Campaign for the neologism "santorum"
Santorum is defined as: is US Republican Senator Rick Santorum from Pennsylvania.
Origin
It emerged after Savage reacted strongly to Republican U.S. Senator Rick Santorum's controversial statements about homosexuality in an interview with the Associated Press published April 20, 2003. In the interview, Santorum classes gay sex together with incest, polygamy, and bestiality as deviant sexual behavior threatening society and the family. Santorum further stated that he believed consenting adults do not have a constitutional right to privacy with respect to sexual acts.
New campaign identity?
An internet parody email portends that an eleventh hour rebranding of the Santorum 2006 Senate campaign is underway. The email quotes the new brand's designer, supposedly a member of the Log Cabin Club: the colors "are very alpha-fecal colors designed to leave a strong impression." The email suggests the new look is scheduled to debut in advertising, print, and web materials November 3, and will "surely bring the anal sex and fecal communities to the polls."
External links
- "Santorum.com". Retrieved 2006-08-22.
- Thomas Fitzgerald (2006-04-23). "What's in a name? Simply 'Santorum' says plenty". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
- Wiktionary definition of the term "santorum" - Contains many references of usage and relative context
- "Santorum on Rotten.com". Retrieved 2006-08-22.
- "Free Republic: Santorum opponent returns $2,100 gift to gay columnist". Retrieved 2006-08-26.
- Bay Windows: So they say
- The Stranger: Anal Sex!
- American Dialect Society list of Words of the Year for 2004, listing "santorum" as the "most outrageous" word of 2004 (PDF file)