And as usual, the Republican contenders for the Presidential
nomination, after discrediting, insulting, pointing fingers and all the usual
exhibition of egos that takes places at political debates, are falling, one by
one.
The first one to go, when he couldn’t control the sexual
harassments from invading the news and he could no long cover the sun with his
thumb, was Herman Cain. He didn’t last long and we all knew he was going to be
the first to go, after all, the only reason the RNC ‘allowed’ him to run was to
prove that the GOP is not a racist party, the same reason why they elected
Michael Steele to be Chairman, regardless of his poor credentials. To be
honest, Herman Cain and his ‘999’ plan were not missed but he did bring some
sort of entertainment to such a boring group, but his 15 minutes of fame were
over pretty fast. So far, he has not endorsed any of the candidates; he says
he prefers to endorse “the people” unless by “the people” he was referring to
corporations, one might never know. Some people belong more to the
entertainment industry than the political arena, but then again, these debates
resembles more a circus than a serious political debate.
But we still had Michele Bachmann and of course, we can’t
forget about Marcus. The two provided us with so much fun during the
campaigns! The comedy shows were having a blast at their expense, after all,
Michele seemed eager to provide fresh material every time she was in front of
the cameras, I think comedy writers never had it so easy, they didn’t have to
make things up, Michele made sure of that. But, as it happens when something
is too good, she too had to quit – we must not forget that as entertaining as
she was, she was running for President of this country and I think people were
amused, entertained for a while but finally they realized it was time to get
serious. It was no surprise when after she announced her resignation she
endorsed Ron Paul; after all, birds of a feather flock together.
At that time, everyone thought that Rick Perry was going to
call it quits, but the cowboy decided to stick to his guns and continue in the
race… some people are too dumb or too stubborn or both to know when to leave.
Jon Huntsman was kind of an enigma to me. While we must admit that
he is an intelligent, well educated - he even speaks Mandarin, experienced
(certainly more than the rest of the pack), he was dignified even when the
others were attacking him and then, for reasons I don’t know, he changed
tactics and decided to attack Mitt Romney by saying that Romney likes to fire
people and he didn't. He was doing pretty decent until then, holding to third place but he had the
charisma of a stone. And after South Carolina he decided to quit and endorse
the very candidate he chose to criticize: Mitt Romney.
And today we are blessed with another drop out, Rick Perry.
It was not a surprise to anyone; actually we were surprised he lasted longer
than Huntsman if only by a few days. Perry didn’t bring any substance to any
of the debates, except to show his homophobic tendencies, his flip flopping
(remember, he started his political career as a Democrat), and his constant
display of either bad memory or what most of us suspect, a complete lack of
knowledge on most subjects. Besides the entertainment contributions made by
Perry, he will not be missed. He was prompt to offer his endorsement to none
other than Newt Gingrich. We must forgive him, with that endorsement he confirmed
what we knew all along, Rick Perry is an idiot.
Now is down to four. We all know that Rick Santorum is next; he
is an improved version of Rick Perry. I am sure he will endorse Ron Paul; he
can’t endorse an adulterer or a Mormon.
Ron Paul will be gone too. Regardless of his followers, the RNC
will not let him get to the end of the race because of what he is proposing –
small government, legalizing drugs, etc. - goes against what Republicans really
want. So he will be history, again, and Paul will endorse Mitt Romney.
The last two candidates that will remain till the very end
will be Romney and, yikes! Gingrich. Romney is charismatic, good looking,
energetic and has enough money to take the race all the way to the end. Also,
Romney serves as a proof that the GOP is open to all creeds, just as they
allowed Cain to run to prove that they’re not racists. Sure! Gingrich will
be fighting all the way, there is much money to be make afterwards with his
Super PAC, books and his so-called documentaries – so the longer he stays, the
more money he’ll make, but he knows he will not be the republican presidential
nominee, he is not in the race to win the position but to win money and lets
not confuse the two. Mitt Romney will be the republican candidate for the
presidency, and I am glad about this, he is no contender to debate Obama.
Romney is too arrogant, as a speaker he is awful and he will be debating a
great one. At the end, indirectly, Mitt Romney will be endorsing Obama!
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