PA's Rick Santorum Is The GOP Candidate Du Jour .. Really!

Is this not just empty political mud slinging? Are there not just as many stinkin' democrats to be jealous of? Just look at the current POTUS, representative of the poor and oppressed of our land. Michelle had promised that the day of deliverace was at hand, but alas, they are still poor helpless victims.

Okay, let's point out the obvious. All elected State Representatives are paid with taxpayer money. So, the point that Mr. Santorum was being by paid by PA taxpayers is in fact true. But then again so are all the other State Representatives. Now, did you ask the right questions on this. Did Mr. Santorum buy the house with his own money (aka got a loan based on his income which came from his job as a State Representative) or did he use campaign funds to pay for it? Does the State Representatives in PA have a housing allowance specifically designed for the purpose of setting up a household? Do the rules specifically state that he has to live in PA during the time he is a Representative? And so on. A little fact you should consider is that Virgina is a far cheaper state to live in than Washington DC and is within a commutable distance to Washington. You can also get a bigger house for the same amount of money in VA, than you can in PA. As far as homeschool goes, so what? If he wants to homeschool, his children so be it. I am not sure what homeschool he used in 1994 but the chances are this was a private entity where the costs of attending the school covered the "tools" needed to attend the school. Did he use taxpayer money? Very likely, because it came out of his paycheck that is funded by the taxpayers. One more note on Homeschools, the costs for funding them does not come from property taxes. Only Public schools benefit from this particular source of funding. So, I guess the big question is did he buy all of this with his paycheck that he got as being a PA State Representative? Because if he did, then there really isn't much to criticize. Now, there are a lot more things to criticize Mr. Santorum on. But this is making a mountain out of essential nothing. Because all it really sounds like is your are criticizing how he spent his paycheck that he earned from being a State Representative. Now, if he used funds illegally for those purposes and you have proof of that, then by all means bring it to the table.

I would give more thought to your discussion if you had actually bothered to post factual links with information on the subject.

Care to provide a source gladys? Are you aware that many senators actually own homes in both their home state, AND in Virginia so they have a place to spend the night while working in Washington? Do you know if he still owned a home IN PENNSYLVANIA? If so, he was still PAYING PROPERTY TAXES that go to the school in which his children were enrolled. Oh, wait, it only took two seconds of web searching to find the truth. "In a Sept. 2006 speech, Santorum pushed back against critics. "I defend it as I'm a taxpayer in Penn Hills, Pa. That's where I pay my income tax, that's where I pay my real estate tax, that's where I pay wage taxes, state taxes, I pay taxes like any other state taxpayer," said Santorum, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report." http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/05/nation/la-na-santorum-scrutiny-20120106 "Santorum owned, and still does, a house in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, next door to his in-laws." http://motherjones.com/politics/2012/01/rick-santorums-school-scandal The No. 3 Republican in the Senate, Santorum owns a $106,000 home next door to his wife Karen's parents in Penn Hills, but he and his family split time between there and a $757,000 house in Virginia. Read more: Santorum school flap continues - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_274635.html#ixzz1ivMJBwHh You know what that means? It means was was paying taxes that go to those schools just as anyone living there would be paying. HE was footing the tax bill as HE was paying taxes. As such, this smear on him is meaningless. Try and stick to real issues if you want to attack him. This one was already thrown out by the ethics committee as a load of crap.

Why did he make the move to Virginia? Was it to be close the Washington DC, so he could drive to congress, and still have his family close? If this is the case, I see nothing wrong with it, and actually applaud him for doing it so he could be with his family.