Anyone here know if Santorum comes from money,

[hedgehog]

and if so, how he made his money? I'd google it, but I'm not sure how to phrase it to get past the most common reference!

[comipinko]

1. No, he's almost broke. Making a living from his campaign.

[daleanime]

2. .....

Stopped myself this time.

[randome]

3. Please! Go ahead!

How about this:

No, it comes from...oh, Google it, for Christ's sake!

[daleanime]

13. Oh, there....

actually that's not where I was headed.



I almost make a small snape about how he's a republican and of course they always come for money, aren't you glade I didn't?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. No, it comes from...

Well, you know.

[Withywindle]

14. You don't know where that money's been!

There is that urban legend that all US paper money has minute traces of cocaine on it, after all...could be other things as well.

[Cerridwen]

5. If wiki can be trusted wrt to his background...

both his parents worked for the VA and other than a 4 year stint working for a private law firm, ol' ricky boy has made his living as a federal employee. I presume he only wants to shrink that part of the gov't from which he receives no benefit.

[AlinPA]

6. No, his parents worked for the VA. His father was an immingrant. He was a lawyer in Pittsburgh

but got rich after he became a US Senator. He got a few million and bought a big house in VA,

[Skidmore]

12. He was involved in some sort of scandal several years ago regarding

the education of his children.

[mrmpa]

17. I posted earlier this week about this scandal

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=107537

[PA Democrat]

7. He got through college on Pell grants

and his parents were both public sector employees.

After he lost his Senate seat to Bob Casey, he went on "wingnut welfare" working for a think tank funded by the likes of Richard Mellon-Scaife and the Koch brothers.

How about those bootstraps!

[WingDinger]

8. He holds the FELCHER patent.

[gkhouston]

9. DUzy! n/t

[WingDinger]

10. Now, he will update the patent, to add Mountain Dew, to dissolve any risidual Gerbil.

But, it's OK, "their soda would have dissolved a dead mouse before the man could have found it."

[hootinholler]

15. What do artificial teeth have to do with santorum?

US2368816 Apparatus For Making Artificial Teeth

http://www.boliven.com/patent/US2368816?q=assignee%3A%28%22FELCHER+FRED+R%22%29



edit: linkifying is wonky

[WingDinger]

16. Felching, the activity. Patent being used euphemistically..

[HappyMe]

18. Um....do you mean filcher?

[WingDinger]

22. Google it.

[Erose999]

11. NY times breakdown of Santorum's campaign finance:

http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/campaign-finance#canda=rick-santorum&candb=mitt-romney

He only had 189k on hand as of Sep. 2011

Compared with Romney who had over 14 million. Romney probably has more money in his sock drawer than Ricky man-on-dog's whole campaign budget.

[auburngrad82]

19. I googled it

Found out he comes from the butt.

[FarLeftFist]

20. DUzy!

[Liberal_in_LA]

21. lol