{"id":5299,"date":"2011-12-27T09:16:56","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T14:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5299"},"modified":"2011-12-27T09:16:56","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T14:16:56","slug":"santorum-pandering-for-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5299","title":{"rendered":"Santorum pandering for votes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/Boston\/politicalintelligence\/2011\/12\/rick-santorum-topped-with-nra-cap-reaches-for-conservative-vote-iowa\/cR6BenHqdFDGonOkgeOH4N\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">it&#8217;s Rick Santorum&#8217;s turn to pander<\/a> for the gun vote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Republican presidential candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ricksantorum.com\" target=\"_blank\">Rick Santorum<\/a> sought to underscore his conservative credentials today with a shotgun-toting pheasant hunt alongside a conservative congressman whose endorsement could sway votes in next week\u2019s Iowa caucuses. \u00a0Dressed in blaze orange with a baseball cap stitched with the letters \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nra.org\" target=\"_blank\">NRA<\/a>,\u201d Santorum told reporters after bagging at least four birds: \u201cI make the argument that there\u2019s nobody who\u2019s done more for the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" target=\"_blank\">Second Amendment<\/a> and been stronger on that issue than I have.\u201d &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s great Rick, but all your sucking up won&#8217;t amount to anything <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5281\">if you don&#8217;t get on the ballot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D5299&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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