Cheat To Win

There is a parallel between Galileo and the debate over climate change, but it’s not the one Perry intended to make. Galileo’s groundbreaking scientific findings were not “outvoted” by other scientists, but by the clergy and the Vatican, who based their astronomical theories on the rigorous scientific tome known as the Bible. What the Galileo example really demonstrates is that ideology has been used as a weapon and shield against actual empirical evidence for hundreds of years. And it continues to this day, courtesy of political leaders like Pope Perry.

NY Mag is basically the best thing to ever happen to me.  Let’s just keep our fingers crossed that Perry continues to make these gaffes and is eventually relegated to a footnote in the event known as the 2012 Presidential Race.

* Jon Huntsman: After a nonexistent performance in the August Iowa debate, the former Utah governor was much more part of the conversation this time around — delivering jabs to Romney and Perry as he tried to contrast his record in the Beehive State with theirs. Huntsman also looked like he belonged on the stage tonight — a major change from his August showing. His biggest problem remains that his tonal approach to the race — sensible moderation — still doesn’t seem to fit the Republican primary electorate. But, for tonight, Huntsman did himself proud.

Taken from a Winners and Losers article in the Washington Post, this blurb doesn’t even begin to describe the appeal of Huntsman.  Not only does he buck the current GOP trend by refusing to dabble in sensationalism, he’s practical, erudite, and thoughtful in his responses.  

That said, we live in America - so that insufferably sophomoric Perry is leading in polls.