Yesterday I had to go to a government office in Newark to drop off some files.  Normally when I do this, I am there less than half an hour and it costs $4 to park in a nearby lot.  When I arrived yesterday, a large sign announced “Event Parking $20.”  When I inquired what event was going on in Newark at 10:30 am on a Thursday, I was told, “the circus is in town.”  Sadly, hearing the word “circus,” made me think of the ongoing political primaries.  On the Republican side, last week we were treated to a festival of gratuitous insults.  Donald Trump continued his popular “Little Marco” and “Lying Ted” act, while at the same time, insisting that he plans to be more presidential than any President other than Lincoln, but not until some time in the future.  He capped it off after the Tuesday primaries with an hour-long oration at one of his golf clubs, during which he displayed raw meat.  Even Lincoln never did that.  For his part, Marco Rubio spent his time yelling back at Trump, even suggesting that Trump’s presidential bid should be curtailed due to insufficiently proportioned genitals; a charge which Trump vehemently, not to mention vulgarly, denied.  Not the mark of a true statesman, but apparently Rubio is very popular in Puerto Rico.  Meanwhile, John Kasich pretty much admitted that he’ll never get  the number of delegates needed for the nomination, but allowed as how he still might win anyway.  (As an aside, I really thought he might be the nominee late last year, but not in the fashion he’s suggesting).  At the last debate, Kasich still had that puzzled look on his face, like a tourist who got off the bus at the wrong stop and now can’t find his way back to his hotel, even though his father was a mailman.  Throughout this fray, Ted Cruz stood up there and tried to turn the subject back to more mundane issues, such the threat from North Korea and Trump’s actual record, which includes contributions to Hillary Clinton.  This provoked several more “Lying Ted’s” from Trump and hoarse yelling from Rubio.  I’m glad Cruz at least tried to inject something substantive into the discourse, but it mostly reminded me of Matthew 7:6,  “Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.”  This week, they’re still trying to call Cruz a liar, because some anonymous volunteer in his campaign sent an email to Hawaii which announced that CNN had reported that Rubio might withdraw before the Florida primary.  CNN had indeed reported just that.  If the argument is that CNN lies about Republicans all the time, and anyone who repeats their reports is an aider and abettor, I can’t say I disagree with that.  All in all, a well-rounded week of insanity.  The Democrat ring of this circus was no less zany.  On Monday, a poll had  Hillary Clinton 27 points ahead of Bernie Sanders in Michigan.  On Tuesday, Sanders won the Michigan primary.  No problem for Hillary though, since the Democrat rules have the game fixed in her favor; no matter how Democrats vote, she still wins.  Hillary’s act fits more in a carnival sideshow than in a circus proper.  She’s doing her impression of Little Egypt, “She walks, she talks (lies mostly), she crawls on her belly like a reptile.”  She could be a high wire act, though, walking the tightrope between her criminal past and forced devotion to Obama on one side, and the FBI waiting with handcuffs on the other.  Then there was the Democrat debate on Univision.  Hillary was asked by Jorge Ramos no less (and there is no less), whether she would drop out should she be indicted.  She became very indignant, declaring, “That’s not going to happen.”  Maybe she knows something we don’t know.  In any event, both she and Bernie Sanders took the pledge, promising that, despite that pesky oath they have to take on January 20, as President, they would never, ever dare to enforce the laws of the United States of America and deport somebody who comes here illegally, or is that undocumentedly?  Is there such a thing as anticipatory impeachment?  And, of course, Bernie Sanders is a perfect circus performer.  I could totally see him as the geek, standing outside a tent to stir up the crowd, then biting the heads off chickens.  If you think any of this is funny, please keep in mind that one of these clowns is liable to be the President of the United States next year.  We’d all be a lot better off if that person is Ted Cruz.  Failing that, at least Trump knows how to turn the bull into steaks, Hillary just knows how to throw it.