Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Bye Bye Bayh
And, despite all the reasons cited by the TV and Internet pundits, one of the factors -- maybe even the key factor -- for the non-selection had to have been the fact that the balance of power in the U.S. could have been at stake. If Bayh had been selected, then elected, his seat in the Senate would have become vacant. And anyone who knows just how red a state Indiana is -- can you say fire-engine red? -- would also know that a Republican probably would have been elected to fill Bayh's seat. With the narrow majority in the Senate right now, Democrats couldn't have afforded to let that happen.
Presumably, there would be a better chance that a Democrat could be elected to fill Biden's seat. And let Evan Bayh be content with being selected Miss Congeniality one more time.
And that's the rest of the story from here in the land of Danny Burton and Mitch Daniels.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Oops! (aka Biden My Time)
I will not venture a guess on McCain's selection, especially since his first two choices, Ronald Reagan and Jesse Helms, are both deceased, and his third, Ted Stevens, has his hands full of subpoenas right now. I will go out on a limb and say that the really juicy choice would be Condoleeza Rice. Won't happen, but think of the demographics of that pick, since she would cut across several of Obama's main contituencies. But McCain can't touch those groups, anyway, so it would be a futile, if somewhat intriguing choice.
By the way, is Strom Thurmond still alive? No? Well, there's another McCain choice down the drain.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
My Obama Prediction
If I'm all wrong about this, at least the last part, you will see this post disappear as rapidly as Fred Thompson did from the primary races. We should know by this weekend.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Cynicism? You Can Bank On It!
I'll try not to check out (pun intended) until I have finished up my last box of checks, OK, cynical bankers?
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Gold Medal in Lip-Synching?
Perhaps more than any country in the world, the U.S. of A. has a long and embarrasing history of lip-synching (although usually to cover up the fact that the "singer" was made in the studio, not live on stage). At least as far back as American Bandstand, and almost every stop since, including the Super Bowl, the geniuses of American image-making have tried to put the best voice forward, even it means putting it forward on recording tape. (Hell, back in the day, one bubblegum-rock band, the Archies, couldn't even go on stage and sing live, since their hit records were made by forty-something studio musicians.)
The Chinese just made it putting the best face forward. America truly is a beacon to the rest of the world, and that isn't always a good thing.