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The article contained quotes about Santorum, quotes, it wasn’t an editorial. It supplied quotes, that is why I posted it.

God bless your Aunt, God bless her for her years of service, she must have been one of the pioneer women in the military who made it so much easier for military women of today... And I have no doubt Santorum, or his office, would do something that thoughtful. No doubt. But then, I know people from PA, and I know lots of people from the military, and I know they all, each one, are gold... but not everybody knows that, like you and I do. And Santorum says a lot of judgmental things that turn the average person off... that was my point of the post..

A friend of mine recently sent Callista an IM, and asked her if Newt could send his 80-year old father, a veteran, a birthday card. Well, not only did Callista follow up, Newt actually called the man, and they had a wonderful little chat, and I am sure it meant a great deal to him.

Would that make you feel different about supporting Newt as a candidate, or feel differently about his policies? Probably not, and I wouldn’t expect it to. But Santorum has said a lot of judgmental and hypocritical things, and he is going to pay for them as they are revealed.

I read through that FR thread and your Aunt was a beautiful woman, and the one graphic with the plane and the TAPs was so beautiful it hurt. I couldn’t get the Indiana Gazette to pull up the article for me though.

God Bless You and Your Family, and you must know I meant no disrespect to them, or you, at all.

The article you posted certainly does have quotes from Rick (which tend to be spot on). It also contains quite a few comments from the writer that can certainly be described as "editorial in nature." Where Rubin writes, "Such remarks may please some social conservatives who were never that keen on women serving in the military, but this may not sit well with women who work, sometimes in male-dominated jobs."

Sure, it "may not sit well with women who work," then again, it may. Or more likely, like most things military related, the populace at large will remain willfully oblivious. Rubin's comments between the Santorum quotes are anything but objective, and her support for Romney throughout this campaign has been more than obvious.

My point in posting the anecdote about my aunt's birthday was a simple refutation of the suggestion that somehow Santorum is opposed to women in the military. I have direct personal experience and knowledge to the contrary.