First they went after Thomas! Now it's Palin's turn!

The Dems love to talk about diversity. They are the self appointed party of diversity.

Are they really? I don't think so! They believe in diversity as long as you agree with them!

Back in '91, the first Pres. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.

My first reaction was positive: what a great life story! what a great role model for young blacks!

What was the Dems' reaction? Lynch him!

How dare a black man leave the Dem plantation? How dare a black man think for himself? How dare a black man challenge the welfare state dogma of Jesse Jackson's party?

They threw everything at him, including allegations from Anita Hill.

During the nomination, Thomas had a word for it: high tech lynching!

Looking back, I was fit to be tied for days watching the way that a good man like Thomas was treated by the left.

Now, McCain chooses Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate.

The feminist wing of the Dem party is in an uproar. They are ready to whip you with their bras!

Palin doesn't fit the feminist template.

Palin had babies rather than abortions. Did you hear that she is very religious?

Palin is a conservative who believes in the 2nd amendment. Did you hear that she has a lifetime NRA membership?

Palin believes in the traditional union of a man and woman in marriage.

Like Thomas, Palin is a threat to the left. Bill Kristol had a great explanation:

"Millions of Americans--mostly but not only women, mostly but not only Republicans and conservatives--seemed to get a sense of energy and enjoyment and pride, not just from her nomination, but especially from her smashing opening performance.

Palin will be a compelling and mold-breaking example for lots of Americans who are told every day that to be even a bit conservative or Christian or old-fashioned is bad form.

In this respect, Palin can become an inspirational figure and powerful symbol.

The left senses this, which is why they want to discredit her quickly."

All of sudden, the feminists are questioning Palin's experience. Did any of them question Obama's experience?

Let's get serious. Palin is the governor of Alaska. What executive position has Obama held?

The left is not about promoting blacks or opening doors for women. The left is about promoting the left!

Thomas and Palin don't share the left's agenda. Therefore, the left will try to destroy them.

P.S. Some liberals are honest and they see the left's double standard. Kristen Powers has a great post today:

"But listening to Obama supporters take to the airwaves to shriek with indignation about her lack of experience is just a little too rich.

Where were they when Obama, two years into the Senate, announced his candidacy for president?" (A BRILLIANT TRAP MAKES DEMS THE MALE CHAUVINISTS!)

Where were they? They were cheering Obama's pro-abortion and socialist agenda!

My favorite 3 from the Rolling Stones!

The Beatles were the greatest rock band. Unfortunately, they broke up in 1970 and we've been playing old stuff ever since. McCartney had a great solo career. Lennon did OK and was killed just as he was coming back to the charts. Harrison and Starr had limited solo careers.

The Rolling Stones are a different story. They are still going.

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts are still in the band. Bill Wyman retired a couple of years ago. Brian Jones died in 1969. He was replaced by Ron Wood and Mick Taylor.

Bottom line: The Rolling Stones are the longest running band of the rock era.

My first choice is one of the early tunes: "It's all over now"

My second choice is "Ruby Tuesday", a rare ballad:

My third selection is "Jumpin' Jack Flash", one of the Top 5 greatest rock songs ever:

This is a bonus selection. In 1989, The Rolling Stones released "Steel Wheels", their best album since "Exile in Main Street". This is "Mixed emotions"

How much longer can The Rolling Stones go? I don't know. They look like a bunch of grandfathers doing rock! I guess that they will go on as long as they do great stuff like "A rock and a hard place":

The McCain team is beating up a rookie defense!

The McCain team is running great plays and tearing up Obama's defenses.

It started with the celebrity ads. The Obama team was not expecting it. The Obama team has never had a good response:

The Obama campaign can not react to these ads. How do you react to 'celebrity" ads when your candidate is nothing but a celebrity?

How do you take seriously a presidential candidate who zero managerial experience? Obama has never even been a nighttime shift supervisor at a local 7-11!

The second play was the interview at Rick Warren's church. McCain was crisp and Obama looked like a man weighing every word:

The third play was putting Gov. Palin on the ticket.

The McCain staff is now exposing the Dems' biggest wound. Obama has a 'woman problem"! Obama has a woman problem with women over 40! The problem did not get better in Denver despite all of the "hope and change"!

