THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN THAT IS SO COMPELLING, EVEN NOVICES ARE BEGINNING TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE POLITICAL PROCESS FOR THE FIRST TIME. THIS CRAZY WHACKED OUT CIRCUS HAS DRAWN AMERICANS (AND THOSE ABROAD) INTO THE FRAY AT UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS.
AS FAR BACK AS THE CLINTON PRESIDENCY I BECAME VERY INTERESTED IN THE MECHANICS OF POLITICS AND STARTED TO GET EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE 2008 OBAMA CAMPAIGN HAD ME THOROUGHLY INTRIGUED AND EMOTIONALLY INVESTED TO THE POINT THAT I DONATED FUNDS TO A POLITICAL CANDIDATE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY 48 YEARS. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS HERE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN? THIS ONE RIGHT HERE? THIS IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT KIND OF BEAST THAT HAS ME HYPNOTIZED BEYOND DESCRIPTION.
HOW HYPNOTIZED YOU ASK? LET ME TRY TO BREAK IT DOWN....I HAVE SEVERAL HUNDRED CABLE STATIONS AT MY FINGERTIPS, INCLUDING SO-CALLED "PREMIUM" CHANNELS. HOWEVER, I FIND MYSELF STUCK ON THE SAME FEW STATIONS. 6PM CHRIS MATTHEWS, 7PM THE ED SHOW, 8PM RACHEL MADDOW, 9PM LAWRENCE O'DONNELL, 10PM THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART. AND IN BETWEEN ALL OF THESE SHOWS, I WILL CHECK OUT FOX NEWS CHANNEL WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD FOR A FEW LAUGHS (OR DEPENDING ON WHO'S SPEAKING, A HOLLERING SESSION AT THE T.V. SCREEN)
I HAVE PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS CAMPAIGN AND HAVE COME TO THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSION: THERE IS AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC THAT PLAYS WITHIN THE PSYCHE OF A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. EVERYONE WHO RUNS FOR PRESIDENT DOESN'T NECESSARILY EXPECT TO WIN THE PRESIDENCY. IN FACT, MOST OF THEM DON'T PLAN TO WIN, AND I WILL VENTURE TO SAY THAT MANY OF THEM DON'T EVEN WANT TO BE PRESIDENT. SO WHY DO THEY SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND EVERY OUNCE OF ENERGY TO ENTER A LOSING BATTLE? THERE ARE MANY MOTIVATIONS, BUT I WILL LIST JUST A FEW:
TO GAIN FAME AND RECOGNITION - THIS IS EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE WHEN YOU WANT TO JOIN THE LECTURE CIRCUIT. YOU 'VE HEARD GINGRICH BOAST ABOUT THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF $$$ THAT HE COMMANDS PER SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT. THINK: HERMAN CAIN.
TO GET THEIR MESSAGE OUT - THE TRUE IDEOLOGUES LIKE RON PAUL WILL DO ANYTHING THEY CAN TO PLACE THEIR PERSONAL BELIEFS IN THE FOREFRONT OF AMERICAN MINDS. YOU CANNOT CONVINCE ME THAT RON PAUL EVER THOUGHT HE COULD WIN. HE IS USING THIS CAMPAIGN AS A SOAP BOX TO FORWARD HIS 'MOVEMENT'. HE ACTUALLY SAID AS MUCH IN HIS NEW HAMPSHIRE "VICTORY" SPEECH.
AS FAR BACK AS THE CLINTON PRESIDENCY I BECAME VERY INTERESTED IN THE MECHANICS OF POLITICS AND STARTED TO GET EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE 2008 OBAMA CAMPAIGN HAD ME THOROUGHLY INTRIGUED AND EMOTIONALLY INVESTED TO THE POINT THAT I DONATED FUNDS TO A POLITICAL CANDIDATE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY 48 YEARS. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS HERE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN? THIS ONE RIGHT HERE? THIS IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT KIND OF BEAST THAT HAS ME HYPNOTIZED BEYOND DESCRIPTION.
HOW HYPNOTIZED YOU ASK? LET ME TRY TO BREAK IT DOWN....I HAVE SEVERAL HUNDRED CABLE STATIONS AT MY FINGERTIPS, INCLUDING SO-CALLED "PREMIUM" CHANNELS. HOWEVER, I FIND MYSELF STUCK ON THE SAME FEW STATIONS. 6PM CHRIS MATTHEWS, 7PM THE ED SHOW, 8PM RACHEL MADDOW, 9PM LAWRENCE O'DONNELL, 10PM THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART. AND IN BETWEEN ALL OF THESE SHOWS, I WILL CHECK OUT FOX NEWS CHANNEL WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD FOR A FEW LAUGHS (OR DEPENDING ON WHO'S SPEAKING, A HOLLERING SESSION AT THE T.V. SCREEN)
I HAVE PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS CAMPAIGN AND HAVE COME TO THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSION: THERE IS AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC THAT PLAYS WITHIN THE PSYCHE OF A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. EVERYONE WHO RUNS FOR PRESIDENT DOESN'T NECESSARILY EXPECT TO WIN THE PRESIDENCY. IN FACT, MOST OF THEM DON'T PLAN TO WIN, AND I WILL VENTURE TO SAY THAT MANY OF THEM DON'T EVEN WANT TO BE PRESIDENT. SO WHY DO THEY SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND EVERY OUNCE OF ENERGY TO ENTER A LOSING BATTLE? THERE ARE MANY MOTIVATIONS, BUT I WILL LIST JUST A FEW:
TO GAIN FAME AND RECOGNITION - THIS IS EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE WHEN YOU WANT TO JOIN THE LECTURE CIRCUIT. YOU 'VE HEARD GINGRICH BOAST ABOUT THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF $$$ THAT HE COMMANDS PER SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT. THINK: HERMAN CAIN.
