Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) is such a fan of his idea of God that he can’t stop pushing his idea of God’s agenda in his political career, including the “Santorum Amendment” to the No Child Left Behind bill, which, if it had passed, would have promoted teaching intelligent design in public schools. But while Richie looks around at the placid lakes, forests and marshes of Pennsylvania and considers their design intelligent, he doesn’t consider them his idea of God’s best work. That was his idea of God’s later stuff, after he sold out, and Rick is totally a fan from the early days, not some poseur. Richie prefers the fossil fuels that are underneath those ho-hum marshes and forests that come from the remains of dinosaurs that didn’t really exist.
Aside from his stellar record of 10% lifetime voting for the environment, and 6 times voting against raising fuel efficiency standards, and voting against mercury emissions standards, renewable energy and global warming leadership, Richie has one number one spot he’s probably less proud of: Rasmussen Reports, a public opinion polling firm, calls him the “most vulnerable congressional incumbent this election season.” So with a little luck, we’ve seen the last of Richie’s dismal stay in Washington. But he’s got some deep-pocketed friends to help him fight for his seat. While his idea of God has provided precious little in terms of campaign funds over the years, the oil and gas industry has forked over roughly half a million.