Posted on 08/07/2015 2:14:45 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Those in the reality-based community may laugh, but in Republican presidential politics, extremism is virtue.
Is the way to watch the Republican debates tonight to set out a bowl of popcorn in the expectation that this conglomeration of candidates will produce truly memorable Comedy Central moments?
As Bill Schneider at Reuters put it, “Is 2016 the year of the Republican clown car?”
Dana Milbank of The Washington Post was quick to answer, “Clown car.” Politico’s Roger Simon said the “clown car has become a clown van.”
Sen. Ted Cruz is frying bacon on a rifle barrel. Sen. Lindsey Graham put his cellphone in a blender. Former Fox News host and ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee is running as the candidate of “Bubbaville.” Gov. Chris Christie is doing a Tony Soprano imitation, but fatter. Gov. Scott Walker claims that it’s God’s plan for him to run for president.
The biggest clown of all has jumped into the lead.
But before we chortle and view it all as fodder for the new host of “The Daily Show,” we should take a longer and deeper look at Republican presidential politics.
In 1980 the very witty Gore Vidal said, “[Ronald] Reagan has no chance of being elected president. It is true that the United States is turning into Paraguay but not at that speed.”(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at america.aljazeera.com ...
Hah! Allahu Ahkbar Jazeera sure is an eligible source of unbiased information about anything American /sarcasm
I reviewed a third rate book by Bienhart 22 years ago, for a friend that publishes a literary magazine .
Gave it a lot better review than I would this article. How does one get dumber and less talented with age and experience.
Know thine enemies. That’s you Muzzies. Your the enemy.
Oops, your = you’re above, getting tired, finally.
No wonder Obama and his minions love the Muzzie Terrorists - they’re afraid of the same things....
Al Jazeera is the only “media” outlet that both the Arabs and Israelis shoot at.
And next is our public interest story, how to perform a clean single cut to remove an infidel’s head from his body...
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