise.

Santorum is a lying sack of dirt. He voted for Bush's plan proudly. Of course, if Obama was the president, he would have voted against it. It is like everything else in today's Republican party. You're for any whack-a-doodle idea proposed by any tea party conservative, and you are against anything (even something you believe in) if a Democrat proposes it. This isn't ideology, its hypocrisy of the highest order. Santorum may be hypocrite in chief.

sanitarium, asylum, or whatever the hell this clown's name is, has made an even more egregious mistake: he is running for an office he is neither likely to win nor, if a miracle should occur, able to fill competently.