Forget the village! All it takes is Rick Santorum

Excerpts from conservative Senator Rick Santorum’s new book, “It Takes a Family,” have leaked out. Some gems (courtesy of CapitolBuzz) include:
Abortion rights are worse than slavery! “But unlike abortion today, in most states even the slaveholder did not have the unlimited right to kill his slave.” (page 241)
Women don’t need no education! “The notion that college education is a cost-effective way to help poor, low-skill, unmarried mothers with high school diplomas or GEDs move up the economic ladder is just wrong.” (page 138)
Feminists tricked women into working outside the home! “Many women have told me, and surveys have shown, that they find it easier, more “professionally” gratifying, and certainly more socially affirming, to work outside the home than to give up their careers to take care of their children. Think about that for a moment… Here, we can thank the influence of radical feminism, one of the core philosophies of the village elders.” (page 95)
Count on Wal-Mart to uphold “moral values”! “Another corporate good citizen cooperating with parents to keep kids from inappropriate content has been Wal-Mart.” (page 332)
The title is an obvious jab at Hillary Clinton’s “It Takes a Village.” Says Santorum’s publisher:
“Throughout his book, Santorum emphasizes the central role of the family— in contradistinction to the metaphorical ‘village’ of the federal government, as promoted by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton— in achieving the common good.”
Which prompts me to ask: If you think the family is all it takes, then why are you a United States Senator?