Interesting article!! Thoughts?
Commies in the White House?
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Mrs. Santorum recalls fondly when Rick visited her in 1985 during his law internship in Florence, and when he came back again in 1986 and 1989. He loved our culture and cuisine so much, he brought his wife-to-be, Karen, a massive cookbook of Italian recipes, she said.
But the elder Santorum matriarch doesnt understand why he has diverged so far from the familys longtime political stance. In Riva del Garda his grandfather Pietro and uncles were red communists to the core, writes Oggi journalist Giuseppe Fumagalli, likening the family to Peppone after a famous fictional Italian communist mayor who fought against an ultraconservative priest known as Don Cammillo and about which a popular television series is based. But on the other side of the ocean, its like his family here doesnt exist. Instead he draws crowds as the head of the ultraconservative faction of the Republican party, against divorce, gay marriage, abortion, and immigration.
On the campaign trail, Santorum often touts his grandfathers flight from Italy to escape fascism, but he has neglected to publicly mention their close ties with the Italian Communist Party.
Commies in the White House?
When he wins, he will send the American presidential airplane and take all the Santorums to the White House, Bruno Santorum told the magazine.
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