Or not. The networks are projecting that Gingrich has won South Carolina. Hoorah for the victory of not-mitt.
I don't even care that it's Gingrich. If Gingrich were to get the nomination, at least it would be an interesting contest. I don't buy the B.S. about Newt being a superior debater, a clever intellectual and that. But at least we could watch pure, immoral lies and creepy dirtiness instead of watch Mitt pretend to believe whatever stuff that he thinks >50% of Americans and want to hear.
Next stop: Florida, Jan 30th. I don't pretend to know who will win it. We'll just have to watch the polls and see who dangles enough shineys to capture the attention of the polling electorate during the next couple of weeks. I'm really rooting for Paul to distinguish himself from the rest of the jokesters, though.
I was just reading a scene in one of the Game of Thrones books where they have a Kingsmoot, essentially the election of a king.
ReplyDeleteEach candidate gives a stump speech and then proceeds to dump gold and silver and other goods on the crowd to win their support.
It's about the same, just more honest bribery in the book.
There was once a time in our nation's history when the political candidates willing to prove their largesse by purchasing booze for the enfranchised public would win elections. The more you handed out, the more likely you were to be elected. If politicians want to bribe us, let us go back to these days.
ReplyDeleteI once felt myself getting a contact high off of one of Rick Perry's speeches. Does that count?
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