*Written by Rob Rimes.
This entry isn’t about anything specific, just a few things that have been going on in the political realm lately.
To start, I haven’t written anything since my diatribe about Rand Paul’s endorsement of Mitt Romney. To some degree I may have jumped the gun and been a little too emotional but the fact of the matter is, that nearly two weeks later, the situation still stinks. Hell, it will always stink. While on the subject however, I thought it worth mentioning that Carol Paul, wife to Ron and mother to Rand, recently did a radio interview and said that Rand had not discussed with the Paul family what his intentions were nor did he mention that he was going to come out on national television and endorse Ol’ Mittens. I guess it’s like the gay kid coming out of the closet to the whole world at once in an instant moment of flamboyant greatness, as Rand just jumped out and declared “Hello people! If you hadn’t already figured it out, I am a neocon establishment puppet and I’m ready to have my strings pulled!” Of course, that may be pretty harsh and I truly do want to give the guy the benefit of the doubt but it is beyond that now and Rand has a lot to do to win back the hearts of those who supported him on the wishes and endorsement of his megastar liberty-loving father. Now I’ve said my peace and I’m done with the Rand Paul rantings. In fact, I should give him some props for introducing legislation last week that would force police to get a warrant before using their unconstitutional spy drones. Realistically, Rand might not be his father but he is still one of the good guys, at least more so than the vast majority of the Beltway Suits and none of us should forget that. However, at the same time, none of us should take our eyes off of him. His public Romney love was just a reminder of that.
Moving forward and looking at everything else surrounding this election, conservatives seem to be a little perturbed, as Tea Party darling and former potential VPOTUS Sarah Palin has not yet endorsed Governor Romney. Being the GOP’s leading lady and leading voice to the Tea Party movement, whether its members love that or hate it, Governor Palin has been pretty hush hush on the subject. While she espouses the same neoconic rhetoric that the establishment co-opted Tea Party scribbles across their signs with Crayola Washable markers, Palin still doesn’t seem like she is sold on Ol’ Mittens and maybe she is rethinking that “Anybody But Obama!” mantra she helped bring to the forefront. Could she be less establishment-minded than what the Tea Party has disintegrated to? You know, the Tea Party – those people who hated Romney for years but are now solidly backing him while pushing out those crazy Ron Paul supporters who birthed their movement to begin with.
The thing is, every time I see Sarah Palin on my television in her high paid pundit role, she doesn’t seem to be as energized and gung ho as she once was. It’s like she is trying to distance herself, not necessarily from the establishment but from the politics game as a whole. I think she’s sick of it and despite making a nice chunk of change for her appearances wherever she goes, it’s like she just wants to chill out in Alaska and let those of us in the lower 48 states deal with it. I think Mama Grizzly wants to hibernate and I don’t blame her. She’s definitely not going to back Obama and she probably knows that Romney is lame as all hell and isn’t too thrilled with that option either. Don’t worry conservatives, I’m sure she will still endorse the guy anyway but that brings me to a question: does it really matter who she endorses? Is it going to change anything? Her core group of supporters are the Tea Party and those people are drowning in Romney Kool-Aid right now. It’s like everyone expects every politician in a party to rally behind and support that party’s perceived leader. I think this is the trap Rand Paul ran into in an effort to keep his Tea Party constituents happy. At the end of the day, Rand’s endorsement means nothing to Romney supporters, as does a potential Palin endorsement. Anybody But Obama! Right?
I think Herman Cain endorsed Mitt Romney, I don’t really remember as I have better things to do like make popcorn and watch torrents. I know that he endorsed him in 2008, so I’m sure he feels just the same now, as he is going to play party politics in order to have himself a lucrative professional pundit job like Sarah Palin. So I guess it was good for his career that he was back in the news today. In my opinion, this is good because as much as I don’t want him to hold any sort of public office, he is still entertaining in a way that is two-parts slapstick and one-part train wreck. You’ve gotta love this guy!
