Debate: Dhimmedia Disappoints

Sorry I'm so late... I was window-shopping online for Littlest Grandboy's birthday. Time flies when you're having fun - remembering how wondrous the world is when you're three. I completely forgot I had left this in "drafts," neglecting to actually post it.

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Last night's debate was not as dreadful as the previous one, but almost. As we have come to expect, dhimmedia disappoints. Wolf Blitzer is a political yenta (gossip) and apparently thinks his function is to throw gasoline wherever there might be a fire. 

Meanwhile, the Establishment (yes, Virginia, there is a Ruling Class - see Codevilla) wanted Mitt to show some "fight" and he ably obeyed his handlers' instructions. Romney is "fine." He will do. He's the next in line. We will all support him if he is the nominee. But he doesn't rouse the base; he can't. Visceral passion is not in his nature. He is the quintessential manager. 

Obama will paint Romney as a stuffy, uncool and out-of-touch One Percenter. They will do to him what the Bush people did to John Kerry, but thank him profusely for providing the model for ObamaCare.  It will be agonizingly close and the outcome of the election will depend solely on how effectively the Republicans can make Obama the issue and portray him as a failure.

Now then... I didn't think Newt did himself any harm last night. He was obviously frustrated by the media and somewhat beaten down by yesterday's avalanche against him, but the people who favored him before probably still do -- and maybe even more so. I actually thought his space talk was good, especially for anyone who remembers We are living in very dreary circumstances right now, and as much as we want our economy to get back to normal, there has to be more to life than balancing the budget. Discounting Ron Paul, Newt is the only one among the remaining candidates that has any potential whatsoever to be inspiring. I could be wrong, but I'd say his so-called "grandiosity" is no more of a boon to Obama than Romney's lack thereof. Newt would provide quite a contrast to Obama and he would shine in the presidential debates. 

If there was a "winner" last night, it was Rick Santorum. He had some great moments, and only got whiney once or twice. I wouldn't mind terribly if he were president, as long as he kept his self-righteous preaching to a bare minimum. 

And finally, six months ago I wouldn't have believed that I could appreciate Ron Paul, but I like him more and more. Of course his isolationism scares me to death but because he's running more to get his message out than to actually win, he can relax and be himself much more than the others. He's kind of endearing, straightforward and no-doubt-about-it authentic.  Depending on the number of delegates he's able to garner, we'll see a definite increase in libertarian influence at the convention. I think that's a good thing.

 

 

"To the moon, Alice!" or in this case... Barack!

Comments

[Mary]

Glad to see you are beginning to appreciate Ron Paul. He is the only one still in who is truly honest and authentic. And, as he says, the others will not cut anything. The debt, or more precisely the House of Cards, is the biggest threat to this country and Ron Paul is the only one who understands how precarious is the situation. Have you started hoarding food and other essentials yet? The economic peril headed our way will not be slowed one iota with the other three. AND he is NOT an isolationist. He is a non-interventionist--big difference. Check out his position on war. He says that it must be declared, and that we must go in to WIN. Notice that the word WIN does not exist , for Romney, and certainly not Obama. Would you want your son to put his life on the line with the rules of engagement we have defined for our current non-war?