2016 March 10^th

Last night I watched a bit of Chuck Todd’s interview with Senator Rubio. It is not surprising that Rubio has political problems; he said that he regretted commenting on Donald Trump’s private parts. Now he tells us! Then he said that as President he would cancel President Obama’s entire rapprochement with Cuba. This was because Cuba still had a repressive government and our new more lenient attitude toward Cuba has yielded nothing in return. I wonder what Senator Rubio would have made of President Nixon and Secretary Kissinger going to Communist China in 1972. After that visit China was as repressive as ever toward their own people; nothing changed there either. Was that a waste? Of course our hostility to China was then only 22 years old; our hostility to Cuba has lasted 50 years and Rubio thinks that it has so far accomplished… what?

“Morning Joe” this was sad today. Poor Joe was really distraught over his party’s candidates for the Presidency. He was unhappy with all of them; OK, but where has he been? Did they suddenly change? Then he went on at some length (it was Joe after all) about the number of great Republican Governors, all with administrative ability, who would have been good candidates. He was also most upset over Donald Trump’s recent announcement that “all Moslems hate us.” Joe pointed out that many Moslem soldiers have been killed fighting for this country and how can you say, knowing that, that all Moslems hate us? (Of course this was just another Trump trick to grab headlines.)

The next guest was the Governor of Florida, Rick Scott. The Governor was asked if he was endorsing anyone and he answered that he thought it was best to allow the voters to decide the issue. Of course the voters would do that regardless of his endorsement. Scott is a politician so his non-answer was expected.  Then Joe very specifically asked him if he believed that all Moslems hated America. Scott replied that Florida was a melting pot and that they had a variety of people there. It was obvious that Scott had not answered his question and to his great credit Joe wasn’t going to let this Republican Governor off the hook, so he asked Scott again and again he got the same evasive answer. Then Mika chimed in and said something about one more chance; the same question got the same evasive answer and Scott was off the program. This is the same guy who is fighting global warming and climate change by prohibiting any mention of global warming or climate change in any official Florida communications. Wouldn’t that Republican Governor have made a fine Presidential candidate?

Finally Joe brings in Carly Fiorina who has dropped out of the Presidential race but still seeks a stage of some sort. She is asked who she endorses and immediately says Senator Ted Cruz because he is just so honest. This is the same Ted Cruz who produced a photo shopped picture of Senator Rubio shaking hands with President Obama.  Problem was they were shaking with their left hands. The Honest Ted’s supporter Congressman King of Iowa spread the rumor that Dr. Carson was dropping out of the race and that all of his voters should now support Senator Cruz. Cruz eventually apologized to Carson for that lie; so much for good old honest Ted. Then Fiorina, as I have pointed out before, stiffed her staff after her failed Senate contest with Barbara Boxer. She failed to pay some of them for several years after that election was over. Honesty is just everywhere among these politicians.