# How was George Santos' resume not an election issue? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 27, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188 "2022-12-27T23:46:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/141 "2023-01-05T15:54:08Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > In the same video, George picked his nose and wiped the booger on his pants. So good news everybody, George does not eat his boogers! Are we sure Santos initiated the act? It could have been the booger no longer wished to be associated with Santos and was fleeing his nose. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/142 "2023-01-05T17:00:57Z")
He was also [called a liar on the House floor](https://www.businessinsider.com/democrat-calls-george-santos-a-liar-in-portuguese-on-the-house-floor-2023-1). By whom, we don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/143 "2023-01-05T18:24:27Z")
Takes one to know one, and there are _plenty_ of ones in the House today. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/144 "2023-01-05T19:14:16Z")
“He basically catfished an entire congressional district.” — Jimmy Kimmel ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/145 "2023-01-05T20:13:47Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > So good news everybody, George does not eat his boogers! He’s saving it for later. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/146 "2023-01-06T00:21:18Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > In the same video, George picked his nose and wiped the booger on his pants. So good news everybody, George does not eat his boogers! Nitpick: All you know is that he didn’t eat _that_ one, at least not then, might’ve later on. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/147 "2023-01-06T04:09:55Z")
Meme that’s going around in response to Kevin McCarthy’s woes: _”Things were never this chaotic when I was Speaker.” - George Santos_ ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/148 "2023-01-06T16:33:49Z")
Look, sure Santos exaggerated his resume. He isn’t the first guy to do so. And cut him some slack. He _invented_ “Peek-a-boo” and dipping French fries into ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/149 "2023-01-06T18:45:14Z")
His service as a Navy SEAL and his writing of _The Nutcracker_ certainly won him some goodwill from me. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/150 "2023-01-06T18:50:13Z")
The revelation that he wrote The Book Of Love sealed the deal for me. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/151 "2023-01-06T18:53:32Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The revelation that he wrote The Book Of Love sealed the deal for me Would that make him the Pompatus of Love? ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/152 "2023-01-06T18:54:56Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The revelation that he wrote The Book Of Love Do you have faith in God above if George Santos tells you so? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/153 "2023-01-06T19:59:04Z")
He’s producing, directing, and starring in **The Tom Arnold Story**. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/154 "2023-01-06T20:53:25Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Look, sure Santos exaggerated his resume. He isn’t the first guy to do so. Wrong. George Santos invented exaggerating a resume. Which is not surprising because he also invented the resume. And he invented the French language so he’d have a word for that invention. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/155 "2023-01-06T21:55:02Z")
He also wrote My Immortal in his spare time, which might be the greatest crime of all. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/156 "2023-01-06T22:05:33Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > And he invented the French language so he’d have a word for that invention. With his wife…Morgan Fairchild. Yeah, that’s the ticket! ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/157 "2023-01-07T01:12:13Z")
I’m thinking this belongs here. Shared in the Speaker of the Dead, I mean House, thread. > [@House Speaker Contest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1719): > > FFS [[image] ](https://i.imgur.com/iQftW0Y.jpeg) . [[image] ](https://i.imgur.com/Zwo9fgJ.jpeg) As pathetic as this idiot is, would he really be so deranged as to flash a White Power sign? No matter what his true beliefs. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/158 "2023-01-07T02:17:13Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > As pathetic as this idiot is, would he really be so deranged as to flash a White Power sign? No matter what his true beliefs. That is an OK sign. Not a 'white power sign. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/159 "2023-01-07T02:20:49Z")
White supremacists have coopted it. ETA: [Article thereon.](https://www.npr.org/2019/09/26/764728163/the-ok-hand-gesture-is-now-listed-as-a-symbol-of-hate) ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188/160 "2023-01-07T02:23:06Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Not a 'white power sign. …its an OK sign. And a white power sign. Santos was flashing the white power sign, a clear dog whistle to white supremacists, then will pretend that wasn’t what he was doing, because that’s just how the game is played. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188.md?page=9)