By announcing he won\u2019t run<\/a>. \u00a0Not that the GOP has much hope. The propaganda ministry has already anointed Hillary as the first woman president. \u00a0Unless she herself doesn\u2019t run, she\u2019ll be it. \u00a0The liberal democrats will have no problem forgetting about decades of making old age a detriment to qualified candidates, or looking forward not behind as an essential part of any credible campaign. \u00a0The GOP, being whatever it has become, is lining up some pretty strange candidates, or the usual ones, with FOX and other outlets cheering on the ones least likely to win. \u00a0Mike Huckabee would be awesome, but our society is too prejudice against traditional Christianity to allow such an outwardly religious person to win, so nice thought as it is, it\u2019s not realistic. <\/p>\nUnless Hillary doesn\u2019t run, or some big stinking scandal happens, my guess is we\u2019ll have four more years of liberal Democrats at the helm. \u00a0Not that eight years of a marginally moderate conservative under Bush did any good. \u00a0Fact is, it\u2019s been decades since a quality leader has been in the White House, and it shows just how important good executive leadership is for a country, and in more ways than just economical or even international policy. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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