Sunday, March 30, 2014

Albatross fight!

Looks like there's a good chance that Jeb Bush will be the 2016 Republican nominee. He's the Romney of this go-round: The moneybags candidate who looks moderate and electable when compared to the Tea Party whackadoodles. 2016 may resemble 1992: A Clinton vs. a Bush.

Throughout 2007 and the first part of 2008, I expressed my annoyance with both the Clinton and Bush dynasties -- or, more accurately, with the very concept of a dynasty at play in American politics. But if we must go that route, then let's have a face-off between Hillary and Jeb. Since many libertarian-leaning conservatives have spent the past few years dissing the warmongering legacy of GWB, it'll be interesting to see them rationalize Jeb's effort.

So here's how it plays: Jeb has an albatross around his neck -- an albatross named George. Hillary has an albatross and her neck -- an albatross named Barack. May the best albatross win!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hillary has an albatross named Hillary around her neck.

For instance, she knew enough about the evils of the electronic voting machines in 2003 that she co-authored a bill to ban them--but when the bill was stuck in committee and the evils were visited on the election of 2004 she didn't say squat.

CBarr said...

Does Ross Perot have a close relative in politics?

Anonymous said...

It's not going to matter - we've seen what politics is all about now. Which corporatist do you want in the White House? Who cares, they ain't workin' for us!