2012 republican presidential nominee III: can romney get santorum out of his hair?

Something else I hated about Romney tonight: throwing Santorum's 2008 endorsement of Romney back in his face. Probably politically smart, but slimy. I mean, Romney knows how this works--he endorsed McCain in 2008 after they spent months despising each other, now McCain endorses him, etc., etc. You endorse whoever's politically expedient at the moment. And then they're forgotten about.

Maybe, but Santorum's whole deal is toeing a very purist line. He's the driven snow, he brooks no compromise, right's right & wrong's wrong and he's the last man willing to tell the truth, etc. So Romney's not so slimy to sort of expose that that's a pose on Santorum's part, which it really is; part of what makes him a fascinating figure is how appealing that pose is to him, how much he wants to strike it - to my mind in a way that's deeper than "maybe this will help me win."

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http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/intel/2012/01/30/30_romney1.o.jpg/a_560x375.jpg

snacks!

(xxpost) But it was Santorum who argued for process and compromise tonight--in explaining earmarks, in explaining his endorsement of Specter, in explaining his support of No Child Left Behind, etc. I'm not at all supporting his many creepy views. And I admit that I want him to do well because it hurts Romney. But to me, he comes across as much more honest than Romney.

oh god that photo. it's like mitt & co. are about to stage an intervention where they grab you and pin you down when you try to run, but for now they're maintaining this thin pretense of "hello there, would you like some snacks?"

and you reach for the sunchips but his penis is inside the bag.

sorry. shouldn't have hit submit there.

disagree?

penisunchips

Totally not what a robot would do, Thermo.

http://exclamationmark.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/kanephonetop.JPG

...but his penis is inside the bag!

I would not be smiling that much if someone was making me serve my severed penis in a Sun Chips bag to a nervous photographer

Cool Ranch Doritos might be a different story

Oh KLo

If she were a really good investigative journalist, she would have called up Linda Blair, too.

She was going to call Max Von Sydow but she saw his latest film and thought he was now mute.

SNL joke about Romney being the bad guy in every blaxploitation film ever otm

it's true! there was another line, not on SNL, about how rick perry had the "exaggerated good looks of a soap opera villain" that was otm as well

What was the Costanza misquote?

letterman had a classic series of romney zings in 2008

Ha, didn't know Jason Alexander tweeted a response.

iirc he yelled "We're out of Quik!" instead of "We're out of Bosco!"

http://gawker.com/353939/rip-david-lettermans-mitt-romney-looks-like-jokes

William Peter Blatty, ladies and gentlemen:

When every culture in every part of the world from the beginning of history has entertained a belief in the likelihood that there is a Very, Very Bad Guy out there who “destroys the work of the Creator,” my tendency is to believe that where there is quite that much smoke there is probably fire — if you get my drift. To doubt the possibility of such a being out of hand is to regard Christ and/or the evangelists as either maniacs, liars, or very, very, very mistaken. As for Santorum’s outspokenness on the subject, I far prefer a man who has a position and lets us know what it is as opposed to Addison and Steele’s Sir Roger de Coverley whose answer to any difficult question put to him was always, “There is much to be said on both sides.” Yes, there is, but who is to say that Santorum’s side is the one that is incorrect?

"Mitt looks like a former Tarzan"

"he looks like the guy that would approve your check at a supermarket"

"Mitt Romney looks like the American president in a Canadian movie."

is pretty accurate

Yes, there is, but who is to say that Santorum’s side is the one that is incorrect?

*Raises hand*

Cathololics

When every culture in every part of the world from the beginning of history has entertained a belief in the likelihood that there is a Very, Very Bad Guy out there who “destroys the work of the Creator

Where did you get your comparative religion degree, a Bazooka chewing gum wrapper?

yeah that's sort of startling in its wrongness. Conceptualization of satan was a fairly unusual theological development

“destroys the work of the Creator

Here is the root of this problem. The Very Bad Guy is the Creator himself, you imbecile. And if you think Very Bad Guy is something outside of your Creator then your Creator sort of has limits and isn't exactly all-powerful now, is he?

Satan's not even present in early Judaism not to mention a zillion other religions

He wrote The Exorcist guys. I'm sure he knows exactly what he's talking about.

"when every religion that is the two i am familiar with believes in satan that probably means something rite?"

To doubt the possibility of such a being out of hand is to regard Christ and/or the evangelists as either maniacs, liars, or very, very, very mistaken.

welp

Needed to be a second 'and/or' in that sentence.

'mitt looks like the guy who winks when he shakes yr hand'

To doubt the possibility of such a being out of hand is to regard Christ and/or the evangelists as either maniacs, liars, or very, very, very mistaken.

sounds familiar

“Logic!” said the Professor half to himself. “Why don’t they teach logic at these schools? There are only three possibilities. Either your sister is telling lies, or she is mad, or she is telling the truth. You know she doesn’t tell lies and it is obvious that she is not mad. For the moment then and unless any further evidence turns up, we must assume that she is telling the truth.”

Lord, liar or lunatic wasn't a convincing argument when I was 8 and I was a believer.

lol gbx

http://media.salon.com/2012/02/Rick-Santorum-and-Mitt-Romney-460x307.jpg

"You know, that endorsement four years ago wasn't exactly what you'd call heartfelt..."

"Mind if I grab your arm and practice looking loose and spontaneous?"

just think, one crossed wire and Romneybot could have yanked Santorum's arm clean off

Amputation by sudden snatching.

i didn't watch last night's debate, but i have one silly question -- did either of the "devout" Catholics Santorum or Gingrich have Ash Wednesday schmutz on their foreheads?

Sans-torn-arm

Romney's left himself completely undefended against the imminent Santorum eye gouge.

i can live with someone believing in Satan. i suspect that Santorum and his supporters think that Satan looks and acts like the demon on a can of Underwood Deviled Ham.

no ash on head last nite

i think you guys are missing the point a little (along with wm p blatty). it's not that santorum believes that satan exists, it's that he believes satan's big plan on earth is to attack and subvert america, by means of controlling, in order: 1. american universities, 2. america's protestant churches, 3. popular culture & the arts, 4. politics & government

he's saying that satan has already done these things.

He must have a hard time sleeping.