The Republicans and What Ailes Them.

In a surprising turn of events, Roger Ailes the head of FOX News, a network he helped establish and turn into an industry giant, has been bounced from FOX News for being a sexually harassing naughty boy. He crumbles just as the Republican Party that he has all but destroyed, is crumbling too.

Ailes is much the reason that the Republican Party, once a party of reason and willingness to govern together with the other party, has turned into a bunch of ignorant, ranting buffoons. President George W. Bush once lamented that he was "probably the last Republican President." That's sad on several levels. Because if it's true, they sure didn't get to go out with much of a bang. Just a dud fizzle.

But this could be cause for the Democrat's alarm. Even though I have thought for years, "they can have the Tea Party or they can have the White House, but they can't have both." So I was very comforted thinking Democrats would at least have the Presidency for the next 20 years. The more Republicans hate, the more they lose.

But with King Roger Ailes falling from grace, this may present a problem. Although off the cuff Rupert Murdoch, the money behind this network is rushing to the US, cutting his French vacation short, to assume the responsibilities of Ailes, that will be short lived. Soon one of his sons will take over.

And word around the campfire is that none of the Murdoch son's have been happy with the tone of FOX News. This could mean that they insist that the network, ratchet down the rhetoric and start making sense. That could be big trouble for Democrats. As long as FOX News are clueless imbeciles, they are not threat to Democrats. But if they start being at least truthful, reasonable, and honest, they may actually help the Republican Party regain some respectability. And respectability means real competition.

For the longest I have resented the fact that any wing nut that comes down the pike can declare themselves a Republican and jump on the coat-tails of a Party that has spent 200 years establishing some sort of credibility, but I've enjoyed the fact that they falter with this nonsense. I have always thought if they toss these idiots out, they'll be a real power again. But instead John Boehner throws his hands in the air and quits.

But now this could be a serious juncture for both parties. If FOX News starts to become a legitimate news organization and Tea Party folks start becoming the thing of ridicule, this could mean that Republicans are legitimate contenders again.

And I'd be okay with that if we could get another Theodore Roosevelt.