Republican Candidates a Scary Bunch

Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, and Rick Perry

Claiming that social security constitutes nothing more than a "Ponzi scheme", Texas Governor Rick Perry displays his ignorance of the term and his understanding of social security. Add that statement to his disbelief in evolution and his stand on abortion, which would limit it to rape, incest, and if an expectant mother's life would be threatened reveals a man with a limited scope. He seems to think that pandering to Tea Party demands will will him a term in the White House. Ham on Wry questions a governor who remains on the campaign trail rather than returning to Texas during the wildfire crisis.  Twenty-seven and two-tenths of Texas residents have no health care, over ten percent higher than the national average.  If this is what the Tea Party considers a prime candidate to lead the nation, I shudder at the thought of the consequences if he's elected.

Michele Bachmann called social security "a fraud" and would ban abortion if she had the power.  Her limited views include skepticism about global warming, which almost all scientists now concur is happening, her push to include the teaching of "creationism" alongside evolution in public school science, and her view that the minimum wage should be abolished and would thus eliminate unemployment indicate that she has no business running for president.  The Tea Party certainly knows how to pick 'em!

This post could wax on about other Republican candidates, but readers will understand the gist of why Ham on Wry labels them a scary bunch.  Perry and Bachmann bring forth visions of disaster for this country.  I end this blog in the same way that I concluded my post on 9/11 yesterday, with the Preamble to the United States Constitution.  It states, "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."(as originally written) Keep this in mind, fellow citizens, if you ever doubt what common goals our ancestors deemed important to our country and vote for candidates that hold these notions dear.  This country needs leaders who demonstrate intellectual curiosity and understand that the United States must exist in a diverse world.  Perry and Bachmann don't fit that description.