To make your silly season complete: Rick Santorum

Holy mackerel! Polls are showing a lead for GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum over Mitt Romney. What was it the Mayans said about 2012?

Santorum is really the cure for what ails the Republicans. The GOP expresses in the language of silly and Santorum is about as silly as a jackass wearing a sweater vest. Wait! That is Santorum wearing the sweater vest. Odd wardrobe choice, dude.

It’s not just that Santorum is an over-the-top theocrat, or that he practices politico-religious hypocrisy to the pinnacle. He is also just, well, strange. Watching Santorum is like looking at a man who feels uncomfortable with himself until he is set up to do what he was trained for over and over. Whatever that is beats me. He has communication skills or he wouldn’t have come this far but it seems he is worried every step he makes on the way to the podium is paved with elephant dung.

The trouble I see with Santorum is that he appears as a man poised between two cliffs. One is mountain of corporate corruption and political treachery, and the other is sanctimony and bigotry. But other than that, said Mrs. Lincoln, the play was just fine.

On the bright side, Santorium would make a great vice presidential candidate in the mold of Dan Quayle. Can you spell p-o-t-a-t-o? Santorum and Quayle could have been joined at the hip although a freak show would not be a lock-in to get the Republican elected president either.

The Democrats would definitely be handed a gift-wrapped early Christmas present if the President faced Santorum in the General. I just can’t see how Santorum could make it by the Democratic voter even with a strong GOP vice presidential candidate. But, never say never. The American electorate have made some goofy choices over the history of our nation. Why I am sure most of you remember Gee Dubya Bush don’t ya’ll?

This has been a pre-to-early primary season for the fortune of GOP candidates shooting up and down the political pike. It’s not over yet. We have a number of primaries to go, plus the General Election. We shall see a season of intrigue everywhere with Republicans finding an illegal alien with a fake ID card under every voting booth. Stay tuned for the silliest season yet!