GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s apparent endorsement of Barack Obama over Mitt Romney is not going over well in the Twitterverse. First, the quote from AP:
“You win by giving people a choice,” Santorum said during a campaign stop in Texas. “You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who’s just going to be a little different than the person in there.”
Santorum added: “If they’re going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk of what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate for the future.”
And now, the reaction. Yeesh:
I'm a #Santorum guy, and I vastly prefer Romney over Obama. #ForTheRecord—
Dave Williams (@bigdave0908) March 23, 2012
I liked him …now, if he can say this? He's off my books. Santorum: Might As Well Have Obama Over Romney « CBS DC cbsloc.al/GI801n—
110% Conservative (@Ladyred133) March 23, 2012
Somehow I don't think Santorum is gonna be VP pick or a speaker at the convention. washington.cbslocal.com/2012/03/22/san…—
(@sjcarl) March 23, 2012
.@davidaxelrod's job is getting too easy. He just wakes up, tweets what Romney or Santorum said yesterday, then let's the GOP do the rest—
Phil (@Bosson100) March 23, 2012
It's official…Santorum is completely off his rocker! He'd prefer Obama to Romney. Yep batshit insane. washington.cbslocal.com/2012/03/22/san…—
Paul Drabek (@NegativeGcom) March 23, 2012
One satirical Romney account offered a rapid response:
@loweryfinds Santorum will hold his nose and endorse me again in 2012 hoping for a job in a Romney cabinet.—
Sketchy Romney (@SketchyRomney) March 23, 2012
Newt weighed in:
Rick Santorum is dead wrong. Any GOP nominee will be better than Obama.—
Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) March 22, 2012
Is it the end of the #etchasketch meme?
I think #Santorum may have etched his last sketch: washington.cbslocal.com/2012/03/22/san…—
Lewis Shepherd (@lewisshepherd) March 23, 2012