They had another one of those Republican “debates” last night. If they were doing this as an American Idol/Survivor/Big Brother formatted thing, where one person got voted off each week, it might be better. As it is, it is becoming tiresome.
Who the Republicans Really Want for President
Nobody made any bold new policy statements and everybody picked on Rick Perry because he once did something that was halfway humanitarian, even though he only did so after receiving campaign contributions from the pharmaceutical company, Merck. What I thought was the funniest line of the night came when he was defending himself over that, to Michele Bachmann. “If you think I can be bought for only $5,000, I’m offended.” He was careful not to say he couldn’t be bought. Just that it would take a bit more than a measly five grand. Ten, maybe.
But the scariest, truly most horrific statement of the evening came from the audience. When Ron Paul was asked about a hypothetical case where a person is in hospital without health insurance, he said, essentially, they should have had health insurance. When Wolf Bagger Blitzer asked him if that meant they should be allowed to die, a couple of people in the audience shouted out “Yeah!” and many others applauded.
To his credit, Paul gave a somewhat more nuanced reply, mentioning churches and charities and stuff. Ron Paul is not a moron. He may not even be a bad person. But a lot of his supporters are nasty and vicious and think with the reptilian part of their brain.
This is the second debate in a row where the loudest applause came from the mention of death. When Brian Williams mentioned, in the last debate, that Rick Perry had executed 234 people, the crowd went wild. They love that kind of shit.
I think I know why. I haven’t done a survey or anything, but I would be willing to bet money that most Teabaggers’ favorite films are action adventure films. They like Chuck Norris, Sylvester Stallone, Nick Cage, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charles Bronson, Bruce Willis, Clint Eastwood and so on. No matter how complex the plot (did you ever see Face Off? Pretty exciting stuff, but don’t watch it if you’re in the mood to think, even for a second), it gets resolved when the hero beats the shit out of the villain. Along the way, there are plenty of gun battles and explosions and minor characters die by the dozens.
I think the Teabaggers have seen too many of these films and they’ve got them confused with real life. The more people who die, the better, because that brings us closer to a happy ending.
Why do I think Teabaggers get confused between movies and real life? Because they are stupid. That’s why.
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