A fool and his money are soon elected. — Will Rogers
Hillary Clinton announced her campaign for president in 2016. She is widely expected to “win” the Democrat nomination for president without facing any serious competition within her party.
Conversely, Jeb Bush has opposition for the Republican nomination from Senators Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and Marco Rubio, as well as from Governor Scott Walker, the current frontrunner. However, once Jeb declares his candidacy, the conventional wisdom says that he will attract the lion’s share of Republican campaign contributions, from people who want to see another Bush in the White House.
My question is, why? Also, who is funding these candidates?
Between them, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush occupied the White House for 12 years in total. While I think Jeb was a pretty good governor down in Florida, that doesn’t mean he’d make a great president.
I think Jeb’s wrong about immigration and Common Core. Besides, enough is enough.
In between the Bushes, Bill and Hillary Clinton had 8 years in charge. If you think Hillary had no power in Bill’s administration, your memory needs jogging.
Before Obama gave us the “Affordable” Health Care Act, Hillary basically tried to nationalize health care by giving us the Health Security Act all the way back in 1993.
Furthermore, no one in modern times has done more to destroy the moral fabric of American society than Bill Clinton, who had an affair with an intern, lied about it, and was disbarred for committing perjury while in office. Hillary enabled Bill’s clinging to power, famously attacking his accusers as part of a “vast, right-wing conspiracy.”
Hillary led the smear campaign against Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, Juanita Broddrick, Monica Lewinsky, and the other women who were allegedly sexually abused by Bill and then smeared by Hillary. Yes, even Monica was a victim.
Given the obvious flaws with both of these perceived frontrunners, I think we ought to consider better options for our next president.
Why not someone who thinks and acts like a normal American citizen?
How about putting a man in the White House who isn’t already known to be suffering from a serious deficit of character — someone who knows what it’s like to grow up poor?
A man who overcame adversity to become an accomplished pediatric neurosurgeon? Why don’t we consider electing a man who knows the value of hard work?
Someone who hasn’t made a career out of politics?
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