Aristotle said that Man by nature is a political animal. When he said “animal”, he wasn’t referring to the kind of animal that one might find in a petting zoo. Political animals are more like the carnivores that one might encounter during an African safari. When dealing with one, it is a good idea to be armed with an elephant gun and plenty of ammunition.
Speaking of elephants, some folks are describing the current GOP presidential field as a clown car full of clowns. That description doesn’t work, because there are too many GOP contenders for even a clown car. A better description would be that the GOP presidential field is a deck of cards containing a couple of jokers, with Donald Trump being one of the jokers.
The Democratic presidential field is having its own growth spurts. To paraphrase a line from the movie The Princess Diaries, Hillary shouldn’t get herself measured for a tiara just yet. If she doesn’t get trapped in the Webb of one of her primary opponents, then she could easily get trapped in a web that she wove herself.
Hillary has become the Democrat version of Romney in 2012, in that Democrats aren’t thrilled about her, but they might hold their noses and vote for her in the primaries because they don’t like any of the alternatives. One such alternative, Bernie Sanders, has surprised some political observers by raising a significantly-large amount of cash in a relatively short time. Sanders might not become his party’s nominee, but with the cash that he is raising, a weekend at Bernie’s ought to be exciting.
Anyway, it is way too early to place bets on this presidential horse race. With any luck, maybe some of the entries will be put out to pasture. Trump already has a standing reservation waiting for him at the glue factory.
Personal Note: The author of the above post is not a member of any political party.
Feature Image: “The County Election” by George Caleb Bingham (1846)
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