I Couldn't Take It!

I tried to watch Meet The Press this morning and when Rick Santorum started lying about the morning after pill and WMDs, I had to turn. I tried again when it came on later on MSNBC but Rick was still acting like a nutjob throughout the entire debate. Bob Casey was calm, cool, rational and collected and Rick looked like a temper tantrum throwing little boy. Anyhow, Americablog has a great update.

The first Senate debate between Bob Casey and Rick Santorum wasn't even close - Casey won. Santorum, looking unhinged, offered more of the same while Bob Casey outlined a new direction and made the case for change. Casey went head to head on Santorum's hometurf and got the better of him.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, HERE'S THE QUICK & DIRTY: Santorum called George Bush a "terrific president," admitted to sleeping in Pennsylvania just one month a year, reiterated his support for privatizing Social Security, praised Bush's handling of Iraq and insisted there were WMD in Iraq even though the White House has acknowledged there weren't. Casey laid out a new direction, calling for the Iraqis to take the lead on their own security and detailing specific ways for enhancing the U.S. military. He outlined a plan to balance the budget and spoke about the need for Pennsylvania to have a Senator who will hold George Bush accountable for advancing an ineffective agenda.

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: Here are video highlights you'll be talking about when you go back to work next week:

Video 1) When asked how much time he spends in his Pennsylvania home since he lives full-time in Virginia, Santorum said: "I probably spend maybe a month a year." When he ran for Congress the first time, he pummeled his opponent for living outside Pennsylvania but now he is guilty of the same offense.

Video 2) When asked whether he thinks George Bush has been a great president, Santorum said: "I think he's been a terrific President. Absolutely." Santorum has voted the way the White House wants 98% of the time that Bush has been president.

Video 3) In response to Santorum insisting that there WMD in Iraq, a claim that even the White House discredits, Casey said: "When you point to the 9/11 question on Saddam Hussein, and you point to this crazy theory that there's still weapons of mass destruction, Tim, I think you've unearthed something. You've unearthed the 2% of the time that Rick Santorum disagrees with President Bush."

Here's more at Crooks and Liars detailing how Santorum had the audacity to bring up Bob Casey's dead father in his erroneous rambling about the morning after pill.

MR. CASEY: Tim, Iopinion.MR science is clear on this. I think it is contraception, and I support it. I think we’ve got to make it widely available, and I think that’s one of the ways, I think, that we reach common ground on the very tough issue of abortion: to reduce the number not just of unwanted pregnancies, but I think emergency contraception can reduce the number of abortions. That’s what we should emphasize.

SEN. SANTORUM: He says the science is clear and it is clear. In fact, it is an abortifacient in certain circuemphasize.SENthe, if the egg has been fertilized and, and the, and the pill is taken, it abortifacient abortion. It’s inconsistent with his previous position. It’s a classic attempt of him, how in a general election, to try and middle and, and, and violate his principles. And I think his father would be very upset if, if he were alive today and, and heard him be supportive of something like this.

Dead babies, dead daddies ... Santorum is just a sick individual who is DESPERATE!