On Thursday, Rick Santorum stepped in a fresh pile o' poo by elliptically endorsing Barack Obama over Mitt Romney, inspiring high-drama blowback from conservative commentators and forcing Rick to spend yesterday doing damage control/"comment clarification"/etc.

Which brings us to today, when Towleroad directs us to this batshit crazy new ad just released by the Santorum campaign, seemingly designed to clear up any confusion about his fear and loathing of Barack Obama.

From Brandon K. Thorpe's Towleroad writeup on the ad, which is titled Obamaville:

This is 28 Days Later, reimagined in the rustbelt. Lookit the little lonesome baby, squirming in what might be a bathtub. Lookit the psychotic smiling nurse wearing too much lipstick, saying "Shhhhhhh" — is she euthanizing us? Is that horrible nurse lady euthanizing the American Dream? And see the man who appears to be blowing his brains out with a gasoline pump.

And see, in particular, the television sitting on the floor in some dilapidated Obamavillian house, relaying pictures of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The narrator intones: "A rogue nation, and sworn American enemy, has become a nuclear threat." As the narrator says "sworn American enemy," Ahmadinejad's face is replaced for just an instant with Barack Obama's. They are one and the same, goes the implication; brother jihadis beneath the skin.

Wow wow WOW.

UPDATE: Follow-up report from MSNBC.