Timothy Horrigan; last revised August
25, 2016
(photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore & Wikimedia)
Every four years, I like to put up a
page with information about the various candidates for President
of
the United States. This time around, just like in 2008,
the early frontrunner was Republican Jeb Bush, the brother of
George W. Bush. He never even officially entered the 2008
race, but back
then the other candidates' mantra was "Anyone
But Jeb!" There were dozens of other Republicans in the
race, too
many to keep track of. They were all conservative, none
of them a were afraid to make tough choices, they all hated Obama,
and
they all believed in American exceptionalism. With a few
exceptions, they were all crazy. The craziest one of all,
reality-TV show star and eccentric real-estate magnate Donald
Trump won the nomination. On the Democratic side,
the debate is between those who were "Ready For Hillary" and
those who are not. Only two other serious candidates stepped
forward,
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Governor (and
Baltimore Mayor) Martin O'Malley— or maybe three if you count
Vermin Supreme. Bernie hung in there till the last primary, but
Hillary eventually won the nomination. In 2016, the mantra
for Republicans, Democrats and others was "Ready for Anyone
but Jeb!" And even though none of us seems very pleased with how
the Presidential election has been going, we did get one of our
wishes fulfilled: Jeb dropped out very early and has not been
heard from since February 2016.
We
all know he she is. Although, speaking as one person who has
met her several times, I will say that she is a lovely woman who
is
the exact opposite of the conservative media's stereotype of
her.
She is soft-spoken, funny, remembers everyone's name and is 10,000
times sexier than Sarah
Palin. And I speak as a man who has seen both women in
person at
close range.
(photo courtesy of Gage
Skidmore & Wikimedia)
I think Trump's campaign was intended to be a satirical
publicity stunt, a la Gracie Allen's 1940 campaign, but things went way out of
control and he ended up becoming the Republican nominee.
Lord help us, he might even win the Presidency.
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