Republicans are trying desperately to lose the most important election in our lifetime. The only thing worse than listening to liberals dismiss the entire class of Republican candidates for President as weak sniveling fools; is the fact that they have so much ammunition. So far the primary has consisted primarily of one candidate or another surging to the lead, only to disintegrate into flames from self-inflicted wounds. It is not so much that they get shot down; it is that they are such easy targets.
Now we are at the point of choosing between Mitt Romney, who no one really seems to want, and Rick Santorum, who has primarily been the beneficiary of watching far more capable candidates drop all around him. I would greatly fear the re-election of Barack Obama, except that Democrats continue to be Democrats.
The latest case in point is the idiotic decision to try and force the Catholic Church to pay for contraceptives. What on earth were they thinking? This is so bad that Candy Crowley almost laughed at Obama’s new Chief of Staff when he tried to explain this:
LEW: So you know, I have to say that the solution that we came up with puts no religious institution in the position where it either has to pay for or facilitate the provision of the benefits they find objectionable. If the issue is should women have access to all form of preventive care, including contraception, we believe the answer to that is yes.
CROWLEY: Can you say, though, with a straight face that the insurance company’s going to pick up the cost of this?
This is why Obama will lose. Democrats just do not get it. The real issue here isn’t religious freedom, although that is front and center. The issue is that Democrats just cannot help themselves from trying to solve all problems by spending more money, and they are running out of money. At a time when we are facing record deficits, Democrats decided it was a good idea to provide free birth control for everyone.
Today, Obama warned of skyrocketing gas prices and then tried to explain that this was good news as it was proof of recovery. Not many people are going to buy that nonsense. If Obama had a clue about anything, he would just let Republicans pass legislation and grudgingly sign it into law. That is what Clinton did. If things get better, Obama would get the credit. If things got worse, congress would get the blame. But Obama insists on doing things his way, which is always to raise taxes and then waste the additional revenue on gifts to friends who don’t need it. That has never worked in the past, and it won’t work now.
The best campaigner, for the Republicans, in U.S. History, is Barack Hussein Obama. He is the gift that keeps on giving. As long as he continues campaigning for re-election, the Republican candidate will be in good shape. Our candidates are fully capable of running a lousy campaign. The main stream media will continue to fawn over Obama. But, ultimately, it will be nearly impossible to out duel Obama in a mental battle for the title of most incompetent.
TDM