President Gingrich??? [View All]

[Cyrano]

President Gingrich??? President Gingrich??? Those words are as frightening as they are laughable.

But the reason I'm not laughing is because this country elected an amiable imbecile, Ronald Reagan, to the presidency -- twice.

And another reason I'm not laughing is because there was no popular uprising in this country when George W. Bush stole the presidency -- twice. (Once in FL and the second time in Ohio.)

Gingrich has announced he's running for president. And as disgusting as the Republican Party is, Gingrich is their poster boy for a walking, breathing disease. Yet, the idea that we are not hearing a few hundred million people laughing at him is a bad omen.

The Republicans own the voting machines and Republican governors have redistricted many states to maximize Republican votes in statewide and national elections.

There was a time when I thought that Moe, Larry, or Curly had a better chance of becoming president than did Newt Gingrich. No more. Our country has become a very scary place. And if the Koch brothers decide to spend a billion or two to back Gingrich, who knows what could happen.

A journalist from the 1920s, H. L. Mencken, said "No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people." His words should terrify us when we look at what our country has become.

Hopefully, this is just my paranoia running amok. Then again ...