Channelling the Election Process

                                                       The Roar

This august syndicated band of thought police are at it again.  Most are routinely entrenched, spouting their particular party preferences.  Others, such as The Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson, are a bit more devious in that their playing card is the ace of adhering to the establishment’s bidding.  This prerequisite trumps party affiliation and is most noticeable during election seasons.

As the Republican slate appears set, with a Palin entry being the sole exception, Mr. Gerson has already limited his guest list to just Romney and Perry.  However, this writer remains unabashed as he proudly champions the middle of the road Romney verses the cowboy act of Perry.

To quote, “Perry is a perfect candidate for a time of tea party anger-say, around 2010.  But Romney has a better case in a time of economic fear-like the one we may be entering-when competence becomes a desperate political demand.”

I fail to follow his logic.  At this early stage, I find his narrowing and selecting one of two picks just a wee bit ambitious and ill timed.  Perry is a rookie with less than a month under his belt while Romney’s track record has already failed the test.  Still, Mr. Gerson saddles up and apparently intends to ride the “rode hard and hung up wet” Romney stead.  But worse of all, he expects his blather to produce a public following.

The dire need to elect the candidate who will remain loyal to our Nation’s desperate needs should bring pause to a columnist with such a respected background.  If anything, these intervening fourteen months provide for our necessary and detailed inspection.  Mr. Gerson’s devaluing of this analysis is both insulting and revealing.

Another flaw to his premise comes with his dismissal of the tea party as just an angry and spontaneous group from 2010.  His refutation of this continued political presence portrays a mindset which willfully ignores rather than accepts this changing political dynamic.  This reflects the elitism from a career bolstered by the establishment’s nod.

Mr. Gerson’s steps eagerly on thin ice as he applauds Romney with competence over his Texas rival.  This is absurd as Perry’s record in Texas runs roughshod over the debacle of “Romneycare.”  How can the economy of the two States compare, let alone favorably to Romney, when Texas is an economic magnet based upon its lack of a State income tax?

In the end, this columnist fails to recognize his contradictory stance.  His words may find deaf ears since a significant element to his readership may now comprise of what he and the establishment disdains.  The Tea Party is a public gathering of thought and Constitutional purpose.  It will not dismiss fourteen months of evaluations, especially when the chosen puppet is an establishment retread.

Jim Bowman
Author of,
This Roar Of Ours