Election Fail

Two hundred million people to choose from and this is the best we can do?

The news media is salivating about "exposing" Newt's salacious details of his divorce. Big surprise here, it seems his ex-wife is bitter about how he had an affair with an office staffer and then dumped her to marry the new, younger, prettier, smarter girl who didn't have MS. Who would have thought that?

The Big Media is wringing their hands in uncertainty about the ethics of releasing the story now, or waiting until the general election. They are in the tank for Obama and want to run the story to help Him in the general election, but if they hold the story and Newt doesn't win the Republican primary, then the value of their investment in the story will turn to dust overnight. So, as a compromise, they released a story about the story, not the story itself. In the story about the story, they can examine the ethical dilemma of interfering in elections with the "people's right to know" as well as remind everyone that Newt is a cheating bastard.

This is just one more reason why guys with ex wives shouldn't go into politics unless the ex is getting a direct percentage of his pay and benefits so that her financial well-being is tied to his.

Strange things:

1. Do they really think America doesn't already know this? Most of us were alive when it happened and it was widely covered in the pro-Clinton media then. Republican voters have been discussing Newt's Baggage ever since he hinted that he might make an announcement about forming a committing to discover if he was going to raise money for a possible presidential campaign (but no commitment-- typical for Newt)

2. So much gnashing of teeth over publication ethics. I don't recall hearing a similar quandary when it came to publicising details of the incumbent's history. Nothing. And still nothing. One scandal after another and zip-zero-nadda coverage.

3. Does the media really think it matters which Rino faces Obama in the general election? The truth is that they all have exactly the same chance of winning: too close to call. Both parties have large, well-organized machines to guarantee about 45% of the vote for their guy, no matter who it is. The rest of the votes get made up by independents (people who don't care enough about the process until November to bother being involved in it throughout the year), fraud, and a few disaffected Ron Paul voters who will come in at the last minute so they don't "throw their votes away". The outcome will be the same as it has been since Clinton first got elected. The margin of fraud and error will decide who our next president is.