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Related: About this forumSantorum’s Communist Clan
OHNOES!
http://news.yahoo.com/santorum-communist-clan-113600418.html
But the elder Santorum matriarch doesnt understand why he has diverged so far from the familys longtime political stance. In Riva del Garda his grandfather Pietro and uncles were red communists to the core, writes Oggi journalist Giuseppe Fumagalli, likening the family to Peppone after a famous fictional Italian communist mayor who fought against an ultraconservative priest known as Don Cammillo and about which a popular television series is based. But on the other side of the ocean, its like his family here doesnt exist. Instead he draws crowds as the head of the ultraconservative faction of the Republican party, against divorce, gay marriage, abortion, and immigration.
Ricks grandfather Pietro was a liberal man and he understood right away what was happening in Italy, Mrs. Santorum told Oggi. He was anti-fascist to the extreme, and the political climate in 1925 was stifling so he left for America. After a few years he returned to Italy with his wife and children, including Aldo, Ricks father, who passed away late last year. Its a shame he wont have the joy to see his sons success in his bid for the White House. She goes on to explain how the family then became pillars of the Communist Party in Italy.
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Santorum’s Communist Clan (Original Post)
Drunken Irishman
Jan 2012
OP
“There are Santorums who would roll over in their graves to hear [Rick’s] rhetoric,”
Historic NY
Jan 2012
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flamingdem
(39,335 posts)1. Now thatssa spicey meataball!
I'd like to see that in a sweater vest.
Historic NY
(37,458 posts)2. “There are Santorums who would roll over in their graves to hear [Rick’s] rhetoric,”
...oops.
whistler162
(11,155 posts)3. Hold on Rick's father Aldo was born
in Italy. EGADS..... another Republican anchor baby!