The Obama team is in shock:

"Hope and change" doesn't work anymore. It certainly doesn't work before a general election audience.

"Tax the rich" worked in front of silly college students. It doesn't work in a general election when the parents (i.e. taxpayers) are paying attention.

Americans are smart enough to know that you can not give a tax cut to 95% of the population by taxing the other 5%.

It's class warfare nonsense!

"Get out of Iraq" was a great line back in Iowa. He is now saying that he will get out "responsibly", which is a word game! Obama is not going to do withdraw troops from Iraq because he doesn't want to blow up the region.

In the end, Obama played with the anti-war movement. He told them what they wanted to hear back in Iowa and New Hampshire. Now, he has to deal with the real world consequences of such promises.

McCain doesn't have an Iraq War problem. McCain's position was clear.

He was for the war when it was very popular and every Dem rushed to the microphone to vote for it.

He called for a change in strategy when the war was very unpopular and the Dems said that it was lost.

He is also for the war now that the public is turning around and supporting the surge! (Confidence in War on Terror and Iraq at Highest Level Ever)

Obama, the anti-war candidate, doesn't talk about Iraq anymore. Why? Because we are winning and Obama is invested in defeat.

McCain was a leader. Obama was a poll reader!

Last, but not least, Obama's Chicaco friends are starting to add up into problems.

John Fund writes this: Obama Should Come Clean On Ayers, Rezko And the Iraqi Billionaire! It turns out that his relationship with Ayers, the 1960s terrorist, was a bit more complex than just the neighbor who lived down the street. There are still questions outstanding regarding Rezko and the Obama home:

The McCain campaign is taking the over confident Obama apart.

Get ready for Aggies football!

The Aggies have a new coach and a good chance to win some big games. He is former Green Bay Packers's coach Mike Sherman!

Last year, the Aggies were a disappointing 7-6.

The annual Texas-Texas A&M game will be played in Austin this year. Last year, our family went to this game, which is played on the Friday after Thanksgiving. The atmosphere is wonderful. The pre-game ceremony is worth every minute.

Of course, it's even more fun when the Aggies beat the Longhorns, as they did in 2007!

The Aggies will play Miami on the road. Oklahoma and Texas Tech are home games. Again, Texas is at Austin!

What's the best thing to do on a fall Saturday afternoon? You watch the Aggies football team enter the field behind the Aggies' band:

At halftime, the Aggie band puts on the best show in the country:

Go Aggies! Make sure that you beat Texas again:

What town (of any population) did Obama run?

This is what we heard from the Obama campaign:

"“Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency...."

In fact, Palin has more executive experience than Obama. She ran a small town and was elected governor.

What town of 9,000, or of any population, did Obama run? The answer is none!

Does the Obama campaign want to get into an "experience debate"?

Get over it feminists. Get over it Dems.

Finally, these kind of attacks on Palin will backfire, specially with women!

Palin is a great choice!

Sarah Palin was not my first choice. Nevertheless, she is a great choice.

Palin is from Alaska, a conservative outpost. McCain-Palin will run against the Dem Congress, currently at 10% approval!

She is a very conservative on gun control and property rights. This is going to play well in rural areas where the very liberal Obama is already in deep trouble.

She is pro-life and will appeal to all of those mothers and grandmothers who are concerned with Obama's radical views on abortion, partial birth abortion and infanticide. This is going to excite the Republican anti-abortion base!

Palin has 5 children and a strong critic of same sex marriage. This is going to excite the Republican base, too!

She is not afraid of standing up for what she believes. She is tough!

Will her selection appeal to women disenchanted with Obama and the Democrats? It will attract enough to make a difference in swing states!

Great choice. Historic choice.

Last night, the Dems nominated someone who wants the government to take care of us by taxing the rich!

Today, McCain put a Western conservative on the ticket!

Alaska is in the middle of our energy debate. Palin will tell the country that we need to drill for oil in the US!

McCain-Palin was a surprise but it is a pleasant surprise!

It was a historic night!

It was a very historic night for baby boomers.

Who would have believed that a black man would be nominated in our lifetime?

We came close in 1996 but Collin Powell passed up the Republican nomination.

