Santorum's Daughter Debuts
Candidates' family members often make their debuts in television advertisements targeting swing voters -- not insiders. But Sen. Rick Santorum's 14-year-old daughter Elizabeth is the star of a new web advertisement that's featured in the splash position on PoliticsPA.com, ensuring that it will get the attention of journalists, consultants and engaged activists on both sides.
Elizabeth Santorum narrates the ad and introduces members of Santorum's large family. She's a regular gal -- "I love sleeping in until really late in the morning," she says -- who wants to help her father.
Says a Santorum campaign aide: "Elizabeth is very mature for her age and excited about making a contribution to the campaign. This is just the first of many areas of involvement for Elizabeth and the family to come."
Santorum's regular-guy-ness has come under fire from a number of fronts. His PAC has been accused of paying for personal expenses; he obtained a favorably-termed mortgage from a PA bank that donated to his political campaigns; earlier in the campaign, Democrats complained about the amount of state money used to educate his children; Santorum later announced that his wife Karen would teach them at home.
Consider this a rebuttal of sorts.
He has used everyone else why not exploit his daughter too - enough time for this hypocrit to go
It wasn't state money that paid for his kids to go to cyber-school. It was local money from a lower middle class community that has trouble paying the bills. Santorum is a low life that steals money from old people to educate his kids.
Saint Rick will get you heathens. Probably with legislation forcing you to eternally propagate.
She is morbidly obese and has lazy-eye. Too bad the good senator doesn't believe in medical science.
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