Friday, August 26, 2011

but she couldn't really be elected ... could she?

“She can’t say things like that and get elected as President.” “He can’t believe those things and have voters take him seriously.” “Romney will win, he’s the biggest threat, they can’t possibly nominate anyone else.” This is what many of us say. This is what many more of us believe. It makes us feel better about the future of the country, without having to do anything at all. Why should we waste our time, these folks can’t get elected. The problem is that they have already been elected. Sarah Palin was governor of Alaska. Rick Perry is governor of Texas. Michelle Bachman was elected by folks in the ultra conservative state of Minnesota to represent them in Congress. I should mention that while the focus I now on Republicans that should be electe3d, in the past there have been plenty of Democrats that fall in that category: people like Dennis Kucinich and Kwame Kilpatrick might be examples. The bottom line is that these unelectable folks have actually already been elected … and could be again. They should be unelectable, but they aren’t. We need to act accordingly.

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