Dan Savage

Rick Santorum, arch-right conservative family values homophobe, and somewhat weird family man as well, has a Google problem.

You see, when you search for ‘santorum’ in Google, depending on the day, the first thing that comes up isn’t the good former Senator from Pennsylvania. (Seriously, be careful doing this at work.) Rather, what comes up is a sexual definition created explicitly for the Senator by our good friend Dan Savage, in retaliation for Santorum’s virulent homophobia and obsession with the gay (Santorum compared gay relationships to “man on dog sex,” something he’s apparently an expert on).

Here, see for yourself.

Joe has more on the saga. It seems Santorum was asked about the controversy and is quite upset about it, but now resigned to the fact that his last name has become a term of sexual art. And he’s mad at Dan Savage. Really mad. He thinks Dan is sick. I know Dan. Dan’s a hoot. Rick, however, is sick, and getting exactly what he deserves.

Here’s Dan’s column from 2003 in which he explains the history of Santorum’s homophobia, and in which Dan announces a contest to rebrand Santorum as something else. The rest is Google history.

Don’t mess with the Internets. And seriously don’t mess with the gays.

PS More on Santorum’s odd family values here: