Just a few comments about the GOP campaign for the office of
the U.S.
Yes the campaign is a joke to many of us but probably makes
Obama happy. I feel somewhat embarrassed by the whole thing thinking what are
people thinking of us around the world.
I realize that all the bullshit being thrown around by the
candidates is necessary political language but really, is it really necessary
to the level it has reached?
Gingrich should have left some time ago because his chances
are nil even with a potentially brokered convention (other Republicans hate
him). He has nothing to contribute to the national debate but I still think of
him as highly intelligent and hope he can contribute something to the country
down the road. He has a huge sugar daddy that makes staying in the race for him
possible.
Santorum is an embarrassment. This nominally catholic
ex-politician is just a nut case. He is so far right in his thinking on social
issues that many consider him a deranged lunatic with a suit and tie that could
be a real danger to our society. Santorum is not saying the idiotic things he
is saying for purely political reasons, he really means them!
The embarrassment comes with the support he is getting which
makes some Americans as sick as he is and that is scary but we knew all along
that this country has some very scary people in it, people with brains that are
locked into Dark Age thinking.
Romney is still as unlikable as ever but appears to be the
eventual candidate. The embarrassment here is that the GOP could only spawn a
candidate that many Republicans don’t like and probably will not vote for; they
will just stay home. Santorum made another gaff yesterday when he said that if
Romney is the candidate, it is better to leave Obama in office? He took that
statement back the next day saying of course he would support the GOP candidate
whoever it may be but these slips of the tongue actually carry some truth in
them.
More important to the GOP race is the fact that specific
issues they hung their hats on like the economy are becoming non-issues with
the passing of every month as the economy recovers and unemployment drops.
They can inflame voters with religion and contraception
issues but that just alienates moderate voters and especially women who are finishing
college at a record pace and joining the labor force in higher and higher
positions; they won’t put up with right wing nonsense.
Tonight Louisiana
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