There's a Glenn Beck, Rick Santorum interview posted over at Santorum's site. Unlike some, I've elected to not be too critical of any legitimate conservative throwing their hat in the ring for 2012. Santorum is a legitimate conservative.
What intrigues me is how quick some are to criticize, or dismiss either him, Michelle Bachmann, or even Sarah Palin. True, the media has done everything it can to shred Palin's reputation. Also, before the more current seeming love affair it's having with Bachmann - one that will not last - she never did receive much credit, or positive attention from the media.
But people forget, before Palin and Bachmann were even around, the media did everything it could to damage Rick Santorum. That some on the Right are so quick to buy into it today demonstrates how effective they can be.
Judge them all however you see fit. But I'd be careful about simply regurgitating what the media has tried to make the conventional wisdom around any conservative with a presence on the national political scene. I try to judge them all by their own words and deeds, not the less than fine print that always goes along with being a conservative in America today.
by Dan @ RiehlWorldView.com
Original Post: http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2011/06/before-palin-and-bachmann-there-was-rick-santorum.html
