The fact that Mitt Romney's greatgrandparents fled to Mexico to evade America law to remain polygomous seems like a moral "gaffaw" that would appeal to Santorum's puritanical nature.George Romney's (Mitt's father) grandparents were polygamous Mormons who fled the United States with their children due to the federal government's opposition to polygamy. His maternal grandfather was Helaman Pratt (1846–1909), who presided over the Mormon mission in Mexico City before moving to the Mexican state of Chihuahua and who was the son of original Mormon apostle Parley P. Pratt (1807–1857).
..... Romney's parents, Gaskell Romney (1871–1955) and Anna Amelia Pratt (1876–1926), were American citizens and natives of Utah. They married in 1895 in Mexico and lived in Colonia Dublán in Galeana in the state of Chihuahua (one of the Mormon colonies in Mexico) where George was born on July 8, 1907. They practiced monogamy (polygamy having been abolished by the 1890 Manifesto, although it persisted in places, especially Mexico). George had three older brothers, two younger brothers, and a younger sister..... The family chose U.S. citizenship for their children, including George.
The Mexican Revolution broke out in 1910 and the Mormon colonies were endangered in 1911–1912 by raids from marauders.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Romney
The fact that Mitt's father was born in Mexico and only returned to the US to escape Mexican "bandtitos"/revolutionaries could also revive the "birther" movement - oh, I forgot, that conservatives don't investigate their own!
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