Some of August will be spent on the book-tour circuit, talking about the ideas
and assessments he makes in this volume. Santorum faces reelection next year, so the book will be part of his talking points
as he holds some campaign events during this period. As for downtime, Santorum and his family will relax for 10 days
near Charleston, S.C., at a house owned by his in-laws.
Specter (R., Pa.) finished his last chemotherapy treatment
for Hodgkin's disease July 22 and is probably hoping to spend a month regrowing his hair.
"I don't know how that's going to shake out," Santorum said... "All I would suggest
is that, again, until we know all the facts, [we] look at the job that Congressman Sherwood is doing and make decisions based
on the facts." Jul 20, 2005
In response to Clinton's denials of a relationship with Lewinsky: "He cannot confront his own irresponsibility and take blame for it.'' Santorum, Philadelphia
Inquirer, Aug 19, 1998
The fact that Supreme Court nominee
John Roberts' wife does free legal work for an anti-abortion group should not be relevant to his confirmation hearing. -
Santorum
For a guy who just wrote a stinging book about family values, Sen. Rick Santorum sure sounded mealy-mouthed
when asked about U.S. Rep. Don Sherwood’s dalliances. Times Leader
"I don't think there is any way there will be a filibuster," Santorum
... Another Bush judicial appointee with experience representing the mining industry
is John G. Roberts, Jr., a former colleague of George Miller's at the Hogan & Hartson law and lobbying firm. Roberts was
one of the co-authors of Miller’s amicus brief on behalf of the National Mining Association’s challenge to the
government ban on ‘mountaintop removal’. In 2003, Roberts was confirmed to the powerful D.C. Circuit Court of
Appeals, where earlier this year he ruled against environmentalists who were pushing for more restrictive government regulations
of copper smelters--many of whom are members of the National Mining Association that Roberts once represented. As a lobbyist
in the 1990s, Roberts worked on behalf of the peanut industry, pushing federal legislation that maintained government subsidies
which the GAO estimated cost consumers $500 million a year. Agricultural and mining interests are often involved in regulatory
cases that come before the DC Circuit Court where Roberts now sits. Courting Influence website
Artic Power describes itself as "a grassroots, non-profit citizen's organization with 10,000
members founded ... to expedite congressional and presidential approval of oil exploration and
production within the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge." anwr.org
It is not even accurate to assert that Boston was the center of the child abuse horror... Using a simple,
clarifying concept -- priests accused as a percent of priests in the affected diocese -- the ''center" turns out to have been
Covington, Ky. -- known to business travelers everywhere as the home of Cincinnati's airport. The percentage of accused priests
there from 1950 on was 9.6 percent, compared to 7 percent in Boston. Thomas Oliphant, Jul 17, 2005
"The people of Boston are to blame for the clergy sexual abuse? That is an irresponsible, insensitive and
inexcusable thing to say," said Kennedy, D-Mass. Kennedy called for Santorum to apologize to the people
of Boston and Massachusetts.
MA Attorney General Thomas Reilly, a Democratic candidate for governor (who investigated
the cases of abuse by the clergy), also criticized Santorum on Wednesday. "For him to equate liberalism with child abuse is
disgraceful," he said. "It's embarrassing for him and embarrassing to his party and his party should disown him."
''I think he probably has written off Massachusetts," said Senator John McCain, an Arizona Republican who
is also a potential 2008 contender.
Statement from Pennsylvania's Democratic Party Chair Jul 13, 2005
"Pedophilia is a vile crime. To tell victims to go blame the liberals for their horrific childhood
experiences is irresponsible, it defies reason and is just downright wacko." Rep. T.J. Rooney
"If it's very speculative, and we have a bird in hand," Mr. Specter
said, "let us not avoid going forward with what we know will work." Jul 13, 2005
"In far too many families with young children, both parents are working, when, if they really took an honest
look at the budget, they might confess that both of them really don’t need to, or at least may not need to work as much
as they do… And for some parents, the purported need to provide things for their children simply provides a convenient
rationalization for pursuing a gratifying career outside the home." Pg. 94 It Takes a Family
Santorum says he does not want his
home-state voters to think he feels impoverished on his $162,100 Senate salary, but it is clear that money is a concern and
that he is almost certainly one of the least well-off among the 100 senators. ''We
live paycheck to paycheck, absolutely,'' he says. Does he have money set aside for college? ''No. None. I always tell my kids:
'Work hard. We'll take out loans. Whatever.' '' He volunteers that his parents help out financially. ''They're by no means
wealthy ... but they'll send a check every now and then. They realize things are a little tighter for us.'' NYTimes Magazine, May 22, 2005
"I see liberalism and libertarianism as ideologies that aren't based necessarily in reality."
- Rick Santorum
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