Thursday, January 19, 2012

Tacky, tacky, tacky

Tonight, ABC plans to air an interveiw with Newt Gingrich's 2nd (out of 3) wife. Apparently, she says that as their marriage was disintegrating, that Newt suggested an open marriage where he could have a mistress, and he knew just the person for the job, his now 3rd wife, Calista.

On the Mitt Romney front, while he's trying to defend his effectice tax rate of 15%, it comes out (also from ABC,) that he has millions stashed in The Cayman Islands, a well known tax evaders haven. They can't say (yet) that he was actually cheating, and Romney claims that he wasn't. But there is no doubt that the location of these funds, part of Bain Capital, is due to Caymans's status as a tax dodge, at least for those Bain investors who do wish to cheat. So at best, he is subordinating tax evasion for others.

Just a couple of observations: Along with Herman Cain's bimbo eruptions, I have to ask, did any of these guys consider this stuff before they threw their hats into the ring? Newt's Ex is pissed, and seemingly of a mind to say, "If I can't be first lady, then neither can Calista." Did Newt have any idea how she felt? How could he not know she was that bent out of shape? Did Herman Cain think none of them were going to say anything? Did Mitt Romney ever consider that he would be forced to reveal his tax returns? Because I don't think he can avoid it now, not after they play a clip of him demanding that Ted Kennedy release his returns when Mitt ran for Kennedy's senate seat.

The other thing is, are there going to be any Republicans standing at the convention other than Rick Santorum and Ron Paul? Will one of the "darlings" like Chris Christie, or Paul Ryan be convinced to step up, and step over the dead bodies littering the path to the White House?

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