Republican gag candidate and anal lube byproduct Rick Santorum is interrupting his Cornholing Across Iowa bus tour to give sparsely attended speeches about all of the cool beans things he would do if everyone else in America died in a horrible plague or were killed by the Bader-Creamedcorn Gang and then he became President because that’s pretty much the only way that would happen and even then there would probably still be a run-off with, like, a possum or something because at least a possum serves a purpose in life although I couldn’t tell you what it is.
For those who can’t attend because you’re at #Occupy Wall Street or at #Occupy Your Couch While Watching King Of Queens Reruns, here is what you will be missing:
Santorum is set to launch a “Faith, Family and Freedom Tour” on Friday in Iowa, a state where he has been campaigning particularly hard.
The first of three addresses the former Pennsylvania senator will deliver in connection with the tour is titled “Moral, Cultural Policies for a Santorum White House.” He will deliver the speech Friday morning at his Iowa headquarters in Urbandale.
Santorum plans to travel to New Hampshire and South Carolina in the coming weeks to give two additional speeches. A campaign strategist told ABC News the candidate plans to address in detail how a Santorum administration would focus on “returning to traditional American values of faith and family; promoting freedom via economic security and stability; energy independence and securing our nation from international threats.”
This part is funny but also sad but mostly funny:
Santorum’s marathon schedule in Iowa — he often attends eight or more events in a single day — puts him at the top of the field when it comes to campaign visits to the Hawkeye state. He is expected to reach the 99-county milestone Wednesday night at the Decker House Hotel in Maquoketa in the Eastern Iowa.
According to the Des Moines Register “Candidate Tracker,” Santorum spent 69 days here with 187 events – more than his closest competitor Michele Bachmann, who has spent 51 days in Iowa holding 98 events. He’s gone to diners, libraries, and hit Iowa staples like the Pizza Ranch all over the state, holding events in both urban and rural Iowa, where sometimes only small crowds of 12 or 15 people show up. However, he’s hoping these are the people that will show up in January to caucus for him.
Traditionally, boots on the ground and meeting Iowans face to face is the key to winning the state. It worked for Gov. Terry Branstad’s gubernatorial campaign last year. But Santorum is still struggling to gain traction nationally and in this key state. A recent Des Moines Register poll showed Santorum near the bottom of the pack with 5 percent support.
So, basically, he doesn’t even stand a chance of getting elected President of Iowa.



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Sad tho.
I wonder if he’ll get any good pork tenderloin sammitches in Iowa.
http://des-loines.blogspot.com/
Wait, there’s a guy named Santorum?
Talk about your rotten luck, wow.
Santorum spent 69 days here with 187 events – more than his closest competitor Michele Bachmann, who has spent 51 days in Iowa holding 98 events.
And all for naught, bless their hearts. Guess Iowans aren’t quite as batshit crazy as they’re supposed to be.
This is very sad that those 12 or 15 Iowans who still care about Santorum are unable to find lives.
Did he move the family there like Chris Dodd? Now there was some desperation.
Is Santorum making money off this, like Cain and Palin and Gingrich?
Cause if he isn’t, then he’s even more pathetic than those numbers so clearly show.
Traditionally, boots on the ground and meeting Iowans face to face is the key to winning the state.
He knows a great many people. Unfortunately, they also know him.
Is it too late for a Santorum/Tebow ticket?
The former senator can handle the, er, all things Santorum, while Juicebox Jeebus can perform circumcision from the shotgun formation.
They should be a big draw at Red State carnivals.
Sucks to be Rick Sanctimonious. Of course, FF&FT will be long on faith, but short on any solutions to fix the country’s economic problems. He ought to run for Bishop.
Google “Santorum” and you’ll find him – but you have to scroll down a bit. Quite a bit.
Damn, but that’s sad in the same way “women who think Dick Cheney is hot” is sad.
So, Rick has pretty much met every single person in Iowa now, and yet after all that bad coffee and all those handshakes there are still only about a dirty dozen or so die-hards that will actually vote for his sorry ass. A lesser man might have taken that as a hint-and-a-half to just call it quits and throw in the prayer rug, but not The Frothy One, oh, no. No matter the price to his family and any remaining dignity he might have in this life, he’s gonna ride this glorious fail train all the way to… yeah, what the hell is your exit strategy here, Rick? Paint us a picture, if you would, of an ending where your finish behind even write-in candidate Palin isn’t just going to evoke a collective sigh, even from the batshit crazy evangelicals you consider friends.
Um, how many of those are (still) in hermetically-sealed jar?
Faith Family and Freedom…fuck I am so sick of this shit from Republicans.
the Bader-Creamedcorn Gang
That is just awesome. I would almost like these terrorists to exist.
Pizza Ranch?
So he’s taking the fight right to Cain Country.
Well, that’s strange. I’m on my couch watching King of Queens reruns right now.
Isn’t it pretty much a given that when you have Santorum traction is about the last thing you’re gonna get?
I understand that Santorum, in order to get rid of the Google problem, will change his name to Rick Felcher
UVP, you clearly win the InterToobz for the day. I’m old, and very little makes me laugh out loud any more, but this just did.
I’ve come to the realization that one of the things that just gets up my nose about these shitheads is the fact that they are so frequently lecturing on morality to their betters.