That's what I do.
If they’re a republican, I judge them by how much they’re hated by the Republican establishment.
When it comes to the media, it’s a little trickier. Many times they’ll attack a republican just so that conservative voters will rally to their defense.
This was the case with Dan Crenshaw and Ron DeSantis.....”if the media doesn’t like them, then they must be good”.
The first time I ever heard of Crenshaw was some late night host making fun of his eye patch before he even won his first election..... “Hey, he’s a war hero, don’t you mock him. He lost that eye fighting for his country. I don’t know much about this Crenshaw guy, but if the media is making fun of his eye patch, then I think I like him.”
I don’t think this is the case with Vance. I think he terrifies all the right people for all the right reasons. Just sayin’ that the media knows how to get us conservatives to rally behind somebody, and we have to be really cautious of their game.
The media went from hating on DeSantis to “Hey Trumpers, don’t you like this guy better?” faster than Reggie Miller could get off a jump shot. And looking back, I think the whole portrayal of Dubya as a village idiot, was just a way to get Republican voters to feel something for that soulless piece of evil vermin.