Question: What is the cloudiest thing we can think of (other than Britney Spears' common sense)? The GOP's presidential race. One thing seems certain: no majority group of people like ANY of these candidates that well.
At least to us it feels like Republicans in all of these races are whittling down the lesser of evils and holding their nose and pulling the lever. Which helps the Democratics who seem to enjoy Hillary and Barack with equal appeal -- at least on a broad level. We smell a whuppin coming for the Republicans at this point. BTW: We think Mittens won Michigan because people there are so mired in their own failed work culture that they didn't want to hear John McCain tell 'em that these $60,000 auto line jobs are not coming back. They'd rather be told it's possible -- even if most thinking people realize it's not gonna happen. It's a nice thought that they could return, but those old manufacturing jobs are lost for good. Michiganders didn't want to hear that.
There is a baby boomlet afoot here in the USA and we gotta wonder: is this because things are so bad lately, that folks are looking for some free entertainment? Et voila. Or did we just decide as a culture that multiple kids are now ok? We'd love to understand this trend better.
We purchased several Oaksterdam University t-shirts today. We hope you did too.
White House wedding. White House wedding. We are hoping that Jenna sets a date for late summer when it's still pretty but a little cooler. This town needs a glitter moment now more than ever.
We met a very nice man on our plane out of New Hampshire after the primary. He's running for president. No, you don't know him. We didn't either. He's not popular but he does seem sincere. Here's his Web site. Now HE seems conservative enough, dontchathink?
-- Andrea Billups, The Washington Times
Comments (3)
What a choice, the lesser of "evils?" or gender and race. It this the primaries or an episode of some soap opera.
Posted by Larry Stone | January 17, 2008 4:59 AM
The candidates are about as exciting as calculating the biggest loser's body mass index
Posted by Anonymous | January 17, 2008 2:49 PM
I disagree with the notion that we are holding our noses over the crop of Republican candidates. At least three of them are excellent. Take McCain for example: He is a genuine warrior fiscally and internationally. He is honest and courageous even if the risk run is rejection, as was Reagan. So are Juliani and Thompson.
In characteristic fashion McCain told the hard, if unpopular, truth in Michigan. Those auto jobs are not coming back. But McCain could have offered the reason and implied solution. GM and other American manufacturers do not make cars people want. The problem stems from not enough American engineers graduating. The emphasis in the US is on the arts rather than science. Also the big corporations are reluctant to experiment. They have lost the spirit of taking risks. But the no risk road is the road to corporate failure.
McCain could have said he will offer tax incentives to auto makers who, by offering better desings, inspire consumers to consume. He could have said he will encourage a shift in education emphasis to science, as China is doing.
Posted by Rod Hug | January 17, 2008 9:07 PM