He passed it up again in 2000.

I am convinced that Collin Powell would have easily defeated Clinton in '96 because Perot would have dropped out and endorse him.

Let's give the US its due.

The US has done more to reverse segregation than any other nation in history.

Young blacks enjoy great opportunities today. They have a future that their grandparents or parents did not have.

We have gone from separate water fountains to a presidential nominee in 45 years. We forget that The Civil Rights Act was signed 45 years ago! (Let's not forget that it was Republicans, not Democrats, who made the civil rights legislation of the 1960s possible!)

Again, this is amazing and the US should be very proud.

We will step aside from the partisan fight and let BO and Mrs. Obama enjoy this evening. They are a wonderful family and let them enjoy this very historic night!

Tomorrow, we will get back and support McCain because he is more qualified. BO's speech was "pander" and "tax the rich" but we will fight that battle tomorrow and at the Republican Convention next week!

P.S. John McCain showed a lot of class tonight by congratulating BO with this message:

The US economy won't be the next president's priority!

We love to give presidents credit, and blame them, for the US economy.

In fact, there is a very little that presidents can do beyond proposing tax reforms.

Presidents don't create jobs. They don't force people to buy homes they can't afford or tell banks to make bad loans.

Finally, presidents have very little to do with the value of your home going up or down. (Trust me. Your home value has nothing to do with the Iraq War!)

For example, did Bill Clinton's policies cause the huge market crash of March 2000? Didn't millions lose their savings because of that crash?

You heard a lot of doom and gloom in Denver. You will probably hear more tonight from BO.

This is what you won't hear in Denver or from Dems:

"Since Bush has been President, the unemployment rate has remained under 6.3% and averaged 5.2% (In Clinton's eight years it remained under 7.3% and also averaged 5.2%.)" (Hoven)

This is what happeend in the last year of Clinton:

"The last four fiscal quarters under President Clinton showed steadily declining GDP growth rates of 4.8, 3.5, 2.4, and 1.9 percent, respectively."

Bush, or Gore if he had won Tennessee, came into office with an economy declining rapidly.

Do we call that the Clinton recession?

What's our next president going to be busy with?

It won't be telling "yes we can screamers" what they want to hear about how everything is terrible because Al Gore couldn't win Tennessee!

Get over all of the talk about the economy. On the domestic side, our next president will have to make the incredibly difficult and unpopular reform of entitlements. In other words, someone has to finally do something about Social Security and Medicare.

To his credit, Pres. Bush tried to reform Social Security by giving younger citizens a chance to privatize their investments.

How did the Dems react? They said that Bush wanted to privatize Social Security! (The Dems reacted to Bush's reforms the same way that the PRD in Mexico is reacting to Calderon's PEMEX reforms!)

Again, he didn't. What he was calling for was a reform of a program that will go broke unless we take drastic action. Millions of baby boomers will start getting checks over the next 20 years. "Hope and change" won't cover the checks!

What else will keep our next president busy?

Let me tell you: Iran, Russia, Hugo Chavez, foreign oil, Al Qaeda in the Afghan mountains, etc.

The Dems won in 1976 (Carter) and 1992 (Clinton) saying that the Republicans didn't pay enough attention to our economy. What happened? Carter and Clinton spent most of their time consumed with foreign affairs.

What do we remember Carter for? Iran!

What is Clinton's legacy, despite all of the garbage that you heard last night: Doing nothing about terrorism and allowing Al Qaeda to attack US interests without consequence.

By the way, Clinton knows a lot about his inconsequential legacy. This is why he is desperately trying to get back into the White House to do something about it. For more on this, read Clawing for a Legacy By Charles Krauthammer!

Does it matter that we elect someone who understands foreign policy? The answer is yes!

The Dems understood this during the primaries and they warned us that BO wasn't ready!

We would welcome an election about McCain's judgement!

The Democrats have gone from "hope and change" to "Bush-McCain" to challenging McCain's judgement. Along the way, BO is sinking in the polls. Wonder why?

We welcome that debate.

Let's have a debate about McCain's foreign policy judgement.

Let's start with Iraq.

First of all, Biden voted for the war. There was very little difference between McCain and Biden on Iraq.

