the gospel of rick Mar. 5, 2012

Adventures in Language With Rick Santorum

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) speaks during a campaign rally at an American Legion on March 5, 2012 in Westerville, Ohio

Santorum winning the nomination: “Just hard” bordering on impossible. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

At a campaign stop at the American Legion in Westerville, Ohio, today, Rick Santorum took a moment to talk linguistics. As the Huffington Post reports:

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