Great editorial slap at Rick Santorum.

[Dave Reynolds]

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06146/693291-192.stm

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Before every election, the Post-Gazette routinely sends letters to the candidates seeking material for the Voters Guide. Back in March, as part of that process for the primary, the newspaper sent a letter to Rick Santorum at his home address, at least the one that he claims. Back from Penn Hills came the letter with a sticker from the U.S. Postal Service checked as "Not Deliverable As Addressed -- Unable To Forward."

That is all you need to know about the nasty dispute between the Republican Sen. Santorum and his Democratic opponent, Bob Casey Jr., in the November election. The whole thing is rooted in one inconvenient fact for Sen. Santorum: He doesn't live here anymore.

This is not to say that he doesn't visit Penn Hills from time to time. But while he may meet the legal requirements for residency, his home is in Virginia with his wife and children. This is well-known and it has been for quite a while. Indeed, it was at the heart of the objection by some Penn Hills residents to the local school district paying for the senator's children to be enrolled in a cyber charter school. The theory was that -- let us emphasize it again because it is central to the current problem -- he doesn't live here anymore.

thus endeth the snippage.

[Redstone]

1. And yet they vote for him. That's a sad commentary.

Redstone

[Dave Reynolds]

2. I like to call them "R-zombies".

Must make mark by "R."

drool

stumble

[Redstone]

8. Don't I know what you mean. They're such sheep, and like sheep,

don't even realize what sheep they are.

Redstone

[Lib Grrrrl]

12. HEY

you forgot...

knuckle drag

[Dave Reynolds]

14. And

grunt

spit

stumble again

[MADem]

3. SLAP? That was a Three Stooges style slap-a-thon!!!

And it's friken brilliant!!! And BRUTAL!!!!

...First, the couple criticizing Sen. Santorum have denied a connection to the Casey campaign, an assertion confirmed by Mr. Casey. (Perhaps Sen. Santorum thinks that just being a critical Democrat makes people "operatives.")

Second, no one has admitted to trespassing on the Santorum property or peering through windows. The KDKA report merely quoted Mr. Vecchio as saying the house was vacant, with no curtains or furniture. But you wouldn't have to be a trespasser to find that out; you could ask neighbors -- or the local mail carrier. After all, the senator's absence is not in serious dispute because he doesn't live here anymore.

Mr. Casey described Sen. Santorum's claims as "weird" and "bizarre." Actually, they are beyond weird and raise serious questions about the senator's ethics that go beyond the residency question. In a letter to Mr. Casey, he speaks of his "outrage" regarding the actions of the Casey campaign "which have put our six young children at a serious safety risk."

Though that suggestion is far-fetched to the point of absurdity, it would be a potential source of fear only if the senator actually lived in Penn Hills, but -- let us repeat one last time -- the Santorum family is at no risk because he doesn't live here anymore and the family is in Virginia most of the time. So what we have is the senator making untrue and outrageous comments while seeking to hide behind his wife and kids ... We have a feeling that those who do live here may have something to say about this cowardly tactic at the November polls.

[Dave Reynolds]

7. I enjoyed it immensely.

I live a long way from Pennsylvania, but Senator Frothy-Lube really needs to move on to the private sector.

[saltpoint]

10. Agreed. Preferably to the private sector in the Seychelles.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Hopefully his Senate office address will be vacant come November,

and occupied by a man named Casey.

[Canuckistanian]

6. I hope he has the office fumigated first

The place must be covered in sanctimonious Santorum ooze.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. Probably cheaper to build a new office, with all Rick's built-up crud

[MADem]

11. Well, Casey won't necessarily get the same office

It's a seniority thing. Former governors and Reps go ahead of people who run without previously holding office, and they establish a pecking order. If someone ahead of Casey on the list wants Snotorum's office, they get first dibs...

[blm]

5. I hope Penn folks support the Post-Gazette - buy a subscription - it's the

last obective paper left in Penn. RW actists nought up the two Philly Papers last week. Philly folks should subscribe to Post-Gazette.

[Cha]

13. How sweet that would

be if the two Philly papers only got the bushite business and everyone else went for the real news.