John Hawkins is a professional blogger who runs Conservative Grapevine and Right Wing News. He also writes a weekly column for Townhall.
The message is clear: as long as conservatives are paying the GOP piper, they are also going to call the tune.
Like a combination of Kato Kaelin and Joey Buttafuoco, only far more malicious and self-centered.
Professional sports — an industry that forgives and employs accused rapists, wife-beaters, and other assorted criminals — just can't handle a conservative.
It's bad enough when she is mercilessly bashed from the left. But it really stings when Republicans lay into her.
Political violence is not only more common, but more mainstream and acceptable on the left.
We have to face the truth: it's not just the message — it's who's delivering it.
The right is coming down just as hard on Sanford as the left — if not more so. (Also read Roger L. Simon: What Mark Sanford Did (Wrecked Our Priorities))
It views the conservative base like a medieval monarch viewed his serfs.