Soprano on Santorum
From yesterday’s Philadelphia Daily News:
SEN. RICK Santorum and HBO’s fictional mob boss Tony Soprano have a lot in common.On Sunday night’s episode of “The Sopranos,” Tony (James Gandolfini) told his shrink Dr. Melfi (Lorraine Bracco) that when it comes to homosexuality, he agrees with “that Sen. Sanatorium, who says if we let this stuff go too far, pretty soon we’ll be f—-ing dogs.” Santorum, several years back, made similar remarks, only he used more delicate language than Tony did.
We called Santorum’s office yesterday to ask if he was flattered about getting a shout-out on a popular show.
Apparently not.
“We’re not gonna dignify that comment by commenting on it,” said Santorum communications director Rob Traynham.
There also was a reference to Santorum on a recent “Veronica Mars” episode on UPN, in which a student blackmailing gay students used the alias “Rick Santorum.”
Possibly the longest-lasting pop-culture reference to Santorum is that of sex columnist Dan Savage (carried here in Philadelphia Weekly), who started what’s become a popular campaign to use the senator’s surname to describe a byproduct of anal sex.
Sigh. I’m going to miss Rick Santorum when he’s gone…
dan, you may be pleased to hear that you were the first person i thought of while watching sunday's episode of the sopranos.
it kinda messed with my mob-related daddy fantasies involving tony soprano, but i got through it.
santorum must hate your guts. nice work.