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So now comes word that Mittens Romneycare is rolling out his formidable, well-financed smear machine against Rick Santorum.

Hmm.

I support Newt Gingrich, and I continue to support him even after Mittens Romneycare has spent upwards of 25 million dollars smearing him in an avalanche of attack ads. And not only did I have to try to defend Newt against Romneycare’s assault, I had to try to defend him against the free riding supporters of Santorum, who were trying to leverage Romney’s massive smears with their own smears, in hopes of knocking Newt out of the race in favor of Santorum.

So now the smear campaign has shifted, and is aimed squarely at Santorum. Should I join in, and try to leverage Romney’s smears against Santorum with agreement and even elaboration, in hopes of knocking Santorum out of the race in favor of Newt?

Perhaps I should, but I won’t. I have too much integrity to try to win by stooping to Mittens Romneycare’s level of smear politics, or to the level of the Santorum supporters. 

However. when Santorum’s supporters, shocked at the savagery of the campaign against their guy that Romney will now unleash, turn to me and say, “You have to help us defend Saint Santorum. He’s the last not-Romney left!”

What do you think I will say? What do you think I should say?

Actually, I’ve already said it:

You Make Your Bed, We’ll Bury You In It | Daily Pundit

I would hold my nose and vote for Saint Santorum, although I think that, although he has no chance of winning the nomination, he stayed in and helped destroy Newt’s chances. So I’ll vote for him, miserable pecksniffian crapweasel that he is, although I won’t work for him, support him otherwise, donate to him, talk him up, or do anything else for him. And if I have to make the effort of going to the polls in order to vote for him, rather than simply filling out an absentee ballot, I may not even bother.

And I won’t lift one finger to defend him against the Romney smear machine. As a matter of fact, I wouldn’t cross the street to take a leak on him if his sweater vest was on fire.  I won’t, however, join the Romney smear machine in attacking him.  The worst thing I will say about him is what I’ve said all along:  He’s a loser.

Bitter?  Hell, yes.  Not only would the Gentry GOP RINO Ruling Class rather see Obama win than a conservative nominee leading the party, it seems that some conservatives would rather see Romney win than have somebody other than Rick Santorum be the nominee.  Well, folks, you’ve traded integrity for victory, but in the end you will have, and deserve, neither.