I've followed presidential elections and primaries. Without a doubt the August 23 GOP primary is already proving to be the strangest yet and it's not even showtime.
Before reflecting on who is going to be at the Republicans first primary debate let's take a step back and look at what's been happening right up until today.
I've never seen a political debate where all the candidates are afraid to say anything bad about one candidate that their all competing against. It's like watching a hologram of a school of shark's circling around the biggest one with fear and respect.
You know why? Trump is too cowardly to attend the debate, but his presence has already paralyzed the so-called competition.
Thus far eight candidates have met the qualifications to be on stage in Milwaukee. They are Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie, Doug Burgum, and Mike Pence.
Here's who hasn't qualified yet:
Asa Hutchinson, Larry Elder, Perry Johnson, and Will Hurd.
Back to why this primary is so strange.
The participants are all supposed to be signing a pledge promising to support the winning nominee.
That's not been the case yet according to candidate Chris Christie who says no one asked him to sign anything.
I haven't seen any other candidates waving pens and declaring they'll go along with that promise. And Trump, of course, wouldn't consider it even if he did suddenly grow a set and attend the debate.
Instead, Trump has chosen to do a pre-recorded interview with right-wing lunatic Tucker Carlson to be aired at the same time as the debate. Aired where? That I couldn't tell you and probably wouldn't if I thought it would encourage viewership.
I can't imagine what those poor idiots on stage are going to talk about. Most of them are afraid of their own shadow and hardly inspiring speakers.
The only one that will speak about the orange elephant not on the stage will probably be Chris Christie but be prepared for a bigly surprise - like several others taking cheap shots and hoping they don't get spanked by Trump's followers for heresy.
With seemingly no way to win against Trump who is dominating the polls despite being indicted in four felony cases, a reasonable person has to wonder why they're even having a debate?
Which leads to the strangest thing of all...
... a former twice-impeached president, convicted sexual abuser, tax cheat, and traitor for stealing top security documents and trying to overturn the 2020 election is the Republican's likely candidate for president in 2024.
As it stands, that's Outer Limits, Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock material in any fiction writer's book.
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