So if Santorum is “ultra-conservative” does that make Obama and Lauer and the rest “ultra-progressive liberal”??? And yeah, Lauer, Americans DO are about the social issues and the fact America is turning into Sodom and Gamorah….
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NBC’s Matt Lauer didn’t exactly throw out the welcome mat for possible presidential GOP contender Rick Santorum as, on Tuesday’s Today show, he questioned the former Republican Pennsylvania senator if his “ultra-conservative” stance on social issues is “the message people want to hear right now?”
Throwing the results of the latest NBC News poll at him Lauer pressed: “65 percent of people said they are most likely to vote for a candidate in 2012 who is strong on the economy, on the deficit, on jobs, not social issues. That’s really not what they are concerned about. So are you, are you barking up the right tree?”
For his part Santorum did not shirk from the conservative labeling as he proudly asserted: “I’m a conservative. Yeah, I mean I believe life begins at conception and I believe marriage is between a man a woman. And, you know, I think the law should reflect that morality which is pretty much the collective morality of most people in America. I don’t know if that makes me ultra-conservative, so be it. It, it makes me stand up for the values that I think built this country and made it strong.”
Later on in the interview, a mischievous Lauer tried to stoke a little Republican-on-Republican fight as he asked Santorum about some recent comments he made about former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
LAUER: Sarah Palin is one of the, the potential candidates polling ahead of you right now, although she’s not accepting a lot of the traditional invitations that are given out at this time of year for people thinking about running. At one time you said, quote, “I have a feeling she has demands on her time and a lot of them have financial benefit attached to them.” What did you mean by that?
Santorum brushed the question aside as he responded: “That she’s like, like the rest of us. We have to provide for our family, we have to, you know, care for our family.”
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