Italian Relatives Tell Magazine That Santorum‘s Grandfather and Uncles Were ’Red Communists’
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Rick Santorum's long lost Italian cousins (oggi magazine)
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santourm appears to have found a niche for himself among blue-collar social conservatives representative of his western Pennsylvania upbringing. But according to the Italian magazine Oggi, the former senator may not be too popular in the Italian town of his forefathers.
The Daily Beast reports that 83-year-old matriarch Maria Malacarne tells the Italian Magazine Oggi that her late husband’s cousin Rick was a delight when he visited the family in the tiny northern Italian town of Riva del Garda during his law internship in Florence in 1985, and when he came back in 1986 and 1989. That said, Maria doesn’t understand how Santorum diverged so much from his grandfather Pietro and uncles who were “‘red communists’ to the core.”
Oggi journalist Giuseppe Fumagalli likens the Italian Santorum clan to famous fictional Italian communists when compared to their cousin Rick, as “on the other side of the ocean, it’s like his family here doesn’t exist. Instead he draws crowds as the head of the ultraconservative faction of the Republican party, against divorce, gay marriage, abortion, and immigration.”
In addition to hyperbolizing Santorum’s conservative philosophy, the Oggi piece goes on to quote an angry cousin who prefers to remain unnamed when claiming that he remembers a time when high-ranking Communist Party members frequented the Santorum household in the ultraliberal town of Riva del Garda. “There are Santorums who would roll over in their graves to hear [Rick’s] rhetoric,” the cousin said.
The Daily Beast concludes that at the end of the day “the family seems content to turn a blind eye to their American cousin’s political persuasion,” and one cousin Bruno expects that, after this lovely article, “When he wins, he will send the American presidential airplane and take all the Santorums to the White House.”
We’ll have to look forward to that possible family reunion.
While the opinions of Santorum’s living Italian relatives may be somewhat irksome for his campaign, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette makes the important note that Santorum’s grandfather, who the candidate often acknowledges on the campaign trail, was communist in 1925 Italy when the alternative was Benito Mussolini’s National Fascist Party.
Rick’s father Aldo Santorum passed away in January 2011, but was active in his son’s early congressional career and successful run for U.S. Senate. Aldo served in the South Pacific during WWII and became a clinical psychologist thanks to the GI Bill, going on to work for the Veterans Administration.
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Comments (157)
Moozmom
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:54amAnd because his relatives were communist, that means?
Report Post »KOCHLEFFEL
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:48amMM,When a whore gets old she becomes religious.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:13pmIt means that the blood thirsty ignorant Christian Neo-Cons that follow talk radio shills, FOX News, and Glenn Beck will love him even more?
What a disgrace these ignoramuses have become to the name of Christ and our Republic eh? WJD?? He’d bomb bomb bomb the little children and the women of Arab countries? lol He run up massive debt for the grandchildren to pay off while we live large? lol
No Jesus would say depart from me you evil workers of iniquity! Repent!
Ron Paul 2012!
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:12pmSo I guess you felt that way about Obama then as well?
Report Post »Hypocrite much?
Warrior4Zion
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:24pmRick is the only one that will step up and take Israel’s enemy Iran out! I salute him for that. We need to just overlook his big gov’t communist ties because he will defend our ally. Santorum is ready to take it to the infidels and I’m with him. We need to take the Middle East back for Christ!
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 4:04pmMoozmom
That means “The Apple Doesn’t Fall From The Tree”
As you’ll see from my ad, Rick Santorum is anything but a conservative. Just consider his record, which includes:
*** Voting to RAISE the debt ceiling five times
*** Voting to DOUBLE the federal Department of Education
*** Voting with liberals like Ted Kennedy on multiple occasions in support of Big Labor’s radical agenda
***Urging more federal involvement in housing with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
*** Voting to create a brand new, unfunded entitlement, Medicare Part D, the largest expansion of entitlement spending since President Lyndon Johnson – creating $16 TRILLION in unfunded liabilities
*** Endorsing liberal Big Government RINOs like Arlen Specter over conservatives. Of course, Specter later became a Democrat and worked hand-in-glove with President Obama to pass his radical agenda
*** Voting for Sarbanes-Oxley, which imposed dramatic new job-killing accounting regulations on businesses
*** Voting for gun control
*** Voting to give Social Security benefits to illegal aliens, while voting against an additional 1,000 border patrol agents
*** Voting to give $25 million in foreign aid to North Korea
*** Voting to send hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood – the nation’s largest provider of abortion – and hand out hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign aid to enemies of Israel.
