That's the headline from a little tidbit Gar Joseph wrote in Friday's Philadelphia Daily News about Santorum's book, "It Takes A Family." Apparently, Joseph doesn't think publishing the book is the savviest thing Santorum's ever done:
What could hurt is Santorum's view that married women ought to stay at home.
That horse left the barn long ago. And Santorum is right, liberals are to blame.
What killed the housewife was equal rights for women. Back in the 1950s, women had few career choices. And women who did work faced discrimination in pay and in duties.
Today virtually any job, even race-car driving, is open to a woman.
Barring a takeover by Islamic clerics, there is zero chance this society will revert to the housewife era. Not to mention the impact that removing married women from the work force would have on the economy.
If Santorum is smart, that's one opinion he'll keep to himself.
In fact, we wouldn't minding hearing Santorum's opinion on that.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette takes this line of reasoning a step further in their Sunday editorial, writing:
"Out of 64 staffers in the senator's various offices, eight are working moms with kids under age 18, including three who are welfare-to-work single moms. In short, he practices in his offices what he does not preach in this book -- and good for him. Perhaps he could learn from such practical experience that in 2005 there are different families with different needs -- and no one prescription for raising children other than love, protection and care." http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05191/535261.stm
It's disappointing that there hasn't been even more media coverage of the reactionary positions of Pennsylvania's junior Senator.
Well, welcome to SantorumExposed.com -- let's see if we can spread the word about Rick's positions in another way. It's too important to wait for someone else to do -- we just have to get busy doing it ourselves.