Am I completely off-base and living in my own world, or does it seem like the Republicans are intentionally throwing the presidential race? Hillary once said, in jest (I think) something to the effect of: "The Republicans aren't going to just say, 'Okay, you're right. We screwed it up. Your turn.'" Aren't they?
Consider:- They nominate the third oldest guy ever to head the Republican ticket
- He doesn't know how to use email
- He has very little understanding of economics, which seems pretty critical about now
- He has the same isolationist attitude towards the rest of the world that the dingbat currently in office does
- The old guy picks a supremely unqualified person as his running mate
- With a miniscule amount of vetting, she turns out to be a far right Christian nutjob* and a pure, vindictive politician (but sure, kinda hot)
- After seeing / hearing her speak, and seeing her resume, the only people who are still excited about her are other Christian nutjobs*
- The Democratic congress decides against pursuing impeachment charges against Bush, despite constitutional crimes far worse than what the Republican-controlled congress impeached Clinton for
- "As long as you promise to lose, we'll let you off the hook"? Maybe?
- Karl Rove admits that he feels like Palin was a "political pick" (though, to be fair, he did say that Biden was also a political pick to offset Obama's lack of experience)
- One of McCain's key surrogates admits that none of the candidates (McCain, Palin or Obama) would be capable of running a company like she ran into the ground. Presumably, Joe Biden would do a fine job.
- And the capper: Fox News, lately, seems almost "fair and balanced"
I don't know... there are probably tons more little things like this, and after writing them down they don't seem incredibly blatant. Maybe they're just trying to barely lose? It seems like I have a new wtf? moment every day. You know? It just seems weird.
Now back to your regularly scheduled blog that has nothing to do with politics....TT* [ED: After sobering up, I've come to the conclusion that this term may be offensive to some people I care about (though I don't think they're in this category). Anyway, in Jeff Foxworthy fashion, I'll convert the term to a badge of honor by making it a comedy routine:You know you're a Christian nutjob when....- If, after all these years and all this science, you still believe in creationism (and especially if you believe it should be taught in schools on equal footing with evolution), then you may be a Christian nutjob.- If your highway-side church readerboard is insulting to all faiths (all sects, even!) that are not your own, and especially if the grammar is bad and words are misspelled, then you may be a Christian nutjob.
- If you think that Iraq is a "task from God," then you may be a Christian nutjob
- Etc.BTW, just ran across this, speaking of...
Well... the grammar is right. This place of limited thinking is in Houston.
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