Little Ricky Santorum: Poster Boy for Obnoxious and Desperate Conservatism

He has always been obnoxious!

But the desperation, we like.

Walter C. Uhler.com--Senator Rick Santorum: Poster Boy for Obnoxious and Desperate Conservatism:

If Pennsylvanians are lucky, after November's elections the Keystone State will be rid of its junior U.S. Senator, Rick Santorum. It will not be a moment too soon. Such a blessing would radiate across the United States and, thus, the world.
Today, Mr. Santorum is the not-so-proud possessor of poor polling percentages, which indicate that even the good citizens of central and rural Pennsylvania (AKA the mostly 'Alabamans' who live between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh) have tired of his empty, 'bogus nostalgia and right-wing extremist ideology' about 'the traditional family' (see my article, 'Rick Santorum Flunks 'The History of the American Family,'' http://www.walter-c-uhler.com/Reviews/Santorum.html ).

Thus, political desperation best explains Santorum's recent attempt to reframe the debate by announcing to Pennsylvanians and all Americans - during his speech to the National Press Club on July 20, 2006 - that 'today the biggest issue facing our children's future is a war.' However, with that speech - which was replete with reckless rhetoric designed to incite the mob and turn out the faithful on election day -- Santorum revalidated the timeless truth spoken by Samuel Johnson: 'Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrel.'