Rick Santorum spent a year on the dusty roads of Iowa, and when his Moment in the Sun arrived last night, he was Ready. Here are my recollections of his words….. Rick’s immigrant Grandfather, a foe of Mussolini’s fascism, whose big hands dug a new life out of Pennsylvania’s coal mines for his family, the dignity and worth of hard work, the primacy of Faith, keeping manufacturing jobs in the USA, cutting taxes, removing State socialism from a Free economy, assuring peace through Strength in the World, and then proudly standing tall as a Maverick conservative…. Santorum’s combination of themes was brilliant, among the best I’ve heard in years. You don’t need a teleprompter to tell this story, but you do need a Heart to understand it.
These ideas trace to William F. Buckley Jr’s. synthesis of modern conservatism in the 1950s with his “fusion” of formerly conflicting elements, a fusion Ronald Reagan perfected in the 1980s. A lot of reflection and thought went into Santorum’s message last night, and it is one to elevate American spirits, and possibly win a General Election in November.
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Santorum seems to have a lot of enemies in his own party. Even with the good showing in Iowa, I think that fact is going to bury him quickly.
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The Spambots are sending out anti-Rick Santorum messages this week. They are all at about this level of sophistication. FYI
Are spambots related to Paul-bots?
Thorette, at most they are distant cousins.
As I understand it, spambots are unmanned postings (well, unpersoned), generated by software. I’m not sure the above referenced posting against Santorum fits in that category. Indeed, I doubt it.
Paul-bots are enthusiastic Ron Paul supporters browsing the Internet posting supportive comments for their guy (or against his opponents). Others with less dedication, time and/or energy might very well find this maddening, but these Ron Paul fans are doing EXACTLY what we actually WANT in a free speech society with democratic elections (subject to the limitations that PRIVATE media might wish to impose with their moderators or spam-catcher software).
I’ll take a free society over a (government) “well-regulated” society any day.
BEEEPPPPPPP.