Friday, February 3, 2012

That Other Endorsement

By Sniffles

Here's more proof that teabaggers are amateurs. We know they hate Willard Mitt Romney. They'd rather die than see him get the Republican nomination. So why are they so slow to back someone else?

Case in point: It's absurd that failed Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle waited until this week to endorse Rick "Don't Google My Name" Santorum.

Angle is supposed to be such a righteous anti-abortion warrior. And she allegedly has a large, grassroots teabag organization throughout the Silver State (except, of course, for Sin City). Since Santorum's candidacy is all about controlling women's reproductive destinies, and since Angle's network is just what he'd need to compete with Romney and Ron Paul, why did she wait?

An endorsement days before the Nevada caucus is great for her media clips, but not so terrific for her 2012 clown of choice.

Imagine if she had endorsed Santorum the day after he came in second — whoops, no, won — Iowa. If she had, he'd be in great shape now in Nevada. It also would have been nice PR boost for him before New Hampshire swallowed him up. And maybe she could have persuaded him to skip Florida (a waste of his time and money), and concentrate directly on Nevada instead. Oh, well, we'll never know, will we?

We cats don't understand this strange lack of intense focus from people like Angle, who are supposed to be such niche fanatics. Perhaps... perhaps they don't really believe the stuff they say they do. In which case, they should all go work for the Susan G. Komen foundation.

(IMAGE: Don't ask us. We have no idea.)

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