Santorum saves a college student from using a pink bowling ball.

[retromike22]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/03/santorum-the-antipink-bowling-ball-candidate-119027.html

From Ginger Gibson, on the trail at the latest bowling alley with Rick Santorum in Wisconsin:
   
Santorum stopped a college student in Onalaska, WI from using a pink bowling ball.

The student was part of a group of college Republicans who had gone to bowl with Santorum. When he went to use the neon pink bowling ball, Santorum and an aide stopped him. A nearby reporter led in, "Friends don't let friends...?"

    "Friends don't let friends use pink balls," Santorum replied.

[Likely Voter]

Once you get your hands around a pink ball, well it's a slippery slope. Good thing Rick stopped it

[memphis]

Can the GOP please come out of the closet already? They're not fooling anybody and I truly believe they would feel better. Ditto for the Catholic Church.

[Eraserhead]

Santorum is embarrassing.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The bowling ball pictured below is FASCIST!

[Oakvale]

What is he, twelve?

[Lincoln Republican]

But..........why would Rick do this?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

The most favorable explanation of Santorum's comment is that a generic pink ball provided by a bowling alley is most likely weighted and holed for a woman's hand.  You want a ball with holes positioned for your hand and with as much weight as you can comfortably handle.

Whether it is the actual explanation, who knows?

[afleitch]

The most favorable explanation of Santorum's comment is that a generic pink ball provided by a bowling alley is most likely weighted and holed for a woman's hand.  You want a ball with holes positioned for your hand and with as much weight as you can comfortably handle.

Whether it is the actual explanation, who knows?

Bowling balls (and I say this as someone who bowls a lot) in public alleys tend not to be weighted or designed by gender, but for hand size. So Santorum was just being a douche.

[Ebowed]

Beyond parody.

[Franzl]

You can say this about pretty much any comment he makes, but this man is....well....was a serious contender for President.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Is this... real?

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

Is this... real?

I was expecting an Onion article when I pressed that link. The fact that it wasn't... well... I don't even have words.

[greenforest32]

Gay = Immoral
Pink = Gay
Pink = Immoral

I am Rick Santorum

[Mechaman]

In honor of Catholicism and this thread, I present a bit of Jimmy Carr:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoSc8-LGMdU

[Gustaf]

Friends let friends use blue balls, if you know what I mean.

[Torie]

Tell me Rick was joking please. Thanks.

[Pheurton Skeurto]

What is he, twelve?

[Keystone Phil]

Wow. Some people here are more uptight than Rick supposedly is and that's saying something!

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

umm....if the balls aren't color coded for weight, this was obviously just a joke.  I know I would poke fun at a buddy choosing a pink ball. 

And if there were several to choose from, I wouldn't choose the pink.  Why draw that kind of attention to yourself?  I perfer to look more masculine than bowling a whole game with a pink ball.

[tmthforu94]

Have you guys never been bowling?

The pink ball is the lightest - any guy who picks up a pink ball is always open to jokes, not because the ball is pink, but because its only like 7 pounds.

[TJ in Oregon]

Who cares?

[King]

Lol social constructs.

[RogueBeaver]

What is he, twelve?

[pbrower2a]

Have you guys never been bowling?

The pink ball is the lightest - any guy who picks up a pink ball is always open to jokes, not because the ball is pink, but because its only like 7 pounds.

If it is a tradeoff of mass for speed and accuracy, then the lighter bowling ball is a good trade-off.

An adult with an obsession with "sissy" qualities has a problem.