* STRAW POLL!!! — two words that together mean excitement!
So Michelle Bachmann won the Iowa straw poll and spent her victory speech staring at everyone with her crazy eyes. And Ron Paul was a close second and stared at everyone with his even crazier eyes!
What is this stupid thing anyway? You have to pay to vote for your candidate or something? And it’s obviously barely any better than an internet poll if Ron Paul did really well in it.
Still, despite its apparent pointlessness, I guess it means something to some people because Tim Pawlenty came in third and has decided to drop out. That’s too bad, because he really was a serious candidate with a lot to… zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…
* Rick Perry jumped in the race Saturday. What we know about him is that Texas is leading in job growth, his state had a credit upgrade while he was governor, and while walking his dog he shot a coyote with a concealed handgun. Also, quite important for the primary, he’s not Romney. Being not Romney isn’t a deal breaker with Republicans, but it is helpful.
BTW, I really like Perry’s line: “I promise to make Washington inconsequential in your lives.” That’s about the best promise I’ve ever heard from a politician. He better not break it! ::shakes fist::
Intrade already has Perry as the front runner for the Republican primary, so you can expect the attacks from liberals to really begin in earnest against Perry. He has a Texan drawl, so they’ll probably call him stupid. And they’ll probably find some legislative idea that they can characterize as evil. So they’ll be screaming how he’s stupid and evil in no time. The only thing they won’t be able to do is make any sort of coherent argument against Perry being a much better president than Obama.
* Speaking of Obama, what’s that scamp up to? Oh he’s trying to create more jobs — this time for real! And he’s figured out what his problem is: He needed a new department. A Department of Jobs. What a genius! Why didn’t anyone else figure this out? All we needed to get jobs is some new government department. And the new department will totally depart stuff until there are jobs everywhere.
Here’s a good question for the next Obama press conference: “What’s a job?” I’m guessing Obama can’t even define the word.
* So are people impressed with Obama’s new flailing around to try and make jobs? No. His approval rating has now dropped below 40%. Who are the 39% who approve of Obama? Maybe they’re people who don’t like working. Or terrorists who want to see the country destroyed. Or they didn’t understand the question.
Anyway, apparently no president other than Harry Truman has had an approval rating this low this late in his presidency and been reelected. So the obvious next move for Obama: Nuke someone.
* Herman Cain has apparently been quoting the Pokemon movie in campaign speeches. Personally, I think that’s pretty cool. Maybe he should color more of his speeches with Pokemon quotes:
“Peace, liberty, justice… gotta catch ’em all!”
* So there is some sort of movement to get Bert and Ernie gay married. Anyone ever think about what this sort of stuff has done for homophobia? I mean, the message is that if you see any two men interact closely, then you’re supposed to assume they’re gay. Even if they’re puppets. And they want to throw kids in the middle of all this? I guess some will say they’re trying to prepare kids for the real world, but if that’s true, when does the Count get treated for OCD?
* Chicago is expanding a program to give people more places to dump their newborn babies without legal consequences. Well, it’s better than abortion, at least. Still, do these cities like Chicago ever wonder if their liberal ideas are somewhat to blame for the state they wind up in? I mean, they all have these big ideas to end poverty for good, but poverty only gets worse and we end up with, “So here’s where you can dump your baby.” So maybe liberal ideas are a bit to blame? No? Well, maybe you can admit they never give you the results you want? No? It’s because other people are to blame? Oh, it’s the Tea Party’s fault. That makes sense.
* Wisdom of the Day: “Hipsters prefer the ‘previously unreleased’ Kraken.” –Alex Baze
* Apparently Glenn Reynolds had his tenth blogiversary for Instapundit and I missed it. Well, a belated congratulations. I still remember his advice to me when I first asked about becoming a blogger. He said, “Just put the puppy inside, close the lid tight, hit ‘liquefy’, and then drink up the contents and the dark power of Satan will run through you, allowing you blogging success.” It was nice of him to give me advice when he was already so busy that day. The police never did find out what happened to those hobos.
