The Voice of Treason

Taking roll again…

Writing by treason on Saturday, 27 of January , 2007 at 8:43 am

Some additional paperwork has been filed since the last update, but there’s no “big” news, really. However, I’m forced to consolidate many of my categories because the landscape has shifted again. Originally I’d put John F. Kerry in the “Jumpers” category - after his botched joke about our military - but when he insisted it was actually a botched joke about our Commander-in-Chief and still intended to run, I created a special place for him entitled: “They call the windsurfer ‘Pariah.’” I said Dennis Kucinich would run long before he said it, and he had a category to himself, too: “In the pinko.” John Edwards has been in a category that requires no explanation: “Hasn’t stopped running.” Today several of those “special” categories will go away, and their occupants will move into others. They - the categories - will be missed.

The D-List:

Running:
1. Tom Vilsack
2. Joe Biden
3. Barack “Barama” Obama
4. Chris Dodd
5. John Edwards
6. Hillary (and Bill)
7. Bill Richardson
8. Dennis Kucinich

Starting to make noise:
9. Wesley Clark

Waiting to hear something:
10. Algore

Possible add-ons:
11. Howard Dean
12. Nancy “Mee-Mee” Pelosi
13. The Reverend Sharpton

Jumpers:
1. Mark Warner
2. Russ Feingold
3. Tom Daschle
4. Evan Bayh
5. John F. Kerry

The R-List:

Running:
1. Duncan Hunter
2. John McCain
3. Rudy Giuliani
4. Tommy Thompson
5. Mitt Romney
6. Sam Brownback
7. Tom Tancredo

Waiting to pounce:
8. Newt Gingrich

Running whether we like it or not:
9. George Pataki

There’s been talk, but which party?:
10. Michael Bloomberg

And speculation:
11. Chuck Hagel
12. Mike Huckabee

Please…not now and not another so soon:
13. George Allen

Since everyone else is, I might as well do it, too:
14. Jim Gilmore

In the same boat, but not necessarily the Titanic:
15. Jeb Bush
16. Condi Rice

Won’t run if nominated, won’t serve if elected:
1. Richard B. Cheney

Jumpers:
2. Bill Frist
3. Frank Keating

Is it safe to say that Pawlenty isn’t in the race? Or is he just holding out for a shared ticket with McCain? Is there anyone out there who isn’t running? These lists, frankly, are much too long and need to be pruned. On the one hand it’s wonderful that so many candidates are hoppin’ on the presidential bandwagon, but it’s also a waste of time and money for some of these people to even consider that they have a chance. Yeah, yeah, I know that anything can happen, but you can take a glance at these lists and know who’s just taking up space. Are they just holding out for something else? I hope so, because it’s too frightening a thought to believe that some of these contenders really think they have a shot. Our political system is turning into American Idol. And that gives me the heebie-jeebies.

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