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by Scarce
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After a rally at the South Hills Country Club here, Santorum asked Republicans to "pick any other Republican in the country" than GOP presidential front-runner Romney, based on issues that make the former Massachusetts governor "uniquely disqualified" to run against Obama.
Reporters swarmed him for clarification, only to have Santorum testily reply that it was unreasonable to take his comment outside the context of health care.
"I would say, as for, on the issue of health care, yes, that's what I was talking about - Obamacare, as you heard me say," he said. "That's what I said. I didn't say anything different than that. That's exactly what I said."
Minutes later, Jeff Zeleny of The New York Times followed up with a question about his outburst, to which Santorum asked, "What speech did you listen to? Stop lying."
Pressed further, Santorum clarified that he meant Romney was the worst candidate "to run against Barack Obama on the issue of health care, because he fashioned the blueprint. I've been saying it in every speech. Quit distorting our words. If I see it (in print), it's bullshit. C'mon man, what are you doing?"
Never a good sign when a candidate starts firing expletives at reporters with the television cameras in full view. Santorum has been in politics for twenty years and knows better than this. The pressure of a campaign on it's death march (lack of interest, coupled with running on financial fumes) seems to have finally gotten to him.
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/26/1077844/--Santorum-Blows-A-Gasket
Must-read: The tale of crazy Grandpa Santorum
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/25/1076618/-When-men-were-free
polichick
(37,152 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)liberal N proud
(60,335 posts)TBF
(32,062 posts)a lot of regular folks out there do not like Romney. Some are leery of LDS, but many just think he's an arrogant elitist. Santorum could definitely win Wisconsin.
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)Wait until the Amish hear about this!
Life Long Dem
(8,582 posts)So what if Romney is the worst candidate in the country, including outside of health care. Oh wait a minute he meant he was the worst candidate in the country on the issue of health care "only". NOW GET YOUR BULLSHIT STRAIGHT!
indepat
(20,899 posts)frosted.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Tantrums against the press are his trademark and his source of applause at debates. On the tv machine this morning, MSNBC, they were speculating that this was all planned because the right wing nuts just love these kinds of tough-sounding outbursts against the so-called liberal media, especially the hated N.Y. Times.