Compromises
December 26th, 2007This is good.
In a recent New York Times article, Ann Romney, wife of GOP presidential hopeful Mitt, revealed that one of her husband’s main motivations for seeking the White House is to rectify his father George Romney’s sudden collapse in the 1968 Republican primary. Perhaps not the best tidbit to blurt out in a campaign after the past seven years under an unpopular president with daddy issues.
Mitt Romney isn’t the only candidate who harbors a dark, deep-seated motive for wanting the presidency. What drives some of the other men who would be leader of the free world?
Dennis Kucinich: No more humiliating measurements when waiting on line to ride the Cyclone.
Fred Thompson: What better way to fulfill a life-long dream of napping in all 132 rooms of the White House while your young wife shops for shoes in foreign capitals?
Ron Paul: Free market? Free love is more like it.
Bill Richardson: Did you know the White House chef will, at any hour of the day, make the president a dish of gravy-soaked beef quesadillas and rub the Commander in Chief’s belly as he eats them? It’s true.
John McCain: Let’s just say if he starts moving up in the polls it’s time to sell that rice stand in Hanoi.
John Edwards: Obsessive compulsive disorder.
Mike Huckabee: Jesus told him to. Obviously.
Barack Obama: Racial confusion stemming from not getting the comedy of Tyler Perry.
There are two “compromises” I’d like to briefly touch on today. Bush traded Iraq War funding for earmark money with the Democratic Congress. I know everybody else will be infuriated by such a move, because it’s “the worst of both worlds!” but I think it’s a good thing. We can continue to work in Iraq (the last year has been “good” in Iraq), the Congress is working with the President in line with tradition and local projects are funded. Could be worse — we could have everybody fighting and hard feelings all around heading into the next year which could be crucial in Iraq and will be critical, politically.
The NFL, and here is the “other” compromise, has agreed to televise the Patriots game on Saturday. New England, home of the Celtics and the Red Sox and the Patriots, just keeps winning. A few years too late for John Kerry! (Hat tip to him, though, for being an advocate on this issue.)