Rick Santorum says cursing at reporter shows he's 'real Republican' (LATimes)

[eppur_se_muova]

By Michael A. Memoli

March 26, 2012, 9:23 a.m.
Rick Santorum on Monday wore his angry tirade against the media Sunday as a badge of honor, joking that his use of a curse word in an exchange with a New York Times reporter showed he's "a real Republican."

Speaking on Fox News Channel this morning, Santorum claimed he was being harassed when he said it was "bull----" how Times reporter Jeff Zeleny was, in his view, distorting his comments during a campaign rally in Wisconsin while discussing healthcare reform.

At a campaign rally in Wisconsin, which holds the next big GOP primary a week from Tuesday, the former Pennsylvania senator had said that Mitt Romney "is the worst Republican in the country to put up against Barack Obama" on the issue.

As Santorum was greeting supporters after, Zeleny put this question to him: "You said that Mitt Romney is the worst Republican in the country. Is that true?
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Let's see ... Doesn't like questions. check.

Can't handle being challenged. check.

Hostile to the press. check.

Resorts to hateful language instead of arguing the point. check.

Ends up looking petty and venal, but thinks he looks good. check.

Yep, he's a real Republican, all right.

[liberal N proud]

1. Yes it does, it shows he's a real asshole

[Angry Dragon]

2. Everytime Santorum makes a statement

people should yell

BULLSHIT

[mackattack]

3. How would this sort of reaction translate when....

Dealing with Vladimir Putin?

Dealing with something like the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Sorry Santorum and Palin, but if the big bad media gives you fits, there is no way in hell you should be command and chief.

[Nancy Waterman]

4. could this guy be a bigger asshole if he tried

Makes my skin crawl every time I see him.

[opihimoimoi]

5. Frothy still not showing signs of why we should vote for him...still no signs of maturity and Sanity

[hamsterjill]

6. Already unraveling under the pressure.

Little Ricky is already showing strains of the pressure of the campaign trail, which only goes further to prove that he is not presidential material.

[elias7]

7. Well, to be fair,

The reporter completely took his statement about romney out of context. Santorum had said Romney was the worst republican in the country to run against Obama. When the reporter asked, "you said that mitt Romney was the worst republican in the country. Is that true?", santorum was justifiably miffed. He could have handled it with more class, but he was provoked.

[LiberalLovinLug]

8. You are correct about that

He had every right to get angry about it, but could have simply replied with "What I said was............" and then just bit his tongue like someone who is good leader material might do, but instead berates him and then goes on the air the next day and whines about it. And what channel does he do so on? None other than FOX News. The channel that wrote the book on taking snippets out of context to create their own realities.

"What are you guys in the business of doing, reporting the truth? Or are you here to try and spin and make news? Stop it," he said {Santorum to the reporter}.

How ironic.

[sofa king]

10. Provoked, or staged?

He had to know that's exactly what would happen, reporters being what they are. If you assume he knew, then you must assume that his outburst was planned in advance.

Either that or my standing offer to run the Santorum campaign is revoked, because his handlers are worse than I would be.

[and-justice-for-all]

9. Actually if makes you look like an asshole

who can not control his temper and that is the last thing we need in the White House; a hot headed moron.

[ellisonz]

11. Rick Santorum planned that shit n/t