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By Alana Semuels
January 12, 2012, 1:55 p.m.
Reporting from Beaufort, S.C.
Voters posed many questions to Rick Santorum during an event at the Beaufort Yacht & Sailing Club, where Spanish moss hung from trees and white boats bobbed on still water. But the one that made the audience sit up and listen wasn't about healthcare or defense or taxes. It was about sweater vests.
"Senator, I've seen you on national TV," asked a man, who was not, himself, wearing a sweater vest. "And I just have to ask how many sweater vests do you own?"
Santorum, wearing a navy blue sweater vest with his name printed on the breast, chuckled, and let the audience know they could own one just like it. Then he launched into some history, at times drawing laughter, which is sometimes in short supply at campaign events. He wore a sweater vest, he explained, to an event in Iowa in which he performed particularly well. That event, he said, was one of the events that turned around his campaign in the Hawkeye State, helping him come in just eight votes behind front-runner Mitt Romney.
People commented on his vest after the event, he said, and "it sort of took a life of its own ... and the vest gave me this power." The next day, he wore another one, he said. Though he had only brought two sweater vests to Iowa, his aides went out and bought some more. "When you're sitting at 2% in the polls, any recognition is a good thing -- and the vest started getting me some recognition."
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-santorum-sweater-vests-20120112,0,498009.story
*splat*
MADem
(135,425 posts)Just got his brand new uniform, and is compelled to wear every single piece of it!!
madmom
(9,681 posts)mlevans
(843 posts)Joe Bacon
(5,163 posts)Remember the book says mixed fibers are a no-no!
DCKit
(18,541 posts)ellisonz
(27,709 posts)"They can say: "Super Batshit Crazy"
Lasher
(27,502 posts)LuckyLib
(6,814 posts)He's trying to hard to be "everyman" -- Mittens, you just look silly: top-half? Friday relaxed dress; bottom-half? Ill-fitting denim.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)He is objectively good looking and I think his wardrobe is hard to criticize, actually. If he looks awkward in his clothes, it's only because he's a tightly wound, high-strung, grade-A asshole.
His inner ugliness is so strong it radiates out.
LuckyLib
(6,814 posts)Bossy Monkey
(15,863 posts)Dr Fate
(32,189 posts)nt
ellisonz
(27,709 posts)Also. I find your lack of an avatar to be without style.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)and I really see nothing wrong with it if it gives then confidence or makes them feel better or whatever, as long as they keep it subtle, keep it to a minimum. Otherwise, it comes across as weird.
I think Santorum has gone overboard with attributing magical powers to the sweater vest and it seems weird. But I guess Santorum kind of already boarded the weird train, didn't he?
Godot51
(239 posts)The first time I saw him wearing one it was navy blue and I thought it was a kevlar vest. Now I know it's a fashion statement, like Jack Kennedy not wearing a hat. Hopefully, we won't have to suffer through his inauguration while he wears a red, white & blue sweater vest (which I'm sure some supporter is knitting as I type).
Joe Bacon
(5,163 posts)...he could be wearing a magic jockstrap...
Why Joe Bacon must you pollute my mind with such thoughts?
Joe Bacon
(5,163 posts)And I bet Karen has the key locked in a safe deposit box!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,281 posts)ellisonz
(27,709 posts)You might enjoy this video I made:
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,281 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Greywing
(1,124 posts)I was surprised ... and now the way Romeny looks in photos make sense to me. The sleeves only rolled up almost to the elbow; the "t-shirt" look under the dress shirt (no matter the temperature).
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Greywing
(1,124 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)WhiteShoesATL
(30 posts)bwahahaha The patent pending Santorum Jesus Sweater Vest...
you'd make millions.
ellisonz
(27,709 posts)Bolo Boffin
(23,796 posts)It's his Breastplate of Self-Righteousness.
Lasher
(27,502 posts)If the water was still, what made the boats bob? Santorum staffers jumping up and down in the boats?