Santorum Attacks Bush, Obama and Romney Over GM and Chrysler Bailout

Another day, another presidential candidate of the Republican Party remembers the 2009 U.S. automotive industry bailout and declares his disdain by saying that both the country and the carmakers would be better off without it. So what else is new?

Well, Rick Santorum managed to attack not only President Barack Obama, but also his predecessor in the White House, George W. Bush and “fellow” Republican candidate Mitt Romney – all during the same speech he made at the Detroit Economic Club today.

Predictably, Santorum, like Romney, said that both General Motors and Chrysler would be “alive and equally as well, or better off, than they are now," adding "the markets would have reacted to restructure it to be more competitive.”

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