oh Santorum has more troubles

[demtenjeep]

http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/rick-santorums-wife-was-in-unmarried-relationship-with-abortion-doctor/politics/2012/01/10/32978

Rick Santorum‘s wife Karen, before their marriage, was living in an unmarried relationship with the founder of Pittsburgh’s first abortion clinic in the 1970′s, left the doctor to marry Santorum, and at the time both Karen and Rick Santorum claimed to be pro-choice. Further, the doctor, OBGYN Tom Allen, is the same man who actually delivered Karen Santorum (then Karen Garver,) and is 40 years her senior.

(Editorial note: Rick Santorum’s attacks on the lives and relationships of unmarried people, including but not limited to people within the LGBT community, we feel allow for this level of scrutiny on both his past and that of his family. The Santorums’ life choices certainly are theirs to make, but building a political career attacking the lives of good, decent, LGBT Americans, pledging to “die on the hill” to stop same-sex marriage equality is not one of them. We’re not judging their choices, as fervently as we disagree with them, we’re highlighting their hypocrisy and their mistaken view that they have the right to judge us for who we are.)

A lengthy 2005 profile in a local Philadelphia newspaper, which includes an interview with Santorum, quotes Dr. Allen, Karen’s former boyfriend:

[joeybee12]

1. woo-hoo!

KNR!

[SharonAnn]

10. Oh, he's full of hypocrisy. Such as:

1. Wanted to limit medical malpractice amounts to no more than $250K, though his wife had sued and won for more than that ($400k+) from her chiropractor. Other people just don't deserve as much, I guess.

2. Respected his wife's decision to continue her troubled pregnancy (she eventually spontaneously aborted) but would deny other women the right to make that choice.

3. Complains about public schools but got $10k per child per year for his children from his previous county residence in Pennsylvania, even though he claimed his home in the DC area as his primary home. For the PA school board, he claimed his previous residence in PA as his primary home.

etc., etc.

[demtenjeep]

11. exactly

do what I say


ignore what I do

[roguevalley]

12. he's an extremist. He lives at the end of each side of the spectrum, never in the middle.

[mercuryblues]

18. She was

given a medication to speed up the delivery. At which point it went from a spontaneous abortion to a theraputic abortion. An option he would deny every single other woman in this country.

[demtenjeep]

20. great point

!

[Schema Thing]

2. that's hot

[City Lights]

3. Interesting.

Very, very interesting.

Think I'll grab some while waiting to watch Ricky squirm.

[tabatha]

4. Republicans = hypocrites

without exception.

The more I learn of Santorum, the more I dislike him.

[tularetom]

5. You won't hear anything about this from the liberal media

But it might just be the worst example of hypocrisy I've ever seen.

[demtenjeep]

7. this

I truly don't care about what people do, unless they are trying to tell others what to do

[customerserviceguy]

6. Interesting

But he can easily explain it away with the BS the born-agains always swallow. Even Newtered's marital status is no problem for the fundies, what sunk him is taking over a million dollars of Freddie Mac money.

[demtenjeep]

9. interesting way to build up posts

undercraticground


very interesting

[blue neen]

13. Well, this is quite an interesting story!

Rick and Karen Santorum--hypocritical liars, through and through.

[blue neen]

14. Love this paragraph:

"In short, Rick Santorum’s stated policy positions, which include not only his well known obsession with abolishing legal abortion, but also his opposition to birth control and all nonprocreative sexual acts, are greatly out of step with the lives of the vast majority of Americans. Clearly, the Santorums have changed their views over time on the issues of premarital sex and contraception as well as abortion, moving in a far more conservative direction. The couple has attributed these changes to a deepening religious faith, and such new beliefs are of course their right. But the Senator’s fervent desire to deny the rest of us the sexual and reproductive choices that his own wife once enjoyed is breathtakingly hypocritical and cruel."

[jimlup]

15. Santorum is toast already... /nt

[barbtries]

16. hypocrites.

self-righteous, holier than thou, motherfucking hypocrites!

they'll just say they've been forgiven of course.

[Brickbat]

17. I'm usually pretty laid back about what political spouses have done before they knew their partners.

But HOLY SHIT living with the guy who delivered you? That's like exclusive black-label WTF right there.

[tosh]

19. No kidding!

[blue neen]

21. Agreed.

It's the Santorum's self-righteous attitudes that make people wonder just what the hell the two of them have been up to.

They have no right to judge others...