Ever since Rick Santorum dropped out of the race, I’ve had this weird idea floating around my head the last few days, somewhere in between subconscious and conscious thought, that given how little we know about everything else in government and politics these days, I wonder if the guy who is looking like he’s going to win will bribe with money the other ones whose supporters’ votes they need in order to secure their “endorsement.” The only problem, I thought, is these people are so high-profile, especially during election season, that how could they ever coordinate it? What would be the “reason”? With the total lack of privacy in telecommunications, a phone call would be impossible, even encrypted VoIP, as the other guy could be recording it. No, the only solution would a face-to-face meeting. Then this came out, and my jaw dropped at the timing:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640
Maybe there are people who are like “well, obviously he’s going to bribe him,” but to me this is a shock. Think about it… these are people with no principles whatsoever, whose public opinions change like the wind based on surveys.
The sheeple will stay with Santorum (in “their” opinion that Romney “might not be the best candidate”), unless directed otherwise. It would simply be one sheepherder selling his sheeple to another sheepherder, for the right price, and especially someone like Romney, especially as rich as he is, would no doubt fork over the “market” price for presidential endorsement bribes, whatever that is. I mean this guy has probably been playing with Secret Service dolls since he was 5. He probably dressed up as President for Halloween.
It almost seems to me like all the anti-Romney rhetoric is just making Santorum’s asking price for his public endorsement go up. Maybe this is obvious to some who have been reading about politics for a long time, but my prediction is that the meeting described will result in an Academy Award-worthy endorsement from Santorum, because I think Romney will have paid Santorum millions of dollars for it. And, other than flip-flopping, hiding money transfers is probably Romney’s second best skill.
Yay, Democracy: Rule of the Sheeple.
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