Since coming of age to vote, I've cast my ballot for President without regard to party affiliation.
Some election years I've voted for a Democrat; and some election years I've voted for a Republican. Sometimes the incumbent President got my vote, and sometimes it was the challenger that I voted for.
So there is no strict party loyalty involved when I say that I look upon the current crop of Republican Presidential candidates as the sorriest collection of frightening losers that the GOP has ever foisted on the American electorate.
Learning what they would do once entrenched in the White House should give the heebie jeebies to Mr. and Mrs. average American. That's because much of what they would do runs counter to the thinking of a vast majority of Americans.
But there's something else disturbing about these candidates--something beyond their collective dubious past; something beyond their policies and proposals.
They all have personal flaws in their makeup that are there to see in their modus operandi. They are bad guys--bad because of their choice of language and their propensity for lies. They are nasty; they are mean.
It hasn't always been this way with the GOP. Dwight Eisenhower, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole, the first President Bush--all competent and all gentlemen. All saints--compared to the sinners of 2012.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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You have forgotten a lot of what went on then, but on the whole you are probably right. Don't forget the saying: One man's meat is another man's poison. The candidates from experience have developed a thick skin against criticisms and distortions about their pasts and positions, and the public is programmed to ignore much of what is being said. Another words they conclude "they don't really mean it." As long as money is allowed to play such a big role in our primaries and general elections the process is not going to get better, because the stakes are too high for a candidate to fight with his gloves on. Just the same people forget! Look how Dubya is lionized these days by so many, and yet he's campaign engineered by Carl Rove used every dirty trick in the book against Senator McCain in the primaries - South Carolina comes to mind. Moreover, McCain has said publicly that he forgave Bush. Bill, if you can't "take it any more," I suggest you consider emigrating to Canada where you will find a more agreeable political climate. The weather may be colder there, but the politics are certain to be warm and fuzzy as you prefer.
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