Report Post »curtisgb
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 5:48pmHe got smart and realized that Hope and Change was “we Hope socialism really will work this time.”
Report Post »Mel632
Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:28amWell, what is Obama? A Nazi? A communist? A fascist? A fraud for sure.
Report Post »GAGAhadriensgrandma
Posted on January 16, 2012 at 6:48pmExactly!!!
Report Post »mrsalvage2
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:39amTotalitarianist = Communist = Marxist = Progressive
He is a Totalitatianst of a differing stripe, still is waht he is.
Blaze took 4 days to get around to this one after I sent the lead.
Report Post »momsense
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:27amHey stupid! At one time in iIaly it was a mark of protest to be a Com munist, much like it was in France during the Revolution to be one of the Bourgeoisie.The period the whole of the 19th century and well into the 20th was a period of upheaval and consolidation in Italy and Germany—the resulting power vaccuum lead to Hit ler and Mussoli ni.Of course Com munism was looked at as a source of hope. it was the only thng that even considered the powerless and politically willing to believe. in it’s faulty precepts as opposed to anythng else they may have known.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:37amMy cousin‘s next door neighbor’s dog had a litter of pups, one of which was adopted by a man whose aunt’s step-father’s boss once knew a woman whose sister-in-law read a book about communism.
Does that diminish the probability I will become President? Lol
Report Post »SANE_I think
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:16amThis might explain why the man is a “R” and a conservative. He has first hand knowledge of the evils of commmmy ism. My grandfather came over from Italy before WWII. He was a respected Fascist there. Upon arriving in the USA and becoming a citizen, he became a “R”. Fact was he hated Fascism but was forced into it because of the times and the way things were in Italy back then. My grandfather was a true American and gave the life of one of his sons fighting Fascism and Italy in WWII. Go figure. I am an Independent / Conservative.
Report Post »Gorp
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:19am@TomFerrari:
That explains it all in a nut shell.
Report Post »Arizona Don
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:53amObama is an admitted progressive. Progressivism is communism in disguise!
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:14amWell of course. What do you expect in the land and time of Mussolini.
Brainwashing was imposed from the top and a way of life.
But some rose above it, as Santorum’s relatives who fled to America.
On the other hand, look at the parents and grandparents,
mentors and friends of those now in the White House.
They have been surrounded by freedoms of a Representative Republic,
and yet they STILL chose ideologies that are socialist, communist,
and even Marxist….or simply quietly Progressive.
Meanwhile, the Santorum family chose the liberties endowed by our Creator
and inscribed by our Founding Fathers in our Declaration of Independence,
Bill of Rights, and U.S. Constitution.
In so many ways, the history of the Santorums is like that of most Americans,
and why We The People care about “Saving Freedom” as written by Senator Jim DeMint,
Report Post »and Saving America.
loriann12
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 8:13amWell said.
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 4:08pmAmeriCat
Report Post »Santorum’s grandfather left Italy because the Fascist took over, being a Communist he was afraid for his life. No more No Less . I got to hand it to you tho, nice spin.
Endstatism
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 5:00amFamilies do change. I grew up in a hardcore Democrat (although a conservative version) home. My entire immediate family is either Republican or Libertarian.
Report Post »Twobyfour
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:12amI grew up in a commie country and lived there for 30 years. My father was a commie until August 21, 1968. That day he was mugged by reality. I was actually 2 years ahead of him — when I reached 13… though I was never enthralled by the ideology, after then I was a sworn anti-commie. 13 years later I decided I have to get out of there. Took me 6 years to get outside the iron curtain.
People that toy with the idea of communism have no effing clue.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:30am@justangry… Maybe you’re just angry? Lol
Report Post »Stehekin912
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:05pm@Twobyfour- I think more people need to learn about what happened behind the “Curtains”. I was a child in 1968 but I remember seeing the tanks on TV and how upset my parents were.
Report Post »teebubba
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 4:17amSantorum has always impressed me as a typical hypocritical BS-er politician. He stands where he does for votes only…..doesn’t really believe in anything..just presents himself whatever way he thinks will put him in public office. He currently panders to a niche of the right because he believes it is solid block from which to build his campaign.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 4:27amYou’re not the only one. I get that same vibe.
