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KNOXVILLE, Iowa -- Rick Santorum paid a visit Friday night to Herman Cain's old stomping grounds -- a Godfathers Pizza.
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Rick Santorum tries his first piece of Godfathers Pizza in Knoxville, Iowa Friday night.
"Good job Herman, good stuff," Santorum said as he ate a slice of sausage pizza and gave the former CEO of Godfathers a thumbs up.
"I thought it'd be fun to have something at Godfathers Pizza. And as I just tweeted out, I am looking for the 9-9-9 special and in fact they have a 9-9-9 special so I think it's fun," Santorum told reporters before his seventh and final event of the day. (The Godfather himself, Cain, stumped in Florida today.)
The former Pennsylvania senator, the only candidate in the race to visit all of Iowa's 99 counties, spoke inside a packed room to at least 35 people and drew more media than usual.
Santorum focused his brief speech mostly on national security before taking questions from the audience. He also commented on the lead up to the first-in-the-nation caucuses and various candidates having their moment in the spotlight.
"I'd rather have my moment in late December than in late July," Santorum said. "We still have 6 1/2 weeks [until the caucus] -- that's an eternity in politics."
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I see Santorum is eating his "vegetables"!
Rick Santorum paid a visit Friday night to Herman Cain's old stomping grounds -- a Godfathers Pizza.
The only reason that Santorum is doing this, is to make sure that if Herman gets elected -fat chance- Cain will offer him some sort of position.
He did this kind of thing also for Rick Perry, when he attacked Mitt Romney during one of those "debates". The poor fool-he does not know that the only "presidential hopeful" with the possibility of winning the nomination is exactly Mitt Romney.
However, who said that they were smart to begin with...right? Happy cardboard eating!
That's where Herman Cain's 9-9-9 Plan came from: Godfathers Pizza.
Here's the transcript of the exchange:
Counter clerk:
Rick:
Counter clerk:
Rick:
Mickey, Ny
Gross! But funny:)
Have to throw out the apple sauce and grab something else for breakfast.
yes I will have two slices of god fathers pizza with a side order of stomach pumping
Hahaha, all good posts. And at least he didn't eat his pizza with a fork and knife.
Yes the 9-9-9 stupidity is a gimmick more akin to a marketing ploy, but it originated from SimCity. SimCity has made a spoof of this since. But I don't think Godfather's is even in business anymore, which is telling as well.
No one can take any of these candidates seriously.
Sorry Ana & JRMJR2...I couldn't resist, but sorry for spoiling your breakfast ;)
Being around Santorum for only a second is an eternity.
Santorum, the only man who ever painted a barn with a rake.
Santorum, the perennial staw grabber has now moved on to lousy pizza crusts.
Way to go Rick. With this stunt you might pull ahead of Michele. But, I doubt it.
Is that the same pizza crust that qualifies as Santorum Jesus Jelly Juice? Is that a veggie, a fruit, or something you don't want to google?
Oh yeah, Rick... you like that sausage don't you? Mmmmmm. I think somebody's sniffing for a VP slot.
Godfuhrers puts Santorum on their pizza? That's disgusting.
I hear it's really bad pizza. I'd never try it now that I know a bit about the doofus behind it.
Hey Rick, I just wanted to let you know that what you did took a lot of “Chutzpah”. You’re the one that deserves a “thumbs up”, not Cain.
As far as I’m concerned, Cain can shove his “thumb” up his xss.
What a surprise that anyone gullible enough to believe in that quack Burzynski would be dumb enough to be a Santorum fan.
Personally, I'm looking forward to the day a male prostitute comes forward and exposes Santorum ala Ted Haggard. That will be a good day for America.
Cain IS a dumb ass... But, google "santorum" and you will probably stay away from the "up his @ss" references.
ralph1994
"...I'm looking forward to the day a male prostitute comes forward and exposes Santorum ala Ted Haggard..."
So, what are you waiting for; just come out of your closet and DO IT.
Your post makes no sense malachi.
1. I'm not a prostitute and if I was I wouldn't exactly be in the closet. I imagine it's difficult to conduct business that way.
2. Santorum eventually getting outed does make sense. It's always the the most rabid anti-gay conservatives that end up getting busted. It's just a matter of time. How anyone can listen to the ridiculous bigoted crap he spews and still support him is beyond me.
Just remember, Ralph, Malachi is a guy who advocates injecting urine into people as a cancer treatment.
He's not quite sane.
Politics and pizza don't mix, it ruins the pizza.
Well it's obvious Santorum knows nothing about pizza either. The stuff sucks.
I didn't even think Godfathers Pizza existed anymore.
The one closest to me used to deliver pizza in a hearse.
All the ones I have ever seen were shuttered over 20 years ago.
I've traveled to all 50 states, and I've never seen one open.
Give it a few more minutes and your pal malachi (comment #5 above) will be touting Godfathers pizza as a cancer cure. It's probably at least as effective as whatever that quack Burzynski injects people with.
theres one in Iowa.
LOL@ralph
Yeah, that Burzynski guy injects urine into people, charges them $100,000 a year, and Malachi worships him as a god.
I don't know much about this Rick Santorum fellow.
Perhaps I shall GOOGLE him :-D
PS - Rick Santorum just put sausage in his mouth. heheheheheh.
*Yawn*
Why is this a story? And, on top of that, why on the front page? Fail.
(bevis and butthead voice) Rick Santorum eats sausage! Heh Heh
Oh how I miss Godfather's pizza...it was the best, especially from the locations you could get shrimp on it.....haven't had any since the early '80s when the last location closed in my area. :(
Yours all closed too?
When Herman Cain was being introduced, and they were saying he was the ex-CEO of Godfathers Pizza, I was like, "Um, why do you want to go advertise that you ran a company where all the locations went out of business?" LOL
Santorum spoke to a packed room of at least 35 people, I can see why this is front page material
Now maybe Cain can chug a mug of santorum.
Dude doesn't even eat pizza with any class... we cannot nominate this guy.... for real!
YES, YOU CAN!!!
Just go away Santorum! You should have brought your dead fetus to the Godfather's pizza.
GOP, you guys can do better, really.
If they could have they would have. The fact of the matter is that they went all in with those less than dim witted "tea baggers" and now newt gingrich and herman cain are the best the Republicans can muster up. But then again no-one EVER accused Bush daddy or jr., or for that matter ronald reagan of being very bright either...maybe this IS the best that they can do.
Wow--two Santorum articles in a row--someone must have decided that it is Ricky's turn to be TPGOP flavor of the week! He's really packing them in---35 at one rally, 15 at another! Although with numbers like that, it is doubtful that that he will see enough rising numbers in the polls to become the newest "front-runner"!
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
you are right Rick you are surging at the right time! you have 35 people in godfathers with you wow! great, but how many were just eating in there when you showed up and does this count your people and the media guy following you? but hey at least 3 or 4 people were there to hear you!!! keep it up!! its a good thing you like that pizza too, or you just might want to bomb all of the stores
Every one with the santorum jokes great job!