Maureen Dowd has a way of telling a story that makes her points with laser sharp humor. The GOP candidates are attempting to sell themselves to the "no nothing public" by portraying themselves as "no nothing candidates". Its a close contest between Rick Perry and Michelle Bachman in that contest. Rick Perry does a better job, however, of imitating the GOP icon John Wayne, and that gives him a big edge in the dumb and dumber race to the bottom. GOP politicians understand that the majority of Americans could not have been in the top 10% of their class in school. After all they have some competence in counting votes. It makes sense, therefore, to position themselves with the bulk of the population that has never liked those smart kids who did better than them in school.
This article is very funny but the success of this strategy is not funny at all. Its hard to imagine that American's actually want to put this kind of leader in charge of the country's future. I can just imagine one of these candidates applying for a leadership position in one of our major corporations. Their resumes would produce a howl of laughter from Human Resources. Yet many Americans would vote for one of them to be the President of the United States of America. I can just imagine a statue of Rick Perry on horse right next to the Lincoln Monument.
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