Rick Santorum explains unemployment remark [View all]
Source: USA Today
In a presidential election where the economy is the No. 1 issue, Rick Santorum's comment on the eve of the Illinois primary that the nation's unemployment rate "doesn't matter to me" stood out.
Mitt Romney pounced on it, and Santorum admitted he wished he had a "do-over." The GOP presidential hopeful clarified his remarks Monday night during a rally in East Peoria, Ill., and again in radio and TV interviews.
Santorum explained that his point when he said "the campaign doesn't hinge on unemployment rates" is that the government needs to focus on what causes joblessness.
"The fundamental issue that's causing the unemployment, that's causing the economic distress in our country, is the fact that the government is imposing its will and mandating things on people and creating a yoke on top of businesses that makes it hard to employ," Santorum said last night on Fox News.
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"Explaining your remarks" is like explaining a joke; if you have to, you might as well not bother.
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