You know, we really tried.
Over the past year and a half we haven't said a thing about Rick. We kept our thoughts to ourselves when he wrote his columns and gave his wing-nutty speeches. We thought if we ignored him he might go away, but nooooooooo. Rick will not go away. His voice and influence seem to be resurgent in certain circles. Over the last few weeks there have been a number of things that made us think about firing this blog back up -- including an email he sent out for something called the National Organization for Marriage about the "battle for marriage," but we'll get to that one later.
Today was the final straw. We just found a post on an ABC News blog about the fact that Rush Limbaugh, apparently unhappy with the conservative cred of John McCain's Vice Presidential contenders, has suggested our favorite former Pennsylvanian as a good choice for the veep nomination:
Limbaugh suggested "someone like Rick Santorum other than Tom Ridge. How about some discussion from the McCain campaign about a conservative who can be counted on across the board, who can help lead the country in the right direction. Who can help rebuild the Republican party Lieberman cant do that - and rebuild the conservative movement - neither McCain nor Lieberman nor Ridge can do that.
Now don't get us wrong. For purely selfish, sporting purposes, we could not agree more with Captain Prescription. After all, who knows more about what your average rabid, delusional, nutbag right-winger is looking for in a vice presidential candidate than the Rushster? Certainly not us.
Do you think putting Ricky on the ticket would give McCain a better chance at winning Santorum's home state of Virginia? How about Rick's old state of Pennsylvania? Keep in mind, Rick got almost 40% of the vote in PA last time he was on a ballot. Seems like Rush might have really thought this one out, huh?
