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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Ricky, don't lose that number. Or street address.

Before every election, the Post-Gazette routinely sends letters to the candidates seeking material for the Voters Guide. Back in March, as part of that process for the primary, the newspaper sent a letter to Rick Santorum at his home address, at least the one that he claims. Back from Penn Hills came the letter with a sticker from the U.S. Postal Service checked as "Not Deliverable As Addressed -- Unable To Forward."

That is all you need to know about the nasty dispute between the Republican Sen. Santorum and his Democratic opponent, Bob Casey Jr., in the November election. The whole thing is rooted in one inconvenient fact for Sen. Santorum: He doesn't live here anymore.

2 Comments:

  • It is inexcusable for Santorum to give up an address from the area he is representing. But the editorial makes it sound like he's a traitor for living in the D.C. area. I mean, that's where he's worked for 16 years as a member of Congress.

    By Blogger dl004d, at 2:56 PM  

  • Two address frauds more worthy about generating anger from critics:

    + Dick Cheney living in Texas as CEO of Halliburton prior to 2000, violating the Constitution's order that presidential tickets not contain two people who live in the same state.

    + Karl Rove getting the D.C. homestead deduction despite being registered to vote (and voting!) in Kerr County, Texas.

    By Blogger dl004d, at 3:37 PM  

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