(PA Senator) Santorum prays with Schiavo's family

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05089/479778.stm

Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., last night visited the hospice of Terri Schiavo last night to say prayers with the family of the severely brain-damaged woman whose feeding and hydration tube was removed 12 days ago by court order.

Santorum was the first member of Congress to visit the hospice where she is being cared for. He was scheduled to take part in a Social Security forum in Tampa yesterday, but it was canceled in what his aides described as a gesture of respect for Schiavo's family.

"This is about trying to do right by a woman who legally is being wronged by the system," said Santorum, who took a leading role last week in passing the law that allowed Schiavo's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, to plead their case anew in federal court.

<snip>

Santorum said yesterday that he was continuing to make calls at the state and federal level, but the situation "doesn't look good."

"My feeling is she is still alive and to keep trying," he said. "We've been trying all avenues."

[4morewars]

1. san-TOR-um

The frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex.

http://www.spreadingsantorum.com/

[lebkuchen]

2. I was just about to say that

You beat many here to the punch.

'nuff said

[Guckert]

12. Did he wait for all the MSM to arrive and get a good spot for the Pics??

[mitchtv]

26. Sancto rec tum

I thought

[4morewars]

29. Rec tum ?

It damn near killed him !
:rofl:

[Hand]

Let me say this about that....

:puke: to the umpteenth power.

[American in Asia]

3. there's no way to respond to him except...

:puke:

[katsy]

4. Trying all avenues?

Yes. Legal, illegal and hysterical.

Keep it up ricky. More to beat you over the head with come 2006. Get in front of the cameras and try to bring her a cup of water. Yup, that'll work.

Was his SS cancelled due to lack of interest?

[RamboLiberal]

9. His SS Forum - why the hell is he shilling in Florida

he's a friggin' PA senator much to our regret. Or was Ricky tired of being heckled in his "supposedly" home state.

Go shill in VA where you live Senator.

[short bus president]

5. Oh, go fuck a horse, Saintrectum!

What a worthless waste of assembled molecules.

[Deep13]

6. I suppose the smell ...

... of shmaltz and hypocrisy overwhelmed the hospital staff.

[whistle]

7. What a grandstander!

[Dr.Phool]

8. Did Jesse Jackson kiss him when he arrived?

[rkc3]

10. I should cancel my Post-Gazette subscription for printing this article.

[TomClash]

11. they're praying for their daughter

and he's praying to keep his Senate seat.:bounce:

[zbdent]

13. Did he ask them to support "lawsuit reform" which would have

limited the money that Michael used to pay for her treatments?

[hopein08]

25. No, he's against lawsuit reform...

or at least he should be...here's why, courtesy of Talking Points Memo...

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_03_27.php#005266

:spank::grr:

edited because I'm kind of slow today and can't figure links out! LOL!

[zbdent]

28. Actually, that lawsuit came some time AFTER

he had fought for years about trying to curb the awards in the lawsuits.

Of course, said laws (had they passed) would not apply to HIM, a repuke.

[Old and In the Way]

14. Perhaps he should resign from the Senate and devote himself to his true

calling...that being a RW cleric.

[Inland]

15. He's doing both at the same moment.

What's the difference between a cheesy republican senator and a cheesy fundie cleric? The former has better suits?

[Bob3]

16. Praying for the media like the hypocritical whore that he is

Matthew :5-6

5
"When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.
6
But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you."

That pretty much covers it yes?

[Joey Liberal]

17. Santorum is SATAN

Just kidding. Just trying to rile up the freepers.

[VegasWolf]

18. Santorum prays with Schiavo's family (Rick Sanitarium)

<snip>

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. -- Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., last night visited the hospice of Terri Schiavo last night to say prayers with the family of the severely brain-damaged woman whose feeding and hydration tube was removed 12 days ago by court order.

Santorum was the first member of Congress to visit the hospice where she is being cared for. He was scheduled to take part in a Social Security forum in Tampa yesterday, but it was canceled in what his aides described as a gesture of respect for Schiavo's family.

<snip>

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05089/479778.stm

The nut-jobs can't stay away from this case. They are attracted like
flies to ****.

[ewagner]

19. The SS meeting wasn't cancelled

out of respect for Terri...

it was cancelled for the same reason that nut-case Harris cancelled her meeting...the retirees in that area will lynch any politician screwing with Social Security.

more BS from Santorum...

[Megahurtz]

20. More Repuke user tactics,

Take advantage of someone's life merely for their own political gain, just like they use us all.:puke:

[RamboLiberal]

21. Dupe to this LBN thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1353635

[fertilizeonarbusto]

22. Good!

We can use video of this in campaign commercials in '06 so my fellow Pennsylvanians can see how far Ricky-pooh will go (Flying on their tax dollars) to make sure the wingnut government dictates what they do with their bodies. That should really play well!

[devinsgram]

23. I totally agree,

Man, what he will do to win over votes. Makes want to :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Mandate My Ass]

24. Just like he spends PA taxpayer money

to send his kids to a fundie cyber school in VA.

He is such a sanctimonious sleazebag.

[rocktivity]

27. The Social Security forum in Tampa was cancelled out of respect

for the potential of additional bad publicity.

:headbang:
rocknation