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 7:02amSorry, I can’t agree with that. It’s sounds like you just described the Democrat party. I believe Santorum is genuine and believes what he says.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 8:46am@Burteye Well they all tell us what we want to hear, then crap all over us. I’m not impressed with his actions. He voted for Patriot Act, which is a deal breaker for me. Then there’s questions regarding his stance on the 2nd. He didn’t give a straight answer regarding the NDAA, and I hear he’s voted for expansion of the federal government and multiple spending increases. I could care less what he thinks about homos.
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:07pmAnd you would prefer O’Blamer and HIS commie friends?
Report Post »justangry
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:29pmNope, I prefer the only candidate who’s come out against this crap.
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 4:09pmJudge Napolitano Freedom Watch on Santorum:
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gwwmm-cQxU&feature=youtu.be
Winedude
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 3:46amI’m no fan of Rick Santorum but this story serves absolutely no purpose. To try to blame any candidate on something done several generations prior in the family is plain absurd. Obviously Mr. Santorum’s apple fell somewhat far from the tree…probably rolled downhill.
Report Post »Stop_Your_Lying_Libs
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:48amYeah, but if Rick were elected president, wouldn’t he apoint those communist relatives as czars?
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 4:12pmSantorum on the Tea Party
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3TVoVqvt74
Then tell me what you think?
welovetheUSA
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:51amWe cannot pick our relatives………….besides all of Hollywood are communist and I hear no complaints……the Obama and his boys are all communist……..so
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 8:17amThe press see Santorum as a threat to the Presidential run, so they are going to paint him just like Obama, so come voting time people will go with the familiar for another 4 years instead of the unknown. Do your own research and pick the candidate you believe is the best. Don’t go with “polls” because they’re misleading no matter who they come from.
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:35amI know for certain that obama is a marxist. Don’t really care about past generations of people at this time. We cannot allow another 4 years of this malignant narcissist to have control of the WH.
Report Post »marion
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 3:00amAnd grandpa left Italy so he could be free, not a communist or a marxist, so the departure has nothing to do with Rick Santorum. There are many parallels that could be made just like this that don’t make sense, like such a rich family and the son lives in a trailor park, or all the clan has lots of aunts and uncles except for the one boy with a “friend”, or everyone is a butcher, then up came the vegetarian. In short, one has nothing to do with another, whereas BHO was taught to be a Marxist and to hate the USA and Capitalism, so he does things that we say, man, that is such a stupid thing to do, he doesn’t know what he is donig, over his head, ignores the wrong things, but you know what? He knows exactly what he is doing and we have to get him out.
Report Post »freedomofspeech
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:05amthe press uses another “unnamed” source. Let’s not do another Herman Cain character assassination, please, and if the press is questioning communist ties to Santorum, um did they not look into Obama’s family tree?
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:50amIn Italy… you were either a Nazi or a Communist!
Report Post »mils
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:54amwhat does it matter?…if it’s true…santorum shows real courage and character to not have followed in the family footsteps..
Report Post »Why are we not interviewing Obama’s kenyan relatives, and how about that uncle that is here illegally and got the DUI…and the aunt..
AND>> Why are we not interviewing Obama’s childhood friends, his first girlfriend..oh right…they don’t exist..puke
Diane TX
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:15am@ mils
Yes, isn’t it so very strange that no woman has come forward to proclaim that she dated the current POTUS when she was a kid. Maybe …. Barry didn’t like girls back then.
Report Post »Twobyfour
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:16amDiane, you crack me up!
Report Post »JJohnGalt2
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:44amHow do we know we don’t have another fake? Obama surely fooled everyone.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 3:52amYeah I don’t buy it. His stance on Iran and “Thou shall not kill” seem to be at odds.
Report Post »Twobyfour
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:25amjustangry, you are mixed up. It actually says “thou shall not murder” in original Hebrew. The “kill” is a mistranslation from Greek through Vulgata and then English.
Christianity is not buddhism (though you may find videos on youtube of rivaling buddhist monks trying to crack skulls of their opponents).
War is a different cup o’ coffee. You may not realize it, but we are in a state of war with Iran since 1979. It has been on a low burner and mostly through proxies, but it simmers still on the backburner.
