Will Pitt: "How to Run for President for Fun and Profit: 2016 Edition"
From Will at Truthout:
"In 2008, the Republicans had some fairly heavyweight contenders. Romney, Giuliani ... but Mike Huckabee stayed in the race, and stayed in the race, and stayed in the race even though he knew the exercise was a fool's errand. In primary after primary, he pulled 25 percent of the vote, slicing the hamstrings of the major candidates by sucking up the votes from the no-dinosaurs-because-Jesus people, until he eventually ran the other contenders off the road, and John McCain won the nomination by default ... and then picked Sarah Palin as a running mate, and the rest is sadly hilarious history.
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Huckabee, Fiorina, Carson, the three latest entrants to the Republican presidential field for 2016. You can chew on the inside of your cheeks until you spit blood trying to figure out what this eruption of nonsense really means - Is the country really this bent? Are we doomed? Who would vote for these people? Why do I have to listen to these barmy fools for the next 18 months? What have I done wrong? - but you'll be missing the point.
The point: It's a fundraiser, writ large. Ted Cruz didn't want to shut down the government back when he pulled his little wingding. He wanted to bank some cash, and he surely did. These people are the 21st century version of the carnival barkers and tent revivalists who have been fleecing the same segment of the populace since God wore short pants.
Enjoy the show."
More:
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/30598-how-to-run-for-president-for-fun-and-profit-2016-edition
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Like a virgin sandcastle.
There always seems to be money available for the "right" message, like tax cuts and trickle down.
