Myths around Santorum hard to swallow
By Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
According to the sages on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," former Sen. Rick Santorum has tucked under his rotating ensemble of sweater vests something his opponents for the Republican presidential nomination would die for -- a "narrative."
As usual, everyone else at MSNBC politely demurred to the enthusiasm of the hosts, but no one bothered to say the obvious about Mr. Santorum's story -- to have an old man working in the coal mines until he is 72 is not, well, right. He either belonged to the world's most lenient union or none at all. Too bad he never enjoyed the fruits of his labor before he dropped dead.
While it's true that Mr. Santorum has relatively humble roots, he's become a millionaire since losing his Senate re-election bid in 2006. He was compensated generously for a column he wrote for Philly.com, if you can believe that bit of irony. He's also a former consultant for Consol Energy and a recipient of generous director fees from the King of Prussia-based Universal Health Services Inc., the same company the federal government sued in 2010 for Medicaid fraud.
Many folks in southwestern Pennsylvania are still stewing over the notorious 2006 cyber-schooling fight Mr. Santorum had with the Penn Hills School District. That bizarre and pointless scandal was about who would foot the tuition bill for the education of the Santorum children after the family had decamped to Virginia. The family wanted to stick working-class Penn Hills with the bill.
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