Posted on 03/19/2012 7:07:37 AM PDT by God'sgrrl
Former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan had it just right — someone had better read Rick Santorum his Miranda rights. In the big leagues of national politics, she warns, “Everything you’ve said can and will be used against you.”
Keep in mind that Rick Santorum has said a great deal, and is still talking. In a world accustomed to bland politicians, Santorum breaks the mold. He admires conviction politicians, and he aims to be one. He speaks his mind, and then keeps on talking. On crucial issues of a moral nature, Santorum not only states his position, he explains it in detail and then goes on to present his convictions in the form of an argument. He is willing to make comprehensive statements of cultural analysis and sweeping moral judgments.more...
Best post I’ve read in a long while in this community.
Your post is excellent; I read it several times.
Sad but true. The Lame Stream Media is still pervasive in at least 40% of America, the 40% who care more about which bimbo "The Bachelor" strung along than who's running us into deficits our great-great-great-grandchildren could never pay off.
Add to that the cable-based propagandists at HBOh-No, and anyone with an R after his or her name starts with out with three strikes against them sitting behind the 8-ball with the Sword of Damocles hanging inches from their neck and a frayed rope holding it up.
Santorum, like Palin before him and a few others before them, failed to realize this and their honest opinions became nothing more than the butt of "stupid" jokes for most Americans thanks to the popular media cabal.
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