"Dirty Politics...I expect that from Barack Obama. I don’t ever expect it from a Republican.”

[SunsetDreams]

Santorum accuses Romney of playing 'dirty politics'

“Gov. Romney, out there playing a recording from four years ago, and suggesting that I’m endorsing him, is another example of Gov. Romney misleading the public about my record and what I believe in,” Santorum told reporters as he left a town-hall-style meeting on the warship.

“It’s dirty politics, and I expect that from Barack Obama. I don’t ever expect it from a Republican.”

A supporter, state Sen. Larry Grooms, joined Santorum in denouncing Romney. “When a man running for the highest office of the nation sanctions a phone call where one of his opponents does a fake endorsement, something’s wrong with that,” he said.

Unfazed, Romney campaign spokesman Ryan Williams provided the full text of the robocall.

“We were very pleased to have Sen. Santorum’s endorsement of Gov. Romney last campaign and his advocacy of Gov. Romney as ‘the candidate who will stand up for the conservative principles that we hold dear,’” Williams said in an email.

More here: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-santorum-accuses-romney-of-playing-dirty-politics-20120117,0,853713.story

[BeyondGeography]

1. They thought Clinton was dirtier than dirt

Bascially, anyone who has the temerity to hand them their political ass fair-and-square is dirty.

[sharp_stick]

2. Those darn Democrats

Lee Atwater and Roger Stone. They're so good they actually have people thinking they're Republicans.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. When did Karl Rove become a Democrat?

[Jackpine Radical]

4. A little present for Righteous Ricky--

[ashling]

8. That's a cool projector

Here's mine:

[gateley]

5. That literally made me laugh out loud! nt

[PRETZEL]

6. "Dirty Politics"

is SOP for the R's.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

7. Mental illness is fascinating.

To be this much in denial of reality.....that's psychosis. This guy's a fascinating study.

[Enrique]

9. I'm enjoying this GOP primary

[sinkingfeeling]

10. To quote Mr. Santorum from his interview with Wolf.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/rick-santorum-says-he-only-endorsed-mitt-romney-in-2008-because-he-didnt-like-john-mccain/

“First off, I endorsed Mitt Romney, I think, five days before Super Tuesday. I didn’t endorse anybody for a long time. My focus in the 2008 election was on making sure we had someone other than John McCain. That is what I was publicly stating because I thought that he would not be a strong candidate for us in the general election and I didn’t think he’d be the best candidate for us to do the things that were necessary for this country. And so, my principle purpose, I said this from the very beginning, was to wait and see who was the best able to beat John McCain when the time came.”

[City Lights]

11. That's a helluva quote.

[SunsetDreams]

12. I know!