Santorum Nomination 'Completely Terrifies' Economist Magazine’s Economics Editor

Brent Baker | February 11, 2012
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Friday night (February 10) on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, Zanny Minton Beddoes, the economics editor for the Economist magazine, expressed dread that the possibility Rick Santorum could win the Republican presidential nomination “completely terrifies me. I mean, how many decades back, how many centuries back does he want to take us?” She proceeded to relay the derogatory charge “Santorum would be a fine mind for the 13th century.”

Cross-posted, with more, on the MRCs NewsBusters blog.