The GOP Candidates for President: Part VII-The Texan
While the GOP field of Presidential candidates is busily courting Iowa voters and has already had two debates, one man looks to step into the ring on his own schedule. Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, announced today that he would be requesting another podium be added to the stage for the next debate. Governor Perry […]
The GOP Candidates for President Part V: The Debate
South Carolina hosted the first official debate amongst GOP contenders for the 2012 nominee for President. As required by law, it was hosted by FOX News and broadcast exclusively on FOX, fittingly in the town that boasts the home of the Bob Jones University. The debate featured what are unflatteringly called second-tier candidates who have […]
The GOP Candidates for President Part IV: Who?
Every election cycle brings out candidates for President of the United States that are off the beaten path. These folks don’t generally get too far in the primary process, but you’ve got to admire their willingness to give it the old college try. In order of their declaration to run, here are the candidates for […]
The GOP Candidates for President-Part III: Newt Gingrich
I don’t believe Newt Gingrich is a serious candidate for President of the United States. I don’t even think Newt believes he is. I think he’s running because he likes to have an opportunity to say the things that are on his mind; to pretend to speak for the American people. He’s got decades of […]
The GOP candidates for President-Part I. Is your underwear magical?
In this my first post previewing the 2012 contenders to the throne, i.e. the White House, I will focus on early frontrunner, Mitt Romney. Romney was a contender for the Republican nomination in 2008 until he suddenly threw in the towel and got behind John McCain. Political machinations were at work I suspect as the […]
The Show Must Not Go On
Politics can be a spectacle. I mean it’s not supposed to be entertainment since it’s pretty serious business, but at least during the campaign cycle, before any actual decisions are made that could wreak havoc, it can be fantastically enjoyable in the way a really campy movie can be enjoyable. In that respect, I actually […]
Dogs, the Rhythm Method and a Moon Base
The run-up to the nomination of the eventual GOP standard bearer has moved into decidedly hysterical territory. Apparently the thought of a Moon Base, which Mr. Gingrich emphasized would naturally be an American Moon Base, satisfied my neighbors in SC, and they decided that Newt Gingrich would make a fine President (further illustrating my need […]
Conservatives or Radical Extremists?
The relentless march to the right by the Republican Party has allowed candidates like Rick Perry and Rick Santorum to make a semi-serious run for the Party’s nomination for President. Newt Gingrich is certainly running as a far right candidate as well, although his history betrays him as someone not wholly committed to that place […]
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