The Petty Revenge of Rick Santorum

Make no doubt about it, the fact that the Republican National Committee has chosen to have a fundraiser at the John Heinz Regional History Center in Pittsburgh this week is nothing more or less than an arrogant, petty slap-in-the-face of Theresa Heinz, the late Senator's wife. Over the years, she has made no secret of her utter distaste for Rick and the last election cycle just upped the ante.

Theresa's husband was a much-loved politician. A moderate. A man of principal. A person who could see both sides of an issue. Essentially, everthing that Santorum is not. Also, he was rich, which I think is something Ricky has always been secretly jealous of.

So tomorrow night they'll be laughing it up at the Heinz Center. You know what this will be like; a noxious cocktail party full of self-satisfied rich arrogant Republican men (and perhaps their wives, who don't work outside the home) talking about politics and golf, not necessarily in that order. And the cheap, classless jokes about tweaking Theresa will be on everyone's lips. But that shouldn't surprise us. After all, it's the Christian way, right Rick?