More Room in The Clown Car - Step Right Up!

[MineralMan]

So the slapstick comedy of the Iowa Straw Poll is over. Already, sad clown Tim Pawlenty has painted a tear under his other eye and announced that he will withdraw from the one-legged GOP race for the presidential nomination. I expect a couple of others who fared dismally to join him shortly. They have tried, and have been found wanting by the assorted teabaggers, dominionists, and general dupes who bothered to show up for this foolishness.

So, the GOP clown car has some room in it again. Rick Perry will be stepping into it for its next appearance at the pre-primary circus. That takes up Pawlenty's seat. Now, is there room for the half-term Governor from Alaska? That remains to be seen. Will enough also-pretended-to-run candidates walk away from the clown car to make room for Ms. Palin's over-inflated ego so she can wedge her way into the back seat next to the rest of the clowns? I'm betting so. By the end of August, the clown car will seem roomy inside, and Sarah can join the rest of the painted faces on board.

So, watch for the Clown Parade in the center ring in a venue near you! Marvel at the mystery of how so many bloated egos can fit inside as they spill out onto the sawdust floor to the tune of a lively Galop! Watch as they step over the piles of fresh elephant dung and parade around the Big Tent! It's the GOP Clown Parade! The Circus is almost ready to begin!

[WhiteTara]

1. I can hear the calliopy now.n/t

[Maccagirl]

2. And the "new kid" on the local news

has to ride the elephant. That's a Linda Ellerbee story.

[MineralMan]

3. So true. Every January, the new field reporter on the local

TV news in Minnesota has to put on a bathing suit and take the Polar Bear plunge through a hole in the ice, then do a standup with a towel wrapped around her. It's a traditional initiation.

[zippy890]

4. am finding it rather entertaining

I mean really.

Rick Perry? is that the best they can up with? this is a 3 ring circus

:silly: :+ :7

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Poor Timmy.

He got voted off the island by a small collection of Iowa wingnuts who anted up $30 to do it. I could almost feel sorry for him (but, of course, I don't) because he has just oozed ambition from every pore for years. Way back in the '90s when he was in the Minnesota legislature he started hankering for bigger things, but his own party kept kicking him off the team. When he first wanted to run for Governor the party told him no, we want some other guy. Then he wanted to run for the U.S. Senate, but Dick Cheney's office told him no, we want Norm "The Weasel" Coleman.

Finally he got his chance to be Governor (never actually winning a majority of the votes due to third-party candidates), and he was a great success at turning Minnesota into a cold Alabama. But he was still ambitious; he spent the better part of a year living in John McCain's pants, hoping for that coveted running-mate position. And for awhile it looked like he'd get it. But at the last minute McCain, wanting to add some pizzazz to the ticket (something Timmy sorely lacks), chose She Who Must Not Be Named.

Poor Timmy.

But, undeterred, he decided that next time around he'd shoot for the Big One. He announced back in 2009 that he wouldn't run for Governor again (apparently hoping a GOP successor would complete the job of turning Minnesota into a third-world garbage dump, a goal that our newly elected Democratic governor has managed to thwart), and threw himself full-time into his presidential campaign.

Which just crashed and burned.

Heh.

Sucks to be you, Timmy. What are you going to do now that your party pantsed you and stuffed you in your locker once again?