The Pendragon's Hall

The Republican candidates are a lackluster group and the Pendragon is growing increasingly despondent. Were it not for the candidacy of Mitt Romney, I would be longingly eying the Democrats. At least they have a reason for what they say. We know they all hate Bush--we've known that from the beginning, irrespective of what Bush actually has done in office. But the Republicans! They are something else. Mike Huckabee destroyed any chance the waffling Pendragon would support his candidacy when he took Bush to task for Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. For the last time, Bush does not control the weather and has very limited control over federal agencies designed to respond in an emergency. The governor of Mississippi told the nation in the immediate aftermath of the storm that when it came ashore there was no way of knowing how hard it would hit. The Pendragon agrees with Romney that Bush's plan for illegal immigration, now snagged in the Senate by procedural vote (it is deliciously ironic that the new pet of Senate Democrats is being held up by its failure to achieve closure), is faulty and deserves criticism. There are certainly things that Bush has done that could merit criticism from his own party--not reining in government spending for example. But they chose to criticize him on the Iraq War and a hurricane! Gingrich, again demonstrating what an ass he is, says Republicans need to distance themselves from Bush to win in 2008. All due respect, Newt, but that didn't work too well for Al Gore in 2000. People look at a candidate trying to distance himself from his own party's former standard-bearer and think he is not a loyal party member. It splits things. Of course, the good thing is that Giuliani has been hewing as close as possible to the Bush Doctrine so if recent history doesn't repeat itself and Gingrich is proven right, it'll be goodnight, Rudolph. I don't know. The Pendragon is dangerously close to endorsing John Edwards.