Report Post »ThomasUSA
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 8:29amAnyone who did not see what President BO was before they voted was blinded by their own ignorance. Anyone who did the minimum research on BO knew he was a Marxist just by the fact he was 20 years in a Marxist church. BO did not fool you… you were sleeping
Report Post »justangry
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 8:36amLOL, stumped me a little, man. Don’t feel too good about it though, I’m a simple man. Still something‘s in my gut telling me this isn’t right. Just sounds like the same BS we swallowed before regarding Iraq. I don‘t have a problem with war IF it’s waged for the right reason, I’m just not sure it is. How are you so sure it is for the right reasons and we‘re not being manipulated into another oil war we can’t afford? You mention that we’ve been at war with them since 1979. My guy says that we actually started it in the 50′s by undermining their elections and leading to the overthrow of their government. How’s my guy wrong?
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:41amI don’t think that it matters (if true) that Rick Santorum’s Old World grandparents were/are Communist supporters. It’s clear that Rick Santorum is not.
Report Post »txn4justice
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:51amExactly Madame!. You are Correct!
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:03amNo, it doesn’t matter — but it is kinda interesting.
Report Post »Merrymix
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:41amHo, Ho, Ho! So they had to travel all the way to Italy to find something to use in their efforts to tear down Rick Santorum — and even then, had to go back generations to a time no one of us understands. Just shows how perfect a candidate he really is. This country doesn’t deserve anyone as honorable as Mr. Santorum at this point. Hope by the time the election takes place, a change in hearts will have occurred and the fog of blindness will have lifted. The Great Warning soon to come will be through the Mercy of God. See http://www.thewarningsecondcoming.com
Report Post »christos
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:39am…Now in the present is what counts,if Rick Santorums relatives are communists doesn’t mean he is,his beliefs are evident,He’s not a Liar…
Report Post »piper60
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:34amSo what. His relatives WERE communists. He ISN’T. Period. OMG, stop trying to smear him.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 3:48amAgreed. War mongering, big government, self-proclaimed Jesus candidates are more like fascists than commies.
Report Post »Twobyfour
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:34amjustangry, you seem to have all the leftist frames down pat. Including putting fascism on the opposite side of the political spectrum. It is a standard leftist canard.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 8:14amNah man, I’m putting fascism and marxism on the same side of the political spectrum. Both are large tyranical governments. The opposite is smaller and less tyranical government.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 8:43amTWOBYFOUR. JUSTANGRY is your typical Ron Paul supporter who uses the same playbook and wordology that comes from the left. That is because the only thing Ron Paul has in common with the right is economics along with a couple of domestic issues. The rest of his platform is solidly in the Democratic camp and the wordspeak from types like JUSTANGRY and most other Paul groupies reflect that.
I remember when Bush was running against John Kerry. You couldn’t tell the difference between the Libertarians and the left when they were bashing Bush. Neocons, Military Industrial Complex, anti-war and anti-Military descriptions leveled at Republicans.
You still can’t tell the difference today between an Obama supporter and a Paul supporter depending on what the subject is. If it doesn’t have to do with money then the rest of their platform is leftist blather.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:14am@TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12 Formerly yepimanahole,you shouldn’t have changed your name it was a much better description of you.You still can’t tell the difference today between an Obama supporter and a Paul supporter depending on what the subject is.
Let’s see an obama supporter is for big government and Paul supporters are for limited government.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:23amAlso Paul would govern within the bounds of the constitution and Barry has eviscerated the constitution so their supporters are like night and day,see even you can see that YEP.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:35amPROGRESSIVESLAYER. I wouldn‘t think a screen name ending with ’*****’ would be allowed on The Blaze, but it seems this guy must have really had you Democrats pegged. You’re the fifth person to make that comparison, so I can only say, call me what you will as it seems we both must be on the same track regarding Paul groupies.
Your Ron Paul is nothing more than a pacifist and everything he says or does comes back to that simple fact. He can never seem to contain himself to the topic at hand whether it be economics or domestic issues as it all comes back to his isolationist, pacifist, anti-war and anti-military stances plain and simple.
If you ‘were’ in the military AND ‘retired’ … you should be ashamed of yourself for supporting the disgruntled prior service Ron ‘anti-military’ Paul.
Ron Paul, Barney Frank and George Soros… what a wanna’be military gutting three-some.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:42amPROGRESSIVESLAYER. The***** is for ~a h o l e.~ I guess I was right, The Blaze will block it out except when a Paul groupie writes it.
