WHOA. We're not sure where to even begin with this one. Rick Santorum called in unannounced to Imus today after Imus apparently referred to Rick as a "suit dummy." Rick wanted to refute Imus' characterization of him. We don't believe he was successful.

Here's the audio of a large chunk of the interview.

In the clip Rick does the following:

• Says Libby, Cheney and Chalabi are all honest and didn't lie.
• Claims Joe Wilson is a liar.
• Says the CIA has a grudge against Chalabi and tried to destroy him.
• Snaps out on Imus for challenging his claims (a recurring theme we've discussed before).
• Compares not being able to safely drive from the Baghdad Airport into Baghdad today to conditions in Philadelphia in 1778 - to which, Imus points out there was no airport in Philadelphia then.
• Says that Imus' wife called him and said she wanted to "do a threesome."
• Calls Bill Frist, "a really decent, honorable man."

Besides pointing out the problem with Rick's comparison of Baghdad to Philadelphia in 1778, Imus has at least two great lines during the interview. Almost 5 minutes into the audio clip, in response to Rick's analysis of the situation in Iraq Imus says, "you have an IV of the neo-con Kool-Aid, don't you?" One minute later in the clip Imus accuses Rick of being "so misguided it's almost disturbing."

"Suit dummy" sounds much nicer in comparison.