Santorum: Unapologetic Hate Monger

I'm not usually one to use my blog for garden-variety partisan politicking, but this is too much fun to resist.

PA Senator Rick Santorum is still stubbornly refusing to apologize for his 2002 comments he made in Catholic Online in light of the clergy abuse scandal:

[W]hile it is no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism in America, lies at the center of the storm.

In fact, he's repeating his allegations that Boston's liberalism helped create an environment that led to Catholic priests' sexual abuse of children. Thankfully, this shameful liberal-bashing and utter ignorance is getting coverage in the Philadelphia Inquirer, which had a story on how this is still pestering Santorum. At least one victim's group is outraged. At this rate, I'll be writing letters to Senator Bob Casey by early 2007.

Anyway, if you're still reading, here's a link from the Blue Mass Group discussing Santorum's motivations. Also, here is a riotous post on Fanatical Apathy, featuring an ironic guest blog entry by Santorum himself. Scroll down to the comments, and a PA teacher breaks down crime stats by state: Mass. does a LOT better than infamous red states. Also, here's a list of divorce rates by state, courtesy of Divorce Magazine. Of ten states with the lowest divorce rates, 8 went blue last year, and the 13 states with the highest rates ALL went red. (Credit for this link goes to JoinTheNoise in a comment on Bitch, Ph.D.)

By the way, in searching for this story, I found two interesting links: the blog Dump Santorum and the site Buy Blue, which helps you to know the political leanings of the companies you patronize. Scored according to their blueness, Apple gets a 99%, while MS gets a 43%. Why am I not surprised?