I agree with my reader that says it is way too early to be even mildly intrigued by the 2016 election antics…..the election is over a year away and all we know or think we know may well be nothing more than a fart in the wind. But like a slow motion train wreck…I cannot look away….I might miss something!
I have written about Sanders only because I have watched him for over 30 years and am proud of him for damning the torpedoes and taking on Clinton……and then there is Trump……his wild ass mouth has taken the country by storm and yes I think he is a big fart in the wind and all this support will lessen the closer we get to a real election…..and then there is the one candidate that that has also peaked my interest….Ben Carson.
I have written about him in the past…..not about his candidacy but rather some of the Right wing rhetoric that he has been uttering for some time now…..stuff mostly down the rabbit hole of Alan West type of thinking……
A recent poll of Republicans nationwide have Carson second to Trump and heads above more traditional candidates like Rubio, Perry, Bush, et al…..is it possible that he could out funk Trump and win the election?
The perhaps somewhat surprising current Republican darling is neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who’s polling second nationally and is tied with Donald Trump at 23% in all-important Iowa, the Hill reports. No other Republican candidates are even close to those numbers, and Carson supporters believe it’s not surprising at all and high time the country starts seeing him like an actual threat to get the nomination. “The press has never taken him seriously,” a former campaign manager says. “Now they have no choice but to talk about him.” Donations to Carson’s campaign have doubled since the first debate, and the crowds he’s drawn recently are second to only Trump.
When asked to explain Carson’s appeal, campaign manager Barry Bennett tells the Washington Post the candidate is “the smartest man I have ever met.” He says Carson’s intelligence and leadership qualities will make up for his lack of experience, and the biggest hurdle to him winning the nomination is simply “getting some time at the microphone.” But, CNN reports Carson’s personal political history—he told the network he was once a “pretty left-wing Democrat”—could hurt him closer to the nomination. Regardless, the surging campaign remains confident. “As nice as he is, Dr. Carson is very competitive and believes he can win,” a Carson campaign strategist tells the Hill. “Ask anyone he’s played pool with.”
After careful research I am still left with one nagging question……can Mr. Carson catch the front runner or could Carson actually win this thing?
Are there any thoughts?
If not…..Turn The Page!
American Voters have gone crazy before (Remember Bush?) and they are capable of doing it again. It all depends on how much the national psyche thinks it is in need of repentant flagellation for something or other.
We can never disregard the naivete of the American voter….huh?
Exactly! Lemmings all, sheeple too, but I think that excludes people like me and you. (Poet and knowit.)
LOL!
The thing I find fascinating about this is that, of all the candidates, Carson and Trump seem the least capable of putting together a logical and coherent response to questions of substance. An people seem to love this. It’s as though the dumber you sound, the more popular you become.
Yep the saga of Dumb and Dumber….
Well, it worked for W.
Will it work a second time?
I sure hope not!!!
I actually think W was better than these two and yes, I just threw up a little bit after typing those words.
LOL!
IMO, it is too early to take all this seriously, but we sure are being entertained, if you want to call it that.
It is entertaining…..
I agree with my reader that says it is way too early to be even mildly intrigued by the 2016 election antics” -Lobotero
That guy must be a fucking genius!!! But it does take a whole lot of self-discipline to ignore all the meaningless elephant parades and shit spewing clowns in the travelling, big budget, stage show put on by Look-At-The-Shiny-Object-While-We-Ass-Rape-You Productions Inc.
To paraphrase a famous hippie “What if they held a
warelection campaign and nobody showed up….until it actually mattered?” Why encourage these evil fucks with our premature participation? (hehe) What if the time (& money) we gave the Political-Entertainment Complex to fill was so small, they only had the chance to discuss their most important policies? But even then, you’ve got to ask yourself. “Do elections themselves actually matter anymore?”Is anything of any actual value discussed/decided during these entertaining horse races? Isn’t it all just personality driven entertainment now? Isn’t Congress more backlogged than a very dehydrated, cheese loving, 96 year old man with an enlarged prostate? Isn’t everything decided behind closed doors by lobbying and orders given from The Powers That Be?
These are really the only truly relevant 2016 discussions to be having. (Note: previously explained Trump exemption)
He was a genius! And I appreciate his sense of timing….LOL
“Was” a genius? Was??? Something happen that I don’t know about? Should I be expecting a drone strike for pulling back the curtain? (Answer: We all should be looking over our shoulders.)
Timing is everything in comedy…and life today is a giant fucking joke.
So sorry that was a gigantic faux pas….that should be IS a fucking genius……LOL
The Republican nominee will be Jeb Bush or Trump. The Repub is always the “establishment candidate” with money and name recognition…It’s a year away and they are going through the motions…
I agree with the Jeb thing…..I do not think the RNC would want Trump and they will do what it takes to sabotage his candidacy….
Well…let’s just say it will be a white man with money and name recognition…
You do have a point, though. I’m sure they would prefer Jeb…
Yep Jeb will be easier to lead around by his genitals than GW was….