Earlier today, Senator Rick Santorum, on the floor of the United States Senate, compared Senate Democrat attempts to preserve the rights of the minority party to Adolph Hitler's invasion of France.
I wanted everyone to know that while others sleep, we are doing what we can to push this story into the mainstream media.
We have video on the website of the remarks and our press release went out about a half hour ago. The text of Chuck's statement, and link to the video for your distribution can be found in the extended entry.
-- Tim
Update [2005-5-19 22:40:40 by Chuck Pennacchio for US Senate]: We just sent out an email to supporters with the video (you may have received it). We are going to attempt to distribute this video much as we did with the "Hey Hey, Ho Ho Social Security has got to go" video. Please consider contributing to the campaign and help us get this out. -- Tim
Upon hearing about Rick Santorum's speech on the floor of the United States Senate earlier today, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Chuck Pennacchio, released the following statement:
"As an historian of Holocaust-era Germany, I find Rick Santorum's comment to be offensive, divisive, and destructive. Rick Santorum should immediately issue a public apology, and then retreat with conscience to consider the lasting damage he has done to the United States Senate and to the memory of 12 million Holocaust victims."
"How ironic is it that he would make such an extremist comment comparing Senate Democrats to Adolph Hitler while his own political party seeks to consolidate all governmental power in its own hands?"
Pennacchio continued, "This is embarrassing to all Pennsylvanians. Unfortunately, Rick Santorum's hate-filled and heated rhetoric is completely consistent with the junior Senator's past behavior."
Rick Santorum's Hypocrisy:
Just two months ago, Rick Santorum said Senator Robert Byrd "lessen[ed] the credibility of the senator and the decorum of the Senate," when he obliquely referred to Hitler in a March 1 speech. [Charleston Journal 3/11/2005]
Website: http://www.chuck2006.com
Video of Santorum Remarks: http://www.chuck2006.com/blogDetail.asp?id=139