Mother Jones: Rick Santorum's Anal Sex Problem

[marmar]

Rick Santorum would very much like to be president. For the past few years, he has been diligently appearing at the sorts of conservative events—the Values Voters Summit, the Conservative Political Action Conference—where aspiring Republican candidates are expected to show up. But before he starts printing "Santorum 2012" bumper stickers, there's one issue the former GOP senator and his strategists need to address. You see, Santorum has what you might call a Google problem. For voters who decide to look him up online, one of the top three search results is usually the site SpreadingSantorum.com, which explains that Santorum's last name is a sexual neologism for "the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex."

Santorum's problem got its start back in 2003, when the then-senator from Pennsylvania compared homosexuality to bestiality and pedophilia, saying the "definition of marriage" has never included "man on child, man on dog, or whatever the case may be." The ensuing controversy prompted syndicated sex columnist Dan Savage, who's gay, to start a contest, soliciting reader suggestions for slang terms to "memorialize the scandal." The winner came up with the "frothy mixture" idea, Savage launched a website, and a meme was born. Even though mainstream news outlets would never link to it, Savage's site rose in the Google rankings, thanks in part to bloggers who posted Santorum-related news on the site or linked to it from their blogs. Eventually it eclipsed Santorum's own campaign site in search results; some observers even suggested it may have contributed to Santorum's crushing 18-point defeat in his 2006 campaign against Bob Casey.

Savage says his site hasn't been updated for years, yet it remains entrenched in the Google rankings. Not even Santorum's ascent as a Fox News contributor or his early campaign swings through the key primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire have managed to bury it. With Google results like this, what's an aspiring presidential candidate to do? ........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/08/rick-santorum-google-problem-dan-savage

[NV Whino]

1. The Intertubes are powerful things

[LynneSin]

2. Not only is the SpreadingSantorum the top spot when you google Santorum...

but it's the top Wiki spot too

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=Santorum&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

[Oceansaway]

3. K&R...n/t

[NYC_SKP]

4. "Frothy"!!!

:rofl:

KnR for Santorum!

[tavalon]

7. And a deep bow to Dan Savage

One of the good guys.

[BrklynLiberal]

37. He is one of the BEST of the good guys!!

kind of Ron Reaganesque..or Ron is Dan Savage-esque

[Radical Activist]

5. Still one of the best net punks of all time.

[LynneSin]

8. 50 years from now people will probably still call that frothy mix of lube and fecal matter 'Santorum

and have no clue how or why that term originated.

[Q3JR4]

16. It was a contest.

Dan Savage asked his readers to come up with various phrases of a sexual nature that could be attached to Santorum's name in response to Santorum's comments about gay marriage. In the end "the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex" won.

Hope this helps.

Q3JR4.
_{I read a lot of Savage Love, also they have a podcast I'm quite fond of.}

[Q3JR4]

18. More. Also NSFW...

I've delved deeply into the Savage Love archives to give you some more info on this particular subject. If you have a fragile constitution, be forewarned. Dan Savage doesn't pull any punches and his column can be a bit graphic at times. To help ameliorate this a bit, I've attached excerpts from the original articles to give you all the general gist.

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=14267">May 15, 2003:

...There's nothing two men or two women can do in beds, bushes, or butts that a man and woman can't also do. Second, even if there were gay-specific sex acts, why save "Santorum," "Santoruming," and "Santorumed" for gay sex acts? Santorum didn't just say that gays have no right to private, consensual sex; he said that no one, gay or straight, has that right. He even said that states should be able to outlaw birth control. That makes Senator Santorum a threat to the sexual freedom of straight people too--and straight people should contemplate that fact whenever they pull a Rick Santorum, don't you think?

Minor quibbles aside...I love your suggestion. There's no better way to memorialize the Santorum scandal than by attaching his name to a sex act that would make his big, white teeth fall out of his big, empty head...So, readers: Should a "Santorum" be a common or a rare sex act? Vanilla or kinky? Sweet or gruesome? Send in your suggestions, I'll print the best, and we'll all vote...

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http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=14422">May 29, 2003:

...We have some excellent options, Savage Love readers. What shall "santorum" mean? Making a human uppercase "A"? Public sex?...{some possibilities omitted in order to keep things as clean as I could}...A new euphemism for condoms? Foul discharge? That frothy mix of lube and fecal matter? It's up to you, folks. E-mail your votes to me. In two weeks' time I'll announce the winner.

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Finally, http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=14566">June 12, 2003:

...Hey, everybody: We have a winner. Savage Love readers, by a wide margin, want Sen. Rick Santorum's name to stand for... THAT FROTHY MIXTURE OF LUBE AND FECAL MATTER THAT IS SOMETIMES THE BYPRODUCT OF ANAL SEX! It was a landslide for that frothy mixture.... So congratulations to WUTSAP, who nominated that frothy mixture, and a big thank you to the thousands who voted.

