Wow. Nutjob cukoo Rick Santorum, who is in a very tough re-election battle, is now avoiding George Bush at public events.
When the leader of the Terri Schiavo wing of the Republican party is afraid to be seen with you, that's bad.
From AP
President Bush will appear at a Veterans Day event in Pennsylvania on Friday with the state's moderate Republican senior senator and a Democratic congressman but without the state's conservative junior senator, who is fighting a tough bid for re-election.Did you catch that? Santorum's spokesman refused to address the question of whether Santorum is avoiding the Bush. The appropriate answer for a Republican is "no, he's not avoiding the president." Yet, the spokesman didn't say that.
A prior commitment is keeping Sen. Rick Santorum, the Senate's No. 3 Republican, from joining Bush, said Robert Traynham, Santorum's press secretary....
When asked if Santorum was intentionally staying away from Bush, Traynham said, "The senator looks forward to having the president come to Pennsylvania as we get closer to next year's election."....
The news about Friday's schedule conflict comes one day after Republican Jerry Kilgore lost the Virginia governor's race to Democratic Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine. Bush did a last-minute campaign stop for Kilgore, and Democrats say Kilgore's loss is proof that voters are disenchanted with Bush and Republican policies.
