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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDebate Fact Check: Santorum Waffles on Title X
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/debate-fact-check-santorum-waffles-on-title-x/Rick Santorum may have had a I voted for it before I voted against it moment Wednesday night.
In response to an assertion by Mr. Paul that he had voted to fund Planned Parenthood, Mr. Santorum said: As Congressman Paul knows, I opposed Title X funding. Ive always opposed Title X funding. He quickly added, But its included in a large appropriation bill that includes a whole host of other things. Here the audience started to boo.
Technically, Mr. Santorum was saying that he opposed Title X funding not that he voted against it but he was implying that he had voted against it. Then when he said it was included in a larger bill, the audience cried foul.
Title X, by the way, is the major funding vehicle for family planning programs. It was signed into law in 1970 by a Republican president, Richard Nixon, who declared, Contraception for all.
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Debate Fact Check: Santorum Waffles on Title X (Original Post)
cal04
Feb 2012
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Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)1. Santorum Waffles?
That is seriously disgusting.
Ilsa
(61,656 posts)2. Gag. What do you top them with? nt
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)3. Santorum - that is the topping.
Mmmmmm think I'll stop at the I-hop.