With that said, listening to some of the candidates just makes my head hurt. Let’s start with Chris Christy. He’s an idiot. Actually, I don’t think he’s an idiot, I think he’s playing to the crowd, and he’s being silly. With that said do not elect a person that thinks attacking Russia is a good plan. They’re clueless. Our enemy is not Russia. We tried the strategy of invading the country that didn’t attack us. It didn’t work out so well. Attacking a country that has a military and nuclear capability equal to ours is just bat…shit…crazy! There’s a reason it was a Cold War and not a hot one. The grownups knew what would happen. These children are ridiculous. So far we have been playing the neighborhood bully. Which is why they all hate us by the way. A war with Russia or China will mean not a few thousand dead, but millions of dead Americans. We might win, but Russia has the capability to bomb New York and Washington D.C., and China has a solid mass of so many people their sheer numbers could wipe us out before our technology made a difference. These would be real wars. We would lose much more than we would gain.
Ben Carson is still an idiot. I watched his one question and then had to turn him off. The question: “Could you really order a strike on ISIS that could result in children being killed as collateral damage?” His answer was yes. The commentator went on to reiterate that his decision would kill innocent women and children only to be booed by the crowd. What he was trying to do was push Carson to understand the ramifications of the answer. He wanted to make sure that Carson knew that his actions could kill innocent people and was he OK with that. Evidently, he is. However, I think it just showed that Carson, like many Republicans react rather than reflect. You have to think of the consequences of your actions. You know…like going to war with a country because they threatened Daddy might not turn out the way you want.
Jeb Bush. I think he and Rand Paul were the only grownups on that stage. I don’t agree with a lot of their policies, but I think they are at least logical in their approach. They understand how the world works, and are capable of addressing issues in a fashion that was more professional than anyone else. They are thoughtful of how their actions can have global repercussions and that’s what you want from a leader.
Carly Fiorina. If feel about her the way Republicans feel about Hilary Clinton. Nothing that comes out of her mouth can be trusted. Her quote “If you want something talked about, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman,” is just stupid. I will admit if you want something done there are a whole host of women that work quicker and more efficiently than men. However, that doesn’t make them any better, or lesser decision makers than men. What you want in a President is a person that can analyze a problem and provide a solution. The Republican Party has too many people who think that “do something…anything!” is a good strategy. It is not. One of my pet peeves in business is when managers want you to “act with a sense of urgency.” If I have to always “act with a sense of urgency” then I’m failing. I plan so I don’t have to act with a sense of urgency. All you have to do is see how Fiorina ran HP into the ground to know that she has no ability to analyze a problem and just flails her arms in hopes of anything she does might work. We’ve had too much of that in our country and it’s killing us.
Now at the beginning of this piece I implied that if we are going to go to war, then we need to do it full tilt. I still feel that way. However, that doesn’t mean that I want to go to war. Especially with some back-water desert sheep herders who are of no more threat to me than the sheep they herd. Republicans have made an industry out of fear and that’s why their followers need so many guns to go to the bathroom. It’s a poor way to win an election.