Just got in today’s mail a letter from our son Jon, currently stationed in al Rutbah in Iraq; here’s the text: ============= August 22, 2008 Mom, Dad.. I wanted to write y’all a quick letter while I’ve got some downtime here at the IP Station. It’s now Day 50 of our deployment and so far […]
The title above is from a comment on a previous post. The graphic below is from Suitably Flip: And while it’s true that Delaware has about 180,000 more people than Alaska, neither Obama nor Biden have ever been governor (or mayor) of anything. Plus, Alaska’s state budget (not to mention its government and infrastructure) [PDF] […]
As reported by William Kristol over at The Weekly Standard: McCain aides whose judgment I trust are impressed by Sarah Palin. One was particularly amused by this exchange: A nervous young McCain staffer took it upon himself to explain to Palin the facts of life in a national campaign, the intense scrutiny she’d be under […]
All courtesy of S. Weasel: Sort of sums up my feelings, as do the next two (color versions of Stoaty’s early B&W graphic): I’m going to put this one in my sidebar. Here’s the same graphic with a black border: Heh. ..bruce w..
[with apologies to Averroes (aka Ab ‘l-Wald Muammad ibn Amad ibn Rushd)] I have been a registered Democrat since turning 18 in 1971, though over the past 20 years, I have often wondered why. The best answer: every time I consider registering as a Republican, some major Republican (or group thereof) does something so profoundly […]
From Creative Minority Report: Hat tip to the always-worth-reading American Digest. UPDATED 0854 MDT OK, I ran across this photo of Palin’s parents in their home (from National Journal Hotline): Heck, I don’ t hunt (or like to hunt), but this just cracks me up. I don’t know what’s more fun: having Sarah Palin on […]
S. Weasel made the poster to the left; I may try to get a larger version to stick onto our car. Also, because they deserve more attention, two items which I tacked onto my previous post plus a few new ones: Jeff Emanuel has a detailed and — IMHO — rather devastating “tale of the […]
[series of updates below] Palin has been my second choice for GOP VP, after Condoleezza Rice. This is, IMHO, a great move by McCain; what may make it truly brilliant is if McCain makes the “one term and out” pledge at the GOP convention. That way, electing McCain-Palin gives Palin an almost certain shot at […]
All in all, I thought it a very powerful, well-delivered speech. He is, without a doubt, the best orator that the Democrats have put forward since JFK; he is, I think, more polished than Reagan, though Reagan knew how to be folksy without sounding either stupid or condescending. I thought his attacks against McCain were […]
This is wishful thinking on my part, but if McCain really wanted to steal Obama’s thunder, I think he should pick Condoleezza Rice as his VP candidate. Frankly, I still like her better than any of the names currently bandied about, and it would capitalize on PUMA sentiments. We’ll see. [UPDATED 08/29/08 — 0645 MDT] […]
