Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: March 07, 2004 – March 13, 2004 Archives

How soon we forget…
Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), said Kerry should apologize for a comment ”outside the bounds of where people who want to hold the highest office in this country should be making.”

Washington Post
March 11th, 2004

Bush, standing on a stage outside of Naperville North High School, pointed reporter Adam Clymer out to his running mate, former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney. Then Bush described Clymer using a common obscenity.

”There’s Adam Clymer, major-league asshole from the New York Times,” Bush said.

”Oh, yeah, he is, big-time,” Cheney responded.

Houston Chronicle
September 5th, 2000

A major-league Santorum …
— Josh Marshall

Nebraska Democrat Bob Kerrey:
”Santorum? Is that Latin for asshole?”