Just What Makes Rick Santorum Think He's So Special?

After reading a piece on Santorum in NYT Magazine, who's sure he's God's chosen (I wonder if God feels that way), I happened on this discussion about good ol' Rick here.Rick, as you'll recall, was a real chest-beater for that disastrous bankruptcy bill. You'd wonder why, however, if he really can't live on the $160K plus he gets from his Senate job, along with all those corporate perks like riding around on the Wal-Mart jet. This is a man you wouldn't hire to wash your car and certainly not trust with your pets.Santorum actually gets his elderly parents to send him a sizeable check out of their pension every month so he can make ends meet? He's how old? Yes, he has a slew of kids. Many Americans, however, have to factor in their financial picture in whether they can support so large a family. Not "out of touch" Santorum who got PA to give him free housing, got them to pay an incredible sum to "tutor" his children remotely (PA wants that money back since Rick doesn't even bother to go through the sham of pretending to live in the state he represents).I've had several folks in PA - more than a few of them Republicans - remark that Santorum is particularly out of touch with the plight of average wage earners. The more I read, the more I have to say I agree - even before his completely nutso comparison of Dems to Nazis - another sore point since anytime Dems utter the word "Nazi", they are hounded; but the GOP levels this charge at Dems in every other breath and the pat themselves on the back and say, "Good job."In reality ( a concept that eludes ol Rick), few if any people or entities compare to a situation that resulted in the extermination of 6 million Jews. Nor were only Jews targeted. They killed dissenters, Catholics, and other ethnic groups Hitler hated. Sadly, however, today's GOP heads seem to think extermination of the only large political party to oppose them isn't such a bad idea. The double standards they apply to someone like Dean when Tom DeLay does nothing but spout vile and bile is just astounding and sickening.Still, among a leadership of really freaky people like DeLay, Frist, Hastert, Cheney, Rove, and Bush, Santorum manages to stand out. How can anyone claim that $160K a year with all the freebies he receives - including the best health care package available anywhere in America for him and all his progeny - is just not enough to "scrape" by? Since when did election to Capitol Hill mean that everyone was entitled to be a multimillionaire? Remember, the House and Senate - regardless of how bad times are financially for the rest of us, regardless of how many of them take incredibly long vacations - give themselves a health pay hike every single year.