John McCain

I can't think of anyone who'd say Todd Akin is influential within the Republican Party, so we should probably take this with a grain of salt...

But it's nice to know Akin only listens to the extreme right in his party.

Cindy connects with the NASCAR set. 

John McCain just surrendered to the right wing of the Republican Party.  In an act of appeasement, he served up a half-baked Alaska governor to sweeten his presidential ticket--a woman whose political thinking resembles that of Sen. Rick Santorum. 

In his first important decision as the soon-to-be nominee of the GOP, McCain failed the judgment test.  Looking past such imminently qualified possibilities as Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Gov. Christy Todd Whitman, and Gov. Tom Ridge, he chose the 44-year-old Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.

In making this selection, the McCain camp hopes to invigorate Evangelical voters and pick up some of the 18 million Hillary supporters.  Indeed, Palin has a compelling life story--one that might be featured  during the State of the Union address.  Religious fundies may fall for her, but don't look for Hillary backers to flock to Palin.  While they share the same anatomy,  they don't share the same agenda and, as Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schwartz pointed out, "Sarah Palin is no Hillary Clinton."

During a time of national peril, when our greatest threat is radical Islamic terrorism, it might be a good idea to have a  president-in-waiting whose foreign policy experience consists of more than just living next door to Russia and Canada.  Palin, by her own admission, “hasn’t paid attention to the war in Iraq.”  She also told reporters recently that she was unsure what role the vice president plays in government.  Imagine the national furor had Sen. Biden made such statements.

I’ve just returned from a swing around Wisconsin for Obama and am now headed for the convention in Denver.  I must remember to take my key chain--the one that jingles the loudest.  Normally, I would leave behind such unnecessary purse clutter, but keys are needed this week in the cause of truth, justice and the American Way. 

Unless you spent the last week under a rock, you know that John McMansion is uncertain of the number of homes he owns.  I’m not sure if this indicates a short-term memory disorder, inability to cipher in double digits, or a casual disregard for where he hangs his hat. 

In any event, count on Democrats to find creative ways of hanging his splendid collection of house keys around his neck like a political albatross.  Look for displays of key rattling during the convention as Democrats remind voters that McCain is out of touch with working men and women, too many of whom are having a hard time holding on to one house.  

The McCain Domicile Dilemma comes just days after the Senator’s flippant remark that the rich are those who make over $5 million dollars a years.  Such observations might lead voters to believe that McCain has no understanding of the average working stiff.  But, as the old Indian saying goes, who are we to judge until we have walked a day in his $500 moccasins.

... I'm a Compassionate Conservative!

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