DEEP HONOR

The Making of a Nominee

Rick Santorum is someone I would like to see debate President Obama. I don't really care to see Romney bloviate about how clever he was financially to make a half a bil. arbitraging companies. Who cares. His attempt to not look like little Richie Rich wearing blue jeans everywhere doesn't fool me. The man is filthy rich. Not really connected with the struggling middle class. His arrogance is palpable. His condescention insufferable.

Rick Santorum for whatever you think of his policy views which are indeed traditonal and conservative is a person of deep honor. Obama is a person of deep honor and holds slightly different strategic views on diplomatic manoevers and dramatically different views on the culture war issues.

There are very moving things about Santorum's personal history, such as a Trisomy 18 child which he didn't give up and tears up when speaking about who is about three years old now. You don't see this baby girl paraded around like Palin paraded around her special needs child for political gain and understand this is a really difficult challenge that Santorum handles with grace and gratitude for the life he calls a blessing. It's sincere. It's admirable.

Santorum also is to be commended for his tenacity. He had vision and plugged away at it faithfully.

He didn't have a pile of money thrown at him to start. He didn't think he deserved it. He speaks in a down home down to earth manner with humility. He doesn't sound like a braggard. Americans like to see vision, tenacy, and faith take the place of money in winning. It's true grit without a net.

His wife it turns out also has a JD and has nursing schooling. She was the wife of a Senator and had a few duties there under the radar. She is raising a baseball team full of children.
There are things that look suspect- like the homeschooling. There are excellent high quality catholic schools in DC and Virginia and one would hope that they would appreciate their value, as she doesn't have apparently any teaching credentials, but she isn't an idiot. And she is First Lady telegenic. She has also authored a few books. Seems a popular First Lady Wannabee thing to do.

Rick Santorum is on the rise, not for nuthin. He is a person of deep conviction, deep honor who holds things true and fights for them. You can disagree with him, but you can't really attack his integrity. That would be unjust. He isn't just talking the evangelical lingo, he actually is articulating what he sincerely believes- which sounds radical to secularists but is really obviously deeply felt. When he says things like there is a redemptive purpose in suffering which is not in vain, you know he is talking about personal family struggles. He draws on his faith.

The philosophic debate on a moral plane regarding those issues that divide the country would be worth watching between Santorum and Obama. Romney looks frankly, a bit foolish ranting against Europeans and a made up view of what he thinks the European socialist demise looks like. And it's tired and long played out already. We have had it with Freedom Fries.

In the land of Des Moines, the French Monks, it would be fitting if they elected the Catholic
Santorum, son of an Italian immigrant father, who passed the partial birth abortion ban, who has been given honors and an audience by the Pope. Does Santorum know how the economy runs? As well as anyone I venture to guess and would get a few folks to show him what he doesn't know. Santorum at least knows what he does not know whereas Romney it appears thinks he knows everything.

I may think Santorum flatly wrong on some issues and strategies, but he is a quality of integrity in a person that is starting to look Presidential. He wouldn't embarass the country internationally.