Anyway, at some Bible-thumping rally where Cain went to collect some new hoes, he spoke to the crowd and claimed that Obama was trying to “rewrite the Bible.” Odd, I didn’t know that Obama cared that much about scripture. Hopefully we don’t have the Democrat version of Rick Santorum on our hands! Is Obama going to throw down the relgio-fascist hammer in his second term, if he gets one?
Well, Herman Cain, a self-professed lover of free markets, shouldn’t be threatened by this. So what if Obama wants to write his version of the Bible? People have been interpreting it however they’ve wanted for years, hence the two-to-three million different denominations of Christianity in just the United States alone! C’mon Herman, can’t we have competition? Can’t we truly have the free markets that you say you believe in? Then again, Mr. Cain has proven to be rhetoric more than anything else. Truthfully, the rhetoric isn’t even that well thought out. In fact, at that same rally just moments after claiming Obama was going to “rewrite the Bible”, Mr. Cain said, “Remember, we don’t have to recruit all the stupid people! Just some of them!” And that is why Herman Cain failed. Mr. Cain thinks too small. Now if he would’ve recruited all the stupid people, things could have been very different this election and to be honest, I’m not opposed to a King Barry Version of the Bible. People don’t have to read it.
As this election comes to a close, it has never been more clear that the 2012 Republican field has literally been a circus. Apart from Ron Paul and former GOPer Gary Johnson, we’ve been treated to a colorful collection of crazy animals in sexually-repressed frenzies all clawing like hell to get into the spotlight and stay in the spotlight. It’s a sick game, this politics business but I’m glad we’ve had a nutty cast of characters to entertain us. In the end, the freaks fell and the only ones left standing were the Ken doll, the doctor and the rugged mountain climber who told the Republicans to go fuck themselves when he left for the Libertarian Party.
The good news is, the circus still hasn’t left town, there are a few shit shows left!
As Herman Cain famously said, “Awww.. shucky ducky!”
4 Comments
lol homies. They aret homies they are homies with benefits… lol
OK Rob,
Now that you have had an opportunity to calm down … let’s look at Rand Paul’s decision to endorse Romney … for what it is … a courageous act …
Rand Paul is doing what is best for the Country …
Rand has seen firsthand that Obama is destroying our Country and given another term … with a number of Supreme Court appointments coming up … the United States will be changed forever …
Rand Paul is leading by example … He is endorsing Romney because he is the only opportunity left the STOP Obama …
Rand remembers how Conservatives & Libertarians seeking to send a message to our Republican Congress … sat out the 2006 midterm elections. Allowing the Democrats … Pelosi & Reid and their ilk to take control of the Congress … and how Conservatives & Libertarians that didn’t like McCain sat out the 2008 election … giving us Obama …
These “intelligent” moves by Conservatives & Libertarians have put our Country in grave danger …
Rand Paul is out their demonstrating by his endorsement …
that Conservatives & Libertarians must join the Republicains to defeat Obama
THE COUNTRY MUST BE SAVED
Rand Paul understands, and as such, is a true & courageous patriot …
This goes to show that you’ve missed the point entirely. Good job regurgitating the talking points from just about every Fox News program. You make all these accusations and assumptions by throwing down statements without anything to back them up. Let’s look at each..
“let’s look at Rand Paul’s decision to endorse Romney … for what it is … a courageous act …”
How is is courageous? The fact that he is trying to make the establishment and his constituents happy, so that he has a job in 4 years?
“Rand Paul is doing what is best for the Country …”
How so? By aligning with the establishment? Whether it is the right or the left, it is still the same song and dance.
“Rand has seen firsthand that Obama is destroying our Country and given another term … with a number of Supreme Court appointments coming up … the United States will be changed forever …”
That could certainly be true but who is to say that Romney would do any better? I certainly don’t want Supreme Court Justices who go against the Constitution. And what I mean by that, are Justices who would attack gay rights, abortion and many other social issues which shouldn’t even be discussed at the federal level (regardless of how anyone feels about them). The Republican stance on most social issues is pretty much taken from their religious/moralistic points-of-view and to force that upon everyone else – those that don’t see things their way is unconstitutional.
