Mayhem and Madness Confounds the Candidate Scene

Soon it seems there will be more candidates for office than voters...

Right now, we have almost everyone represented. We have flip floppers, former actors who've always hoped to represent their conservative minions, we have old war veterans....former First Ladies...former Vice Presidential candidates...former lawyers who think that they can tell us something we don't know...elder statesmen types who represent Hispanic interests...a tough old Senator who knows how to get press time, a couple of other guys nobody knows a thing about and now, there's the prospect of a conservative anti-war candidate who may siphon off independent democratic votes.

Right now, there's no more than six heavy hitters on both the democratic and republican sides. But even scandalous Newt whose greed seems to overtake his good sense thinks that confession is not only good for the soul, it may offer up an opportunity to beat out Mormons, Veterans, and tough-talking supporters of women's rights.

In other words, the election is rapidly becoming an incoherent mess.
And maybe that will turn out good for the country. Because people will find in this grab-bag of candidates, many who are virtually unknown to a broader assemblage of voters, that there may be a reason to get dressed, go out of the house next November and vote. Something a lot of single women don't do.

Certainly, the current party could not be in more disarray and republicans scatter to the hills whenever the president heads their way. And there is plenty of support for making oneself scare including a popularity rating of below thirty percent in some polls.

Of course, we have an administration that is very good at passing blame. i am sure by the time the next two years are up, we will learn that the Iraqi minister was the whole problem or it was general Casey or Tommy Franks or the United Nations or Novak for leaking the information and the only three standing will be Rove, Bush and Cheney who will, at the very end, when the very last body is piled up will attest that things are really going well.

What are we to believe?

Would George in recognition of the fact that he seems to do better with his supporters when he's aggressive and starting wars...do something insane? Hmm…we urge him to go back to his Shakespeares if he wants a real reality lesson. Maybe something on the order of Henry V where he might note that the difference was young Henry, himself, who understood that the buck stopped right where he stood in Agincourt.

Or can we just put these guys behind us and participate in the grab bag election and enjoy some popcorn and a good beer.

Time will tell whether we can surmount eight years of the most God awful governance in living memory...

And if we do, even the Polar bears who have been hit with a gag order so that nobody knows their plight, might celebrate.

In sort, almost anything has to be better than Bush &Company...

And it's only a short drive from the White House to the local penal colony.

Les Aaron