Can you name for me all the derogatory nick names Newt was called on FR? I can name a few that people use for Rick. Some in this very thread.
Sanctimonious, Little Ricky et al.
I don’t like ANY of the juvenile name-calling. There was Newtie and N00t, a few others. The bashing went well beyond silly name-calling for all the candidates. Everything but ‘your mother dresses you funny.’ But the fact remains no single candidate got abused/trashed any more than any other, nor did any escape the barbs and criticisms. Candidate bashing was egalitarian throughout the primary season.
I suppose from the candidates’ perspective, at least they were being talked about/fought over. Before Bachmann/ Perry/Cain/Gingrich/Santorum each had a lead in polls, you didn’t see all that much written about him (or her). If I had the time I’d do a search back to November/December 2011 to see how much was written about Santorum. He probably didn’t merit a thread back then. So, as a pol, would he rather be called silly names or be overlooked altogether, as if he didn’t exist? Ya gotta have a significant ego and very thick skin to be in politics.