You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy.™
Making so much out of something so innocuous.
“Wanna make a $10,000 bet?”
The news readers questioned what would be “The Fallout.”
The deep voiced announcer spits into the microphone. Who won? Who lost?
Mitt Romney and his $10,000 bet!
As you know, the Republicans had a debate in Iowa.
By and large it was more of the same. White bread candidates standing at their podiums talking most of the same themes we have all heard before.
Newt acted like he’s been there before.
According to most pundits, he didn’t do anything to hurt himself, and perhaps distinguished himself as the most capable to run against President Obama.
The other candidates acted like they were trailing in the polls. Many were forced to go on the offensive to try and make their mark. It’s usually the sign of a campaign floundering like a run-a-way Thanksgiving day float.
Because the debate had no high octane spark, a low combustibility issue might just capture the headlines.
That moment came when Governor Perry questioned a Mitt Romney health care strategy.
Romney didn’t like it and smugly reacted.
Instead of winning the moment, he became the punch line of a late night joke.
“Wanna bet? Wanna make a $10,000 dollar bet?” he said.
The hefty bet might have rubbed Iowa voters the wrong way. Many said it showed that he was out of touch.
ABC which hosted the debate, says that TWITTER blew up.
But I wonder if the media hadn’t made such a big deal about it, would it even be an issue today?
If he had said I’ll bet you a million dollars. Would people have cared? How about a dollar? How about a billion dollars?
What do the high school kids on Facebook think?
Who freaking cares.
Why not let it go?
Why? because the media has to consume something, like a Japanese Hot Dog eating champion must consume something.
The debate is a dura flame log that must be doused in kerosene and set ablaze.
And the problem is the debate was kind of a non event with no major new issues, so something as trivial as “wanna bet” becomes news.
So here’s my bet. I’ll bet you 10 gazillion dollars that in a week or so something new will fill the fire place of news.
It might be big, it might be small. It won’t matter. The animal is hungry and must consume and set the world on fire.
So the networks will toss a match into the mix and scream “burn baby burn.”
Then they’ll say Twitter Blew Up.
Yeah Right.
And that is crazy.