Gaga Old Party

While the rest of the world deals with problems in a mature, thoughtful way, the potential Republican presidential candidates in the United States continue to say stupid things to connect with low-information voters. Chris Christie can't stop telling people who disagree with him to shut up.  Ben Carson equates the Islamic State fighters with the Minutemen at Lexington and Concord.  Rick Santorum complains about giving free money to black people and tells the people of Puerto Rico to learn English if they want statehood.  Mike Huckabee bashes Beyoncé for steamy, sexually charged lyrics after having jammed on his electric bass with Ted Nugent on the sexually charged (and misogynistic) song "Cat Scratch Fever" on television.  Scott Walker believes that firing striking workers, like Reagan did with the air traffic controllers in the early eighties, the best message on how leadership in foreign policy.  Ted Cruz equates Internet neutrality with government control of private enterprise.  And Reince Preibus is actually proud of this field.

I once said that the Republicans are the party of rising stars and the Democrats are the party of shooting stars.  But at least Democrats aren't a party of stars shooting themselves in their feet.

Oh yeah, one other thing I'd like to say regarding Joni Ernst:  Remember when Tom Harkin, the Democrat whose Senate seat she took over, said that she may be as attractive as Taylor Swift but thinks like Michele Bachmann?  He was forced to apologize his remark, partly for knocking Taylor Swift and also partly for questioning Ernst's integrity.  Why he was forced to apologize for a derogatory reference to Swift that he didn't make and for telling the truth about Ernst remains unexplained.

I have nothing against Joni Ernst.  In fact, she's one of my favorite cartoon characters.