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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (79334)	9/17/2006 6:40:02 PM
From: SiouxPal	Respond to of 360936

"Rick Santorum is an idiot" by Greg Hafer www.wcupa.edu For undecided voters, the weeks before an election can be an emotional roller coaster. This notion is already proving true for the upcoming midterm elections in November. One of the most anticipated races happening is in Pennsylvania between incumbent Rick Santorum (R) and Bob Casey (D) for a seat in the U.S. Senate. First I convinced myself that Senator Santorum was the right man for the job. I quickly changed my mind as Casey bumper stickers began to outnumber Santorum bumper stickers in the mall parking lot. I almost switched back to Santorum's side when I received his 12-page pamphlet entitled "50 things you may not know about Rick Santorum." Casey, however, reassured me of his own political aptitude in a compelling television ad. One day, while adamantly tallying the number of Casey and Santorum roadside signs, I figured out a solution to my problem: actually researching the candidates. The results of my investigation are conclusive; Rick Santorum is an idiot. First off, in Santorum's pamphlet "50 things you may not know about Rick Santorum," number 36 claims that in 1997 Santorum "put an end to senators using taxpayer's funds... to receive haircuts at the Senate barber shop." I'm sure Republicans would argue the importance of Santorum's victory, but according to SantorumExposed.com, Santorum himself was found misusing tax money in Pennsylvania in 2001, just four years later. According to the Web site, residents of Allegheny County claim a Pennsylvania law allowed "Tricky Rick" to have his five children enrolled in the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School and their tuition paid for by local taxpayers and Penn Hills School District at a cost of over $100,000. Here is the zinger. Santorum and his family actually live in Leesburg, Va. After the discovery, the Penn Hills School District had to spend even more of the taxpayers' money to reclaim the money Santorum should not have taken in the first place. Personally, I would rather see senators spending tax money for well-groomed combovers than Rick Santorum exploiting a Pennsylvania school district. Last year Santorum's very revealing book called It Takes a Family. In this book, Santorum takes a shot at diversity, a notion that KU has worked hard to develop. "The elementary error of relativism becomes clear when we look at multiculturalism. It is well known that in the 1980s, universities began to champion the importance of 'diversity' as a central educational value." In the same book, he continues to attack college education, this time among struggling mothers. "The notion that college education is a cost-effective way to help poor, low-skill, unmarried mothers with high school diplomas or GEDs move up the economic ladder is just wrong." By going to college, these mothers will no longer be "low-skilled" and consequently, they would have a better chance at being financially secure. They may even find a special someone at college, conceivably negating the "unmarried" part of Santorum's description as well. In addition to his disdain for diversity in colleges, Santorum's track record also includes cutting taxes for millionaires, wanting to privatize social security and pushing his faith-based ideologies in areas concerning stem cell research, women's health and public education. Rick Santorum can spend all the money he wants on fancy pamphlets, television ads and plastic yard signs, but his personal principles and political ideals are still idiotic. Maybe Rick Santorum should ask the scientifically impractical creators to intelligently design him a better political platform. Greg Hafer is a sophomore Secondary Education major and a member of KUR. keystoneonline.com