Republicans are terrified of their two 2016 pretender front-runners and for good reason.
In the last few days, Trump claimed he knows more about ISIL
than the generals do and Carson claims he knows more about Syria
than the White House. Neither of these two gentlemen have ever held
public office.
Trump is starting to show the tattered edges of his grip on
reality. Last night Trump went way off book (I hope) and instead treated
his audience to a rant in which he claimed he knew more about ISIL than
the generals do and compared Carson’s self labeled “pathology” to a
child molester. From the
Washington Post:
He scoffed at those who have accused him of not
understanding foreign policy, saying he knows more about Islamic State
terrorists “than the generals do.” He took credit for predicting the
threat of Osama bin Laden and being right on the “anchor baby
situation,” a position he says “these great geniuses from Harvard Law
School” now back. He uttered the word “crap” at least three times, and
promised to “bomb the s—” out of oil fields benefiting terrorists. He
signed a book for a guy in the audience and then tossed it back at him
with a flip: “Here you go, baby. I love you.”
Trump called Republican rival Fiorina “Carly
whatever-the-hell-her-name-is,” accused Democratic front-runner Hillary
Rodham Clinton of playing the “woman’s card” and said Rubio
(R-Fla.) is “weak like a baby.” He then devoted more than 10 minutes
angrily attacking his chief rival, Carson, saying the retired doctor
has a “pathological disease” with no cure, similar to being a child
molester.
Then we have Carson showing just how delusional he is,
claiming that he has better sources about Syria than the White House,
doubling down on his belief that China is involved in the fighting in
Syria. “I have several sources that I’ve got material from, I’m
surprised my sources are better than theirs,” Carson said outside of a
town hall in South Carolina on Friday.
Republicans must be shaking in their boots to think of either of
these two debating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on foreign
policy. Or really, anyone. Just speaking publicly is dangerous for these
two. But pitted against Clinton’s vast experience and subsequent
expertise, both Republicans would look like total buffoons.
It’s not that a person needs to have done a job to be right for the
job; but that a person needs to be somewhat tethered to reality, to have
an ego that isn’t so large that it creates a comforting veil of
self-aggrandizement so opaque that reality hasn’t a chance, and to have
the idea that maybe other people who have actually done the job know a
thing or two. Neither of these two candidates has shown even the
slightest respect for the job they seek or government in general.
America needs to be asking itself what it says about the Republican cabal that their two front-runners are legit delusional at the very
best.
The Republican establishment is rumored to be keeping Mitt Romney in the wings in
order to stop a down ticket bleed out in the event that one of these
two colorful characters looks like they’re going to actually win the
nomination. Not to worry, the Republicans have rigged their nomination
process so there is little chance they won’t cheat to get their guy in
at the last minute.
But the crazy it out there front and center, branding Republicans as
know-nothing buffoons with huge, unjustified egos. Democrats must be
beyond thrilled with the gifts that are Carson and Trump.
