Does Santorum Have What It Takes to Wear a Sweater Vest?

      Is it presidential of Rick Santorum to show up on camera in a beige sweater vest worn atop a baggy, blue, long-sleeve shirt?  As any satorialist will tell you, one must know how to wear the sweater vest and what to drink with it.

       For instruction, we best look to Onslow, the loveable oaf in the hilarious British series Keeping Up Appearnace.  His infamous woolly vest was costume de rigueur and always accompanied by a malt beverage.  Though on several occasions he was left to bemoan, “Ahhh, nice … I’m sitting here completely surrounded by no beer.”  Surely, he could sympathize with Rick, who is sitting in the Iowa caucus “completely surrounded by no votes.”

      Besides this weeks’ fashion lapse, Santorum blew it with us commoners during a visit to an Iowa brewery, when he revealed his preference for light beer, no IPAs—they’re a bit hoppy for his taste.  Imagine Onslow making such a comment while wearing a starched, button-down beneath his manly vest.  Poor Rick.

      Frankly, sweater vests look better on men with no shirt and large, tatooed arms.  A bit of chest hair and face fuzz is also complementry.  

      Onslow has it right; Rick, as usual, has it wrong.