I'm beginning to feel like a late-night comic. Rick Santorum keeps supplying me with fresh new material. The latest ammunition in my arsenal is the news of his ad claiming he's the next George Washington. Santorum had better get himself some new copy writers. This is a gag just waiting for a punch line. (Insert your favorite one here.) I can well imagine, for instance, what Saturday Night Live will come up with.
I sort of know where Santorum and Co. were going, or trying to go, with this. After all, Washington was "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen", and he couldn't tell a lie. All good stuff.
But he also had wooden false teeth and a powered wig. And he lived more than 200 years ago. Come to think of it, I'm not surprised Santorum would make such a comparison. His understanding of the Constitution is stuck in the 18th century. He doesn't realize that the Constitution is a living document, not a dead letter.
Will Santorum make it to the White House? Maybe. At this stage of the game, anything can happen. If he does, let's hope the place doesn't burn down over his head. Because then -- like Washington, in effigy at least -- he'd have to rely on Dolley Madison to rescue him from the flames.
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