The Santorum guide to swearing at the media: 5 lessons
Want headlines? Drop an obscenity in your dealings with the media. Look at what it’s done for Rick Santorum.
At a rally in Wisconsin, Santorum unleashed fiery rhetoric—perhaps his most vitriolic to date—in an attack on Mitt Romney, calling him “the worst Republican in the country to put up against Barack Obama.”
Later, as Santorum signed autographs for members of the crowd, Zeleny questioned the candidate: “You said that Mitt Romney is the worst Republican in the country. Is that true?”
An angry Santorum clarified that he meant Romney was the worst Republican to run against Obama on the issue of health care. Beyond offering a clarification, Santorum ranted against Zeleny in a screed that culminated with this attention-grabber: “Quit distorting our words. If I see it [in print], it’s bullshit. C’mon man, what are you doing?”
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