Primary day

Tomorrow is primary day down here for the Republicans. What a wonderful thought. We will be able to watch network TV again without bring bombarded by negative ads constantly and the circus will leave until the fall.

Can we get serious yet?

The President gave a good speech at the State of the Union. We all know he can give a good speech. For a lot of us I'd like to see some walk to go along with the talk. He has spent three years governing like a moderate Republican and now he wants to talk like a Democrat. He's better than anybody the Republicans have managed to put up but I'd like a president I can support because he's looking out for my interests and not Wall Street or the lobbyists. So I guess you could say I'm in the wait and see camp.

Blogs

I really like Booman's blog. The link is in the right. He says things better than I could and I agree with him more than not.

Monday musings

I have a hard time understanding how we as a country got to this point. Obama has governed more as a moderate Republican than a Democrat. The Health Care Reform Act that Republicans love to rail against was a Republican proposal in the early 90's in response to what they called Hillarycare and is basically what Mitt Romney got passed when he was governor of Massachusetts. It is certainly not what Democrats wanted and Obama pissed off a lot of Democrats by pushing for that version. And I am one of those. He has managed to piss off almost every part of the Democratic base by caving to Republicans time and time again. So he should be going down to a solid defeat except Republicans apparently are so intent on nominating somebody, anybody, who can trash talk but who is wholly incapable of governing a country. Really? Why do they hate this country? I love my country and I want all the citizens here to succeed and do well.

At one time in my life I studied World War II in depth because I could not understand how a proud country could descend into the Gates of Hell, so to speak, and sanction the murder of millions. The best explanation was for evil to succeed all it took was for good men to do nothing. Sometimes I wonder if that's where we are.

Puzzle

I would love for someone to explain to me how people continue to vote against their interests. The Republican party has perfected the ability to win political campaigns with the "God, guns and gays (and anyone not lily white) but they have demonstrated time and time again they are incapable of governing the country. Why would working class Americans vote for candidates who don't like government and want to do away with it? Would you hire someone to run your company who wanted to abolish it?

Gabby Giffords

Gabby announced today by way of video on her web site that she will resign from Congress this week. She has made a remarkable recovery from the bullet wound to her head but it was a very serious injury and she has a difficult road ahead rehabilitating. While her resignation will give Arizona a full-time congressperson, it is still a sad event for Gabby and Americans. When one person's bullet negates the votes of millions of American we move one step closer to a banana republic.

South Carolina primary

The voters in their wisdom have voted for Newt Gingrinch. Granted none of their choices are good but can we at least do away with the party of family values crap? It reminds me of growing up in a small town: The men amening the loudest on Sunday morning were the ones hanging out with the hookers on Saturday night. And they sure weren't trying to convert them either. Hypocracy, thy name is Republican.

What I say, not what I do

Mitt Romney's father was born in Mexico. They still have a lot of family there. I don't know if they came to this country legally or not but why the hostility towards immigration now? Is it like the Republican family values, they apply to thee and not to me? Hypocracy makes me ill.

Politics

Watching the Republican circus, aka primary season, I really wonder at my republican friends, and I do have some. Texas seems to excel at sending us brain-challenged politicians. I didn't think they could top Bush but they did. And all the other ones in between, ugh. Romney, what can I say? He will take whatever position on a subject that he thinks his audience wants to hear so who knows what he really thinks. More importantly to me is his decision regarding his family dog. Anybody who straps their family dog in a pet carrier on top of the car for a 10-hour trip on the interstate does not demonstrate the type of decision-making ability that I would want in a president, or any other position of authority frankly. And the most appalling part of all of it is millions of people will vote for one of these clowns. We are witnessing the effect of the dumbing-down of our education system in this country. We are made for a two-party system and we really need the Republican party to join the rest of the sane world.

Penn State

This Joe Paterno/Penn State has me really upset. Joe Paterno gives an interview and says he didn't know what to do. Okay, one of your coaches tells you he's witnessed another engaging in sexual activity with a 10- to 12-year-old in the showers and you don't know what to do? Really. How about call.the.cops. Would his reaction have been different if the child had been his 10-year-old granddaughter? I am totally speechless.