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10 Responses to “60%.”

1. W Is Soft On Terror says:

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   That’s right. And he was a “yes” vote for Alito.

   When do Alito Impeachment proceedings start?

   February 26th, 2006 at 9:27 am

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2. TJM says:

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   What? Santorum keeps adding to the list of easy campaign ads for Casey. Earlier stories note that he and his wife like Starbucks and really like it that his PAC pays for it.
   Ever since Schiavo,it’s been all down hill.

   February 26th, 2006 at 10:03 am

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3. DWG says:

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   “It takes a family: conservatism and the common good” was the lame title of Santorum 2005 book. One huge lie compounded by a million more. The family he must referring to is his own and the common good must mean the gullibility of good people to be duped by bottom-feeders like Tricky Ricky.

   The story leaves an important question unanswered. When does a poorly run charity become fraud and a criminal offense?

   February 26th, 2006 at 10:27 am

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4. morgan says:

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   Ricky-boy is a freakin wacko. From a wapo article:

   In his Senate office, on a shelf next to an autographed baseball, Sen. Rick Santorum keeps a framed photo of his son Gabriel Michael, the fourth of his seven children. Named for two archangels, Gabriel Michael was born prematurely, at 20 weeks, on Oct. 11, 1996, and lived two hours outside the womb.

   Upon their son’s death, Rick and Karen Santorum opted not to bring his body to a funeral home. Instead, they bundled him in a blanket and drove him to Karen’s parents’ home in Pittsburgh. There, they spent several hours kissing and cuddling Gabriel with his three siblings, ages 6, 4 and 1 1/2. They took photos, sang lullabies in his ear and held a private Mass.

   Egads.

   Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A61804-2005Apr17?language=printer

   February 26th, 2006 at 10:28 am

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5. Jack says:

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   That is one of the most disturbing growing trends, where charities are not really used for their advertised purposes, and they are grossly mismanaged with excessive overhead.

   February 26th, 2006 at 11:56 am

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6. Marie says:

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   After he is forced to retire from public life, we can look for Santorum to start his own church, tax-free, of course.

   February 26th, 2006 at 11:57 am

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7. Bluestocking says:

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   Several hundred thousand dollars to campaign aides on the charity payroll? And here I was thinking that the whole point of going to work in the nonprofit industry was to do something good for one’s fellow men instead of simply raking in the bucks…

   Anybody else also find it suspicious that the State of Pennsylvania apparently requires charities which pay money for fund-raising and/or collect more than $25,000 per year to file with the government — yet this one apparently has not filed despite the fact that it’s apparently been around since 2001?

   February 26th, 2006 at 12:13 pm

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8. Badmoodman says:

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   with his three siblings, ages 6, 4 and 1 1/2. They took photos, sang lullabies in his ear and held a private Mass. – - Egads is right. I am now officially creeped out this Sunday morning. Mrs. Santorum sounds like Piper Laurie in the film “Carrie.”

   February 26th, 2006 at 12:40 pm

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9. Dem02020 says:

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   #7 We live and we learn: Personal Charity is a virtue, but more often than not, Institutional Charities are schemes in which the contributions are skimmed, legally.

   #2 “easy campaign ads for Casey”; I hate to make the wornout observation, but a Republican Campaign strategist would salivate with this ‘60% skimmed charity’ fact; but Democratic Campaign strategists generally fail to see (or use) ammunition such as this.

   Call it taking the ‘high road’, or ‘holding punches’, or whatever, but you can be sure if little Ricky had it against Casey, he’d make it the cornerstone of his campaign.

   February 26th, 2006 at 5:05 pm

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10. War4Sale says:

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    Santorum is a highly cultured member of the GOP’s “culture of corruption.”

    February 27th, 2006 at 2:59 pm

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