A cheap holiday in other people's misery

[corinna_5]

And, because I'm not above a LITTLE gloating....

http://flickr.com/photos/mathowie/292426931

Comments

[cereta]

You know, I feel bad for the little girl, I really do. But the fact that she's carrying a doll (and she's eight, which is too old to be carrying dolls at public events, especially formal ones), and a doll dressed like her, gives me icky, exploitative, look-how-the-mean-people-have-hurt-this-poor-child feelings toward the adults who staged her like that, let alone putting her up front, next to the podium where she's sure to be seen in her misery. Shame on them.

[corinna_5]

Exactly.

Also, dude, I have to feel sorry for any girl who is sent out in a babyish dress that matches her doll's, even when her parent wins.

[liviapenn]

As I just said in someone else's flocked journal...

Honestly... what is this kid even crying about? Are the Santorums all going to be kicked out onto the street and eat government cheese for Thanksgiving dinner because Daddy lost his job? I think not. If anything, in terms of its direct effects *on that little girl*, all this loss means is that Daddy's probably going to be able to spend more time at home with his family for the next couple of years.

I mean, I get that she is old enough to understand that Daddy didn't win *something*, but you know what? When I was eight years old *my* dad didn't call family meetings for the express purpose of getting us all emotionally hyped up about whether or not he was going to get a good performance review at his job.

(And he also didn't dress us up like Laura Ingalls and train us to cry on command in order to make people feel sorry for him afterwards. YUCK.)

[liviapenn]

Actually, I'm lying... we *did* get dressed up like Laura Ingalls sometimes. ^_^

[teenygozer]

Considering who her father is, if anyone deserves a good cry, it's her.

Please notice my icon, which is entitled, "Give her a pony!"

[cereta]

I feel worse for the older kids whose classmates know how to Google. Except aren't they all in some cyber-school or something?

[teenygozer]

Despite the fact that I have no factual knowledge to base this on, I am betting they are home-schooled. Religious nutbars always home school. People like Santorum have this need to minutely control their kids; control what they learn, the ideas they are exposed to, and who they meet. Otherwise, they might be tarnished by being exposed to thoughts and ideas other than the creepy religious nonsense daddy is putting into their heads and start questioning their father and thinking for themselves.

[corinna_5]

Hah, did you see the other image with one of the older sons flipping America the bird?

http://www.wonkette.com/politics/rick-santorum/rick-santorums-two-dozen-kids-hate-you-213305.php

[bear_left]

Kevin_v5 just blogged that photo too, with a must-read comment:

http://kevin-v5.livejournal.com/195304.html

[corinna_5]

Nice, though no woman who's had that many kids with Rick Santorum, of all people, is gonna file for divorce just when he can go cash in on the lecture and lobby circuit...

[the_girl_sleuth]

The way the photo is lit and staged it looks like that art which is going for a hyper-real feel. I can feel sorry for the little girl--her father has been in the senate since before she was born, and she probably doesn't realize that it is possible for him to work elsewhere.

Santorum, however, can go suck eggs.

My only other comment is that none of your arrested development mood icons fit your mood of "schadenfreude-licious!".

[the_girl_sleuth]

I'm sorry a word is missing:

My only other comment is SURPRISE that none of your arrested development mood icons fit your mood of "schadenfreude-licious!".

[corinna_5]

They're all so specific to the mood, and sometimes punnishly so, that I didn't think I could do either schadenfreude-licious!" or the Bluths justice.