Actually, I won’t be, because I live in the District of Columbia, which always votes Democratic, giving me the luxury of voting my conscience. But if I were living in a swing state, I’d be pulling that lever for Hillary and pulling it hard, just the way she likes it. Because Hillary, bless her heartless ass, is sane, and the Republicans are not.
Want to know how Republicans talk when they think no one is listening? William Saletan, a braver man than I, went down to a Republican bloodfest in South Carolina to hear the candidates speak, and lived to tell about it. Among the hottest applause lines:
Donald Trump on immigration: “I would build the greatest wall you have ever seen. The greatest. You know who’s gonna pay for the wall? Mexico.”
Rick Santorum on the Islamic peril: “If these folks want to bring back a seventh-century version of Islam, then my recommendation is, let’s load our bombers up and bomb them back to the seventh century.”
Now, neither Rick nor Donald is going to win the nomination. The eventual nominee will (probably) be at least half-sane. But that’s only because the insane vote will be split a dozen ways.
Afterwards
Republicans find it hard to go totally insane when selecting a nominee, because Republicans in the evil blue states like New York and California, who count for nothing in Congress, still get to throw their weight around come convention time. It’s so unfair!