TO GET THEIR MESSAGE OUT - THE TRUE IDEOLOGUES LIKE RON PAUL WILL DO ANYTHING THEY CAN TO PLACE THEIR PERSONAL BELIEFS IN THE FOREFRONT OF AMERICAN MINDS. YOU CANNOT CONVINCE ME THAT RON PAUL EVER THOUGHT HE COULD WIN. HE IS USING THIS CAMPAIGN AS A SOAP BOX TO FORWARD HIS 'MOVEMENT'. HE ACTUALLY SAID AS MUCH IN HIS NEW HAMPSHIRE "VICTORY" SPEECH.
TO SELL BOOKS - THIS IS A WHOLE NEW CAREER IN ITSELF - IT MAY BE THE TRUE REASON GINGRICH RAN FOR PRESIDENT. WITH AS MUCH BAGGAGE AS HE HAS, THERE IS NO RATIONAL THOUGHT THAT SAYS HE COULD BEAT PRESIDENT OBAMA...WHETHER IT'S FOR THE POSITION OF COMMANDER-IN -CHIEF OF THE UNITED STATES OR AT A COUNTY FAIR RUNNING IN A SACK RACE. NEWT IS A BIG FAT MONEY GRUBBING DEVIL WHO THRIVES ON HATE AND DESTRUCTION AND BELIEVES HIS OWN HYPE. NOT TO RAG ON HIS WIFE, BUT SHE'S COMPLETELY FROZEN STIFF WHICH MAKES HER EVEN CREEPIER THAN NEWT. YIKES!
TO APPEAR HOLIER THAN THOU TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS - THINK: RICK SANTORUM. NOT REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HIS ARCHAIC VIEWS.
TO GET OUT OF THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION FOR A WHILE 'CAUSE YOU GOT NOTHIN' BETTER TO DO WIT YER TIME EXCEPT HARASSIN' TEACHERS WITH PAY CUTS AND ADOLESCENT GIRLS WITH THE HPV VACCINE. I GUESS KILLING MINORITY CONVICTS GETS A LITTLE BORING AFTER THE FIRST FEW HUNDRED. THINK: RICK PERRY.
TO HOPEFULLY BE CHOSEN AS A VICE PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATE - THINK: TIM PAWLENTY (REMEMBER HIM?). HERE IS A GUY WHO CAME UP WITH ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT AND ACCURATE PHRASES OF THE CAMPAIGN, "OBAMNEYCARE." WHEN HE'S GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONFRONT ROMNEY WITH THIS TERM AT THE REPUBLICAN DEBATE, HE COMPLETELY WIMPS OUT AND REFUSES TO REPEAT IT. WTF??? THE WHOLE WORLD OF PUNDITS WAS CONFUSED AND CONFOUNDED AS TO WHY HE BLEW SUCH A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY. THEN IT HIT ME...
PAWLENTY WAS IN THE RACE LONG ENOUGH TO GAIN A LITTLE RECOGNITION AND SHOW THAT HE HAS A LEVEL OF MATURITY AND WIT. HOWEVER, HE JUMPED OUT EXTREMELY EARLY FOR SUCH A PROMISING CANDIDATE....IF YOU LOOK AT CNN AND MS NBC ARCHIVES, YOU'LL SEE THAT PAWLENTY WAS THE PUNDITS' REPUBLICAN FAVORITE.
I BELIEVE THAT THE REASON PAWLENTY QUIT AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY ENDORSED ROMNEY, WAS BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE HIS RUNNING MATE. THAT WAS HIS PLAN ALL ALONG.
OR MAYBE YOU ARE JUST A DELUSIONAL NIT WIT LIKE MICHELLE BACHMANN. DID SHE REALLY THINK SHE COULD CONSTANTLY SPEW CRAZY TALK ON A DAILY BASIS, RE-WRITE HISTORY, MAKE OUTLANDISH PROMISES LIKE FIXING THE ECONOMY WITHIN MONTHS, AND GET THIS...LOWERING THE PRICE OF GAS TO $2.00 PER GALLON AND BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY? I THINK SHE DID.
A NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY FOOT NOTE---RON PAUL??? FOR REAL AMERICA??? COMING IN SECOND PLACE BEHIND WILLARD MITT ROMNEY IS MORE THAN A VICTORY FOR SUCH A CLEAR-CUT FRINGE CANDIDATE; HELL IT'S A MIRACLE! THESE FOLKS MUST BE SO BLINDED BY HATRED FOR OUR PRESIDENT THAT THEY WOULD VOTE AN AARDVARK INTO THE WHITE HOUSE....OR SHOULD I SAY A DINOSAUR. GOD HELP US ALL.
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