Slumping Texas Governor Veers Hard Right, Courting Tea Party Vote.
(headline on a story in Slate by Will Oremus, 25 Oct. 11)
It’s the Texas Tetrathlon: slump, veer, court, and fake. Think of the physical and moral flexibility involved in it. Remarkable!
–UKL
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This political season has been likened, correctly, to a reality TV show. Entertaining in a kind of horrifying style, and in no way serious.
Ick. How embarrassing to be living in Texas just now.
Deb, you can say that again. I’ve been thinking about getting this t-shirt.
Bwahaha! Nancy, that’s great! However, I think that Perry is too dry and scaly a mouthful even for the Tea Party. They’re moving on to more palatable candidates; at least Newt is plump!
I wonder how long it will be before national leaders are chosen via a ‘reality tv’ show, complete with judges panel and audience voting.