September 2 is Atlas Shrugged Celebration Day!
Do something nice for yourself :)
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Five Percent FTW
All I keep hearing about the Palin nomination is about how John McCain made his pick to get middle American, independent voters, especially those who voted for Hillary, over to his side. Now, while that may have had something to do with it, I don't feel it is what the pick is actually doing.
It has done two things, one people have noticed; and one only a few have seen. One, it has excited and energized the social conservative base of the party, a group that is so large that, IF you get them fired up for you, you own the presidency. We can see that the far left and vicious Obama supporters (who btw are a tiny minority of Obama's people) understand that; and as such are stopping at NOTHING to destroy Ms. Palin.
The second thing it has done is not being noticed, and time will tell if it actually bears out. One group of people she has fired up, and are talking about her all over the web, are libertarians. People haven't noticed that Bob Barr has been running at about five percent in most polls when all the candidates are considered.
McCain already HAS independents. he already had a significant number of former Hillary supporters who are disgruntled by the shabby treatment of the Obama campaign. He already had many of those who feel Hillary was robbed of the VP slot. Those were enough to keep him pretty close to being tied or slightly behind Obama in a year where he should be getting creamed.
No, that's not what he needs. What he needs are the people who do NOT like big government republicans, who are disappointed with big spender Bush and feel the Republican brand is "more the same" as the democrats. What he needs are the people who the Democrats do not know exist. Small "L" libertarians.
In this close election, he who wins the libertarians wins the race.
We'll see how this plays out; I still don't know where I am going to vote this year, but I DO know I am FAR more likely to vote for a McCain/Palin ticket than if he had picked another big government Republican like himself.
I can't say that he did THIS on purpose, or if THIS is what he was after when he picked Sarah, but it IS what is happening out there.
It has done two things, one people have noticed; and one only a few have seen. One, it has excited and energized the social conservative base of the party, a group that is so large that, IF you get them fired up for you, you own the presidency. We can see that the far left and vicious Obama supporters (who btw are a tiny minority of Obama's people) understand that; and as such are stopping at NOTHING to destroy Ms. Palin.
The second thing it has done is not being noticed, and time will tell if it actually bears out. One group of people she has fired up, and are talking about her all over the web, are libertarians. People haven't noticed that Bob Barr has been running at about five percent in most polls when all the candidates are considered.
McCain already HAS independents. he already had a significant number of former Hillary supporters who are disgruntled by the shabby treatment of the Obama campaign. He already had many of those who feel Hillary was robbed of the VP slot. Those were enough to keep him pretty close to being tied or slightly behind Obama in a year where he should be getting creamed.
No, that's not what he needs. What he needs are the people who do NOT like big government republicans, who are disappointed with big spender Bush and feel the Republican brand is "more the same" as the democrats. What he needs are the people who the Democrats do not know exist. Small "L" libertarians.
In this close election, he who wins the libertarians wins the race.
We'll see how this plays out; I still don't know where I am going to vote this year, but I DO know I am FAR more likely to vote for a McCain/Palin ticket than if he had picked another big government Republican like himself.
I can't say that he did THIS on purpose, or if THIS is what he was after when he picked Sarah, but it IS what is happening out there.
Monday, September 1, 2008
The LIbertarian Case for Palin
A very nice article at RealClearPolitics:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/the_libertarian_case_for_palin.html
As I've said before, I like her, and, like Darth Plagiarus (aka Joe Biden), I think she is "good-looking." I also think she looks clean ;)
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/the_libertarian_case_for_palin.html
As I've said before, I like her, and, like Darth Plagiarus (aka Joe Biden), I think she is "good-looking." I also think she looks clean ;)
Nicely Done
Kudos to Barack Obama for the correct political response to the Palin's announcement about Bristol's pregnancy. He is a much better person, and has much better political instincts, than many of the bloggers who support him. A class act.
He's Baaaaaaack!
Like Geraldo, the Rev. Wright is another gift that keeps on giving (this from the NY Post)...
TOLEDO, Ohio - The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama’s fiery ex-pastor, re-emerged yesterday with a crude reference about race and sex in the White House.
“This ordinary boy [Obama] just might be the first president in the history of the United States to have a black woman sleeping at 1600 Pennsylvania legally,” Wright said, referring to Michelle Obama, in a sermon at the Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston.
Clowns to the Left of me, Jokers to the Right
Now, of course, this knucklehead isn't a Republican Party leader, present or former, just some dummy from the Dobson camp. It does however go to show there are ultra-maroons on all sides here:
I'd like to take this moment to offer up a prayer for the people dealing with Gustav right now. My heart and hopes are with you. Thankfully. so far it seems it's not as bad as it could have been.
I'd like to take this moment to offer up a prayer for the people dealing with Gustav right now. My heart and hopes are with you. Thankfully. so far it seems it's not as bad as it could have been.
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