Rick Santorum digs at Obama: "We don't need a weatherman-in-chief"
Former Senator Rick Santorum criticized the Obama-Clinton foreign policy team and underscored the need for an experienced wartime president, as he addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday.
"Thanks to the Obama-Clinton foreign policy team, we have gone from a policy of peace-through-strength to a policy of lead-from-behind," Santorum, a potential 2016 presidential contender, said to the crowd of conservatives. "And it has been disastrous for the American people."
Santorum used the opportunity to criticize the Obama administration's claim that global climate change is the greatest threat to American security. "We don't need a weatherman-in-chief," Santorum stated. "We need a commander-in-chief to run this country."
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With regards to the president's approval overseas, Santorum mentioned that one of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior advisors told him that the United States must elect a "wartime president" in 2016. "We need someone with real experience to rebuild our military," Santorum said.
On the issue of ISIS, the former member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee cited his warnings from about 10 years ago of the rise of radical and extremist terror groups. He reminded the crowd that he was called, "everything from Chicken Little to a war monger." The former Senator spent eight years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and delivered his Farewell Address to the Senate in 2006 about the "gathering storm of the 21st century."
In addition to speaking about his time in the Senate, Santorum recalled his 2012 presidential campaign. "Back in 2012, I wasn't for Common Core. And today, I'm still not for Common Core," said Santorum, as he drew approval from the crowd.
"I won because I stood for someone: the little guy. And if we're going to win in 2016, we need to stand for the little guys, too."