Second, BO opposed the surge. McCain supported the surge, which is the main reason that we can have a discussion about withdrawing troops from Iraq.

Bring it on. Let's talk about judgement.

Marriage, religion and our political parties!

When did this trend start? I don't know for sure. However, I'd guess that it coincides with the secular left's takeover of the Dem party in 1972.

Today, there is a marriage gap and a religious gap between the parties.

On religion, Gallup shows this:

"John McCain continues to dominate Barack Obama among religious Americans, winning among those who attend worship services weekly by a 53% to 37% margin, and losing to Obama among those who seldom or never attend church by 54% to 34%......

Not only does McCain do much better against Obama among those who attend church frequently, but he also beats Obama by an 8-point margin among Americans who say religion is important in their lives, while Obama wins by a 22-point margin among those for whom religion is not important."

On marriage, Gallup shows this:

"Among American registered voters who are married and whom Gallup interviewed Aug. 1-19, John McCain is leading Barack Obama by 13 points; among unmarried American voters, Obama has a 22-point margin....

A large part of the explanation for this marriage gap resides in the basic fact that the two major political parties are fundamentally divided by marital status.

Almost two-thirds of Americans who identify with the Republican Party are married, while a majority of Democrats are unmarried."

Again, it wasn't always this way. I don't think that JFK or Truman or FDR had to deal with such a marriage or religion gap.

This is why McCain's victory is so important. Like Pres. Bush, Sen. McCain will put justices in The Supreme Court who understand the correct role of the judiciary, i.e. let the people vote on abortion and same sex marriage!

McCain hits BO on Iran!

Have you heard Iran mentioned during the first two nights of the Dem convention? WE have heard a lot of "doom and gloom" but not a word about the real threat facing the West.

Perhaps, we will hear something about Iran from Biden or BO. In the meantime, McCain hit another one out of the park.

The Jewish American vote is critical in Florida. My guess is that most Jewish Americans must be wondering why the party of Harry Truman has been so soft spoken about the threats that Israel faces.

I think that they will like this McCain ad.

Does BO really want to get into an argument about homes?

BO made a very foolish mistake today. He jumped on McCain about "owning homes".

The background is that a reporter asked McCain about his homes. McCain did not how many homes he owned, hardly a crime given that his wife comes from a wealthy family.

The issue is not home ownership. After all, how many homes does the Kennedy family own? Kerry? Gore?

Who cares? It's irrelevant!

The issue is honesty. How did you buy your home? Who helped you buy it? In BO's case it was Rezko. Who was Tony Rezko, his Chicago friend? Rezko was a "....political associate convicted of six counts of wire fraud, six counts of mail fraud, two counts of corrupt solicitation, and two counts of money laundering."

BO is very vulnerable on this topic because of his relationship with a fellow named Rezko:

Was this really an endorsement for BO or the beginning of the Clintons' 2012 campaign?

My initial reaction to HRC's speech was a bit shocking. I was expecting the big unity speech. What I watched was HRC talking about HRC!

HRC did not say anything about BO's character. She said that Michelle would make a great First Lady. HRC did not say that BO would make a great president!

HRC spoke a lot about herself and women's rights. She never said that BO has the qualifications to be commander in chief, one of her primary criticisms just a couple of months ago!

Incredibly, HRC said nothing about the historic angle of the Dems naming a black man. This is remarkable given the support that blacks give the Dems every four years!

Yes, there were some good lines, such as Bush-McCain and the "twin cities".

Yes, she had a good line about "no way, no how, no McCain"!

Next week, you will hear Giuliani, Huckabee, Thompson, and perhaps Romney if he is not chosen as VP, give endorsement speeches for McCain.

Trust me! They will be profound endorsements of John McCain's character and experience.

HRC's endorsement is one of the weakest ever! Again, she did not say that BO would make a strong president. She simply said that we shouldn't have McCain in the White House!

This was about HRC setting the table for 2012! I can't believe that the BO staff will be very pleased with this endorsement.

Forget unity! This is about the Clintons getting ready for 2012! Last, but not least, did you hear that former Pres. Clinton may not join the Dems at BO's acceptance speech? Can you think of the last time that a healthy former president did not attend a convention's final night?

