The Pledge That Republican Candidates Should Really Sign

Republicans are big on pledges. Elections cycles usually bring a bumper crop of pledges to do or to not do a certain thing. Most of these are on mundane things like terrorist front-man Grover Norquist’s (the original fair-skinned jihadist) pledge not to raise taxes. There are pledges on relatively unimportant things like opposing gay marriage, eliminating the IRS, and the always popular bust the hippie-pothead pledge. But the one pledge the American people really need is the one the Republicans won’t circulate.

More important than any of these minor league pledges is the urgent needs for Republican presidential candidates to sign a NO JEB pledge. Such a pledge would commit Republican candidates from including Jeb Bush or any other member of the evil and treasonous Bush family. Not as vice-president, not as a cabinet official, not as a member of any government agency –  none, nada, nyet, nien,  – forget about it, Jeb!

It almost goes without saying that Mitt Romney wouldn’t sign the NO JEB pledge. The Slickster, after all, is the Bush Family’s proxy in the 2012 election and their best chance for sneaking Jeb Bush into the Executive Branch. I can’t say about Perry, but since he had the put up with the Jeb’s dumber brother as Texas Lieutenant Governor, I can’t really see him putting up with Jeb. Besides, the a member of the Bush Family is highly unlikely to play second-fiddle to a commoner like Rick Perry.

Again, it’s hard to predict what Michelle Bachmann would do, but since her core base is the Tea Party and the Tea Party loathes the Bush brand of “compassionate conservatism”, I think we can get her to sign. Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Herman Cain really don’t matter since they are only in the race to put presidential candidate on their resumé to command greater speaker’s fees further down the road. That leaves us with Jon Huntsman. Every presidential campaign needs it John Edwards character, and Huntsman is the 2012 model. I suspect Huntsman would be make his decision based on which way the wind is blowing on that particular day.

So how about it, Republican candidates? Will you sign the NO JEB pledge?

Pawlenty’s Predictable Exit

Originally posted at www.gipsytim.com

 

John Dean, who was once part of the Watergate cover-up in the Nixon Administration was once asked what kind of man would want to be the President of the United States. “An unnatural freak,” Mr. Dean answered. Since Barack Obama has the Democratic side of things to himself, that leaves the Republicans to provide us with the political freak show. After the straw poll in Ames, Iowa, the field of presidential pretenders is slowly but surely being narrowed down.

The big winner was Michelle Bachmann, with Ron Paul placing second. Bachmann outpaced the supposed (according to the media) front-runner Mitt Romney by thousands of votes. Ron Paul garnered his second-place finish more due to his consistent Libertarian principles than any real chance of being nominated for the presidency. Love or hate Mr. Paul, you always know where he stands and the voters at Ames respected that.

It was no surprise that Tim Pawlenty dropped out of the race after Ames. With limited resources he had bet big on Ames and lost. Pawlenty was a competent governor for the state of Minnesota, but a presidential candidate has to generate excitement among the voters. Exciting and Tim Pawlenty seemed to be mutually exclusive on the campaign trail. Besides but Pawlenty and Bachmann are from Minnesota, so it was almost a given that one would be going home empty-handed.

As to the rest, Mitt Romney is still the choice of the Republican Establishment, if only because he is the evil and treasonous Bush Family’s best chance at sneaking Jeb Bush into the White House. Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are merely in it because they expect to be able to command larger speaker’s fee after they drop out of the race. Who knows why Jon Huntsman is race for and Herman Cain g seems to be engaged in an exercise of pure vanity. Cain has no chance. Barack Obama’s performance as President has been so bad that it will be another 50 years before any African-American has a shot at the Oval Office. I know that some will try to interpret that as racist, but it’s not. Perceptions matter in politics and the stakes are so high with the presidency that the bad taste that Barack Obama has left in the mouth of voters will linger for a long time to come.  It’s a shame, but Barack Obama threw his lot in with the Wall Street banksters and turned his back on the American people. That is something that will not be forgotten.

The X-factor is the entry of Texas Governor Rick Perry into the race. Perry was not at the Ames straw poll but announced his candidacy this weekend. Even though he wasn’t at Ames, Rick Perry got a few hundred more votes than Mitt Romney. Things aren’t looking good for the Slickster at the moment. On the other hand, the Bush Family hates Rick Perry, and that can be useful to Romney’s campaign.

Mitt Romney the Red Menace

Originally posted at www.gipsytim.com

 

For the life of me, I can’t fathom that the Democrats didn’t appropriate funding to building a statue of Mitt Romney. Romney the Red Menace might technically be a Republican but in his heart he is a Communist as Mao or Lenin. Mere gratitude would seem to suggest that the Democratic Party would honor the scoundrel who made Socialist health care a reality in the United States. Alas, Romney the Red Menace will have to settle for screwing up the opportunity for Republican Party to make Barack Obama a one-term President. After all, if the choice is between two hardcore Communists, then why vote for the Republican nominee at all (same goes for Jon Huntsman).

The fact that Mitt Romney is the current Republican front-runner for the Republican nomination speaks volumes about how bad the Republican establishment has become under the influence of the evil and treasonous Bush Family. Speaking of the stench that is the Bush Family, I recall a Newsmax article a few years ago where Jeb Bush praised Mitt Romney’s Communist health care plan. At that time Mitt Romney was only screwing up the state of Massachusetts, rather than the entire country. Makes perfect sense since both Bush and Romney are Socialist birds of a crooked feather. Jeb Bush is pro-amnesty for millions of hardened and unrepentant criminals for the outlaw nation of Mexico. Romney the Red Menace loves to hire the illegal aliens to do his yard work. I bet Mitt Romney doesn’t even know how to start a lawn mower since he seems to be distinctly unacquainted with real work.

So Romney the Red Menace has the blessing of the Republican establishment and the Bush Family. It makes sense since the Bush Family is desperate to get Jeb Bush into the White House by hook or crook (mostly crook). This why the Karl Rove, the Architect of Destroying the Republican Brand, is on retainer by Fox and Republican establishment outlets. The Las Vegas odds of the Republican establishment trying the sneak Jeb Bush in are very good and Romney the Red Menace makes the perfect seat warmer for Jeb. This explains why despite all their talk, the Republican establishment isn’t taking much action regarding the repeal of Obamacare. In truth, the Republican establishment is quite comfortable with Communist health care. Otherwise they would be trying hard to rescind Romney/Obamacare it a lot harder than they are.