As nausea-inspiring as most of the republican contenders that I even recognize can be, (How many are there now?) the bullpen for the poor dems is just sad.
I give you the front-runner…
Now I’ll need to post heavily, or we’ll be looking at that for a week…
The ‘progressive’ base is so inexplicably uninspired by Her Satanic Majesty that they’re casting around for someone – anyone! – to run in her stead. But the Vanguard of History’s cupboard seems to be bare. So much so, that … I am not making this up…
Yup. Salon.com, its sensitive fingers on the pulse of a suffering nation, has determined that there is but one possible cure.
Enter Al Gore: the one person on the left, apart from Clinton and Biden, with the cachet to bridge the establishment and progressive wings of the party. Here are 10 reasons why a Gore candidacy makes sense, both for the Democratic Party and the country.
I guarantee the ten reasons will give you your best belly laugh of the morning. If this is really the best they’ve got, the only remaining question is which of these indistinguishably odious repubs will be the next prez.
None of the above…
It’s astonishing to me that anyone wants others to control their lives – but to choose from among such cretins and liars seems truly insane. That most folks believe this is somehow inevitable and right to do is simply unbelievable.
But “Al Gore?” NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Oh dear Bog… I normally refuse to click a Salon link, but I suspected that one would be humorous.
“Gore, justifiably or not, is less polarizing than Clinton”
[-laughing hysterically-]
Right, the “sex-crazed poodle” (google it, if you don’t know), who couldn’t even win his own home state when losing a Prez race, own multiple beachfront mansions as he warns that horrible humanss are causing ocean levels to rise catastrophically, who flies large private jets to international conferences on reducing “carbon pollution,” who once fronted for an environmentalist ocean cruise to Nepal (google that one, too), whose antics prompted the coining of the term “Gore Effect”…
….is less polarizing than HRC.
Shoot. I want to see a HRC/Gore ticket.
Anyway, I never made it past that in the Saloon (I assume they’re drinking too much of something)giggle piece.
“…bullpen for the poor dems is just sad.”
Yes, but so far the Dems have so many fewer candidates to be ashamed of than the Republicans have. That must offer some sort of comfort.
Speaking ecumenically regarding both batches: Are these really the most qualified candidates our country can produce? Really?
I see that you guys have as good a choice of “leaders” as we do up here in the Great White North. ML’s comment reminded me of two L Neil Smith novels (The Probability Broach and The American Zone) where during election time there was a spot on the ballots to mark “None of the Above.” I wish that were true in real life.
Seeing the options in your country and those in mine makes me weep for the future.
Whoever gets elected, from whichever party, is sure to be entertaining, in a madhouse sort of way.