Game On

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"Santorum tells Puerto Ricans that if they want to be a state, they need to make English the official language". http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1345728.html

Yeah, help win the Latino vote, Ricky. And pretend there is a Constitutional requirement for English to be a state (no, there is not).

Christ protect us from his rabid followers.

I always laughed at the phrase, "compassionate conservatism". It's an oxymoron.

Great article by George Lakoff. It clearly outlines the unchallengable father-figure authoritarianism messaging that the right depends upon, and uses the Santorum Strategy as the perfect example of that. And talks about how Palin, Santorum, all if it is simply about moving the Overton Window to the right culturally in this country.

http://www.alternet.org/election2012...merica/?page=1

The Republican presidential campaign is not just about the presidential race. It is about using conservative language to strengthen conservative values in the brains of voters.
March 12, 2012

The Santorum Strategy is not just about Santorum. It is about pounding the most radical conservative ideas into the public mind by constant repetition during the Republican presidential campaign, whether by Santorum himself, by Gingrich or Ron Paul, by an intimidated Romney, or by the Republican House majority. The Republican presidential campaign is about a lot more than the campaign for the presidency. It is about guaranteeing a radical conservative future for America.

I am old enough to remember how liberals (me included) made fun of Ronald Reagan as a not-too-bright mediocre actor who could not possibly be elected president. I remember liberals making fun of George W.Bush as so ignorant and ill-spoken that Americans couldn't possibly take him seriously. Both turned out to be clever politicians who changed America much for the worse. And among the things they and their fellow conservatives managed to do was change public discourse, and with it, change how a great many Americans thought.

The Republican presidential campaign has to be seen in this light.

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