Columnist Mike Argento of the York (Pa.) Daily Record made a point, and made me laugh:
Santorum was speaking about the NSA fishing expedition into our phone records when he said, "I don't think it's an invasion of privacy." ... So I called Santorum's office.
... I figured, if Santorum doesn't think the government collecting all of our phone records violates our privacy, he certainly wouldn't mind giving me all of his phone records so I could analyze them and put them in the paper.
More:
I'm sure his phone records are a lot more interesting than mine. I only call for pizza now and then. He's probably calling lobbyists and fundraisers and, maybe, 1-900 numbers to phone lines where you can talk dirty to Rin Tin Tin.
And the conclusion of the column:
Either Santorum doesn't really understand the meaning of the word "privacy."
Or he thinks he's entitled to it, while you're not.
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If you have two Democratic senators and a Democratic House member, then I am envious of you!! :-)
(Even though I live in GOP-leaning Central PA, I have a Democratic congressman, and I think in a few months I'm going to have a Democratic senator too -- Bob Casey.)