That's Entertainment

I enjoy the Republican presidential primaries.  You have about twenty absolute lunatics, who (one would hope) have absolutely no chance of getting elected.  Ted Cruz: conspiracy theorist, lawyer, Canadian (you'd think the last two would disqualify him in the eyes of conservatives...)  Mike Huckabee: religious zealot, general nutball.  Mitt Romney just backed out, which is probably smart: he lost the last time, and thinks half the country (including many of his supporters) just want a handout from the government.  He's so endearing...  And so decisive: if entering and leaving the race in three weeks isn't a flip-flop I don't know what is.   And there are many more even crazier ones, and only a few who are semi-rational.

If most people knew what these people actually think, say, and do, they would not want them as president.  And the primaries give us a chance to hear them, and hear about them.  It's fun to watch them attack each other.  So many unsavory things come out about each one.

The problem, of course, is that one of these people will be the Republican nominee, which means they have a shot at the presidency.  Can you imagine a Republican president, any of these freaks, with the current Republican Congress?  They would ruin the country.  Gleefully, and with malice aforethought.

It's entertaining to watch this spectacle in the meantime, and see them tear each other apart.  All the wackiness and lies...  And you know, between that and Congress being crazy at the same time it will show the country (or at least those of us who are still awake) just how bonkers they are.