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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 09:33 AM
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It is over - Rick Santorum says farewell!!
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06342/744523-84.stm

Santorum ends U.S. Senate career on positive note

Friday, December 08, 2006
By Jerome L. Sherman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette



WASHINGTON -- Over the course of his 16 years in the U.S. Congress, Sen. Rick Santorum developed a reputation for being a self-described, rhetorical "bomb thrower," often pushing his way into the middle of some of the most controversial issues of the day.

Last night, the Republican senator marked the closing of his congressional career by throwing nothing but praise -- at his colleagues, his family, his staff and the people of Pennsylvania who overwhelmingly voted him out of office on Nov. 7.

"I had an opportunity to serve them. I had an opportunity to be scolded by them," he said during a half-hour Senate floor speech. "But I always understood that they were my employers; I worked for them. And when you work for somebody, sometimes they're going to tell you that they don't like the job you're doing.

"I respect the fact that I didn't win this election, and that the people of Pennsylvania made a different decision."

Earlier in the day, Mr. Santorum met with Sen.-elect Bob Casey to discuss the transition of office. He called his Democratic successor a "good man."


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There is a God - and she sent Rick Santorum packing back home to Virginia!
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 09:37 AM
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1. Bye Ricky! Don't come back!
This is one of the most satisfying departures ever. Only exceeded by the departure on January 20, 2009 at 12:00PM.
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Lugnut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 09:39 AM
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2. Good riddance
The door should hit him in the ass on his way out.
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 09:41 AM
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3. Hells bells, we don't want this nitwit in VA!! Send Rick the Dick elsewhere!!
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 09:44 AM
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4. Farewell Douchebag. Now go work on your movie script 'Happy Fetus'.
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 09:49 AM
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5. Goodbye Senate...hello Humane Society!
:spank:
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Sinistrous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 09:59 AM
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6. In the "Raining on the Parade" department...
I am not sure pRicky has permanently disappeared. He will probably get a plum appointment from *.

Sinistrous
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 10:23 AM
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7. I think he's going into the Lobbying sector
You can make way more money as a Lobbyist than as a government employee
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 10:48 AM
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9. He certainly has plenty of "contacts" in that sector. n/t
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fujiyama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 07:10 PM
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22. Very likely I'd say
I remember reading about the major pharmaceuticals crying about Santorum leaving.
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 10:43 AM
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8. One of life's little pleasures
Seeing this guy defeated and saying farewell.

I love it!
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 11:10 AM
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10. Everytime I look at this thread I get the earworm "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead"
:D
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Joe Bacon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 01:06 PM
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16. LynneSin, doesn't that fit Melissa Fart, er, Hart much better
I LOVED seeing Jason Altmire pull the rug from under her feet. That was even more satisfying than seeing Ricky Retardo fired!
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 01:10 PM
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18. I just wish we had gotten rid of Jim Gerlach in PA-06
He got so amazingly slimy in the last weeks of the election that he made Santorum's campaign look clean. It would have been nice picking up five seats in the state, but four still amazed me!
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KKKarl is an idiot Donating Member (662 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 11:25 AM
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11. Good bye Rick
Hope you could have left earlier. One day people will look back at the destruction you & your republican buddies brought to the US & will be thankful that they got rid of you.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 01:06 PM
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17. Thankful? Hell they'll be kicking themselves in the ass for not doing it sooner
But the main thing is he is GONE!
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Bake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 12:03 PM
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12. Was he crying?
All the Pukes seem to be crybabies lately.

Bake
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 12:06 PM
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13. Now he can explore that man-on-dog thing at his leisure.
http://www.spreadingsantorum.com/
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fuzzyball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 12:13 PM
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14. Now Rick can start making big bucks as all ex-politicians turned
lobbyists do.
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Joe Bacon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 01:04 PM
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15. At least the last sentence in the article is true.
Bob Casey is a good man. That sure wasn't what Ricky Retardo spit out at Casey during the debates.

It was worth borrowing $500 on my Master Card to give to Senator Casey and Congressman Altmire. It's a real pleasure knowing that my home state won't be the laughing stock of the world anymore. Senator Casey will bring a much needed dose of sanity to the Senate. Besides it's been 12 years since Pennsylvania had 2 Senators.

As for Ricky Retardo, he can go back to the WWE where he came from.
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chemenger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 03:03 PM
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19. Did he really say
"But I always understood that they (sic: Pennsylvanians) were my employers; I worked for them ..."?

SINCE WHEN?????

His employers were his Repuke party leaders and their wealthy corporate sponsors. That and his own twisted Christian conservative agenda.

The only thing he did that I liked was his legislation for the Pet Animal Welfare Statute.

Otherwise, all I'll say about him at this point is thank God he's outta here.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 03:11 PM
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20. Exiting the Senate with Santorum was a frothy mixture of...
well, I won't repeat it... :)
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 07:07 PM
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21. Virginia traded Felix and Santorum for Webb I'd say that is a good trade
Here's to The Commonwealth

:toast:
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