The Eleventh Reason

In a previous post, I proposed the top ten reasons why Sarah and Todd Palin's daughter had not got married before their baby was born. Once baby Tripp came into the world and the bidding started for the opportunity to have the first photograph, finally topping out at a reported $300,000, I realized the real reason there was no wedding before the birth was the money. A picture of an out-of-wedlock baby is worth more than one born of married parents. I also realize how naive I was when I made up the ten reasons and left the payoff out and how naive I still am. Of course, I should have realized that a picture of a b****** was worth more than one of a legitimate baby. I am still naive, because I wrote above that the bidding started after the birth. Heck, the bidding was surely going on before the due date. I hope the parents put enough of the money in a trust fund and invest it wisely to pay for Tripp's education, otherwise I've got a feeling that easy money will go pretty fast.

Top Ten Reasons Bristol Is Not Married

Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol who is pregnant has not taken the marriage vows with the baby’s father, Levi Johnson. With the birth to occur any day now, nuptials might be a pressing issue. But, alas, apparently they are not. So, David Letterman style, here are the top ten reasons why a wedding hasn’t happened:
10. They decided to put the baby up for adoption.
9. The wedding idea was only political spin for propriety’s sake.
8. The church burned, causing a delay in the vows.
7. They want the baby to have the Palin name to start a political legacy.
6. Levi had to stop work on their new cabin for the winter.
5. Bristol can’t fit into her wedding gown.
4. Levi can’t afford it. He had to put up bail money for his mother.
3. Bristol would lose her health insurance coverage to pay for the birth.
2. They believe they are already married in the eyes of God.
1. Grandmother Palin can’t decide on which dress to wear at the ceremony.

The Truth about Sarah Palin

Sarah came on strong, declaring herself a soccer mom, which was like a pit bull with lipstick. The line, "pit bull with lipstick" was obviously designed to portray Sarah as one tough, no nonsense lady, who could turn Washington, D.C. topsy-turvy. Last August, I was in Alaska just before Sarah burst onto the national scene in the unlikely role as the GOP's vice-presidential candidate. While on that trip, I learned that the revered Alaskan woman was not a soccer mom with lipstick. Rather, she was a musher with Chapstick who ran the Iditarod or Yukon Quest with a dog team that she personally trained from pups to pull a sled that she had built herself for a race through the wilderness. So much for Sarah's claim of toughness, when the real Alaskan woman is trail tough and determined to succeed by her own merits, not by political attacks. The lady musher is a woman I admire.

McCain's VP Choice

All I have to say to John McCain about the choice of Sarah Palin as the GOP's candidate for Vice President is, "Thank you, NOT". He has unleashed a mediocre politician on us who isn't presidential timber. It's a fluke that she even got elected to the be Governor of Alaska. Her grasp of public policy issues is tenuous and superficial. Let's hope the media tires of her and she fades back into obscurity.

Pre-Election Musings

Tomorrow is the day when all the hype is done, when the ballots are cast and when the winner is known.

The advertisements have been extraordinary for their hyperbole. In case you don’t know what hyperbole means, it means extravagant exaggeration and that’s what we have. The Republican National Committee is the out-of-control spin-master, like claiming a budget resolution vote by many Democrats (and Republicans, too, but that is forgotten) was a vote for the highest tax increase ever. It doesn’t stop there. Obama is said by the RNC as not ready to lead; and yet he has been the spearhead for one of the best political campaigns ever. If the way he has conducted himself during the campaign is any indication of how he will behave as president, I am satisfied that he will be up to the demands of the office. A remark by Obama to “Joe, the Plumber” that spreading the wealth in the economy was a laudable goal has been twisted into accusations of being a socialist and, by some, a Marxist. The only thing that I fault Obama for is not first asking “Joe” whether the $250,000 revenue he claimed the plumbing business he would buy was gross or net. I suspect it was gross revenue, because a one or two person could generate that much but not enough to earn that kind of taxable income. Just do the math: 250 work days per year times $1,000 billed per day or about $100 per hour including wages, equipment, supplies, travel, etc. That question of gross or net would have exposed Joe as a man without a case for worrying about a tax rate on incomes over $250,000. Too bad the news media people weren’t smart enough to ask that question. I will admit that the McCain campaign made the most of it, but no spin will make up for the VP selection of the “You betcha” gal from Wasilla, AK. If that’s McCain’s idea of judgment, I hope he doesn’t exercise it as President. If McCain’s judgment and erratic behavior in crisis (suspending a campaign to rescue the nation from financial disaster and not contributing a tinker’s damn to the solution) is any indication of how he behave as President, may divine providence help this country in its time of need, because nothing else will save us from his miscues.

If you can’t figure out who I’m voting for, you better re-read the above. Join me at the polls and “Go Obama”.