I look through a number of quotes from Obama and Paul and sometimes can’t tell who is the bigger leftist and danger to this country. How many Republicans went and voted for Obama, and how many Paul groupies went and voted for Obama in 2008. Thousands of Paul supporters voted for Obama and lent their support to the likes of Cynthia McKinney. You Paul supporters are a joke and just as dangerous to this country as Obama. Hell, you guys helped vote him in… not the GOP.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:05am@TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12 I’ll simplify it for you,Ron Paul is a constitutional conservative a real conservative not some candyass so called conservative like Santorum Romney or Gingrich..Barrack Obama is a communist got it?
Report Post »justangry
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:07am@Yep, Keep telling yourself whatever you need to face your demons. There’s a difference between pacifism and wanting a valid reason to declare war. I’m hardly a pacifist, but you’re too pig-headed to see the difference. And please stop playing the “who is the better servicemen” game with me. It’s really getting old. It’s disgusting you even go there.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:17amPROGRESSIVESLAYER. Now that you have my correct screen name and not calling me a yepimasomethingorother I will let you in on a little secret. I would not have gone to war with Iraq but let Saddam Hussein deal with those surrender monkeys and maybe dealt with him later. My personal opinion is that Rumsfeld was a POS and should have never had that much power and that is why we faltered early on in Iraq and in the policing stages. My attentions instead would have been directed at Afghanistan and possibly Saudi Arabia (where all the evils of Islam seem to stem from in my opinion). Iran, Syria and Yemen (if I were in charge) would have all been glass parking lots long before that too.
Russia and China? They would love a Ron Paul isolationist Presidency.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:27amJUSTANGRY. You were in the service? Didn’t know that, but then again, I’ve only been on here this weekend, the previous weekend, and one day about a month ago I guess. Can‘t keep track of Ron Paul’s LARGE military contingent (sarcastically written). I did see where PROGRESSIVESLAYER stated where he is was an Air Force ‘man of leisure’ like Ron Paul, but not Retired like PS states he is and recieving that sweet government check like me. Are you recieving a sweet government check like me and PS?
Report Post »justangry
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:03pmFor god’s sake man. “Man of leisure”? Are you serious? Hey if you‘re super vet why doesn’t the oath you took mean anything to you?
“I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic…”
I believe there are domestic enemies in office destroying our constitution who need fired, but you’re supporting them. Or do you think the Patriot Act, NDAA, etc. are constitutional? In other words, snap to grunt and do your damn duty! You‘re on here enough that you can’t claim ignorance. I’m willing to listen you if want to defend the constitutionality of these laws, but you (or anyone else for that matter) won’t.
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 4:24pmYepimatroll is a Newt man. so lets compare the 3 of them, shall we.
Who is Newt:
Report Post »10/22/1991 – Voted for an amendment that would create a National Police Corps.
03/-/1993 – Voted for sending $1.6 Billion in foreign aid to Russia.
11/19/1993 – Voted for the NAFTA Implementation Act.
11/27/1994 – Supported the GATT Treaty giving sovereignty to the U.N.
08/27/1995 – Suggested that drug smuggling should carry a death sentence.
04/25/1996 – Voted for the single largest increase on Federal education spending ($3.5 Billion)
04/10/1995 – Supported Federal taxdollars being spent on abortions.
06/01/1996 – Helped a Democrat switch parties in an attempt to defeat constitutionalist Ron Paul in 1996 election.
09/25/1996 – Introduced H.R. 4170, demanded life-sentence or execution for someone bringing 2 ounces of marijuana across the border.
01/22/1997 – Congress gave him a record-setting $300,000 fine for ethical wrongdoing.
11/29/2006 – Stated that free speech should be curtailed in order to fight terrorism. Called for a “serious debate about the 1st Amendment.”
02/15/2007 – Supported Bush’s proposal for mandatory carbon caps.
09/28/2008 – Stated if he were in office, he would have reluctantly voted for the $700B TARP bailout.
10/01/2008 – Stated in an article that TARP was a “workout, not a bailout.”
12/08/2008 – Paid $300,000 by Freddie Mac to halt Congress from bringing necessary reform.
03/31/2009 – States we should have Sing
recoveringneocon
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 4:25pmI forgot to mention that Newt was a draft dogging chicken hawk.
