Beauty queens and reality stars are the face of the Republican Party You probably haven’t heard much from Mitt Romney or Haley Barbour these days.
At the very least, the jostling between Barack Obama and John McCain during the 2008 campaign was civil.
In 2011, the political landscape borders on unrecognizable. The toxicity is palpable in spite of the fact President Obama has yet to exchange a barb with his adversaries save for the Ayn Rand disciple Paul Ryan who is not a presidential contender but a cartoonish foil.
Civil discourse and the art of conversation have been erased by one liners, racist attacks and swipes against manhood that merely masquerade as feminist ideology. In reality, they set the clock back on equality and spark useless gender debates.
At present and based on an old-school mentality, and by that I mean the time before 2008, the only veritable presidential hopeful for the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
One can only imagine how Romney’s heart sank in 2010. The war against Obamacare raged as his party cast off the basic American value that, together as a nation, we provide for our worst off in much the same way we protect our national interests, provide for our security and protect our right to free speech.
We read a lot about how the Republican Party looks for x, y and z in presidential candidates. As media saturation in politics rises, it would appear that the corridors of power that previously established the viability of a Republican presidential candidate have gone dark. Let’s not forget it wasn’t McCain who unleashed the virus Palin on America, but conservative mouthpiece William Kristol.
What Americans see daily is a slow-evolving equation where the dumbest dog with the loudest bark gets all the attention. Images of Palin, Trump and Bachmann dangle over our heads. It’s as if they’re strung from a mobile above a baby’s crib. These images are ubiquitous and typically attached to damning albeit visceral messages. “Learn to fight like a girl!” “I’m friends with the blacks!” “Hu’s your daddy!” respectively.
It’s like someone recorded the ugliest possible statements, set them on repeat and called it the Republican Party. At this point, unfathomable is an understatement. It’s unbelievable.
April 20, 2011 at 3:24 pm, john charles webb jr said:
The Republicans are looking for a Presidential “Poster Child” …..
someone who has ‘appeal’ and all ‘the right prejudices’ . . . . .
the REAL DAMAGE will come from Republican controlled The Senate
IF their ‘poster-child’ candidate wins and assists in getting more of the pick-pocket Republicans elected on his or her coat-tails :
April 20, 2011 at 3:26 pm, john charles webb jr said:
The are looking for “A RUBBER STAMP” PRESIDENT :
(NO VETOES OF TRASH-YOUR-RIGHTS LEGISLATION)