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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Santorum's Residency is Still an Issue

He has two homes in two states, has claimed residency in both this year—and his newest home in Virginia has a purchase price of $0 listed, opening the door to more questions.

At the Iowa Straw Poll in August, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum handed out samples of what he dubbed “Pennsylvania Presidential Peach Preserves.” According to a story in the Des Moines (IA) Register, he told a crowd at the Perry Public Library that he, his wife Karen and their children had harvested 600 early peaches from their fruit trees back home, peeled them and made them into 40 jars of peach preserves to take with them to the Straw Poll. It’s unlikely the peaches came from the $106,000 Penn Hills, PA, home Santorum still—sometimes—claims as his residence. Other than in the supermarkets of the post-World War II suburb that borders Pittsburgh, the only place to find the product of 600 peaches in Penn Hills might be in…

rynaldo

11:08 pm on Tuesday, January 3, 2012

well we all fall for the lies and think someone is going to turn things around, when its our responsibilty to see that these career politicians do not get elected, the constitution clearly states that they are to serve, and go home, they should not be living in the state capitals or DC, they should go home to their regular jobs, and return to there seat in the state or DC, vote and go home, think…   more ›

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