The Ronald Reagan Library opened their doors to CNN to host the recent debates with the eleven candidates vying for recognition by their party for the GOP nomination. My stomach was growling so I missed seeing Christie, Kasich, Fiorina, Walker, Bush, Trump, Carson, Cruz, Rubio, Huckabee, and Paul file in and line up in front of Air Force One. Some guy from CNN, who I have never seen before, asked the candidates to introduce themselves.
Settling into the couch with a bowl of mashed potatoes and Swedish meatballs warmed up from the night before, I listened to each candidate explain why they entered the race for the Oval office. The only person who I could remember saying anything notable was Dr. Ben Carson. He said that he was concerned about what kind of future our children would have in this country. I couldn't help noticing Carson had the warmest smile of all them all. His deliberated answers while a bit archaic for Americans made sense.
I didn't care much for Carly Fiorina and agreed with Trump about her visage. She seemed like a sourpuss and lacked a vibrancy that Hillary Clinton emanates naturally. I just wanted to not only boo her, but Kasich, Christie, and Walker. They just talked way too much. I know somewhere in Shakespeare's plays he warns about people who yammer on and on.
Marco Rubio reminded me of the kind of guy who had his wife put his white shirts on white hangers and blue shirts on blue hangers. The intensity of a Cuban dictator leaped out of his eyes from time to time, which took me off guard. Besides, he wanted to grant amnesty to illegals and I'm certain he would bring us all closer to tattooing 666 on our hands and foreheads.
Then there was Ted Cruz. Wow, what a smart guy, humble, and tough as nails on foreign policy. Often Cruz had a look in his eyes like he couldn't quite jump into a jumping rope that was spinning a hundred miles an hour. All in all, Cruz would be great President.
My thoughts are dwindling towards Trump. He's a hard-core propagandist. Uses all their strategies (and some he may have created himself as he certainly has the money to do so): bandwagoning, glittering generalities, transferring, name-calling (his favorite) - just to name a few. I kept thinking how much better he would look if he wore a light blue tie or a lavender one. The red tie looks awful on him. He has sort of a growling snaggle-puss look to him.
Jeb Bush is adorable. He doesn't seem to be anything like his family other than sharing the same name. He speaks two languages, has an excellent track record in economics, considerate, at ease in a leadership role. He radiated kindness and loyalty to his family. If a person is loyal to his folks, he will be loyal to his country.
Then there is Rand Paul. He can't hide what a difficult person he is to be around. He just looks like he's kersnuffled by ignorance. Rightly so as most Americans are ill-informed, unaware and easily manipulated. Smart minds like Paul's can't stand that. I feel for him. He made the most sense. Everyone turned to him or Huckabee for understanding of the Constitution. There is something to be said about Paul's prowess on State rights. I think that Paul was right about Iraq too. The US went in there and killed Hussein, the warden of a dog pound keeping vicious terrorists under lock and key. Right now, there isn't anyone like Hussein who can get them back in the cage.
Lastly, friendly, jolly, articulate Huckabee. A former governor who understands the amazing amount of judicial tyranny that has been taking place and rendering our rights. I'm not sure that Huckabee will last though.
I sure hope that they take some ideas from Miss USA and Miss America by narrowing the field of candidates to five or six and get into some deeper conversations. I'd like them to talk about how they plan on helping college student's finance their education, get jobs afterwards, repair the infrastructure that keeps us all connected. I think these are the issues that press hard on our young people and will make the difference in their getting elected.
