Rick Santorum Signed Up 3-Year-Old Daughter For A Lifetime NRA Membership

[kpete]

And for all that noise & effort, Romney’s well-publicized duck behind his wife’s mommy-skirts was only the second most pathetic family-related pandering by a GOP candidate this week!:

Speaking at the NRA Convention today:

"Karen and I are life members of the NRA and we wanted to announce today that I talked to Chris and now Bella is a life member of the NRA too. And I hope it's a long life."

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/rick-santorum-signed-up-3-year-old-daughter-for-a
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/04/14/early-morning-open-thread-willard-got-nuthin/

[Scuba]

1. NRA (and other organizations) use this tactic to inflate membership rolls.

[BeyondGeography]

2. Way to use your child

Asshole.

[Ecumenist]

3. Gracious, that's sick. That poor girl has a terminal genetic illness and all her pa thinks about

is using her for political one-upmanship? Wow, just Wow.

[cali]

4. All of my sympathy for that piece of shit re Bella's illness and recent hospitalization

just evaporated. Fuck that disgusting sick piece of shit and his disgusting piece of shit of a wife. I don't give a flying fuck how much those shitbirds say they love her; they're using her in the slimiest possible way.

I can't overstate my revulsion over this.

[hayrow1]

15. Coming from a liberal, western renaissance background, it is often virtually impossible

to comprehend the baseness and pure evil of most Republican politicians and many Democratic politicians.

[PA Democrat]

5. What an ass. Santorum used the costs of caring for Bella as an excuse

for his paltry charitable donations. But he has money to buy a lifetime membership to the NRA for a child with a fatal disorder.

In 2010, President Obama gave 14.2 percent and presidential candidate Mitt Romney gave 13.8 percent of their income to charity. Santorum gave only 1.76 percent, or $16,289, of his $923,411 income to charity. Newt Gingrich gave 2.6 percent of his $3.1 million income to charity and Ron Paul has refused to release his tax returns.

"We always need to do better," Santorum said. "I was in a situation where we have seven children and one disabled child who we take care of. She's very, very expensive. We love her and we cherish the opportunity to take care of her, but it's an additional expense. We need round-the-clock care for her and our insurance company doesn't cover it so I have to cover it.

http://www.christianpost.com/news/rick-santorum-explains-his-low-rate-of-charitable-giving-70799/

[wandy]

6. Words fail me. I can only say this......

Rick Santorum. You disgust me.

[Turbineguy]

7. Good thing

it's not called the National Sword Association.

[wendylaroux]

8. His poor daughter

I'm glad she doesn't know her fathers character. So sad.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

9. I read about this yesterday as well

Thought it was kind of odd but then again this is RICK SANTORUM we are talking about. Seems pretty consistent with what we've come to expect of him. Seems like a pretty shameless political ploy involving his ailing daughter if you ask me.

[Iggo]

10. Now she's a registered gun owner.

Oh wait. They're against that, right?

[madaboutharry]

11. I think he is a very disturbed person.

[liberal N proud]

12. Nothing like force feeding your kid

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[MrMickeysMom]

13. Is this the same special needs daughter that was just re-hospitalized?

Is this (P)Rick's attempt to avoid how well his health care plan serves his daughter? Or, is it better to see how he can use her to serve the NRA, who, come to think about it, might do a little something for the moths coming out of his empty campaign wallet?

Santorum is a fucking looser.

[Fumesucker]

14. In the future Republicans will sign their fetus up for lifetime NRA memberships..

Immediately after their wife's every period..

[jillan]

20. You know how when a baby is born the parents immediately fill out paperwork for a ssn?

(social security number).

I wouldn't be surprised Republicans fill out NRA papers for that child at the same time.

[Paladin]

16. Sick, Shameless Bastard. (n/t)

[BlueIris]

17. Jesus.

World's. Sickest. Man.

[11 Bravo]

18. What? No Carry Concealed permit!? Santorum must hate the Second Amendment!!

[jillan]

19. What a horrible man using his sickly, special needs daughter to make a political statement.

In my eyes, this is despicable.

[Spazito]

21. Geez, he is one sick POS...

[MineralMan]

22. He never fails to disappoint, does he?

Using his sick kid to promote himself. Feh!

[TheCowsCameHome]

23. ....and the attendees have a collective orgasm.

way to go, dad.