Iowa: Theater of the Conservative Absurd
Frank Bruni, New York Times
Coralville, Iowa Frank Bruni AS the hour of actual caucusing drew closer, Ron Paul’s campaign trumpeted his endorsement by a pastor who, as it happens, has spoken of executing homosexuals. Rick Perry pledged to devote predator drones and thousands of troops to the protection of the Mexican border, making the mission to keep every last illegal immigrant from crossing sound as urgent as rooting out terrorists in Pakistan. And Rick Santorum, bringing his “Faith, Family and Freedom” tour to this eastern Iowa town on...
Coralville, Iowa Frank Bruni AS the hour of actual caucusing drew closer, Ron Paul’s campaign trumpeted his endorsement by a pastor who, as it happens, has spoken of executing homosexuals. Rick Perry pledged to devote predator drones and thousands of troops to the protection of the Mexican border, making the mission to keep every last illegal immigrant from crossing sound as urgent as rooting out terrorists in Pakistan. And Rick Santorum, bringing his “Faith, Family and Freedom” tour to this eastern Iowa town on...
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2012/01/01/iowa_theater_of_the_conservative_absurd_270265.html