Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Santorum v. Santorum


On one hand, we have Rick Santorum, the Reformer.

Speaking from the Senate floor, U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R., Pa.) urged his colleagues to curtail a popular perk: private corporate-sponsored flights at bargain rates for members of Congress.
"This is clearly a subsidy," he said March 8.


On the other hand, we have Rick Santorum, the Not Reformer.

Two days earlier, he had taken a BellSouth plane from a runway near his home in Leesburg, Va., to fund-raising events in North Carolina and South Carolina. The jet ferried Santorum, two aides and Ward White, BellSouth's top Washington lobbyist.
Santorum paid $6,955 - first-class rates, as Senate rules require, but a fraction of what it costs to operate the plane.


Which one is running for re-election? You be the judge.

For complete details, see Carrie Budoff's piece in the Inquirer, from which these excerpts were extracted.

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