He Has One Thing: Rick Santorum’s Family Is Cute-Ish

No, I’m not going to make fun of the little girl crying, hold your angry emails. What I would like to point out is:

• Although Rick Santorum homeschools his kids, he still dresses them like they’re in Catholic school. Nice.
• Rick Santorum’s daughter dresses her doll in the same outfit as her. No word on whether her doll attends Catholic school or not.
• Santorum has also apparently adopted Baby Fat Elijah Wood, who is trying to stare away the election results.
• Rick and his wife make a cute couple.

Man, don’t you just want to sit behind Rick and his family at church? It’d be so aww-worthy. As a senator from Pennsylvania, not so much.

Leftovers: Ralph Archbold To Sue For Copyright Infringement

• Target has released a talking Franklin Delano Roosevelt doll that… well… is pretty much Ben Franklin. Really, it is. [Wonkette]

• Don’t move to the side when you see an accident? Oh, you’re getting a ticket. Uh, wait, how would one not move when seeing an accident scene? Would you already get a ticket — or at least a higher insurance rate — for plowing into the cars in front of you? [KYW 1060]

• Okay, it’s all Phillies from here on out, so you can stop reading if you’re so inclined. Is Ryan Howard on steroids? Uh, no. No no no. Don’t even mention it. In fact, I bet he takes drugs to make him smaller, just to make it tougher for him. And he still hits 400 homers a game. [Daily News]

• Speaking of Ryan Howard, it looks like the blogoambit has scooped the “Main Stream Media” again! Will Bunch on his blog: “Last week, we were the first to write about the possibility that the Phillies’ Ryan Howard could hit as many as 61 home runs[.]” Somebody get that boy a New Era hat with “PRESS” in it; he’s an old fashioned muckraker in a 21st century media world! [Attytood]

• Best sportswriter in the world DJ Gallo on the Phillies playoff chances: “[T]hey have no chance of making the playoffs. Why? Because their general manager says so…. But then his players went out and started winning, and they seem to have no intention of stopping. Which is kind of rude and disrespectful to Gillick, if you ask me. It’s not right for players to hang their GM out to dry like that.” [ESPN.com Page 2]

• Update, 6:37 p.m.: Brian Rochford, Society editor of The Evening Bulletin, passed away sometime over the weekend. He was 45. My deepest sympathies to his family and friends. [The Evening Bulletin]