Santorum: Obama's 'Minions' Privately Told Me They Thought I Could Beat Him

[DonViejo]

CATHERINE THOMPSON – APRIL 29, 2014, 9:46 AM EDT

Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum suggested Tuesday that Barack Obama's campaign team told him they were privately afraid the former senator could have ridden a wave of working-class votes to beat the President in the 2012 election.

Appearing on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" to promote his new book "Blue Collar Conservatives," Santorum was asked whether he thought he'd win if his family was game to launch another presidential bid. He lost the Republican nomination last time around to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R).

"Look, I thought I could have won last time," he said. "I'm convinced. You know I asked one of the Obama minions who were running the campaign 'Hey, why didn't you guys help me? I was up there battling Romney and all these folks at MSNBC were saying wouldn't this be great if Santorum were the nominee, why didn't you help me? Why didn't you go out and bang me a little a bit, hit me you know, as being too conservative?'"

"And the consensus was, 'We didn't want you, because of this,'" Santorum added, holding up his book.

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[Liberal_Dog]

1. At What? Pinochle??

[DonViejo]

5. Stupid Santorum doesn't even know when he's being played...

(or maybe sucker punched) DUMB, DUMB, DUMB!!!

[Brigid]

12. I hear Obama does play a mean game of poker.

[Peregrine Took]

2. Oh yes Rick Santorum, working class hero.

Say what????????

[rocktivity]

3. They were either mistaken

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or trying to lull you into a false sense of security.



P.S. You ARE too conservative.


rocktivity

[Frustratedlady]

4. Huh? Has he totally lost it?

I realize he isn't too bright, but that statement is a head-shaker.

Give it up, honey. No one wants you.

[Sheldon Cooper]

6. He has lost his damn mind.

Dream on, jagoff.

[brooklynite]

7. My wife and I went up to NH in 2012 to see the Republican field, and yes, he was their best choice

He's nuts, but unlike Romney, he's able to offer a cogent argument for his nuttiness, and he's willing to engage with people who disagree with him on policy issues. He would still have lost, but he would have been far better at holding onto the base.

[hobbit709]

8. Minions? Who does he think he is, Sheldon Plankton?

[Brickbat]

9. "...holding up his book."

[truebrit71]

10. LOL!!! Frothy made a funny...

Umm...Ricky...you would have lost every single state....but go ahead and believe what you'd like..

[TlalocW]

11. Of course they said that, and of course you could have won *pats him on head*

Now you go back to your widdle blog and keep pretending you matter.

TlalocW

[CTyankee]

13. As Truman Capote once said "A boy has to sell his book!"

I'll bet the Dem staffers who worked on that campaign are rolling their eyes right about now...

the guy is a shameless hustler. Who does he think will believe that?

[blue neen]

14. I thought this must be from "The Onion".

No, just plain old delusional Ricky.

[Enrique]

15. who would buy that?

literally or figuratively?

[haele]

16. Minions...

Okay, he thinks the President is Gru.
And I'm Margo.

So Santorum is...?

Haele

[Johonny]

17. So in 2012 he told us not to believe anything Obama said while he believed things like this;)

Hey dumbass do you think possibly your opponent might be lying to you about their internal polling during an election year.

They also told him, "Please tell America more about your addiction to sex because you know those working class Americans find it totally normal for candidates on the trail to just break into long lectures about their sex life."

[surrealAmerican]

18. Those voices you are hearing, Rick ...

... they're coming from inside your head.

[MohRokTah]

19. Rick, Rick, Rick, you got played!

Oh, I say and I say it again, ya been had! Ya been took! Ya been hoodwinked! Bamboozled! Led astray! Run amok!

Tell me truthfully, Rick, was this so-called "minion" a "blah person"?

[WhiteTara]

20. minions who were running the campaign

what an oxymoron...both the sentence and the fool speaking.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

21. I coulda been a contender

if only you guys banged me a little bit.

[Blue Owl]

22. "I was told there would be Santorum on everyone's lips..."

n/t

[davidn3600]

23. The GOP candidate they were most afraid of was Huntsman