"Santorum surges from behind in Iowa" - retweeted by Rick Santorum

[muriel_volestrangler]

That campaign still hasn't mastered the double entendre, has it?

Via TBogg: http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2011/12/28/i-dont-see-what-you-did-there/

[JustAnotherGen]

1. eeewwww

Yucky! Not that I'm a prude or anything but eeeeeeeeewwwwww!

[NYC_SKP]

49. double that...

Yucky! Not that I'm a prude or anything but eeeeeeeeewwwwww!

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwuuuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwww!

[tavalon]

2. Bless his heart, that man is dumber than a box of rocks

Those who use twitter should retweet it, with an addendum to Dan Savage's page. Poor Man on Dog Santorum, it must be a real weight to be that stupid.

[Richardo]

25. ...with all the smart rocks removed.

My favorite variation on that phrase.

[tavalon]

38. I like that variation!

Anyone who has lived in the south gets the "Bless his heart, ______________", but I hadn't heard the addition.

[boston bean]

3. LOL

[tavalon]

4. And here I thought that without Sarah Palin, there would be little fun in the RW primaries

Silly, silly me.

[backscatter712]

5. Frothy!

I wonder how this is going to affect those Google searches...

I figure I'd better drop another hint to Google for the top search result for Santorum

[tavalon]

39. You have great google Fu

[Javaman]

6. Huh, so that's what it's called now. nt

[libodem]

7. Ewwww gross

Bet it was frothy, fecal, and mixed with rectal lube.

[barbtries]

8. that's disgusting!

[rhett o rick]

9. This is gross and discusting and I rec'd it by accident, three times. Dont tell Skinner. nm

[book_worm]

10. I'll tell you if he comes out ahead of Perry and Bachmann they should withdraw

the next day.

[usrname]

24. If Perry withdraws from Bachmann too quickly

Would the santorum come gushing out?

[lindysalsagal]

51. I've read that Michelle is hoping to come out on top

so she can stroke the fires of his constituents.

[lindysalsagal]

52. Ooops... I mean stoke.

[Hugabear]

11. By definition, santorum ALWAYS surges from behind

Just a thought

[jonthebru]

12. To much information...

But generally I can handle it

[JBoy]

13. Santorum just might squeeze out a victory in Iowa.

[Odin2005]

14. LMAO!!!

[zbdent]

15. I'd be heading for the bathroom if that occurred to me ...

with lots and lots of soap and water ...

[Liberal_in_LA]

32. lol

[toddaa]

16. What? No accompanying Twitpic?

You got Santorum in my Goatse

[HopeHoops]

17. That's just perfect for Mr. Frothy.

[lapislzi]

18. Too awesome not to share.

K+R!!!

[Enrique]

37. that's what Rick said

this Santorum surge feels so good I have to tell the world about it!

[MADem]

19. You can't make this shit up! nt

[izquierdista]

26. At least not without a lot of lube.....

...I guess the froth makes itself.

[graywarrior]

20. Where else would he surge from.

I mean, come on!

Anyone wanna offer a thumb?

[Skinner]

21. This thread is cracking me up.

[racaulk]

22. It's moments like this that make me love Dan Savage.

[hifiguy]

23. The jokes just write themselves, don't they?

Someone on the Colbert or Stewart writing staffs should get this one and run with it.

I imagine Rachel M would howl with laughter as well.

[QED]

27. You can't fix stupid.

Is he really that dense?

[pauljulian]

28. Is he really that dense?

No... rather, by definition, froth is... well... frothy...

Just sayin'...

[QED]

30. LOL

[stockholmer]

29. he is bright, but not shining

[rocktivity]

31. I think you should nominate Mr. Santorum for a Special Achievment DUzy Award!

rocktivity

[Bucky]

33. Does "RT" stand for Reuseable Towel?

[sofa king]

45. Re-Tunneling

[Douglas Carpenter]

34. he was twice elected to the Senate from the ultimate bellwether state

Yes he is a complete dork. But he is an authentic dork - not a fake one. That might even work to his advantage in some circles. He looks like the kind of "real nice boy" that 1950's parents would have "trusted" with their daughter. I doubt that he does have any of the kind of scandals in his background that would likely derail his candidacy.

