The Lantern Project

Shining New Light into the Dark Recesses of the Radical Right Wing's Agenda

SantorumExposed.com is a product of The Lantern Project. Formed as an independent political organization under Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code, The Lantern Project’s goal is to expose right wing public officials as the extremists they are rather than the pillars of mainstream, middle-American values they claim to be.

We are Pennsylvanians and Americans who believe, for example, that Rick Santorum’s harsh and often hostile brand of politics has coarsened our public conversation, divided Americans and perverted the spirit of John F. Kennedy’s proclamation that “here on earth, God’s work must truly be our own.”

Yet we also believe the facts and the record will show that far from being an apostle of “traditional values,” Rick Santorum has built a political machine which, like Tom DeLay’s, is fueled by an unholy alliance of K-Street lobbyists, corporate influence-peddlers and conservative ideologues who have misused government to put their own narrow special interests ahead of the long-term national interest.

In fact, we believe that Rick Santorum's extreme agenda has simply failed to improve the lives of most Americans -- shortchanging critical investments we need today, while building up mountains of IOUs for our children to pay.

And worst of all, we believe Rick Santorum and his fellow absolutists are guilty of forgetting Judge Learned Hand’s proclamation that “The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.”

(Like, what are the chances a Rick Santorum would have voted to confirm THAT guy to the federal bench?)

This is the spirit of The Lantern Project – a determination to shine a light onto the facts about elected officials like Rick Santorum …and let the facts speak for themselves.