“One of my political heroes, the eighteenth-century British statesman William Wilberforce, argued that hypocrisy can often be a social good.” -Rick Santorum, It Takes a Family, p. 280

Uh, what?

WOW, that explains quite a bit doesn't it? In defense of William Wilberforce we have not found any other reference to his pro-hypocrisy argument, but we'll defer to Rick on this one.

It must make Rick feel all warm and fuzzy to know that his political hero would be proud of his many examples of hypocrisy. Let's take a look at some very recent examples, shall we?

Rick opposes stem cell research, but takes money from companies that perform stem cell research...

Rick gives Senator Dick Durbin apology lessons...

Rick says comparing Democrats to Hitler was just a joke...

Rick votes to allow the EPA to test pesticides on pregnant women, infants and fetuses...

Rick votes to increase Veteran's Affairs funding and takes credit as the main sponsor, after voting against funding increases 3 times...

Rick advocates for military base closures, and then tries to play the hero when PA bases are slated for closure...

Maybe Rick can explain to us how each of these examples of his hypocrisy constitute a "social good." Because we certainly can't figure it out.

At least we now have an explanation for why Rick seems to be so comfortable being hypocritical. His hero convinced him that its actually a good thing.