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Thursday, May 12, 2011

2012 / Politics Santorum...

Posted by Dan Savage on Thu, May 12, 2011 at 4:02 PM

...is sometimes the byproduct of a Senate ethics investigation:

Looks like there are more goodies buried in the Senate ethics report, including this: Current GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum tipped Ensign off in 2009 that the woman he was involved with was going to go public, Politico reports. The ethics panel doesn’t accuse Santorum of any wrongdoings, but the news is obviously not the best for someone with White House aspirations. Politico notes that back in 2009 after Ensign admitted to the affair, Santorum brushed off questions from the news outlet about whether he had tipped off Ensign. “I’m not even going to dignify that question, to be honest with you,” Santorum said then.

Here are some questions that Santorum may have to dignify at upcoming GOP debates: What did Santorum know and when did Santorum know it? At what point during the affair did Santorum become aware of it? Was Santorum aware of the illegal "severance package" Ensign paid out to his staffer? Does Santorum routinely cover for colleagues who are having affairs with staffers? How did Santorum learn that Ensign's ex-staffer was about to go public? Does Santorum's public stance on adultery—he's presumably against it—conflict with his private stance on adultery?

Santorum. Santorum. Santorum.

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It's going to be so interesting to read about the inevitable republican hypocrisy over the next year or so. :-p

Posted by Sachi

on May 12, 2011 at 4:10 PM

How many times can you Santorum before it becomes so much more than a frothy mix?

Posted by despicable me on May 12, 2011 at 4:17 PM

wow you're so mature

i feel sorry for the asshole kid you're raising

Posted by Swearengen on May 12, 2011 at 4:19 PM

Stay classy, Swearengen.

Posted by PugilistPuck on May 12, 2011 at 4:25 PM

There you go. That's more like it.

Santorum

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on May 12, 2011 at 4:32 PM

They say that no one knows what goes on behind closed doors. But you do when there's santorum leaking out from under it.

Posted by Fnarf

on May 12, 2011 at 4:43 PM

As a devout Catholic Santorum gets his values from the church. Values like 'No Sniching' and 'Always Watch Your Homie's Back'.

Posted by Ken Mehlman on May 12, 2011 at 4:45 PM

Please please please go on National TV, Mr Santorum, and claim this is a "smear campaign". It keeps raining here on weekends, and we need something to giggle at.

Posted by kinaidos on May 12, 2011 at 4:51 PM

A veritable Santorum-slide, indeed.

Posted by saxfanatic on May 12, 2011 at 6:34 PM

Wow, Swearengen let's pick on a child why don't we? Classy.

Posted by capricorn44 on May 12, 2011 at 6:38 PM

I'm sure there are many more messy leaks to come.

Posted by FeralTurnip on May 12, 2011 at 6:46 PM

Presidential candidate Poopy Dick.

Posted by Smell on May 12, 2011 at 7:42 PM

I clicked on every one of them.

Posted by this guy I know in Spokane on May 12, 2011 at 7:56 PM

Clever immaturity is delightfully fun and frothy

Posted by lauramae on May 12, 2011 at 8:23 PM

So... the site's never going be updated again? Even after all this media exposure?

Posted by Gou Tongzhi on May 12, 2011 at 8:44 PM

I second @15.

Who is in charge of it again?

Of course, it should not take time and energy away from TIGBP, but someone should post *something* new.

Posted by wingedkat on May 12, 2011 at 9:54 PM

I volunteer, if no one else does. I'll repose all of Dan's posts, at minimum. I'm sure someone more qualified exists, though.

Posted by wingedkat on May 12, 2011 at 9:58 PM

I'm sure Santorum's private stance on adultery is a wide one.

Posted by Karlheinz Arschbomber

on May 13, 2011 at 3:54 AM

14

Totally.

Do you know where we can find any?

Posted by Cansuélla on May 13, 2011 at 5:38 AM

10

Yeah, lay off the Kid-
he has his hands full being a father to Danny...

Posted by plus the HUMILIATION of that shitty awful "musical".... on May 13, 2011 at 5:40 AM

Bwahaha - Time is writing about the Daily Show and Santorum: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/05/10/watc…

Oh, how I love the internets.

Posted by moosefan on May 13, 2011 at 7:10 AM

That's one hell of a lot of link juice for santorum. What astounded me was that spreadingsantorum.com is the #1 result for "rick santorum" as well as "santorum". "senator rick santorum" was at #4, and "senator santorum" #2.

We might want to put some effort into associating senator santorum and senator rick santorum with spreadingsantorum.com.

Posted by John Horstman on May 13, 2011 at 2:06 PM

I think we should bring back dueling. Then you and Santorum could settle things with some honor. Punk.

Posted by 7 on May 18, 2011 at 3:30 PM