What made these guys, and they are all guys, the ones who are dead, do it? What made them think the stars were aligned for them now, that they could put together the organization that would be capable of putting them over the top, above all the other contenders, all the others with the same sense of faith and the same sense of fate? What made them think that they could be President of the United States?
At least when W. ran, we understood why. To the manor born, whenever I see this spoiled man-child I think to myself that he surely feels entitled to be Prez. It's the look on his face. Smug. Arrogant. Not confident, that's what we want in a president. Confidence. W. is arrogant. And arrogance is ignorance. But I veer off on a tangent...
Who's out? Chris Dodd, Joe Biden and Bill Richardson amongst the Democrats. Dodd, maybe with his father being a senator he felt a certain sense of entitlement, but I didn't really get that feeling from him. I didn't get any kind of feeling from him and perhaps that was his problem. No one else got any feelings either. So he's out. Biden. I don't know. Maybe he really felt he had what it takes. Bill Richardson? Intelligent, well rounded background as governor, congressman, Energy Secretary, Ambassador to the UN. Who needs those kind of credentials? Not us. We like feelings here in America. Apparently we didn't feel Richardson was presidential. Possibly didn't feel that presidential way because he's overweight. Who was the last overweight president? William Howard Taft? Harding was a little chunky (dropped from a heart attack in office no less) and Hoover was possibly pudgy, but really those were the last of the fat equals successful man presidents.
Dennis Kucinich. Still in, but why? To add a little levity to the proceedings. That's all a man like him can do, a man who talks about UFOs during debates, a wee man married to a hot Amazon who's twice his height and less than half his age. Goodbye Dennis, thanks for the laughs.
Sam Brownback was the first of the Republicans to go. He threw his support behind another candidate, I think, but who cares really? Why did he run? Gall? Desire for power? Desire, the kind of desire only a politician from Kansas can have, a desire for the kind of power you are never gonna wield in a place like Kansas, all flat and full of cattle and barbeque joints and salt of the earth, salt of the earth people who just want to be left alone to do their jobs, tend to their ranch or whatever the heck job they tend to, tend to their own business. Go back to Kansas, Sam.
Tom Tancredo. Really didn't like illegal immigrants. At least I think that's what he was all about. Bland looking politicians from Colorado don't go anywhere in presidential races. At least Gary Hart was interesting. Affairs and newspaper photos of women sitting on your lap whilst on a sail boat (very Kennedy-like, Gary) are always interesting. In 2007, the Rockies went to the World Series. Colorado wasn't going to get a real presidential candidate too.
Fred Thompson is still in it, but for someone who's in it, he sure looks out of it. Note: the last bald man we elected president was Lyndon Johnson in 1964. It's been a long, long time and it ain't gonna happen now, not in our superficial land, not with Thompson's sad hound dog looks. Why does he look so sad? He's got an attractive, much younger wife. Oh, yeah, the kids. Rugrats are a lot of work, especially when you're in your sixties. Let's face it, Thompson doesn't really want to be president. Someone suggested it to him, it sounded like a good idea, the whole actor turned politician thing worked for Reagan, why not Fred. Because Reagan was always a political beast, from being SAG president to running around making speeches for GE to being governor to being a presidential candidate. Thompson, despite having been a senator, was never really a political beast, never will be.
Duncan Hunter is still in it, too. I don't know why. I don't think he does either. America is not going to vote for a man with a vague resemblance to Dan Rather. Too creepy, zombie-like, that Dan. Bad association to make in the minds of America.
Why? Why do they do it? What makes them run?
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