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Regards,

Q3JR4.



Edited to add http://www.avclub.com/articles/savage-love-extra-rick-santorum,1784/">this link which I also liked.

[Enrique]

11. and it couldn't happen to a nicer guy

:rofl:

[tavalon]

6. I've just always called him Rick "Man on Dog" Santorum

I never knew about this during it's heyday. I would have been fine with it. Still am.

Go ahead Ricky Boy, start thinking about a Presidential run. Just be aware that we have long memories and just because the higher ups in the Obama administration won't take you down, do not for a moment think that we will ever, ever let you live this one down. Put away those aspirations, pull out some lube and go ...............

[LeftinOH]

9. Of course, the 'frothy mixture' definition is slightly longer and much more specific than

just those two words.

[TlalocW]

10. He's just going to lose and make his kids cry again

TlalocW

[PBS Poll-435]

20. !!!OMG!!!

:yourock:

[Flying Squirrel]

12. Oopsie, I just accidentally visited that site

silly me, I've just added a click to the total!

:P

[Canuckistanian]

13. Santorum is "the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter"?

I did not know that.

Imagine that, a former senator named Rick Santorum has the same last name as the "frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter".

An astounding coincidence, I'd say.

[TygrBright]

14. While I, personally, refer to the man as "Rick Sanctorectum," I am willing to defer...

...to the notion that "a frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex" might be a better descriptive of Rick Santorum. After all, while "Sanctorectum" has a nice ring to it, full of accurate connotations for a holier-than-thou asshole like Rick Santorum, if the Intertubes have spoken on the subject of "a frothy mix of lube and fecal matter," at http://www.spreadingsantorum.com/, who am I to dispute?

tsk-tsk. Nasty problem to have, Mr. Sanctorectum.

demurely,
Bright

[Bette Noir]

15. How about the "Daily Show" episode

in which he argues that men have a God-given right to beat and molest their children, and government has no right to interfere? That's the one that always comes to mind for me.

Rick Santorum is pure evil. Being compared to lube and s**t is too good for him.

edited to add link:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-july-25-2005/senator-rick-santorum-pt--1

It's a two-parter. The shocking stuff comes at the end of the second part, if I recall correctly. Sorry, I can't watch this format on my machine.

[Q3JR4]

17. For your amusement and to add to your

arsenal while maintaining http://spreadingsantorum.com/">spreadingsantorum's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_bomb">page rank, http://www.wikihow.com/Google-Bomb">here is how they did it.

Q3JR4.

[BrklynLiberal]

36. Great post..Thanks for all that info

[Dr.Phool]

19. And if you spell check his name, Microsoft says the correct spelling is SANITARIUM,

[truth2power]

21. That's even funnier than the Santorum thing, IMO...

:rofl:

[Egalitariat]

22. Is that really a common byproduct of anal sex?

[Q3JR4]

31. Well put it this way,

all that stuff has to go somewhere.

Q3JR4.

[Kaleva]

39. Yes

[lunatica]

23. Just wait till Santorum learns to use the google to find himself

[NuttyFluffers]

24. ahh, the power of labels, people.

i am continuously grateful that Savage used the power of labels to get this nut out of politics.

[scarface2004]

25. santorum is named after what?????

bwahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[The Wizard]

26. Rick Santorum

lives in the glass house he built.

[Bitwit1234]

27. I don't believe that there is one republican out there that

does not want to be president. Remember they THINK THEY ARE ENTITLED for the republicans to hold the presidency forever. No Democrats allowed. Whoop de do.

[Evasporque]

28. You can't talk about Santorum without recalling this pic....

They're creepy and they're spooky...

[Matariki]

30. *That's* his family? They're pure Addams Family

Brilliant.

[aikoaiko]

29. Ahh so one feltches sanitorium.

Now i know.

[RandomThoughts]

32. The funniest thing, is it is democratic.

If google does not fudge the results, then it is what people think. However it seems a bit of a smear, people should be mature enough to not let such things bother them, and be able to think in perspective.


puns for humor :)

[Warren DeMontague]

33. Oh, it will never be forgotten.

Never.

[jeremyfive]

34. Welfare Queen Rick Santorum is my "Most Hated Man in America"

Santorum milked his home state for every dime they would cough up for expensive home schooling of his multiple children, all the while maintaining a luxurious private residence an another state.

Santorum is SCUM.

[BrklynLiberal]

35. Still at the top of the Google search list..as of 9/17/10 LOLOLOLOLOLOL

http://www.spreadingsantorum.com/

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

KUDOS TO DAN SAVAGE!!!

[Kat45]

38. And I've used the word in that context.

I remember that contest well, and I loved the winning definition so much that I made sure to find ways to insert it into conversation. :rofl: