Foster Friess aspirin joke shows danger to candidates of outside political groups

Yesterday, billionaire Santorum supporter Foster Friess stole the political headlines when he told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell in his day, women didn't need contraception, "they used Bayer aspirin." According to Friess, women who kept aspirin between their

By Jennifer Rubin Foster Friess (pronounced “freeze”), the person and not the ice cream franchise, was not a household name before December 25, 2011. Then Rick Santorum shot up from 5 percent in the Iowa polls and eventually went on to win the caucuses

Rick Santorum's found himself in an awkward spot after his main backer told a rather untoward joke on TV. How to thread the needle on that one? Santorum's contortions have been revealing.

Friess's statement—"On this contraceptive thing, my Gosh it's such [sic] inexpensive. You know, back in my days, they used Bayer aspirin for contraception. The gals put it between their knees, and it wasn't that costly"— is totally reminiscent of one

So on his “Campfire Blog,” which is apparently how he communicates with the world when he's not on our television screens, Santorum Super-PAC heavy and all-purpose spokesman Foster Friess apologized to the poor