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The Green Party's green

Submitted by larry on August 1, 2006 - 6:04pm.
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TPM Muckraker has the dirt:

As reported today by the AP and the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Green Party managed to get their candidate Carl Romanelli on the ballot with a costly petition drive, which was mostly funded by contributors who had also given to Rick Santorum's campaign. The party raised $66,000 for the effort, all of which they spent on a private company to collect signatures. TPMmuckraker was able to establish that at least $55,000 of that came from conservatives.

Virginia Davis, Santorum's spokeswoman, told the Inquirer that their office had encouraged the contributions. Why? Because a challenge from the left is seen as a liability for the Dem candidate, Bob Casey.

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Santorum at the National Press Club - sorry, America

Submitted by PAforClark on July 21, 2006 - 4:20pm.
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As Hogfan apologized to the world for George W. Bush, so I will apologize to the United States of America on behalf of Pennsylvania for Rick Santorum's ill-chosen words at the National Press Club.

And also to the Islamic World which he has labeled as fascist.

We promise to take care of the Junior Senator from Pennsylvania in November.

Excerpts from Sen. Rick Santorum's appearance at the National Press Club in Washington yesterday:

"Islamic fascism is the great test of this generation."

"Hardly anyone took Mein Kampf seriously, and when Nikita Khrushchev pounded his shoe on the table at the U.N., announcing, 'We will bury you,' it was widely treated here in the U.S. as a moment of comic relief."

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