Democrats Use Santorum's New Book Against Him

From Cybercast News Service:

(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Rick Santorum makes fellow his Republican Trent Lott look like left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore, says a group that works to elect Senate Democrats.

In other words, Santorum is so conservative, he's off the charts, the way Democrats view him.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has targeted Santorum (from Pennsylvania) for defeat, and it is using his new book, "It Takes a Family," against him.

"You already know about the whacked-out, nut-case, out-of-the-mainstream right-wing views Rick Santorum spouts in his new book," former Clinton presidential adviser Paul Begala says in an email message to friends of the DSCC.

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According to Begala's message, "Santorum acts, talks, writes -- and votes -- like he's the senior senator from the 13th Century, not the junior senator from Pennsylvania." Begala says Santorum can be beat in 2006 because "he's far too extreme for Pennsylvania."

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But conservatives appreciate Santorum for his consistency and integrity. Conservative leader Paul Weyrich has described him as "the one person in the Senate leadership who is willing to take courageous stands."

Weyrich, noting that Santorum is a "prayerful man," admitted he "will need prayer for his prolonged, expensive and undoubtedly nasty Senate contest."

My Comments:
Only in Democratland could a book about making life in America more family-friendly -- including respecting and encouraging the "choice" that many women make to forego careers in order to stay home with their children -- be seen as a negative tool to "use against" someone.

And Paul Begala? If you ever watched the unwatchable CNN program "Crossfire", which had both Begala and James Carville as hosts, you'd know that Begala is the sort of guy who really ought to think twice before talking about someone else's "whacked-out, nut-case, out-of-the-mainstream" views. Begala actually makes Carville (aka the "Rajin' Cajun") look like the sane one.