Optimist or pessimist?

A wag once said that an Optimist believes that we live in the best of times.  A Pessimist fears this is true.  So is Simon Grey and optimist or a pessimist?

It’s pretty simple:  politics is Jersey Shore for the middle class.  It’s all a mudslinging mess, complete with petty drama, asinine interviews, contrived situations, and lots of attempt at moral posturing by greasy slimebags.  The Republican debates are like the Real Housewives of New York:  lots of hissy fits and name-calling coupled with hilarious self-seriousness.  There’s so much manufactured drama in politics that it’s hard to see any meaningful differences between it and so-called reality TV.

Politics, like reality TV, serves as a way for all of us to get off on how smart and moral we all are.  We’d never go through three wives like Newt Gingrich.  We’d never talk crazy like good ol’ Ron Paul (seriously, who cares about The Fed?).  We’d never be a weirdo homeschooling Catholic freak like Rick “Santorum” Santorum.  We’d never be a sniveling beta Mormon like Mitt Romney.  And all our policies would work perfectly from day one.

Well, actually my policies would work perfectly from Day One because my policies would be "Every Department's budget is reduced by 20%.  Headcount is reduced by 20%.  TSA is reduced by 100%."  But his point is a good one.

Got to set up a TiVO Season Pass for "The Real Politicians of the GOP" ...