With this
past week including Cinco de Mayo celebrations nationwide, it seems appropriate
that a few more aspiring Republican would throw his or her sombrero into a
presidential ring already occupied by those of Rand Paul and the Three Amigos –
Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Jeb "The
Voting Hispanic" Bush.
First, it
was Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon who is beginning to make people wonder if he has
a brain himself. Then, "businesswoman" Carly Fiorina, who is insinuating
that she alone among the candidates knows how the economy works, even though
she nearly brought down venerable HP. Lastly, it was Mike Huckabee, the
hate-filled Christian. (Go figure.) However, by week's end, it was Carson who
stole the show. Displaying a new-found sense of stupidity, Carson found himself
trying to strike a balance between bland and buffoonery on one of the Sunday
morning gabfests. In one breath, he questioned any president's inclination to
enforce any laws of the land created by Congress with which the Supreme Court
happens to agree. What?!?! He then, in a bow to the obvious, stated that he
would run any military decisions by those who may know more than he does in
this area, i.e. military people. Brain surgeon. Right.
At this
point, there are still many a clown to enter the Republican field and many a
stupid statement to be uttered by such, but what strikes me as most interesting
at this stage of the game is that the candidate who was expected to be the most
straight-forward, if you will, the most bland, probably the smartest and the
most likely to cruise to the nomination is turning out to be the biggest fool.
Foregoing
any sense of personal ethics, and willing to jump outside the realm of even our
society's boundaries as they pertain to established ethical political parameters,
Jeb Bush is emerging as a guy who will say and do ANYTHING to get elected. First,
he turned Mexican to appeal to Florida voters by registering (illegally) to
vote as a Mexican. Now his target is the religious nutball faction, a segment
to whom he addressed at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, recently.
Throwing them the usual red meat, he claimed the Obama White House used
"coercive federal power" to limit religious freedom – but didn't say
how. He accused the administration of "demanding
obedience in complete disregard of religious conscience" – but didn't say
how. He seemed to claim that the president has taken "an aggressive stance
against" religious freedom" – but didn't say how. Lastly, he accused
"somebody" of "being small-minded and intolerant."
Imagine;
a Republican offended by intolerance. Right.
If he
keeps it up, Jeb Bush may turn out to be the biggest whore of them all;
certainly the biggest one the Republicans have given us since Condoleezza Rice.
