Foster Friess is a rich supporter of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum. He is the main backer of a pro-Santorum super PAC. He is the asset manager who funds the Red, White and Blue super PAC.  With the entire furor around Santorum regarding contraceptives, when Friess was questioned during an MSNBC interview, he responded with a controversial comment that flared up an extremely fiery response.

In the interview Friess said how he felt that the entire society was obsessed with sex at the expense of more concrete issues like unemployment and “jihadist camps being set up in Latin America.” He said that the argument over whether religious-run institutions should have to provide contraception to their employees was over blown. He said that birth control is ‘so 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.” – Foster Friess.

The dumbfounded MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell replied, “Excuse me, I'm just trying to catch my breath from that, Mr Friess, frankly.”

Clearly his comment was to yield comment full of rage and bafflement. Clearly people were baffled by what he said. Terry O’Neil, president of the National Organization of Women, said that Mr. Friess’s comments were “deeply offensive.” She added that both Mr. Friess and the candidate he supports should “apologize to the women of this country.”

One would think that the GOP candidate would actually apologize; instead, he simply decided to disassociate with his supporter saying that Mr. Friess was a “well-known jokester” who had made a “stupid joke” in “bad taste.”

 “I'm not responsible for every bad joke that someone who I happen to know or who supports me tells.” – Rick Santorum.

In his second appearance on MSNBC, Mr. Friess also defended his comments, “Obviously a lot of people who are younger than 71 didn't get the context of that joke…Back in my days, they didn't have the birth control pill, so to suggest that Bayer Aspirin could be a birth control pill was considered pretty ridiculous and quite funny.”

Rick Santorum claims that as a devout Catholic he personally opposes contraception, and although he has previously voted to fund birth control he is a strong opponent of the Obama administration’s attempt to extend coverage to employees of religious organizations.

Foster Friess said that contraception was an “important thing for many women”, but added that Santorum would stand up for “religious liberty.”

It is interesting how Mr. Friess and the GOP candidate Rick Santorum made light of the Bayer Aspirin comment. Pointedly attacking the women of the country cannot be a joke.

(PHOTOS): Daily Mail