Machine Candidate

"The point," says Cragan, "is that you can take any idiot, parade him around the country for twelve months and get him elected."

As I was updating some stuff for Sanctioning Agent and getting prepped for the March caucus, I came across this article. It's from Newsweek and features my uncle (it deals with Symbolic Convergence Theory, before the theory had a name). Yes, those crazy eyes run in the family. While the article is about 27 years old, I think the quote still applies.