Lets compare Santorum’s Career to Paul’s
Santorum got a B.A. in political science from Pennsylvania State University, a
M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and a Law degree from the Dickinson School of Law then
began practicing in Pittsburgh at the law firm Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, now known as K&L Gates. Representing the World Wrestling Federation while with K&L, Santorum argued that professional wrestling should be exempt from federal anabolic steroid regulations because it was not an actual sport, rather, entertainment.
At age 32 elected to the House of Representatives U.S. Senate (1995-2007) after his defeat in the Senate he became a Lobbyist.
Ron Paul, Doctor of Medicine getting his degree from Duke University’s School of Medicine, then doing his medical internship at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, after that he served as a flight surgeon in the United States Air Force and then
in the United States Air National Guard. After his service he became a
obstetrics and gynecology, and then began his own private practice delivering over 4000 babies. In between this he has served as a Congress for the Texas’s 14th congressional district.
Lawyer / Career Politician / Lobbyist
Report Post »VS.
Medical Doctor / Veteran / OB/GYN, OBG/ small business owner / Congressman
LeadNotFollow
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:32amThe mainstream liberal media did zero reporting on Obama’s radical past, his friends, or his relatives, when he was running for president.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:37amThat is true. Let it be known..
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:01amMMMM, wrong.
Report Post »Twobyfour
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:29amSheep, you need to include the specifics. Else we may get an impression that you’re just trolling.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:11amWhat do you mean they didn‘t cover Barry’s past?? Just look up his college records. Uh,,, Oh,, they are hidden?? Nevermind
Report Post »Just speak to all his Hawaiian Buddies from his childhood. What?? you’re kidding me , Right?? There are none?? Nevermind
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barber2
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:29amQuestions about Obama’s past ? Oh, not to worry, dummies. Just read his copious autobiographies ! You know you can trust anything Mr.Transparency will say about his narcissist self !
Report Post »boston-rightwinger
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:32amSo what. My brother is a socialist and part of the labor union. I have my own opinions and he has no influence on me.
Report Post »rsanchez1
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:31amRick was just not brought up with all the lies that the older Santorums were fed. That’s all.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:25amHere is the thing, Santorum is not a communist; if his relatives are that is their problem, not the problem of the USA. He gets what freedom is about, unlike Newt. Now watch Obama and Newt use this allegation against Santorum.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:40amDid we forget Obo’ a commie and his whole family,
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 3:38am@USA Medic – nope, I figured enough people already know Obama is a commie that I do not need to repeat the fact.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 3:44amUm, he knows what freedom is about? Please explain his position on the NDAA, Enemy Expatriation Act, his vote in favor of the Patriot Act, and how that’s consistent with freedom. Meh, nevermind the the typical response to these questions is to ignore.
Report Post »SHASTADIANE1
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:19amSick to death of this crap…every person put up as a conservative, has someone coming out to swear they aren’t. My family were Democrats..my husbands family were Democrats, and my husband and I have ended up Tea Party, and both my kids are conservative Christians also..so this is just nonsense..who gives a rip about what his family living in a Socialist country even thinks about him?? I sure the heck don’t. So you guys keep this up..and Zero will end up back in office for 4 more years and you can all kiss your butts goodbye….cause it’s coming down the pike………it’s coming..believe it or not..they all have a PLAN for you.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:33amI agree with you SHASTADIANE1.
Report Post »JJohnGalt2
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:16amNow is the time to check ALL the Candidates Grandparents. Let’s see we have 2 Mormons, 2 Catholics, 2 Protestants. Does that mean anything?
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:06amOnly if we play recordings of their speeches backwards a double speed. :)
Report Post »ZengaPA65
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:13amConveniently forgot to add the part where they said Rick is a fascist.
Report Post »TerryDo
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:40amFor your information: ” The Italian Communist Party (PCI) was outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played a major part in the Italian resistance movement.”
How does anyone even know if these stories are true? Firstly,Italian families do not easily betray their own blood relatives, and secondly,there is a big difference between the Fascist regime and the Communist Party.
Report Post »ZengaPA65
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 5:02pmWhat’s your point? Santorum is a fascist.
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:09amNon-story! How many of us even know the politics of our relatives in the old country – or care. I don’t, and they certainly wouldn’t influence me if they did. I can‘t recall Obama’s relative being interviewed about the politics of his other relatives, can you?
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:24amDitto, Angelcat.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:06amGood god a maddy. What are they conna come up with next?
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:19amHow about let’s vote against Barry Soreto?
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