What a sad commentary on the Republican Party! I have never seen such a pathetic group of candidates to be considered for the leader of the free world. We are the laughing stock of the world and late night TV is thrilled because the material writes itself. Between their brain freezes, lapses in memory, scandals, and extremist viewpoints, they would be lucky if they got elected dog catcher. They are tripping over each other to see who can be more conservative because the extremists have hijacked the party. By doing so they have driven away the moderates and the centrists needed to win the general election.
The lineup of front runners has made the Republican brand tarnished to say the least. First there was "The Donald" who was leading the pack with the support of the Birthers. Trump doubled down on President Obama's birth certificate insisting that he was not born in this country. When the state of Hawaii finally produced it, he was still skeptical which made him look even more foolish. Next was Michelle Bachmann who won the straw poll in Iowa. She makes Sara Palin look like a history scholar. She was knocked off by Rick Perry who embarrassed himself in almost every debate. His brain freeze moment will go down in history! After Rick came Mister" 999" Cain. He also had trouble thinking because there were a lot of things 'twirling in his head.' Women came out of the woodwork with all kinds of sexual harassment claims and affairs. And now Newt Gingrich has taken the lead. He has more baggage than an ocean liner. Newt was kicked out of Congress, cheated on his wife while she had cancer, and will flip flop his position to suit the audience.
Through it all, Willard Mitt Romney has been consistently at 20 to 25% which means the overwhelming majority of Republicans really don't like him. He is either not conservative enough, too Mormon, or too much of a flip-flopper. Maybe he is all three! Willard has changed his position so many times that he makes Newt look stable! Hanging over his head is the fact that his health care bill in Massachusetts is identical to ObamaCare. The Health Care Law is the number one target of Conservatives in this country and they just won't come out for Romney.
What has happened to the Republican Party? These people have made a mockery of the electoral process. The Republican brand is also leading us down the road to financial disaster because of their stubbornness concerning raising revenues on the wealthy. They completely disregard the will of the general public. Every poll shows that the people are in favor of raising taxes on those who can afford to pay more. But they won't budge because of a pledge to a lobbyist, Grover Norquist. The party that got us into this financial quagmire refuses to cooperate with our President purely for political reasons. People are suffering out there, losing their homes, their life savings, their pensions, and they still refuse to govern. They have no soul! They have sold out to extremist, right-wing Americans, and are out of step with mainstream Americans. Wake up, America!
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