Santorum's "Unconscionable act"

[kpete]

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 watching—a 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]

1. Santorum really is a scummy human being. n/t

[WingDinger]

2. How exactly does this square with Ron Pauls cheering crowd yelling to LET HIM DIE?

Sickening fucking hypocrites.

[Bluerthanblue]

3. odd how he left out "wife"- I thought marriage was a 'sacred union'

....?

"Terri Schiavo is a daughter, a sister, and most importantly, a person. ..."

[zbdent]

9. that wouldn't fit into the narrative ...

[annabanana]

4. America really REALLY hated this intrusion.. Now is a good time to

remind everyone about this mess:

[Quantess]

5. "Jesus H Christ on a trailer hitch!"

So that's where that came from!

[zbdent]

10. Oddly enough, that cop wasn't pepper-spraying the Jesus Freaks, even with the "death threat"

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]

12. You're right, anna b, Frothy must become inextricably

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]

6. This makes me proud to have never shopped at a Wal-Mart

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]

7. Elmer Gantry in a sweater vest. nt

[Surya Gayatri]

11. It's twew, it's twew!

What a sanctimonious, self-righteous slimy scum bag.

His whiney voice and ferret face make me want to barf.
SG

[VWolf]

8. Uggh. I didn't know he was involved in the Schiavo case.

The more I learn about Santorum, the more he resembles .... santorum.

[BumRushDaShow]

13. This is why Pennsylvanians removed him from office in 2006

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):