Idiots

I'll let you be the judge on whether "Idiot" is the right term for these people.  Last night, 8 canidates for the GOP Presidential Nomination appeared on the Republican Debate.  Brian Williams was the moderator, with questions that everyone has wanted to ask the GOP hopefuls.  I am a proud Democrat, but I watched to see who would be the best contender for President Obama for the 2012 election.  But from what I saw, not many brought their game.

The two stars were former Gov. Mitt Romney and Gov. Rick Perry.  Both attacked each other on job creations, Homeland Security and Social Security, with other canidates attacking Perry on other issues.  Perry picked on Romney, saying "Michael Dukakis created jobs three times faster than you did, Mitt."  Romney bounced right back with, "George Bush and his predecessors created jobs at a faster rate than you did."

Perry, who is leading in the polls (suprisingly to me), appeared to be in the center of the battlefield.  In the midst of the debate, he said, "I kind of feel like the piñata here at the party."  And with good reason Perry.  He stood by his statements in his book "Fed Up", saying that Social Security was a "Ponzi scheme", wanting to rid of Homeland Security, and making an executive order for young girl to get vaccinated against HPV.  Romney, Ron Paul and Michelle Bachmann united against Perry on this issue, saying it is the responsibility of the parents to make the call on vaccinations. 

But Perry wasn't the only one disappointing with their remarks.  Ron Paul, an early favorite of mine, said that the TSA is "Abusive" and accusing FEMA of being a worthless bureaucracy.  Michelle Bachmann kept yelling "Repeal Obama Care!" without actually revealing a plan to replace the healthcare plan she wanted to be repealed.  She also promised that she could get gas to $2 a gallon if she was president, while Paul promised gas for 10 cents per gallon.  Things like these seemed beyond reality, and just turned me off. 

But there was one canidate that caught my eye was Jon Huntsman, who really didn't get that much attention during the debate.  But everything he said seemed to outrun everything Perry and Romney said.  When the debate of Evolution and Global Warming came up, he said, "when you call into question the science of evolution, all I'm saying is that, in order for the Republican Party to win, we can't run from science." 

He also mentioned the emotional upcoming 9/11 Anniversary, "I think one way to commemorate our ten-year anniversary of 9/11, remembering the 3,000-plus people who died in New York and in Pennsylvania and in Washington, is to say it's time for this country to set a goal for ourselves: We're going to get our core fixed. We're going to do some nation-building right here at home."

So as you can tell, there were very few canidates that I was impressed with.  I don't think that many canidates really know how to get today's problems fix in America, nor do I think some are capable.  I do know that if people continue to believe in Perry, who is the popular one in the polls, then this country will go to hell in a handbasket. 

But to sum all of this all up, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg has made this several times this week, and I would have to agree with him.  He said we need to put our differences aside, and help the president we have now, instead of being devided and focusing on canidates that can't do anything about our problems until a year or more from now.  I hope you Republican canidates think about that instead of saying that they will do whatever it takes to defeat President Obama. 

-Tyler