Trump Up the Volume

Television irritant and serial marrier of smoking hot Slavic women Donald Trump has decided to join insanely hypocritical billionaire and Chicago Cubs owner Joe Ricketts for a ride on the crazy train.  They are suggesting that Mitt Romney take off the gloves and come out swinging.  The hard hitting ad campaign that they propose is, believe it or not, the Reverend Wright stuff.

Donald Trump with current wife Melania

There are a couple of reasons why this would not be a good idea for the Republicans, and I give them this free campaign advice in the absolute certainty that they will not heed it.

First, I think everybody in America has heard plenty about the Reverend Wright.  The “God Damn America” clip, which you know perfectly well is all they’ve got, is the most overplayed piece of audio since “The Macarena.”  Maybe since “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.”  Do Republicans seriously think that a few million more repetitions is going to change anybody’s mind?

Of course, they’ve got the spondoolicks to absolutely run that ad into the ground, but I think at some point it will become counterproductive.  Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina, and whatever that wrestling lady’s name is have proved that just spending a massive amount is not necessarily enough.  The candidate’s got to have something more, even a little bit more, and Romney doesn’t.

But mostly I think it’s a bad idea because it opens a door the Republicans really don’t want to go through.  If they bring up Reverend Wright, we start raising questions about Mormonism.  Who did Mitt baptize, post mortem?  Was he for or against allowing blacks into the priesthood?  Does he really think he’s going to get a planet to rule over as a god in the afterlife?

Actually, things might get interesting.  Bring it on, guys!