For Immediate Release
Contact: Matt BeynonVerona, PA - On his widely read blog at HotAir.com, leading conservative activist and radio host Ed Morrissey endorsed Rick Santorum for President - citing Santorum's promotion of the conservative agenda, "personal integrity that outshines the rest of field," and campaigning as a conservative.
My Choice: Rick Santorum
By: Ed Morrissey, HotAir.com
... Very early in the process, I promised Hot Air readers that I would disclose my choice for President in the primaries when I had fully made up my mind. Just as I did four years ago, I didn't fully make up my mind until shortly before the caucus. Last time I caucused for Romney; this time, if I had the opportunity, I would caucus for Rick Santorum...
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Why Santorum? In my estimation, Santorum is the last consistent
conservative standing, and the only one both promoting the conservative
agenda and campaigning as a conservative
in the race. That doesn't make Santorum perfect; he lacks the executive
experience I'd like to see, and some of his positions in the past and
present give me pause. However, compared to the heterodoxies of his
competitors in the GOP race, Santorum has a superior record on
promoting conservative policies and values.
Even
more than that, though, Santorum has demonstrated a level of personal
integrity in this race that outshines the rest of the field. Santorum
has campaigned with blue-collar Reagan Democrats in mind, pushing for
an economic plan that would revitalize manufacturing and small
business. He could easily have tipped over into class-warfare populism
while Gingrich and Romney bashed each other over their work at Bain and
Freddie Mac in order to ingratiate himself with that sector by playing
on latent envy. Instead, he defended capitalism and both of his
competitors on the campaign trail more effectively than either could
defend themselves. In contrast, Romney keeps demonstrating a lack of
fluency in conservative politics and philosophy, while Gingrich has
conducted a personal, angry campaign that threatens to reinforce every
negative stereotype about conservatives, both at times putting
themselves and their ambitions above the party they seek to lead.
In
the general election, I want to beat Barack Obama and send him into a
prosperous retirement with his family. In the primary, I want a party
leader who demonstrates the kind of integrity and consistency that only
Santorum has shown. He worked hard for my vote, and I only wish I could
be in the state to cast it on Tuesday.
To learn more about former Senator Rick Santorum, please visit www.RickSantorum.com.
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