# Does Santorum REALLY want his name associated with a frothy fecal looking substance? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 17, 2012, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-santorum-really-want-his-name-associated-with-a-frothy-fecal-looking-substance/613105 "2012-02-17T04:50:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-santorum-really-want-his-name-associated-with-a-frothy-fecal-looking-substance/613105/1 "2012-02-17T04:50:10Z")
I’ve been on record since Dan Savage made _santorum_ a nelogogism for something extraordinarily disgusting (other than Rick Santorum) as saying that I thought that was witless, juvenile, and a shot in the foot to gay activism. (If you’re not familiar you can google, I won’t link, though I’d advise against it unless you’re just super curious.) However, do you think that Santorum is intentionally referencing it or clueless or… what… to come up with this ad? Or is it not really Rick Santorum approved? [Rombo Ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OtOcrS6axnE) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-santorum-really-want-his-name-associated-with-a-frothy-fecal-looking-substance/613105/2 "2012-02-17T04:58:19Z")
It’s Santorum approved. It’s boosting his rating in the polls. A lot of people are clueless. And the joke is old. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-santorum-really-want-his-name-associated-with-a-frothy-fecal-looking-substance/613105/3 "2012-02-17T05:03:08Z")
He’s clueless. With everything Rick has frothed out about people, well certain kinds of people that in aggregate make up a majority of humanity, are you really surprised? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-santorum-really-want-his-name-associated-with-a-frothy-fecal-looking-substance/613105/4 "2012-02-17T05:28:10Z")
Wait, that’s not a parody? That’s a serious ad? Oh sweet Jesus! ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-santorum-really-want-his-name-associated-with-a-frothy-fecal-looking-substance/613105/5 "2012-02-17T05:48:59Z")
I think it’s clear in the ad that Santorum (or rather, his totally-not-coordinating-Super-PAC) are referring to the political practice of “mudslinging”, and are slamming Romney for negative advertising\*. Now, it might have been wise to pick a thicker, chunkier mud for use in the video, because it sure looks suggestive in context. Therefore, I think we can chalk this up to ignorance. \*Which is totally meta. I mean, negative advertising about how much negative advertising your opponent is doing? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-santorum-really-want-his-name-associated-with-a-frothy-fecal-looking-substance/613105/6 "2012-02-17T06:11:05Z")
I hadn’t yet seen tonights’ DAILY SHOW when I wrote the OP, but it was used in the opening third. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-santorum-really-want-his-name-associated-with-a-frothy-fecal-looking-substance/613105/7 "2012-02-17T06:42:29Z")
I think [this column by Jon Bershad](http://www.mediaite.com/online/rick-santorums-campaign-really-just-made-an-ad-where-his-picture-is-splattered-with-frothy-brown-sludge/) sums up my response pretty well: > [@](#): > > As an “underfunded candidate,” Grace argues, the team needs publicity and are hoping that someone in Romney’s camp will call out the “santorum” connection, thus making them seem even dirtier (Romney had a good chance to take the bait this morning but didn’t). > > It’s a good theory and one I’m going to subscribe to. Not because I necessarily think that’s what’s happening, but because it’s the only explanation that isn’t entirely insane. Maybe Rick’s new strategy is to own the Santorum. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-santorum-really-want-his-name-associated-with-a-frothy-fecal-looking-substance/613105/8 "2012-02-17T12:49:25Z")
In other news, Mitt is offering me a chance to spend [A Day on the Road with Mitt](https://secure.mittromney.com/donate/day-on-the-road) Thanks, Mitt, but I don’t know if I want to spend the day [strapped to the roof of the car vomiting all over myself.](http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/02/15/146929766/why-romneys-shaggy-dog-story-wont-die) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-santorum-really-want-his-name-associated-with-a-frothy-fecal-looking-substance/613105/9 "2012-02-17T13:07:51Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > In other news, Mitt is offering me a chance to spend [A Day on the Road with Mitt](https://secure.mittromney.com/donate/day-on-the-road) > > Thanks, Mitt, but I don’t know if I want to spend the day [strapped to the roof of the car vomiting all over myself.](http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/02/15/146929766/why-romneys-shaggy-dog-story-wont-die) Whoa. I had not heard that story before, and even in the most charitable light it’s pretty effed up. And yet I still wouldn’t choose Santorum over him. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-santorum-really-want-his-name-associated-with-a-frothy-fecal-looking-substance/613105/10 "2012-02-17T13:56:00Z")
