# Santorum jumps the shark! (As if this is new news...) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 23, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum-jumps-the-shark-as-if-this-is-new-news/616561 "2012-03-23T00:00:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum-jumps-the-shark-as-if-this-is-new-news/616561/1 "2012-03-23T00:00:05Z")
This OP is surely as mundane and pointless as it gets (otherwise it would belong in yonder Elections forum), but I just CANNOT resist… Just noted THIS article over on yahoo: [Santorum suggests that re-electing Obama would be better than a Romney presidency](http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/santorum-suggests-electing-obama-better-romney-presidency-211531760.html) Just notice in particular the photo there. That just struck my in-circuit brain pattern-matcher. I’ve seen that face before! That arms-wide-open stance! Even the set of the eyes and the mouth! This man is none other than . . . . [THIS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fonzie_jumps_the_shark.PNG) ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum-jumps-the-shark-as-if-this-is-new-news/616561/2 "2012-03-23T00:29:45Z")
Even a broken clock is right two times a dAYYYYYYYYY! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum-jumps-the-shark-as-if-this-is-new-news/616561/3 "2012-03-23T15:10:46Z")
Someone photoshop that, please! So now the most right-wing-conservative Republican in the race is suggesting that people should vote Democrat? How…weird. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum-jumps-the-shark-as-if-this-is-new-news/616561/4 "2012-03-23T15:14:14Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > Even a broken clock is right two times a dAYYYYYYYYY! 🆒 Good point, Rachel. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum-jumps-the-shark-as-if-this-is-new-news/616561/5 "2012-03-23T16:33:55Z")
Look at the credit on that picture. Eric Gay. Just another example of the liberal homosexual media trying to make Santorum look bad. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum-jumps-the-shark-as-if-this-is-new-news/616561/6 "2012-03-23T16:50:04Z")
The “clarification” of Santorum’s statement is every bit as nonsensical as Romney’s clarification of the Etch-A-Sketch thing. Anyway if this takes any heat off Romney for the Etch-A-Sketch thing, Romney should send Santo a huge thank-you bouquet. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum-jumps-the-shark-as-if-this-is-new-news/616561/7 "2012-03-23T16:53:45Z")
Just when I think life ain’t worth livin anymore … The Fonz shows up. Plus: Rachel wins teh thread. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum-jumps-the-shark-as-if-this-is-new-news/616561/8 "2012-03-23T16:55:25Z")
At this point, I’m pretty sure that Santurum _is_ the shark. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum-jumps-the-shark-as-if-this-is-new-news/616561/9 "2012-03-23T17:28:50Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > At this point, I’m pretty sure that Santurum _is_ the shark. I’m pretty sure jumping yourself is against Santorum’s religion. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum-jumps-the-shark-as-if-this-is-new-news/616561/10 "2012-03-23T18:26:48Z")
Now he’s trying to [take it back!](http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/23/10830198-santorum-tries-to-erase-romney-etch-a-sketch-comment) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum-jumps-the-shark-as-if-this-is-new-news/616561/11 "2012-03-23T18:33:47Z")
Santorum says, “I would never vote for Barack Obama over any Republican and to suggest otherwise is preposterous.” That’s technically true. He didn’t say _he_ would vote for Obama if Romney were nominated. He said the public should: “If you’re going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk with what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate of the future.” ---
**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:** [March 24, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum-jumps-the-shark-as-if-this-is-new-news/616561/12 "2012-03-24T00:40:16Z")
And people wonder why Gingrich isn’t dropping out. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum-jumps-the-shark-as-if-this-is-new-news/616561/13 "2012-03-24T01:59:07Z")
I look forward to hearing this statement repeated over and over again before Obama coasts to victory this fall.