So you think you can be President? Musings about contender Perry by Donald Kaul

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So you think you can be President?
by Donald Kaul


There is no sign so far that Republicans actually care which candidate would make the best President.




In a country with a functional political system, Rick Perry's presidential candidacy would be laughed out of the room.

I mean, really. This is the 21st century, right? It's the information age.

Is it reasonable to take seriously a candidate who doesn't believe in evolution, is contemptuous of even the possibility of climate change, and calls the chairman of the Federal Reserve a traitor for attempting to help the economy?

It … is … not.

Governor Perry's dismissal of global warming is especially ironic. His state, Texas, is in the midst of the hottest weather and longest drought in its history. Fittingly, when Perry led a mass prayer meeting to ask God for relief, God answered by giving him the biggest wildfire in the state's history.

You might imagine that the “lamestream media” — the aggressive left-leaning press that exists largely in the imaginations of the hard right — would characterize him as a fool and buffoon.

It … does … not.


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http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110918/OPINION01/309180038/Kaul-you-think-you-can-president-