Herman Cain harassed women he worked with, Newt Gingrich has a sex scandal famous in the political world, Ron Paul is disliked by much of the country, Michelle Bachmann did us all a favor and dropped out, Rick Perry went even more crazy and lost the ability to speak in public without shooting himself in the foot, and Santorum...well, just Google him. That will tell you everything you need to know about him. The debates are mocked by everyone (the best jokes are from SNL, of course), and the unpredictable polls have been noticed by everyone. First its Romney, then its Bachmann, Perry, Cain, Gingrich, even Hunter and Paul got a couple seconds in the limelight. Yet each of them has something very wrong, a scandal, or belief that gets them in trouble, makes them unpopular. All of them. Except Mitt Romney, the man so boring that he has managed to avoid bad press. Yes, there is new media outrage over some of his business decisions in the past ten years, namely the employees that he has fired, but think about it. It isn't bad enough to knock him off the top of the polls. He didn't sexually harass anyone. He didn't divorce his wife on her death bed so he could marry his mistress. He didn't say he would get rid of the EPA. To put it simply, he hasn't made that one big mistake, the one that everyone one else who had a little bit of a shot has. He has not changed his stance hugely, and his followers have not made headlines for violent actions in his name.
This does not mean that he is the favorite candidate, the one that everyone wanted. Not even close. The truth is, Mitt Romney is just the only option in their eyes. They can't elect a man with a huge sex scandal behind him, not after the way they attacked Clinton (not that they-and by "they" I mean the die hard right wingers-worry that much about being hypocritical. Gingrich was one of the politicians who led the attack against Clinton in the '90s, while he was having an affair himself. See what I mean?). They can't elect another man from Texas who can't speak in public and would rather be on a farm. So they turn to Mitt, because, lets face it, to them, a Mormon is better than the black man who has been in charge for the past four years (more on that later. Rant about racist older political figures coming up!) Mitt is the last option, unless Sarah Palin suddenly decides at the eleven hour that she does want to be president, which she might. She doesn't seem to think that rules apply to her. Especially rules about grammer and fact checking. Those I don't think she even knows exists.
I don't know what will happen if the boring rich man gets elected. I know what would happen if Rick Perry gets elected: I move out of the country and pretend to be Canadian for four years. Mitt is a different story, though. Hes stupid, rich and conservative, but he isn't nearly as crazy as some of those morons who think they have a chance. The way Obama has been bending over for the Republicans, things may actually stay the same if one of those same Republicans gets elected. Then again, things right now suck. In fact, the past 12 years of politics have really truly sucked. Bush, the wars, the market crashing, Obama wimping out, this has been an awful time for politics. Its been 12 years since Bush was elected, yet we are still stuck in this hellish period of politics. Two men are running for president, and both sides are voting for them purely because they are the best out of the worst. Hows that for democracy and the American dream?
-a little depressed, teenageliberal
This does not mean that he is the favorite candidate, the one that everyone wanted. Not even close. The truth is, Mitt Romney is just the only option in their eyes. They can't elect a man with a huge sex scandal behind him, not after the way they attacked Clinton (not that they-and by "they" I mean the die hard right wingers-worry that much about being hypocritical. Gingrich was one of the politicians who led the attack against Clinton in the '90s, while he was having an affair himself. See what I mean?). They can't elect another man from Texas who can't speak in public and would rather be on a farm. So they turn to Mitt, because, lets face it, to them, a Mormon is better than the black man who has been in charge for the past four years (more on that later. Rant about racist older political figures coming up!) Mitt is the last option, unless Sarah Palin suddenly decides at the eleven hour that she does want to be president, which she might. She doesn't seem to think that rules apply to her. Especially rules about grammer and fact checking. Those I don't think she even knows exists.
I don't know what will happen if the boring rich man gets elected. I know what would happen if Rick Perry gets elected: I move out of the country and pretend to be Canadian for four years. Mitt is a different story, though. Hes stupid, rich and conservative, but he isn't nearly as crazy as some of those morons who think they have a chance. The way Obama has been bending over for the Republicans, things may actually stay the same if one of those same Republicans gets elected. Then again, things right now suck. In fact, the past 12 years of politics have really truly sucked. Bush, the wars, the market crashing, Obama wimping out, this has been an awful time for politics. Its been 12 years since Bush was elected, yet we are still stuck in this hellish period of politics. Two men are running for president, and both sides are voting for them purely because they are the best out of the worst. Hows that for democracy and the American dream?
-a little depressed, teenageliberal
I think your correct when you say with a mitt romney presidency things would just be for the most part the same. I guess that's what's great about the current two party system, it gives the voting population the illusion of a "choice".
ReplyDeleteBut you did forget one bad mark against old "Mittens". He likes to put dogs in kennels and put them on top of his car. PETA is right...... that's some f'd up shiznit.