Santorum: for once he didn't say it (though he claims he did)

Bob Casey, Jr. finally spoke about Santorum last Friday (until then, he let little Ricky do his job for him) and very politely called Santorum out for playing the Republican version of "Monkey See, Monkey Do".

"The U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, who is third in the leadership, says one of the reasons people should vote for him is because he is in leadership," Casey said in an interview Thursday. "But he is not asking the tough questions."

Santorum quickly disputed Casey's allegations that he is capable of acting independently, but instead of giving accurate examples of where he differs with the WH in public (I don't recall even W making statements indicating a return to the 1830s would be ideal), he claimed he has questioned some tactics in public and private.

"I have a very clear track record of being supportive of the policy, but not necessarily all of the tactics," the two-term senator said. "That shows a level of involvement and sophistication that my opponent has not grasped... . I still have concerns about our level of activity with respect to fighting the insurgency, and the number of former Baathists who are put in positions of power in the country and their relationships with Iran. I have expressed those concerns publicly and privately."

Today, Santorum's people had to admit that even they have no record of Santorum making any public statements questioning the Iraq War as claimed by little Ricky. In true Santorum fashion, he used the old playground response of "have too!" to support his claim (this is the converse to yesterday's pre-apology "Nuh uh" issued by Pat Robertson).

"I do a lot of interviews on TV, on radio, with print reporters who don't happen to write everything I say," Santorum said yesterday. "The fact that it hasn't turned up in print doesn't mean I haven't said it."

It seems as though the (not so) Honorable Senator Rick Santorum has failed graps a few things about the media such as, the most important thing to them is the bottom line met by ratings/readership and the best way to attract these numbers is by sensational items such as the #3 guy in the senate dissenting with the rest of the Bushevicks. Radio and TV interviews are recorded, so if any exist to support his claim of dissent they could easily be located. As for reporters not writing down everything he says (which is a shame, because his statements provide so many of us with the best comedy routines not to use foul language since Bill Cosby's story about the Great Snowball War), it's hard to believe any reporter would deem any statement from Santorum that did not support BushCo policy 100% unworthy of documentation and reporting.

UPDATE 7:48 PM EST: It looks like the FBI has confirmed Lil' Ricky's been lying to his constituents (what kind of evil bastard would lie to a sweetie like Matt?) about how they've been putting the Patriot Act to use.

Tags: Rick "man on dog" Santorum;politics; Iraq War; Bush Administration; Foreign Policy; BBA; Downing Street Memorandum; terrorism; conservatism; Bob Casey, Jr.; republican

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