Conservatives hijack Ted Strickland's 'If Romney were Santa' line

Former Ohio governor Ted Strickland gave one of the largest applause lines of the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night when he invoked Santa Claus and called out Mitt Romney as a mean old capitalist Scrooge. But conservatives were quick to set Strickland straight on how things work in America, not the North Pole.

Gov. Ted Strickland unwittingly spelled out the problem – Republicans don't act like government is Santa Claus. #pendejo #DNC2012

— ¡El Sooopèrr! ن c137 (@SooperMexican) September 5, 2012

@politicoroger let's talk santa: billions in stimulus, solyndra, obamacare, 16trillion debt, record 46 million on foodstamps??? hmmm

— Greg Mueller (@gregmcrc) September 5, 2012

https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/243152858885783552

Strickland: "If Mitt was Santa Claus, he'd fire the reindeer and outsource the elves" -Cool w/ me if I can buy more gifts at a cheaper price

— Michelle Fields (@MichelleFields) September 5, 2012

https://twitter.com/rjveenstra/status/243163735567507456

What would Santa Obama do?

If Obama was Santa Claus, he would take the nice kids' toys and give them to the naughty kids and blame the republicans. #dnc2012

— Rob (@FSUWarpath) September 5, 2012

https://twitter.com/dirtydog1776/status/243164407876702209

Now we’re over-thinking things.

https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/243153845499359234