More disgusting possibilities

Paul Burka of Texas Monthly makes a case for the possibility that Rick Perry will run for president in 2012. Let me put it this way: if Obama's presidency fails so miserably that Perry is able to even get near the White House, I'll be as discouraged about America and the Democrats as I've ever been. I can easily see Perry winning the GOP nomination, considering the level to which the party has fallen. Whether he could win the EC is another matter --- but I've learned the hard way that about 60 percent of the time, American voters will do the dumbest things.

I keep thinking that all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding, the lunatics are still a minority in this country, somewhere around thirty percent, and definitely no more than forty. I hope that's not just wishful thinking.