Romney's Bet

No, not the fact that he's betting on Repugnicans who otherwise can't stand him to fall in line once he's the nominee but the $10,000 bet he challenged Perry to in the Iowa debate last night.

The bet illustrates two points: 1) Romney's an ass (okay, we already knew that) and 2) Rick Perry's not exactly Mr. Fast on His Feet (okay - we knew that too). Never mind that the bet was challenging a lame point in the first place, Rick Perry could have significantly increased his appeal among the Tea Party Ignorati had he responded ... What? Only $10,000 that's less than pocket change to you Mitt- why not make it $10 million .. must not be very sure of yourself - eh?

Irony

So, we have highly sophisticated technology in remote controlled drones but they can't be pre-programmed to self-destruct when failing to follow designated instructions or, in the very least, be destroyed by remote command? To be fair, who could have predicted a technological failure?