It appears as though Rick and Karen Santorum's children are at major risk for all that ails today's liberal society. You see, the Santorum's traditional marriage was sufficiently lacking in 2003 that Karen Santorum sought "professional gratification" and "social affirmation" by taking a job consulting with Brabender Associates, an advertising firm that handles the Senator's election campaigns. According to Brabender, Karen Santorum, whose husband earns a reported $162,000 per year, was able to remain a "stay-at-home mom" and still pull in $4,000/month working during breaks from homeschooling the Santorum brood (something school teachers in the "aberrant" public school system may want to consider doing while the kids are at recess or other free periods to boost their incomes).
I guess this is little Ricky's tweak on his hero's argument for hypocrisy: what works for his family is OK provided the husband says it is, what works for your family is not (unless Rick Santorum approves your husband's plan). But let's put this all into perspective, for the sake of the traditional family: if the Santorums took an honest look at their budget, I'm sure they'd see their purported need to maintain that second house in PA is just a convenient excuse of some sort when Mrs. Santorum could have focused 100% on the children & family.
"She helped us try to get accounts and often acted as our Washington representative," Brabender told UPI. "She was both a stay-at-home mom and a professional at the same time."While I'm sure the Santorums will explain this isn't a case of hypocrisy, it's OK for the wife of a rich Senator to get some social affirmation/professional gratification as long as she's doing it while tending to the children inside the home. [emphasis added]
"In far too many families with young children, both parents are working, when, if they really took an honest look at the budget, they might confess that both of them really don’t need to, or at least may not need to work as much as they do… And for some parents, the purported need to provide things for their children simply provides a convenient rationalization for pursuing a gratifying career outside the home." (It Takes a Family, 94)Unlike other, selfish/materialistic, families who send their children out for schooling so the wife can conveniently work outside the home the Santorum's have 6 kids and a second house (granted, an inexpensive 2 bedroom house) in PA to maintain the appearance of residing in PA to pay for. The senator probably took an honest look at the budget, realized they could use some extra cash and since there is a plethora of flexible, work-from-home-in-your-spare-time jobs paying so well, decided that a little professional gratification for the little wifey would certainly be permissible within the context of a "traditional" marriage.
I guess this is little Ricky's tweak on his hero's argument for hypocrisy: what works for his family is OK provided the husband says it is, what works for your family is not (unless Rick Santorum approves your husband's plan). But let's put this all into perspective, for the sake of the traditional family: if the Santorums took an honest look at their budget, I'm sure they'd see their purported need to maintain that second house in PA is just a convenient excuse of some sort when Mrs. Santorum could have focused 100% on the children & family.
Tags: Rick "man on dog" Santorum; Politics;marriage; feminism; parenthood; conservatism; Hypocrisy
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