Line of the Day (Santorum in College Edition)
Steven L. Taylor
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
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“Everybody called him "Rooster." And Rooster liked to chug.”—Jason Cherkis writing about Rick Santorum at HuffPo.
Also, a photo:
And no: I am not suggesting that Santorum’s college behavior is necessarily meaningful, but the whole image from the nickname, to the activity, to the actual photo, are a bit amusing (as, I suspect would anyone’s college era photos. Indeed, for example). Of course, all of these things are made especially amusing about Santorum given that one of his main campaign modes has been that of moralist.
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Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
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Ordinarily I’d agree that stuff like this is humorous-but-unimportant, but considering how much effort the right-wing noise machine (esp. the late, unlamented Breitbart) has put into crowing about potentially-damaging stuff from Obama’s college days, I think it’s entirely reasonable to put the question to Santorum about what he liked to chug…
Like other paragons of morality I know 😉 , Ricky probably had his fun first and then got all preachy.
A regular St. Augustine.
I guess “Rooster” is better than “Chicken Hawk”. Either way, I wouldn’t let my children near him.
Rick Santorum could benefit from a little distance from “Mr. Sweater Vest” all the time. As college photos go, that one could actually help him.
One vice Catholics do not have a problem with…is a bit of drinking, especially beer in one’s youth. He was not going to some Baptist college, he was attending Penn State. I have no problem vetting a presidential candidate’s college years. Providing we are vetting everyone.
@Rob in CT:
I seem to recall that many Al-Qaeda members (and their philosophical forefathers) also spent much of their youth swimming in sex, drugs, and alcohol.
@ck: You mean like Barack Obama?
@EBL:
I suppose you’re trying to engage in some kind of tu quoque, but I don’t see how your comment is relevant. Barack Obama is not noted for being a moral scold on sex and drug issues.
But he is noted for being a Muslim.
But he did say that he converted to being a Christian. So he is a Muslim apostate. So of the over a billion Muslims, perhaps a Million would say that it would be their duty to kill him.
Unless they though he was lying about being converted.