> BTW. Who said "Santorum - is that Latin for 'asshole'?"
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MARCH 1998
Dim and Dimmer
BY KEN SILVERSTEIN
Given the generally weak intellect our nation's lawmakers display, compiling a list of the ten dumbest members of Congress would appear to be a relatively easy assignment. Indeed, when I called Hill staffers to seek nominations, they repeatedly asked: "Why stop at ten?" ...
No. 1
SENATOR RICK SANTORUM
Republican, Pennsylvania
The boy blunder of American politics and a one-time lobbyist for the World Wrestling Federation, thirty-nine-year-old Santorum repeatedly humiliates himself in public. "Santorum?" Senator Bob Kerrey once commented. "Is that Latin for asshole?" ...
Ken Silverstein is co-editor of CounterPunch and author of "Washington on $10 Million a Day: How Lobbyists Plunder the Nation," to be published this month by Common Courage Press.
Copyright (C) 1998 by The Progressive, Madison, WI.