REALITY- It's that time again, no not time to blow as much cash as possible on a Halloween costume that will fall apart the next day, It's Election time.
Lots of people seem to think that Election time only comes once every four years like the cast of Fox&Friends. In fact Major American Elections happen nearly all the time.
So often in fact that if you lose one election you can just keep on campaigning until the next one.
Theoretically one could just continuously campaign for one major political office after another until the persistent candidate finally wins one.
If one were so inclined.
George Carlin once mused ironically that unsuccessful Miss America Pageant contestants should have to keep coming back until they win.
"I just want to work on world peace... Fine sit down before you fall down."
Is this what Sarah Palin is doing? In case no one else has noticed, Sarah Palin has not stopped campaigning since before she was elected to govern The Great State of Alaska.
A job that she left early to campaign for The 2008 Republican Presidential Ticket, when John McCain's sputtering presidential campaign called on Palin to provide a 'hot poll numbers injection'.
Another job that she left early, this time to campaign for The Republican Party's 2012 Presidential nomination. The move was made when she realized that the next President of The United States was to be President Barack Obama, not John McCain.
And Sarah Palin is still out there, still on the campaign trail.
In 30 or 40 years will Sarah Palin still be campaigning for herself, or for someone she owes money to, to be elected President or to Congress?
Speaking of The United States Congress, on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, The United States will hold The 2010 Mid-Term Elections.
These House and Senate Races will determine the membership of the 112th Congress of The United States of America.
This time in honor of Halloween, The 2010 Elections are also a Costume Ball.
That is to say a bit more of one than usual.
The Democrats are actually going out as Democrats this year. A stark contrast from the costumes that they wore throughout The George W. Bush Administration.
And The Republican Party has really gone all out this Halloween, even I have to hand it to them on this one. The Republican Party has actually gone so far as to try to dress themselves up as an entirely new political party.
The Republican Party has been masquerading as the Tea Party in a desperate attempt to re-brand themselves in the wake of the worst president in U.S. history.
George W. Bush, a Republican.
In an effort to attract those, dreaded but needed, undecided "Swing Voters" The Republicans are actually trying to alter the title of their Grand Old Party.
Again.
Don't be fooled, The Tea Party Is The Republican Party.
Keeping in mind of course that only the name of this party is changing. They have apparently decided to keep all the positions and policies that W. and Co. held so dear. Like tax cuts for the wealthy, whites-only lunch counters, and no healthcare for those with pre-existing conditions.
George W. Bush's presidency was so awful, so previously unimaginably bad, that he ruined the brand names "G.O.P". and "Republican Party"
In any case a rose by any other name is still a rose, even if it's still on the Bush.
And As Always,
Happy Halloween Everybody
