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William Rivers Pitt | The Unacceptables

Mon, 08/22/2011 - 12:15 — Dave Culver
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  • And so begins again the Herculean task of wrapping my poor, abused mind around yet another crop of Faustian caricatures lined up to scrap and scrape for the Republican presidential nomination. They seem to get worse every year, but this time around, there are definitely a lot more bananas in the bunch.
  • Michele Bachmann: Crazy Like a Fox
  • All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure. -- Mark Twain

William Rivers Pitt, Truthout

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican presidential candidate, speaks with the press in Pella, Iowa, on August 10, 2011. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / New York Times)

Let's see. We have Newt Gingrich, who pointedly continues to declare that he remains a viable candidate, despite having blown four tires and an engine immediately after leaving the starting line. We have Rick Santorum, whose name, when Googled, is given a whole new definition that appears at the top of the search engine list (presumably despite the best efforts of Mr. Santorum's campaign and supporters). There is Ron Paul, whose much-ballyhooed libertarianism fails to encompass his desire to give the Federal government whole and complete control of a woman's reproductive process.  There is Jon Huntsman, who seems like a fairly balanced guy (he has openly declared his belief in evolution and global warming), which means he is utterly doomed in the GOP primary chase. There's Herman Cain, Gary Johnson, Thaddeus McCotter, and Buddy Roemer, too...and if you said "Who?" to any or all of those names, you're far from alone.

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Related:

Michele Bachmann: Crazy Like a Fox, Tim Murphy, Mother Jones<http://motherjones.com>
She won the Ames straw poll on Saturday and is the clear favorite to win the Iowa caucuses in January. There's a method to Michele Bachmann's madness.
http://evergreenedigest.org/michele-bachmann-crazy-fox

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