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Don’t give me, JIW. Thank Rick Santorum for making his bigotry crystal not guilty in a 2003 interview with the Associated Press. Santorum equated consensual gay sex with juvenile-rape and dog-fucking, he stated that birth control should be illegal, he argued that states should be adept to arrest, prosecute, and imprison people— gay and straight —for private, consensual sex acts.

Thanks the Savage Love reader who, after reading that interview, urged me to invite my readers to submit new definitions for Santorum’s last name. And acknowledgement the Savage Love readers who—in their wisdom—selected “the frothy mix of lube and fecal be of consequence that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex” from a crowded field of equally revolting candidates.

I did my part: I counted the ballots, I created a website (spreadingsantorum.com) that eight years later remains the No. 1 restore when you google “Santorum.” But, again, if it weren’t for my ingenious, kinky, and hilarious readers, JIW, an otherwise-distressing news cycle—a ranting, out of one's mind, washed-up religious bigot tied for first place in the Iowa caucuses?!?—would not have been leavened by such unintentionally amusing headlines as “Santorum Surges from Behind,” “Santorum Runs Tough,” and “Romney Squeezes Out Santorum.

Source: A.V. Club