Those of us who are to the left of center aren't the only ones who think this season's crop of GOP Presidential candidates are a bunch of clowns. Joe Scarborough agrees with us, and has an article up on Politico.com that absolutely savages the entire Republican field. Here's the way it begins, and believe me, it quickly gets even more scathing, as he takes apart each of the actual candidates and previous flavors of the month in turn:
All the world is a stage and in this year’s GOP presidential race, it is a reality show soundstage cluttered with clownish characters auditioning for the role of commander in chief.
A bemused audience of political spectators and cable chatterers has been entertained this year by a fallen speaker, a pizza mogul, a wild-eyed ideologue, a billionaire developer and a hockey mom from Alaska.
Two of those actors have starred in actual reality shows, but — here’s the hook — no one in this actors’ studio is qualified to be president.
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He concludes by savaging Herman Cain for having a chief economic advisor who cheerfully admits his ignorance of economic theory, which is matched only by the candidate's own cheerful admission of his ignorance of world affairs. Perhaps the following sentence sums up the article, which is an entertaining read (at least if you're not a Republican who actually wants to see one of these clowns get elected):
Sadly, Cain and his fellow cast members are little more than rebels without a clue.