Three Republican candidates

1.  Goodbye Mike Huckabee--now go away

In 2008 Mike Huckabee was something of a breath of fresh air among the Republican candidates.  Unlike another Governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton, who was willing to permit the execution of a mentally retarded prisoner to show he was tough on crime, Huckabee was humane in his policy toward prisoners.  In fact, one of his parolees later committed murder, which Huckabee’s opponents used against him.

He advocated a humane policy toward exploited foreign workers, and he really seemed to take his Christian beliefs seriously.  He had a skeletal campaign organization and he raised money on the fly.

Then he went to the dark side, hired on as a commentator on Fox “News,” advocating Tea Party-type policies, and becoming indistinguishable from the Republican pack. He may have dropped out of the race because his conscience was bothering him.  It should have.

2.  Donald Trump, the Fragrance.  

I was reading an old issue of Maxim today and came across an ad for “Donald Trump The Fragrance,” a new fragrance for men.  Trump is standing with a very pretty woman in a very low cut dress.  (It’s in the December 2004 issue.)  I wonder what that fragrance smells like.  It certainly isn’t victory.

3.  Rickie Santorum criticizes McCain

Today Rickie Santorum defended waterboarding, claimed it led to the capture of Bin Laden, and went on to say that John McCain, who spent five and a half years in a North Vietnamese prison, knew nothing about torture.  

At this point I would enthusiastically support any Republican candidate over Santorum, including Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachman, or Karl the Frog Boy.