“Rand Paul is leading by example … He is endorsing Romney because he is the only opportunity left the STOP Obama …”
Yes, Romney is the best chance at defeating Obama at this point but who is to say that he is going to be any better? The “Anybody but Obama” mantra the right keeps shouting out is ridiculous and nothing more than a shallow attempt at bringing the power back to the GOP, which is also a political party that has done more harm than good in this country in my lifetime. “Anybody but Obama”? How about Donald Trump? Would Carrot Top be a better choice? Or how about the Octomom? Maybe Casey Anthony or the Situation? Would they all be better than Obama? This rhetoric just shows how narrow-sighted and simplistic the GOP view on things is. Unfortunately for us sane people, we are outnumbered by those buying into this Palin-coined nonsense.
“Rand remembers how Conservatives & Libertarians seeking to send a message to our Republican Congress … sat out the 2006 midterm elections. Allowing the Democrats … Pelosi & Reid and their ilk to take control of the Congress … and how Conservatives & Libertarians that didn’t like McCain sat out the 2008 election … giving us Obama …”
How are you in Rand Paul’s head? How do you know what he remembers? Besides that, maybe Republicans shouldn’t have taken their eye off the ball and allowed themselves to be hypnotized by Bush who was just the tyrant Obama is. GOPers seem to forget that or just don’t care, as Bush was on their side, which just gets back to my point of defeating the “establishment” which is comprised of both the left and the right. To deny that Bush was a very shitty president and that the GOP aren’t also responsible for this mess means that you are just a partisan hack and unable to see the forest for the trees (I don’t mean that as an insult, I’m just pointing out that maybe you need to widen your view – if you think this way). Romney may be slightly better than Obama but he won’t be any better than Bush.. his flip-flopping, his rhetoric throughout the debates and his economic record are proof of that.
“These “intelligent” moves by Conservatives & Libertarians have put our Country in grave danger …”
How? By not toeing the party line and thinking for themselves? In trying to find an alternative that isn’t just voting for one of two of the same old choices? The moves by the libertarians and conservatives have put the country in grave danger you say? Not the moves of Democrats and Republicans, the two-party system and corporatism? C’mon dude.
“Rand Paul is out their demonstrating by his endorsement …
that Conservatives & Libertarians must join the Republicains to defeat Obama”
Good for him. It doesn’t mean that he is right.
“THE COUNTRY MUST BE SAVED
Rand Paul understands, and as such, is a true & courageous patriot …”
As I said in response to a comment you left elsewhere, the country should have been saved decades ago. Hell, it should have never come to this. To say Rand understands is just a wild assumption on your part. You don’t actually and honestly know what he understands and why he does what he does. Sorry, I’m just naturally skeptical and I’m not putting faith in Rand’s decision making. To call him a “courageous patriot” means nothing as the words “courageous” and “patriot” are both subjective. From Rand’s stance (and your’s) he could very well be a courageous patriot. However, I don’t see it that way. An endorsement of a politician that helps keep you in office and on the Party’s good side while supporting the same establishment shenanigans you claim to be opposed to, is neither “courageous” nor “patriotic”. In fact, I see the libertarians and conservatives (and in some cases, liberals) who are fighting against the establishment despite being chastised by the majority as the true “courageous patriots”.
There is no such thing as Country. There are people living in a predefined geographical area ruled by self important elite and most give them consent by continuing to believe this nonsense. We are either free people, or slaves and the only way to truly be free is to end the state. Stop believing that maybe, this time, the rulers will throw a little scrap off their table and we will be patted on the head and told we are good dogs.
Start seeing the world for what it is. Government isn’t some game we play and sometimes our side wins. The Government plays a game on us and so we falsely believe we are free, or could be freer, if it were not for the other team.
See the enslavement we are all subject to. Then you can truly start to be free.