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The Sunbath That Shamed Rick Santorum

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Published in Le Matin
(Switzerland) on 19 March 2012
by Pomey Raphael (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Kathleen McClure. Edited by Casey J. Skeens.
This is what you would call a big fat fiasco. Not content with having provoked an outcry in Puerto Rico by stating that its people should begin speaking English in order to one day become a state, and not content with taking a beating from his rival Mitt Romney, here Rick Santorum is ridiculed on the web.

While he was taking a short break on a lounge chair facing the ocean, the Republican politician was immortalized by another tourist during a break in which he put his little belly on display. Published on Buzzfeed, the image forced the ultraconservative Republican’s protégé to…apologize. Yes! Because to become a U.S. president, an Apollo-esque physique seems to be obligatory: “I know I probably should lose, 15, 20 pounds,” Santorum confirmed on the radio, explaining that he was working on it. “I didn't know that anyone was taking a picture of us. I apologize to all of those because I'm sure that's not a pretty sight.”

The world is turning a little better already…


C’est ce qui s’appelle un bon gros fiasco. Non content d’avoir provoqué un tollé à Porto Rico en affirmant que ses habitants devaient se mettre à parler en anglais pour pouvoir un jour faire partie d’un état américain à part entière, et non content d’y avoir pris une rouste face à son rival Mitt Romney, voilà Rick Santorum ridiculisé sur le web.

Alors qu’il prenait un moment de pause sur une chaise longue, face à la mer, le politicien républicain s’est fait immortaliser par un autre touriste dans une pause mettant son petit ventre en évidence. Publiée sur Buzzfed, l’image a forcé le poulain des républicains ultraconservateurs à… s’excuser. Eh oui! Parce que pour devenir président américain, le physique d’Apollon semble être de rigueur: «Je sais que je devrais perdre 7 à 10 kilos », s’est confié Santorum à la radio, en expliquant qu’il y travaillait. «Je ne savais pas qu’on prenait des images de nous. Je présente des excuses parce qu’elles ne donnent pas une belle vue.»

La terre tourne déjà un peu mieux…
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