Rick Santorum: "I’m The Tortoise"

[powergirl]

What is it with Republican senators and tortoises and turtles?? First there was the John Cornyn Box Turtle marriage "anology" here: http://www.1-famous-quotes.com/quote/927646. And now Rick Santorum calls himself the Tortoise.

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Rick Santorum: ‘I’m The Tortoise’

share close StumbleUpon Instapaper digg Evan McMorris-Santoro- December 31, 2011, 8:38 PM 1608OTTUMWA, IOWA — Rick Santorum saw this coming.

For months, he’s promised reporters (and anyone else that would listen) his moment was just around the corner. With the results of the final Des Moines Register poll before the Iowa caucuses showing him moving into second place behind Mitt Romney over the past two days, I asked him if he thought the numbers vindicated his old-school Iowa campaign strategy.

“Everybody has their strengths and weaknesses,” Santorum said. “Mitt Romney has a lot of money, I have a lot of energy. And that’s the difference and I think the people of Iowa can determine what’s going to make the person successful — whether you have energy and ideas, willing to face the tough questions and do the tough interviews and be available to reporters, or someone who can raise a lot of money.”

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I asked Santorum if he could point to a single moment when his fortunes changed.

“I’m the tortoise,” he said.

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/12/rick-santorum-im-the-tortoise.php?ref=fpnewsfeed

[Skittles]

1. an EXTREME insult to tortoises

yes INDEED

[jberryhill]

2. Amphibians go both ways

Amphibians like it wet or dry.

[saras]

3. Yes, Rick, but who's the mud shark?

[Are_grits_groceries]

4. Santorum has mistaken a tortoise

for a post turtle.

"When you're driving down a country road and you see a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle. You know he didn't get up there by himself. He doesn't belong there; he can't get anything done while he's up there; and you want to know what moron put him up there."

[DCKit]

5. Hey Rick, I woke at precisely 4:20 this morning.

Does that mean I'm going to have a great year?

I sure hope so. But I'm thinking it'll be as dry as all the rest. Hope yours is too.

[Bolo Boffin]

6. But in that story, the hare gets comfortable and goes to sleep

Had the hare kept running and waited till it crossed the finish line to go to sleep, it's a different story.

Who in the GOP primary is so comfortable they are slacking on campaigning right now?

[ellisonz]

7. Or he's just a creep...

[bigtree]

8. Paul's the walrus

[jberryhill]

9. Coo coo goo joob

[Kurmudgeon]

10. I thought that was Mcconnell?

Oh wait, he's the turtle.

[Pab Sungenis]

11. I thought he was a box turtle?

:kick:

[rucky]

14. By his own standards, his marriage should be invalid.

[HopeHoops]

12. Mr. Frothy in a shell - perfect.

[sarcasmo]

13. He is the eggman.

[marmar]

15. He's what comes out of the rear end of a tortoise.

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