I suspect even many of his supporters know that he's pretty dorky just as many of Ronald Reagan's and George W. Bush's supporters knew they were electing ignoramuses. But that didn't stop them. I don't think that dealing with a Santorum candidacy would be the same slamdunk that a Gingrinch, Cain, Bachmann or Paul candidacy would be. I suspect it terms of beatability - I would guess it is in the same range as Perry - less electable than Romney or Huntsman - but not impossible like Cain, Gingrich, Bachmann or Paul. Yes, although less than likely - if he did become the Republican nominee - Santorum winning is not absolutely inconceivable.

[guitar man]

35. That's quite an accomplishment

Normally he just oozes

[Motown_Johnny]

36. It sounds like someone needs to do a couple loads of laundry

quickly

[Scuba]

40. Maybe the whole thing is a just an act, with all the characters taking on comic roles.

[sendero]

41. This is the most amusing primary season EVER...

.... it is so entertaining to watch the Republican electorate try each candidate on for size and finding them all lacking.

From Bachmann to Perry to Newtie and now this tard gets his day in the sun. Maybe his timing is good and he'll just hit the sweet spot (in this primary characterized as being when the voters know a little but not too much) just at election time.

In any event Iowa is a joke and why that corn-fed state gets to have so much influence is way beyond my comprehension. They may prefer a "strong social conservative" but the country does not.

[marasinghe]

42. sorry dude; but,santorum, corn & the repuke meme:"electorate try each candidate on for size ...." --

should never be linked in the same post. that's like a law of physics.

[47of74]

43. And of course Steph and her mooks are on vacation right now.

[LeftishBrit]

44. Umm - that's an image I could have done without!

Santorum, er, doesn't have a terribly high IQ, does he?

[Mnpaul]

46. Oh my!

I haven't laughed that hard in quite a while. Thanks for sharing this one.

[Mnpaul]

47. You have to check out the Philly.com story

It's a rip by Will Bunch:

"I think his biggest problem, politically, is that he talks like someone who's spent most of his adult life as a Washington insider, circa 1990s, and doesn't know how to "bring tha crazy" the way that the talk radio/Tea Party faction of the party likes it. Yes, a man who spoke in a political interview about "man-on-dog sex" isn't crazy enough for the modern Republican Party. Ponder that. And, at the end of a day, Santorum is a man who wears out his welcome -- his 59 percent rejection by Pennsylvania voters in 2006 was the highest I've ever seen for an incumbent senator not facing corruption charges.

Santorum's surge means people may finally look at his actual record. It won't be pretty. The real Senator Rick Santorum was a shameless pimp for Big Pharma who battled to hold back the working class Americans at companies like Wal-Mart and Outback and who founded a charity which was exposed (by Your Blogger) as not especially charitable. Maybe that kind of record is "evangelical," but not in any sense that I'm familiar with."
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/Santorum-surges-from-behind-in-Iowa.html?cmpid=124488469

[MrScorpio]

48. I think that it's pretty shitty with the way that Santorum is treated

Frankly, I don't how he can put up with all that crap.

A lot of these horrible jokes about him tend to come through the back door.

The haters should just scat along.

Let Santorum be Santorum.

[sarcasmo]

50. WOOF

[The Doctor.]

53. Yes Ricky, we know there's something about "coming from behind" that you like...

But just can't put your finger on (in public anyway).

[sarchasm]

54. As Ross Perot would say ...

That's just sad!

[Ohio Joe]

55. Google is not his friend

[rug]

56. I'd hate to be in fourth place.

[BeGoodDoGood]

57. Surges

If Santorum surges from behind, is he at least willing to give a reach around?

Walt

[murphyj87]

58. Santorum

Once again Santorum, as Bachmann, Cain, Perry, Gingrich all lead from behind.