The Republican competition for the presidential nomination in America has become an embarrassment. Cartoonists are having a field day lampooning the contenders and headline writers for tabloid publications delight in distilling their latest exploits in silliness into juicy phrases.
For months, the candidates have been mouthing off at each other with insult, vilification and abuse rather than spend any appreciable time on issues. For months, journalists stood away on a hillside, watching and reporting as candidates in the herd maneuvered for the lead.
Now, as the most proficient of the insult brigade takes the lead, reporters, columnists and cartoonists have joined in chasing what has become an easy target for mockery.
But will it work?
Will all the needling sarcasm succeed in dumping one of the most outlandish, outrageous and absurd election episodes ever seen?
Stay tuned.
Now, the journalistic wolf pack has begun to howl as print and broadcast media join the chase, licking their chops for what they hope will be an easy target.
One wonders why they didn't launch their challenge earlier.
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