THE CIRCUS IS IN TOWN!

Click on the image for the larger view of the stars of the Republican circus.

Mark Mosely at The Lens has the scoop.

Before the 2011 Republican Leadership Conference opening event Thursday, a delegate began chatting with me about the conference. She explained that she was a “Mitt Romney girl.” She pointed to the photo of the former Massachusetts governor on the cover of the Liberty Today newspaper. Presidential candidate, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., also graced the May 2011 cover.

“Wouldn’t they make a good-looking ticket?” the delegate asked me in an eastern Pennsylvanian accent.

“Oh sure,” I agreed.

“Of course any of [the GOP nominees] would be better than the goofball we have in the White House now.” Then she leaned over and confessed: “I don’t like chocolate candy.”

The exchange took place in the morning and set the mood for Mark for the jollity that was to follow.

The afternoon session began no less awkwardly. Republican Party of Louisiana Chairman Roger Villere walked onstage in a white suit while “Fanfare for the Common Man” played. Villere asked everyone to rise for the Pledge of Allegiance, but no flag was on the stage or on the video screens. I’d brought a small flag and was about to offer it, but Villere quickly suggested that attendees could pledge allegiance to the tiny flag pin on his suit lapel.

As they say, you can't make this stuff up.

Roger Villere in his white (linen?) suit oozes Uptown New Orleans, and "common man" is not the first words that leap to mind when I think of Villere.

And no flag?!! How can this be?!! At most Republican gatherings, the stage is lined with more flags than you can count. Methinks someone or someones will pay a heavy price for the missing flags.

Read the rest of Mark's account. Imagine! He attended two circuses on one day.