Santorum Cashes In on His Right to Bare Arms

This year’s crop of Republican presidential candidates may be lackluster compared to the big ball of “I can see Russia from my house” crazy we got in 2008, but at least one candidate is picking up the slack in the entertainment department—and he’s doing so with defiantly bare arms. In case you haven’t noticed, Rick Santorum has a penchant for sweater vests. More specifically, he’s got a penchant for wearing sweater vests with oversized shirts that seek liberation from their sweaterly oppressor—a look that has caught the eye (and ire) of the fashion community. The Huffington Post called his look “lumpy and poorly executed” last month—sick burn!—and the New York Times ran a feature on the subject last week. Now, his vests have their own Twitter feed (@FearRicksVest) and they are being offered up as lure on Santorum’s website: anyone who donates $100 or more to Santorum’s campaign will get an official Rick Santorum for President sweater vest, or as Santorum likes to call it, a “Second Amendment vest,” which gives its wearer the right to bare arms. Say what you will about his politics, the man’s puns are solid. (Via Huffington Post)