Ad Campaign Assessment: Casey's ads debunked

Above is the YouTube video of a newscast from Central Pennsylvania. This particular news station has assessed ads on both sides of the Santorum/Casey campaign. I found this by visiting the campaign blog at ricksantorum.com.

Spokeswoman Virginia Davis posted this video with an explanation of why the quotes used in the ad are taken out of context. Davis says, "I wonder if Casey or the woman in the ad has even read Senator Santorum's book. Because I bet if they had, they would recognize that what they are implying is ridiculous. It's typical Casey to leave out the full story and select the pieces that fit his storyline."

Santorum's book, "It Takes a Family," has been highly criticized for its stance on parenting and, for some reason, the Left sees this as a let's-keep-women-from-the-workplace fight. Davis defends this better than I ever could:

Senator Santorum does not write that families shouldn't have two incomes, and he certainly doesn't write that women shouldn't work. Simply read the passage on page 94 for yourself.

But what Rick Santorum does believe is that parents should make their kids their priority, and that if they have the means for one parent to be at home, then they should think seriously about that. Who would disagree with that?

Seriously, what is the problem with wanting parents to take responsibility for their children and actually *gasp* raise them? Spending time with children, Santorum says, is the very best thing parents can do for them. Anyone want to disagree?

Davis closes her post by mentioning the women that work for Santorum--the majority of his staff are women. I had the pleasure of working with a couple of these women this summer as an intern in one of the offices here in Western PA. In all my life, though, I just can't understand how someone could be against an individual who is for the American family. Thank you, Rick, for standing firm on this position.