Santorum Backs Up Galko Lies with Lies of His Own

Santorum must really be scared. Instead of joining issue on matters of subtance differentiating his politics from Bobby Junior's, he followed up his boy-manager's pack 'o lies yesterday by getting his wife and children involved in the mess and issuing more false claims over his own signature. Here's a hint to Galko -- it is harder to lie about stuff that isalready on video. Yesterday I wrote about the incident a a little detail, with links to the KDKA-TV report (text and video) in "And it Starts -- Santorum Campaign Scores Nixonian Trifecta with False Release", in response to the Press Release and e-mail put out by the 17-year old running Santorum's campaign (oh, okay, he's around 32, but has the judgment of a 17-year old).

Now, according to the Santorum Blog, a usually reliable source but given to occasional excess in support of the Senator (especially by posters other than AlexC), Rickie and Karen sent this letter to Bobby:

Dear Bob,

We are writing to express our outrage regarding the actions of your campaign, which have put our six young children at a serious safety risk. Last night, we learned with deep dismay that a Casey operative admitted on KDKA-TV to trespassing on our property and viewing the inside of our home. Further, your campaign issued a press release yesterday that falsely says that we do not stay in our Penn Hills home. This reckless statement is not only a lie, but alerts those who may want to enter the home illegally. Your despicable actions have greatly endangered our children's safety.

Blah blah blah . . . .there's more of the same. It is signed "Sincerely" by "Rick and Karen Santorum".

The Santorum lies:

"the actions of your campaign" -- Where is the evidence that this has anything to do with Casey? Because the neighbors challenging Santorum's stealing of money from their school district and falsely claiming to live in a too-small empty house are also Democrats? Santorum knows that this couple has been challenging Santorum's lies for years -- since before Casey even decided to run for Senate.

"put our six young children at a serious safety risk" -- How's that? The six little santorums were hundreds of miles away from their father's show hovel, nestled safely in their six little beds in their million dollar Virginia home. Pretty despicable to lie about the safety of your own children. Some family values on display there.

"we learned with deep dismay that a Casey operative admitted on KDKA-TV to trespassing on our property and viewing the inside of our home." Oh, how many lies in this one?

"Casey operative"? - see above.

"Admitted to trespassing"? No, he didn't. Readers can go to KDKA and view the actual report, not Santorum's lie about what it says.

"Trespassing"? -- well, not according to the police. And Ed Vecchio has offered to take a lie detector test to prove that he and his wife didn't trespass on Santorum's investment property:

Meanwhile, Penn Hills Democratic Chairwoman Erin Vecchio fired back, “If you want me to take a lie detector test to say I was never on that property. Go for it. I'll, myself and my husband, will take a lie detector test. Because, will you take a lie detector test, Rick -- to say you ever lived in that house?”

So, how about it Rick? I'll pay for the lie detector, to be admisitered by the Pennsylvania State Police, if you'll agree to take it. Lemme know.

"Home"? Please! There are no curtains, no furniture, the grass is overgrown, and there are two bedrooms for the 8-member Santorum tribe. Until recently, it was occupied by tenants. 'lil Ricky lives in luxury in Virginia.

Rick, Galko, grow up. Start talking about the ISSUES.

There will be more on this, according to the Penn Hills Progress,

The Vecchios obtained an attorney Tuesday.

They said they will submit a letter to Allegheny County Common Pleas Court today (Wednesday) to ask for a hearing to determine whether the Santorums can vote in Penn Hills.

"This has nothing to do with Bob Casey or Republican vs. Democrat," said Erin Vecchio, who is also a Penn Hills School Board member.

"The Santorum house is unoccupied. If everyone followed his logic, residential landlords in Penn Hills could switch their voter registration to Penn Hills and enroll their children in the school district."

Stay tuned, kids.