Santorum To Give Out Free Jelly At Ames

[proud2BlibKansan]

Rick Santorum may not have raised a lot of money or attracted much support in the polls, but his campaign for the presidency will be trying a new tack for votes at the Ames Iowa Straw Poll: Some delicious homemade peach jam.

The Des Moines Register reports that Santorum told an Iowa audience on Tuesday that his family has fruit trees back home, and he and his children harvested peaches, peeled them, and made them into jelly. And now, they will be bringing 40 jars to Iowa.

"We are bringing them to the Straw Poll and we are going to give everybody a sample," said Santorum, dubbing the product "Pennsylvania Presidential Peach Preserves."

Don't count out this tactic completely. In the 1840 presidential election, one thing the opposition Whig Party did to cement its momentum from the economic depression was to mount a national effort of handing out hard cider at campaign events, tying it to the manufactured image of nominee William Henry Harrison as a rugged outdoorsman. Though come to think of it, 40 jars of peach jelly probably isn't as convincing as hard cider.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/08/santorum-to-give-out-free-jelly-at-ames.php

[William769]

1. Would that be KY jelly?

:hide:

[MineralMan]

5. Beat a bunch of people to that, you did...

:rofl:

[Skip_In_Boulder]

10. Yeah that was my exact first thought as well. n/t

[Cassandra]

13. Same here!

[woodsprite]

6. High five!!! I thought the same thing when I read the title. n/t

[Cirque du So-What]

17. Thanks to the magic of Google

it's the first thing millions will think when they see the title - as well it should be! The only thing better would be if he made an appearance at a candy shop - one that specialized in making FUDGE. It worked soooo well for Mittens back in '08, but can you imagine the field day we'd have if Li'l Ricky Sanctimonium went there nowadays?

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

14. The fun will start when someone takes a taste of his Peach Jelly

and then exclaims to the crowd that he got the KY with Santorum in it by mistake.

[LeftinOH]

2. Santorum jelly... nice. n/t

[CBGLuthier]

3. Peach Flavoring makes the Santorum go down well.

[krispos42]

4. Jelly. Peanut butter. Chris Rock. Tossing your salad. Santorum.

Ta-dah!




Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww....

[LynneSin]

7. Santorum's shitty lil 2 bedroom house in Pennsylvania or his big house in Virginia

:grr:

[Enrique]

8. wait, there's something wrong with mine

is peach jam supposed to be frothy?

[blue neen]

9. Santorum doesn't live in Pennsylvania. He lives in Virginia.

I see he's back to lying about his home!

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. Pennsylvania Presidential Peach Preserve, formerly known as

Rick's Rectal Residue.

Packaging is everything these days.

[RKP5637]

12. Yuck! Homemade peach jam from Santorum. Just imagine what's in it ... n/t

[Blue Owl]

19. word on the street is -- it's frothy

:scared:

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

15. Well, if the running for Prez thing doesn't work out...

He's already getting his foot in the door to the sex lube industry.

[ellie]

16. Wonkette had a wonderful

post about this yesterday.

[dtexdem]

18. Santorum-based jelly.

Smear it all over the country.

[Solly Mack]

20. Ick. Just ick. Santorum.Jelly. ICK. Gross. Damn...I got to stop thinking about it.

[TlalocW]

21. If I could make it, I'd gladly accept a jar

Open it up, eat a big spoonful then spit it out and just go crazy about how bad it is - gargling soda, grabbing napkins and trying to wipe off my tongue, etc.

TlalocW

[HopeHoops]

22. That should make for a nice colorful "frothy mixture".