Santorum "Udderly" Supports PA Dairy Farmers

With all of the dairy farms in PA, Santorum is taking a stand for farmers competing with the Big Milk operations in western states.

Courtesy of the AP:

"Compared with hot-button issues, the internal GOP battle over the Milk Income Loss Contract program seems pretty obscure. The program expired Sept. 30. Extending it for two more years would cost taxpayers $1 billion.

Green and Santorum are among the few Republicans facing challenging statewide campaigns in states won by Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in 2004. Both are pulling out all the stops as they try to revive the milk program."

Obviously, milking the taxpayer for a cool billion isn't a conservative philosophy, but Santorum apparently feels the need to make hay over the issue. Let's hope it isn't a bunch of bull.