No political observer thinks that either Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, or Carly Fiorina has any kind of shot to become the next president of the United States. But unbelievably, these are the candidates who sit atop the polls in the GOP primary race.
So what is going on here?
Predictably, the entry of Trump into the race has turned what should be a discussion of issues facing the country into a tawdry reality show. The cat fight between the Donald and Megyn Kelly is more reminiscent of trash TV than a political campaign. Ted Cruz, who should be in the cellar is sitting pretty in second place. This is the guy who wrapped bacon around the barrel of semi automatic and called it machine gun bacon. He even used a fake machine gun to make who knows what point. Ben Carson is not even qualified to be a candidate (See Ben Carson Disqualifies Himself on this blog). And Carly Fiorina has never held any elective office and has the dubious distinction of having been fired from the only upper management job she ever held.
All the experienced candidates are at the bottom.
Politician has to be the only profession whereby the least qualified is the most popular. Imagine someone preferring to have cancer surgery by Joe the Plumber over a board certified surgeon. Or much less dramatic, getting your hair cut by a bartender. What is it about politicians that some people think that the less experience you have, the better you might be?
Come to think of it, this phenomenon is only occurring among Republicans. On the Democratic side, the race is between Hillary Clinton, a very experienced candidate and Bernie Sanders, also a politician with tons of experience and accomplishments. There is even talk of Joe Biden entering the race, another experienced politician.
The inescapable conclusion is that the Republican primary voter does not believe in government in the first place. Democrats seem to want to accomplish positive things for the people, and the few Republican candidates, like Bush, Walker, Kasich, Perry, Graham, Christie who also wish to take a stab at governing, and who actually have governed, are not doing so well with the GOP electorate at this time.
I get the anger. Right wing media has done its job, vilifying the President and all his accomplishments. They've done it so well that the GOP base is turned off at all politicians, including the ones in their own party. And Fox news, the leader of the slime machine, is getting its own desserts. The chickens are indeed coming home to roost. How else does one explain a buffoon like Trump getting away with trashing a professional broadcaster like Megyn Kelly? It would be so easy to smirk at the thought of Megyn getting a taste of her own medicine. Getting knocked down from her prissy perch by the wannabe bully-in chief.
But no, we should not rejoice in Kelly's slap down by the obnoxious and odious Trump. He represents a serious disease in America. A disease that has been spread by the likes of Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, Coulter, and the like. People who make a living trashing those who try to make our country and planet a better place. They trash anything that alleviates poverty or helps save the planet. They are a cynical bunch who make money off people's prejudices and fears and Megyn Kelly has participated -albeit to a minor degree - in these despicable acts.
But we should not rejoice in Megyn's take down by Trump for he is Frankenstein's monster come to life and his fellow non-politicians are his minions.
Yes, the ugly spawn of Reality TV and right-wing media has produced these monsters and the top monster is all too willing to devour his master, much to the delight of the clueless. Some of the professional pundits, who barely understand this phenomenon try to convince themselves that this is but a phase, a cruel hoax perpetuated by an angry public looking for blood. Trump is their hero, their bull in the china shop that is electoral politics, smashing everything in his way.
It is hard to tell how much of this damage is permanent or shall the GOP primary voters at some moment wake up from their collective nightmare and and start thinking with their head instead of their intestines. Time will only tell.
So what is going on here?
Predictably, the entry of Trump into the race has turned what should be a discussion of issues facing the country into a tawdry reality show. The cat fight between the Donald and Megyn Kelly is more reminiscent of trash TV than a political campaign. Ted Cruz, who should be in the cellar is sitting pretty in second place. This is the guy who wrapped bacon around the barrel of semi automatic and called it machine gun bacon. He even used a fake machine gun to make who knows what point. Ben Carson is not even qualified to be a candidate (See Ben Carson Disqualifies Himself on this blog). And Carly Fiorina has never held any elective office and has the dubious distinction of having been fired from the only upper management job she ever held.
All the experienced candidates are at the bottom.
Politician has to be the only profession whereby the least qualified is the most popular. Imagine someone preferring to have cancer surgery by Joe the Plumber over a board certified surgeon. Or much less dramatic, getting your hair cut by a bartender. What is it about politicians that some people think that the less experience you have, the better you might be?
Come to think of it, this phenomenon is only occurring among Republicans. On the Democratic side, the race is between Hillary Clinton, a very experienced candidate and Bernie Sanders, also a politician with tons of experience and accomplishments. There is even talk of Joe Biden entering the race, another experienced politician.
The inescapable conclusion is that the Republican primary voter does not believe in government in the first place. Democrats seem to want to accomplish positive things for the people, and the few Republican candidates, like Bush, Walker, Kasich, Perry, Graham, Christie who also wish to take a stab at governing, and who actually have governed, are not doing so well with the GOP electorate at this time.
I get the anger. Right wing media has done its job, vilifying the President and all his accomplishments. They've done it so well that the GOP base is turned off at all politicians, including the ones in their own party. And Fox news, the leader of the slime machine, is getting its own desserts. The chickens are indeed coming home to roost. How else does one explain a buffoon like Trump getting away with trashing a professional broadcaster like Megyn Kelly? It would be so easy to smirk at the thought of Megyn getting a taste of her own medicine. Getting knocked down from her prissy perch by the wannabe bully-in chief.
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But no, we should not rejoice in Kelly's slap down by the obnoxious and odious Trump. He represents a serious disease in America. A disease that has been spread by the likes of Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, Coulter, and the like. People who make a living trashing those who try to make our country and planet a better place. They trash anything that alleviates poverty or helps save the planet. They are a cynical bunch who make money off people's prejudices and fears and Megyn Kelly has participated -albeit to a minor degree - in these despicable acts.
But we should not rejoice in Megyn's take down by Trump for he is Frankenstein's monster come to life and his fellow non-politicians are his minions.
Yes, the ugly spawn of Reality TV and right-wing media has produced these monsters and the top monster is all too willing to devour his master, much to the delight of the clueless. Some of the professional pundits, who barely understand this phenomenon try to convince themselves that this is but a phase, a cruel hoax perpetuated by an angry public looking for blood. Trump is their hero, their bull in the china shop that is electoral politics, smashing everything in his way.
It is hard to tell how much of this damage is permanent or shall the GOP primary voters at some moment wake up from their collective nightmare and and start thinking with their head instead of their intestines. Time will only tell.
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