McCain Leadership Sucks

I'm disgusted with the leadership vacuum in Washington. House Republican leaders promised votes they couldn't deliver. They haven't had so much egg on their faces since Newt Gingrich shut down the government in the Clinton era.


I think Obama was correct not to inject Presidential politics into the situation. The maverick McCain sure wandered off the preverbal political plank. Pay attention politicos: He took credit for a vote he didn't deliver. That was McCain's "Mission Accomplished" moment. His own party rejected his leadership.


Daym. The Biden-Palin debate might be the best thing to happen to McCain this week, and that's not saying much.

Or Else

The bail-out, rescue, or buy-in is finally before the US House for a vote. The mother of all debts might be assumed by taxpayers. $700,000,000,000. $ 2,300 for every man, woman & child in America. Thank God John McCain suspended his commercials for a few days or we'd really be screwed..


If Congress doesn't pass a bill immediately, there will be hellfire, damnation, locusts, plagues, mushroom clouds, melting polar ice caps, clean coal, nuclear waste, global warming, and gas shortages. The Grapes of Wrath. The politics of fear.


Since so few Americans, including myself, most reporters and members of Congress, can wrap their brains around the scope of the financial crisis, it's hard to have confidence in any hastily proposed solution.

Sarah Palin car spotted in Little Rock??

A bumper crop of Obama bumper stickers has arrived somewhere in Little Rock. Michael & I saw many today at the River Market, to our surprise. After a neighbor had her Obama yard sign stolen, I went to the Obama office in North Little Rock. I was told there had no bumper stickers or yard signs. Then a volunteer led me to a parking lot and sold two yard signs from her trunk at $ 8 each.

A bright shiny Chrysler Sebring convertible caught our eyes in a River Market parking lot.



Nice car on a sunny day, but what caught our attention was the oxymoron on the bumper. Let's have a closer look, shall we?



What twisted naive Arkansan could proudly display this on their car? As we walked alongside the car, we noticed a big bulky purple purse in the front seat screaming for theft.




Okay, she equates McCain with peace signs and leaves her moneybag visible and unsecured. We’re not sure, but perhaps we found Sarah Palin’s car.

"Huckabee": The PTH Club

"Huckabee", the new weekend show on Fox "news", is still not ready prime time or any time.

It is structured like a late night talk show, complete with a monologue, interaction with a small studio audience, a guest, and lots of folksy humor. He's an odd mix of Rush Limbaugh, Andy Griffith, Paul Harvey, and Kenneth Copeland.

His first guest? That blonde puritan from The View. Huckabee lavished her with praise and idle chatter.

"Huckabee" felt like an infomercial in desperate need of Chuck Norris and a product, somewhat like his campaign for President. It was PTL without the L-word. Praise The Huckabee more or less.

McCain must debate!

I awoke from my viral crud to see Senator McCain wants to "suspend his campaign" and delay Friday's debate due to the financial crisis, Bullshit!

When did McCain do this before? Oh yeah, the hurricane. The hurricane that kept Bush & Cheney away from the Republican convention. Now that the economic crisis has Palin off the front page and McCain loosing ground, he pulls this stunt. Obama's right. Can't he multitask?

McCain is the nominee of his party. He knows squat about the economy. I understand why he'd rather not show up and debate. I believe America needs to hear from the future President on the economy and other issues. Hold is feet to the fire Obama!

Bush Legacy: Near Collapse of American Empire

On the day Iran's President told the U.N. that the "American Empire" is about to collapse, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said as much to Congress while selling a $700,000,000,000 bailout for the American financial system.

The worst president ever wants quick rubber stamp approval of his plan, or else. I say compromise with Congress in the next few days, or else.

Some lacking-regulators and folks on Wall Street committed overt acts of economic terrorism on America, as the bailout costs every man, woman, and child in America $ 2,300. I'd like to know that justice will flow like a mighty stream through Wall Street, and that executives are not just denied golden parachutes, but are prosecuted. It's not so unreasonable to ask that taxpayers draw interest on this enormous investment, and profit in an economic recovery. Letting judges decide if individual mortgages can be tweaked to keep folks in their homes saves everyone money. Let there be compromise.

I'm so pissed at the worst president ever, as he not only screwed up his own presidency, but leaves the future president with little wiggle room to address major issues of our time.

It's becoming clear that Congress will be controlled by Democrats next year. I know America tends to set herself up for gridlock. The times call for a Congress and a President who can work together to move this country in a different direction.

I believe the election boils down to a referendum on the Bush Presidency. Worst ever.

Rove's Rally Your Base, Chapter 17: Shotgun Wedding

Sarah Palin’s children are off limits, unless the diversion benefits your campaign.

I find the17 year old Palin daughter’s pregnancy and the mystery father fiancé a diversion from the fact that Palin is shockingly unqualified to be President. Palin was an outspoken opponent of sex education in public schools during her 20 months in office, a policy issue which deserves scrutiny. My own impulse was to go back and fight the sex education-abstinence-only education battle all over again, but wait.

This is a red meat issue for evangelicals. The base is being prodded. The media took the diversion bait and ran with it. The story Obama said should be off limits, was indeed discussed to death. As Sarah prepares to speak to the country, instead of defending her light resume, she now merely needs to defend her family’s lack of abortions to social conservative cheerleaders. Come on, we’re two months away from the election. Let’s stay focused.

I suspect if the media returned focus to the fact that she’s not qualified to be President, this GOP convention would end in the Palin daughter’s shotgun wedding.