Git 'er Done!

"The Republican presidential candidate with the line of credit at Tiffany's is making fun of the candidate with the Swiss bank account. The one who got wealthy working the inside Washington game is whaling away at the one who got wealthy working the angles of high finance. The economic diversity at the top of the Republican field runs the gamut from A to B. "

I think it's pretty funny that the most liberal contender for the republican nomination is the Mormon! That is very revealing of how far that party has drifted to the right.

Incidentally, history has shown that business leaders make terrible elected officials. For some reason people have been duped into thinking that if you are successful at business you should be able to run a country. Not so at all. In fact, I'd wager that the reverse is true.

It is a funny show though. On the one hand you've got this guy who clearly represents the "1%", that entity that has prospered while the middle class fails, and that thousands of people have been protesting against all year. I want to smack him every time I hear him speak, so dripping with contempt, so incredibly phony. The guy who likes to offer $10,000 bets and thinks that the distribution of wealth in America is best discussed "in quiet rooms..." which puts him squarely on the dark side.

And then there's the raving psychopath. The guy who led the effort to have Clinton impeached for getting a blowjob in the oval office while simultaneously cheating on his second wife. The guy who was kicked out of his speaker of the house position for his erratic behavior. And he wants to tell us all how to be moral. Just like him. And he wants to legislate it.

As has been said already by many people, the republican debates for 2012 are like a surreal kind of reality television. You couldn't make up crazy shit like that if you tried. As with all things money tends to win out, and so I still think it's going to be Mr 1% with the magical underwear.