Between 1984 and 1993 Sergey Bubka broke the world record for the pole vault 35 times (17 times outdoor and 18 indoor). His total domination of the sport made it all a little boring.
At the end of may motor-sport events there is one car with a solid lead and the coverage focuses on the fight for second or some other position where the race is still in contention. But no one cares. First place has been decided.
And today the Republican Primary has instantly become boring with Donald Trump announcing his candidacy.
Who do the republicans have?
- Jeb Bush, who accidentally called himself Hispanic, distances himself from his brother while calling his brother his foreign policy adviser, mishear questions and gives a National Security speech that is so short on policy even he seemed embarrassed to be hearing it.
- Ted Cruz, who announced in front of University students forced to be there and, well, continues to be Ted Cruz.
- Ben Carson, the surgeon whose campaign continues to staff.
- Rand Paul, who, if his campaign is unsuccessful, will probably just set up his own United States and appoint himself President.
- Chris Christie, who is currently running New Jersey from New Hampshire.
- Bobby Jindal, who is currently running Louisiana into the ground.
- Carly Fiorina, who's running on her background as a CEO.
- Lindsay Graham, who guaranteed to be win the Lindsay Graham vote, and may get two maybe 3 other people to vote for him.
- Mike Huckabee, who's running on uniting America by writing a book about how much better people in the red states are than in the blue states.
- Rick Perry, who thinks since nobody realized Clark Kent was Superman figures if he puts on glasses no one will know he was that guy who couldn't remember his own policies last time.
- Rick Santorum, who's frothy campaign stops are so popular that more than one person usually turns up.
- Scott Walker, who thinks he's the re-incarnation of Ronald Reagan or something.
- Marco Rubio, who it appears has solved the whole "Did the 21st Century begin in 2000 or 2001?" debate by believing it starts in 2016.
With this group it's been fun to watch the contest to see who will win the prize for the stupidest, most incompetent, most laughably foolish Republican candidate for President. But the fun is over. There's a new contender and one who is so far ahead of the others they stand no chance.
Donald Trump is the winner. Hands down. No one can out idiot him.