Santorum’s failed pandering to blue-collar workers
By Kathleen Parker,
Washpost
Published: February 28
Politicians say the darnedest things, especially when their lips are moving.
Perhaps it is on account of such a long primary season, but the more they talk, the tastier their feet. While Mitt Romney is merely guilty of saying things that make him seem disconnected from the lives of most Americans, Rick Santorum makes ideological statements that make him appear to be disconnected from the present tense.
Google could create a new translation mechanism just for the former Pennsylvania senator, not for language but for meaning. For example, one could type in: “President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob. There are good, decent men and women who go out and work hard every day and put their skills to [the] test that aren’t taught by some liberal college professor trying to indoctrinate them. Oh, I understand why he wants you to go to college. He wants to remake you in his image.”
Google Translation Option 1: “Candidate Santorum does not think American children should grow up to become president of the United States someday.”
Translation Option 2: “Candidate Santorum does not want American children to attend Harvard Law School lest they miss out on less-snobby skills.”
Option 3: “Candidate Santorum seems to think his audience is dumber than a box of rocks.”
(More here.)
Washpost
Published: February 28
Politicians say the darnedest things, especially when their lips are moving.
Perhaps it is on account of such a long primary season, but the more they talk, the tastier their feet. While Mitt Romney is merely guilty of saying things that make him seem disconnected from the lives of most Americans, Rick Santorum makes ideological statements that make him appear to be disconnected from the present tense.
Google could create a new translation mechanism just for the former Pennsylvania senator, not for language but for meaning. For example, one could type in: “President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob. There are good, decent men and women who go out and work hard every day and put their skills to [the] test that aren’t taught by some liberal college professor trying to indoctrinate them. Oh, I understand why he wants you to go to college. He wants to remake you in his image.”
Google Translation Option 1: “Candidate Santorum does not think American children should grow up to become president of the United States someday.”
Translation Option 2: “Candidate Santorum does not want American children to attend Harvard Law School lest they miss out on less-snobby skills.”
Option 3: “Candidate Santorum seems to think his audience is dumber than a box of rocks.”
(More here.)
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