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Unconscionable act
In 2005, Santorum repeatedly demanded that Schiavo be kept alive against the wishes of her husband. "We need to do something to stop this unconscionable act on the part of the Florida Court," he said. "Terri Schiavo is a daughter, a sister, and most importantly, a person. We cannot allow an innocent person to be put to death." Santorum even used his position as a US senator to get Congress to subpoena the judge in the case. (The judge ignored Congress.) And most memorably, Santorum paid a visit Schiavo in the hospital when all the nation was watchinga visit, it turned out, made possible by Walmart's private jet and coinciding with a fundraiser of Santorum's.
http://motherjones.com/politics/2012/01/rick-santorum-terri-schiavo-new-hampshire
FSogol
(45,525 posts)WingDinger
(3,690 posts)Sickening fucking hypocrites.
Bluerthanblue
(13,669 posts)....?
"Terri Schiavo is a daughter, a sister, and most importantly, a person. ..."
zbdent
(35,392 posts)annabanana
(52,791 posts)remind everyone about this mess:
Quantess
(27,630 posts)So that's where that came from!
zbdent
(35,392 posts)as spelled out in the second picture ... the sign right above the light blue one ...
Hell, the cop doesn't even have riot gear on ... I guess he wasn't being "threatened" by a bunch of peaceful, seated liberals.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)linked to the Schaivo fiasco.
This needs to go viral. Get it out there in the blogosphere, send it to all the Corp medias.
SG
Blue Owl
(50,494 posts)And emboldened my commitment to never spend one goddamned cent at that fucking store with its Santorum-stained corporate jet.
Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)What a sanctimonious, self-righteous slimy scum bag.
His whiney voice and ferret face make me want to barf.
SG
VWolf
(3,944 posts)The more I learn about Santorum, the more he resembles .... santorum.
BumRushDaShow
(129,440 posts)Even people in the Pennsyltucky region realized he went too far. Bob Casey, Jr was elected by a landslide to replace him:
2,392,984 (58.64%) to 1,684,778 (41.28%)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania,_2006#Results_3):