In this column’s infancy, I praised Clint Eastwood for his brilliant, crackerjack tour de force performance during the 2012 Republican National Convention (Ellynne en Pointe, September 19, 2012, Clint, We Hardly Knew Ye). I pointed out that we had seen a master showman at work in a political theatre. Well, Mr. Eastwood, you’ve got company! On the front page of October 7’s The Washington Times, Seth McLaughlin’s caption under Sen. Ted Cruz’s photo states that he “has become the most visible and most vocal opponent of Obamacare.” In Wesley Pruden’s article on the front page of the Commentary section of the September 27 The Washington Times, Mr. Pruden quotes John Podhoretz of The New York Post as saying, “The Cruz performance was great political theater”, referring to the Senator’s recent marathon filibuster speech.
And then Mr. Pruden goes on to say, “What, after all, is politics about but theater? Whoever succeeded in politics but an actor? Some actors are just better at it than others.”
With apologies to Shakespeare, “All the world’s a stage and all the politicians merely players.” And with apologies to Betty Davis in the movie All About Eve, “Fasten your seat belts; it’s going to be a bumpy ride”. We’ve got eight months to go before the 2014 off-year election. And three more years of Obama as President. Stand by.
NEWS UPDATES
-MD GOP Chair Diana Waterman has announced that Joe Cluster will be the next MDGOP Executive Director. Joe is a lifelong Maryland resident and has been active in the Republican Party since 2000. He replaces Dave Ferguson who left the MDGOP in August.
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