Populist demagogues in politics and the mass media are doing everything they can to discredit the quality press as propaganda organs for left-wing elites who sneer at the views of ordinary Americans. Santorum pretends to speak for these people – that is, for a minority of Americans who are mostly white, provincial, highly religious, deeply conservative on cultural and social issues, and convinced that Obama and all Europeans are dangerous godless socialists.
不过情况已经发生了变化。民粹主义煽动者和大众传媒正想尽办法地将高质量媒体抹黑为嗤笑普通美国人观点的左翼精英宣传喉舌。桑托勒姆假装为这样的人说话， 他们大多是守旧的，有着高度宗教信仰的, 在文化和社会问题上非常保守的白人。并且他们 确信奥巴马以及所有欧洲人都是些危险的，持无神论的社会主义者。