Santorum Hopes to Raise Money Off Google Insult

He should contact content providers about embarrassing results, says Google

(NEWSER) - Rick Santorum has complained to Google about his Google problem—without success. Sex columnist Dan Savage long ago ensured that the top Google result for a search of "santorum" is a page defining the word as a graphic term relating to anal sex, something Santorum says Google could fix if it wanted to, Politico reports. "I suspect if something was up there like that about Joe Biden, they’d get rid of it,” Santorum says. “If you're a responsible business, you don't let things like that happen. To have a business allow that type of filth to be purveyed through their website is something that they say they can't handle, but I suspect that's not true." More»

Sex columnist recommends Santorum hold off on gay-bashing

(NEWSER) - Dan Savage knows Rick Santorum is pretty unhappy with him for turning the word "Santorum" into a less-than-pleasant sexual term —but Savage actually "displayed remarkable restraint," he says, by only redefining Santorum's last name. He'll do the exact same thing to Santorum's first name, Savage warns on Funny or Die , if Santorum engages in any gay-bashing during the 2012 presidential race. Watch the video to hear more about Savage's definitely-not-G-rated definition for "Rick." Santorum better listen, Savage concludes: "It's not like you can start going by Dick Santorum, is it?" More»

Savage replies: Fine, 'I'll gay for him'

(NEWSER) - Dan Savage famously turned "Santorum" into an R-rated joke as revenge for the candidate's views on homosexuality, and RealClearReligion asked Santorum what he'd say to Savage if the two ever met:

• Santorum: "I would tell him that I'm praying for him. He obviously has some serious issues. You look at someone like that who can say and do the things that he's doing and you just pray for him and hopefully he can find peace."

It appears to show him surrounded by, well, ' santorum '

(NEWSER) - When your last name has been turned into an unfortunate synonym for fecal matter , it's maybe not a great idea to air an ad that appears to show you surrounded by … fecal matter. In Rick Santorum's new anti-Romney ad , a Romney lookalike is shown shooting what is supposed to be mud at cardboard stand-ups of Santorum. But, as Jezebel points out, that mud looks suspiciously like, well, "brown sticky balls of … poop. Rick, what are you doing?" Watch in the gallery and decide for yourself. More»

'We agree that Obama must be defeated,' he tells supporters

(NEWSER) - Nearly a month after he dropped out of the race, Rick Santorum has formally endorsed the former rival he once described as the worst Republican in the country to challenge Obama. Santorum made the endorsement in an email to supporters after a one-on-one meeting with Mitt Romney that lasted more than an hour, reports Politico . Santorum says he used the meeting to assess Romney's commitment to conservative causes, and to encourage him to add more conservative leaders to his team. More»