The Case for Kay Bailey Hutchison

Normally I don't like to delve into Republican politics because I'm convinced that the vast majority of Republican elected officials are either lunatics or at the very least, pander to constituents who are lunatics, but I'm afraid I cannot stay out of this one.

And which "one" am I talking about? I'm speaking of course about this year's Texas gubernatorial race. Now I have never been one to advocate the changing of party affiliation just to vote for the particular candidate of the opposing party whom you would rather your candidate run against (as many Republicans reportedly did in 2008 in order to aid Hillary Clinton and prevent Barack Obama from winning the primary), and in reality, this is not what I'm advocating here. What I am advocating is having people switch affiliations so that they can ensure that the Republican Party nominates a candidate who is actually sane.

Admittedly, I know little about Debra Medina, and so I'll leave her out of the discussion. But of the other three announced Republican candidates, there is one who I am pretty sure is sane (Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison), there is one who might be insane, but who also might be acting insane because he believes that there is a sizeable part of his base who is insane (Governor Rick Perry), and then there is one who is without a doubt batshit crazy (Larry Kilgore). Obviously there would be virtually no chance at all that I would vote for a Republican in the general election (I am still waiting for the second coming of Earl Warren to entice me to vote for a Republican in a general election), but since trends indicate that a Republican will almost assuredly win this race for the governor, we cannot take the chance of having a crazy person voted into office.

Now Rick Perry started all of the crazy talk a few months back with all of his Teabagging Party talk of secession this, secession that. Now, back then it seemed to me like Perry likely didn't really believe in secession, or at least would not actually try it. I thought that he was more acting upon the realization that many of his constituents were foolish enough to believe that secession somehow could a good idea. I didn't think that Perry was that stupid or that insane; I just believed that he believed that many of his constituents were that stupid and that insane. Now, don't take this to mean that I don't believe that Perry is fool, because I certainly do. But I don't think he is that much of a fool.

On the other hand, you have Larry Kilgore. He is a fool and is batshit crazy. There is absolutely no help for him. I could try to explain, but I'll allow this video to speak for itself. Just absolutely stunning.

And so there it is. I am sorely tempted to vote in the Republican primary to do my part to prevent either the potential lunatic Rick Perry or the certain lunatic Larry Kilgore from winning this primary. But it will certainly be a tough decision as I am extremely hesitant to ruin my spotless record of not voting for this party of insanity.