Santorum is a religious fascist. Romney is a venture fascist. Both seem dangerous to my liberties, but Santorum more so. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-santorum-really-want-his-name-associated-with-a-frothy-fecal-looking-substance/613105/11 "2012-02-17T16:54:21Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > In other news, Mitt is offering me a chance to spend [A Day on the Road with Mitt](https://secure.mittromney.com/donate/day-on-the-road) > > Thanks, Mitt, but I don’t know if I want to spend the day [strapped to the roof of the car vomiting all over myself.](http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/02/15/146929766/why-romneys-shaggy-dog-story-wont-die) Vomiting? Er, no. According to the accounts, that wasn’t vomit. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-santorum-really-want-his-name-associated-with-a-frothy-fecal-looking-substance/613105/12 "2012-02-17T17:02:27Z")
And the headlines keep writing themselves: **[Will Beltway Republicans & Team Romney Smear Santorum Too?](http://townhall.com/tipsheet/greghengler/2012/02/08/game_on_will_beltway_republicans__team_romney_smear_santorum_too)** ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-santorum-really-want-his-name-associated-with-a-frothy-fecal-looking-substance/613105/13 "2012-02-17T17:08:04Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Vomiting? Er, no. According to the accounts, that wasn’t vomit. That’s right, it was a basement problem, not an attic problem. I’m still taking my own car. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-santorum-really-want-his-name-associated-with-a-frothy-fecal-looking-substance/613105/14 "2012-02-17T17:28:12Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I’ve been on record since Dan Savage made _santorum_ a nelogogism for something extraordinarily disgusting (other than Rick Santorum) as saying that I thought that was witless, juvenile, and a shot in the foot to gay activism. (If you’re not familiar you can google, I won’t link, though I’d advise against it unless you’re just super curious.) [I’ll link.](http://spreadingsantorum.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-santorum-really-want-his-name-associated-with-a-frothy-fecal-looking-substance/613105/15 "2012-02-17T19:00:36Z")
Just noticed I totally screwed the word neologism in the OP- that’s a santorum of a misspelling. [QUOTE=Cheesesteak] Thanks, Mitt, but I don’t know if I want to spend the day strapped to the roof of the car vomiting all over myself. [/QUOTE] Eh, the dog loved it. That’s per Mitt himself. (In nature, wild dogs natural habitats are small confined spaces on top of large objects going 70 mph with continual fast objects around them on all sides.) ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-santorum-really-want-his-name-associated-with-a-frothy-fecal-looking-substance/613105/16 "2012-02-17T19:05:58Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I’ve been on record since Dan Savage made _santorum_ a nelogogism for something extraordinarily disgusting (other than Rick Santorum) as saying that I thought that was witless, juvenile, and a shot in the foot to gay activism. . . I disagree completely. If Savage hadn’t done what he did, Santorum’s comments at the time would have been a minor little blip on the radar . . . and then they would have sank, forgotten, into the murk of the many many _many_ bigoted and hateful things that Republican and conservative politicianss have said. Santorum basically said on record that one of my closest friends from college, and the woman who _should_ be her wife, are no better than goat-fuckers, and the gay couple who used to live next door to us and were hands-DOWN the best neighbors I’ve ever had are no better than child rapers. Making sure that this hateful filth was never forgotten is pretty damn helpful to the gay activism movement, I’d say. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-santorum-really-want-his-name-associated-with-a-frothy-fecal-looking-substance/613105/17 "2012-02-17T20:19:37Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I’ve been on record since Dan Savage made _santorum_ a nelogogism for something extraordinarily disgusting (other than Rick Santorum) as saying that I thought that was witless, juvenile, and a shot in the foot to gay activism. I absolutely disagree. Santorum is responsible for his bigotry, and it needs to be attacked in whatever means are available. There’s nothing new or wrong about combining politics with humor. Personally, I’m surprised nobody’s done this with Phelps. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-santorum-really-want-his-name-associated-with-a-frothy-fecal-looking-substance/613105/18 "2012-02-17T20:29:05Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Personally, I’m surprised nobody’s done this with Phelps. What would be the point? The problem with Rick Santorum is that enough people like him to elect him to high office, so there’s a value in reminding people what a piece of shit he really is. But Phelps? Every single person on Earth who isn’t a part of his church already thinks he’s an asshole. Nobody needs to be reminded or convinced of that fact. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-santorum-really-want-his-name-associated-with-a-frothy-fecal-looking-substance/613105/19 "2012-02-18T04:07:18Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > But Phelps? Every single person on Earth who isn’t a part of his church already thinks he’s an asshole. Nobody needs to be reminded or convinced of that fact. Not to mention that the only people in his “Church” are the members of his family.