The Trashing of the Republican Primary

We are about 6 weeks away from the Iowa Caucus, the kickoff to the 2012 Presidential race, and I keep coming back to the same question...What the hell has happened to the Grand Ole Party? Lincoln and Roosevelt can be seen shaking their storied heads from Mt. Rushmore. Eisenhower and Reagan are furiously tossing and turning in their graves. Americans, regardless of affiliation, are watching this freak show unfold in horror, wondering when it will end, and if a legitimate candidate, worthy of our highest office, will emerge from this trash heap.

Of the contenders who are registering at all in the Polls, and who have appeared in debates, there is but one who is worthy of consideration. His name is Jon Huntsman and it's my sincere hope that somehow, some way, the former Governor of Utah and Ambassador to China catches fire, because all the rest are sheer embarrassments and worse.

The choices range from Rick Santorum, pining to turn this country into the United Theocracy of America, to Michele Bachmann, a habitual liar, to Ron Paul, an almost octogenarian who would dismantle every Federal agency and program, to Rick Perry, who defines stupidity, to Herman Cain, who is using the campaign trail to book speaking engagements and sell books, to Newt Gingrich, the smug, thrice married, ethically challenged, former Speaker of the House, to Mitt Romney, a man who has no truths, principles or core beliefs.

A dumpster is no place to look for American Exceptionalism. Republicans, the hour is urgent! Clean this mess up!