Alright, I changed the blog ad on the front page. Until a few minutes I go, I refered to Rick Santorum as a Senator from Virginia.
It was intentional.
I guess I was being too cute by half.
But please read on so you can see the point of the (R-VA). Rick Santorum made his way into public office by slamming his opponent for living out of state, and in a shocking development--Rick Santorum has not lived in PA for some time now.
Hypocrisy? I hand my head in the extended entry.
Here is the best overview I can give. From the
Pittsburgh Post Gazette:
The two-bedroom house that the Santorum children called home for education purposes and that gives Mr. and Mrs. Santorum the right to vote in Pennsylvania lacks an occupancy permit. And the property tax break from the homestead exemption claimed by the Santorums on the Penn Hills house is allowed under law only if the dwelling is their "permanent home." [...]
It's a strange case of political turnabout. In his initial House race against Rep. Doug Walgren in 1990, challenger Santorum attacked the incumbent from Mt. Lebanon for buying a house and raising his children in McLean, Va. Now Rick Santorum of Leesburg, Va., is saying that he is and he isn't a resident of Pennsylvania.
Basically, he claims to own a 2 bedroom home in PA, but has a wife and six kids. Frankly, they don't live there. Period.
Yeah, it's a whole to do--a lot more to it. Here is the google search results for Rick Santorum Lives in Virginia
Anyway, like I said--two cute by half. I wrestled with the question in a practice effort in early Kos Diary this week: Here is why I kept it in, responses like this:
i got it (none / 1)
and it is fricken hilarious. keep it up there.
Yeah the revolution starts now..So what you doin' standin' around? -Steve Earle
by juls on Tue Feb 22nd, 2005 at 16:48:04 PST
Don't! (none / 1)
Trust me, Tim. Don't [change it]. Go here- www.progresspittsburgh.org and check out the forum. P2 is looking at a 10,000+ Progressive voting block. You're going to get attention when you stand up to Santorum.
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by sheabriana on Tue Feb 22nd, 2005 at 16:49:25 PST
Third Senator from Virginia (none / 0)
Thanks for reminding everyone that Rick santorum no longer actually lives in Pennsylvania. The hypocrisy is that when he ran for Congress, he criticized his opponent for having moved there!
by PAprogressive on Tue Feb 22nd, 2005 at 17:38:52 PST
People are throwing things at me in the office today--even the DNC emailed us to "correct my mistake."
But you all can bail me out! Do two things, please?
1.) Visit our website and sign up!
3.) Keep this diary alive -- Seriously, the DNC emailed us to talk smack about my "typo."
Anyway, just wanted to let everyone know that it is in the process of being changed--I made the update, its a matter of time.
Tim