Foster Friess' Aspirin As Birth Control Joke Retroactively Blamed For Teen Pregnancy Rick Santorum backer Foster Friess ' sexist, Abe Simpson-esque joke about the merits of Bayer Aspirin as birth control, during an interview with a stunned Andrea Mitchell , has caused an odd cable news firestorm. The fact that people are shocked by an old man saying something piggish is strange enough, but even stranger is the hilarity, and not-hilarity, that ensues when people don't get the joke. Foster Friess Apologizes For Suggesting Bayer Aspirin As Contraception Method Foster Friess, the main donor to a super PAC aligned with Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, apologized for his comments suggesting Bayer Aspirin as a contraception method. Foster Friess Can't Be Serious About Using Asprin as Birth Control Rick Santorum backer Foster Friess shocked MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell into silence when he told her, "Back in my days, they used Bayer Aspirin for contraceptives -- the gals put it between their knees and it wasn't that costly." He was trying to minimize the fuss everyone is making over Santorum's opposition to birth control, but the remark has only made more of a ruckus. Foster Friess Obviously Lying About Using Asprin as Birth Control Back in His Day Rick Santorum backer Foster Friess shocked MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell into silence when he said he didn't get why everyone was making such a big deal over Santorum's opposition to birth control, because "Back in my days, they used Bayer Aspirin for contraceptives -- the gals put it between their knees and it wasn't that costly." Santorum's billionaire backer Foster Friess apologizes for odd contraception comment Rick Santorum's billionaire backer Foster Friess wrote on his blog Friday morning that he "deeply" apologizes to anyone who thought he was telling women to use aspirin instead of birth control in a Thursday segment on MSNBC. Meanwhile, Santorum was on the defensive Friday, calling his supporter's joke "stupid." "This contraception thing, my gosh it's [...] Santorum backer Foster Friess apologizes for contraception comment Prominent backer of Rick Santorum said aspirin had been used for birth control: "The gals put it between their knees, and it wasn't that costly" Rick Santorum donor makes weird contraception comment Foster Friess, a major donor to the Rick Santorum super PAC, suggested that women use aspirin as a contraceptive. Rick Santorum was not amused. Santorum Ally Friess Praises Old-School 'Contraceptive': Aspirin Between Knees MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell asked billionaire Santorum backer Foster Friess whether he thought the GOP presidential candidate's very conservative social views would be disadvantageous to Santorum in the general election. Friess not only didn't think so; he indicated he didn't see what all the fuss was about. And then he dispensed some advice about contraceptives. Isn't Foster Friess's Bad Aspirin Joke Basically Rick Santorum's Actual Position on Contraception? Foster Friess, the billionaire money-man backing Rick Santorum, who shocked and delighted the political world yesterday when he suggested holding an aspirin between your knees as a cheap form of birth control, wants to assure everyone that he was just making a terrible joke. "To all those who took my joke as modern day approach I deeply apologize and seek your forgiveness," he wrote on his ... Foster Friess Apologizes For Aspirin Comment: 'My Wife Constantly Tells Me I Need New Material' Rick Santorum backer Foster Friess raised more than a few eyebrows yesterday when he told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell that, back in his day, "they used Bayer aspirin for contraceptions. The gals put it between their knees and it wasn't that costly." RELATED: Santorum Supporter Stuns Andrea Mitchell With Memories Of How 'The Gals' Used Bayer [...]
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