Day: October 4, 2011

Is Perry Cain’s Abel?

The media cannot make up his mind….is its Trump or Huntsman or Perry or Bachmann….and now it is Cain, well before they started flicking Christie’s wanker, that is…….but what is all this back and forth about?

Feeling a little deja vu over the latest GOP poll, the one that shows Herman Cain surging as Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann sink? You should, explains Steve Kornacki at Salon, because Republicans have once again embraced the “nuisance candidate.” It’s a pattern they’ve been repeating for a while now, with different candidates in the starring role. Bachmann had her moment, and even Donald Trump took a turn. It speaks to the “comically high ratio between fringe candidates and actual viable contenders.” The pattern goes like this, Kornacki writes: “Some sort of triggering event, followed by an encouraging poll or two, ramped up media coverage, even better poll numbers, a surge in fundraising, even more media coverage, and a sudden consensus that the candidate just might have more staying power than we all thought—at which point the moment would end and it would be someone else’s turn.” And Perry could have saved the party from the latest round if he hadn’t bombed so miserably in the debates. Full column here.

Cain is winning straw polls, at least for now and his 999 tax plan is getting a bit of play, well at least from us bloggers….and the media is on his side….that is when they are not trying to convince Chris Christie that the country cannot survive without his unique brand of conservatism…….but with Perry’s campaign in the crapper will he be the mainstream Repub candidate?  My thought is no.  Thoughts?

Will Fat Be Where’s At?

I am dedicating today to a couple of Republican candidates…not that I am pushing either one of them….just a couple of observations…

The media’s man crush is back and louder than ever….apparently the media wants Christie to run and they will make sure that it is so…..they seem to have a problem with the current field of GOP candidates and will do whatever they must to change things……since their little man crush for Perry has hit a snag….they have to find a new crush…..I mean their crush for Trump was pathetic and a waste of time…..but they now want Christie to be the story of the 2012 election……

Back during the presidential campaign in 2008, I predicted that Obama would win over McCain……why, right?  The American voter has not elected a bald president since Eisenhower……

The media has had its crushes as far as the GOP candidates go………The media wanted Trump they got him for awhile….the media wanted Perry…they got him for awhile and now they are all over the chance that NJ gov. Christie will run….the media does not like Romney so they try to make a candidate that they want….has nothing to do with what we as voters want……

I know these are two seemingly disconnected thoughts, right?  Let me tie them together for you……this from the Newser website…….

Is Chris Christie too fat for the White House? His extra girth could serve him well in an election—to a point. It makes him look like one of the gang, if the gang is the growing number of obese Americans. And his pounds prove he’s a guy not listening to the diet nags of the “nanny state,” a plus for Tea Party fans. It’s also … different. “People want something different, something out of the ordinary, someone who is willing to stand up and confront problems,” political consultant John McLaughlin tells ABC News. “Being a picture-perfect candidate I don’t think is as important anymore.” But it’s been 100 years since our last hefty prez, William Howard Taft, tipped the scales at more than 300 pounds. We have a monster prejudice against fat people. “Overweight people have much less of a chance of getting a job, they have much less of a chance of keeping a job, they are paid less than those who are thin,” says David Birdsell of the School of Public Affairs at New York’s Baruch College. “In this era of exercise, we impute moral failings to people who don’t rein in their weight. Those prejudices are just intensified for people who seek elected office.” Then, there’s the potentially deadly impact of his extra weight—not good for him, or the nation. “I’d like to offer him a bit of unsolicited, nonpartisan, sincere advice,” writes Eugene Robinson in the Washington Post. “Eat a salad and take a walk.”

Could these things be the superficiality of the American voter?  Thoughts?

The media and politicians have evolved into a new species of invertebrates (meaning without spine)….that thrive on manipulation and falsehoods…….it could doom the future of politics in this country…..