What Catholic Church is Nancy Pelosi going to?

Nancy Pelosi gave the most amazing explanation of abortion to date:

"I would say that as an ardent, practicing Catholic, this is an issue that I have studied for a long time.

And what I know is, over the centuries, the doctors of the church have not been able to make that definition.

And Senator–St. Augustine said at three months. We don’t know.

The point is, is that it shouldn’t have an impact on the woman’s right to choose.

Roe v. Wade talks about very clear definitions of when the child–first trimester, certain considerations; second trimester; not so third trimester.

There’s very clear distinctions. This isn’t about abortion on demand, it’s about a careful, careful consideration of all factors and–to–that a woman has to make with her doctor and her god.

And so I don’t think anybody can tell you when life begins, human life begins.

As I say, the Catholic Church for centuries has been discussing this, and there are those who’ve decided…

MR. BROKAW: The Catholic Church at the moment feels very strongly that it…

REP. PELOSI: I understand that.

MR. BROKAW: …begins at the point of conception.

REP. PELOSI: I understand. And this is like maybe 50 years or something like that.

So again, over the history of the church, this is an issue of controversy.

But it is, it is also true that God has given us, each of us, a free will and a responsibility to answer for our actions.

And we want abortions to be safe, rare, and reduce the number of abortions.

That’s why we have this fight in Congress over contraception.

My Republican colleagues do not support contraception.

If you want to reduce the number of abortions, and we all do, we must–it would behoove you to support family planning and, and contraception, you would think.

But that is not the case. So we have to take–you know, we have to handle this as respectfully–this is sacred ground.

We have to handle it very respectfully and not politicize it, as it has been–and I’m not saying Rick Warren did, because I don’t think he did, but others will try to."

I guess that this is what happens when you represent San Francisco or you have to pander to the pro-abortion feminist wing! Better than that, the Speaker does not know what she is talking about!

It would be interesting to show this video to Pope Benedict for comment.

My guess is that the Pope would say that abortion is the taking of a human life snd would disagree strongly with Pelosi.

Why else does a woman choose to have an abortion?

What is she preventing?

The answer is that she does not want to give birth to a baby nine months later.

What else is the objective of an abortion?

Ed Morrissey challenges Pelosi by reviewing what the church has written about abortion:

"The notion that the Catholic Church declared abortion a sin at the same time as the Pill is patently absurd, and shows that Pelosi has either lied about studying the issue in terms of Church history or lied about what she found. Church writings specifically naming abortion as murder appear as early as 70 AD in the Didache, the first written catechism of the Christian church."

Pelosi also blamed the Republicans for opposing contraception.

Of course, it's always the Republicans' fault! Is it too much to ask the Speaker to get the Dem majority to pass something without blaming it on Republicans?

This is a STATEMENT OF HIS EMINENCE, EDWARD CARDINAL EGAN CONCERNING REMARKS MADE BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:

"We are blessed in the 21st century with crystal-clear photographs and action films of the living realities within their pregnant mothers.

No one with the slightest measure of integrity or honor could fail to know what these marvelous beings manifestly, clearly, and obviously are, as they smile and wave into the world outside the womb.

In simplest terms, they are human beings with an inalienable right to live, a right that the Speaker of the House of Representatives is bound to defend at all costs for the most basic of ethical reasons.

They are not parts of their mothers, and what they are depends not at all upon the opinions of theologians of any faith.

Anyone who dares to defend that they may be legitimately killed because another human being “chooses” to do so or for any other equally ridiculous reason should not be providing leadership in a civilized democracy worthy of the name."

Speaker Pelosi has also opened the door to a debate regarding Obama's radical position on abortion:

Another musical salute to the happy girls in Denver!

Day 2 and there is so much love in the air:

Over Half of Clinton Backers Not Sold on Obama -

Obama-Clinton Rift Persists

Stalwarts in Search of Catharsis

Leslie Gore recorded songs about girls in love. To be honest, she was one of my sister's favorite singers. I like some of her songs, too, specially "California Nights" and "It's my party"! Leslie Gore understood that special feeling of love at first sight:

"Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows,

Everything that's wonderful is what I feel when we're together,

Brighter than a lucky penny,

When you're near the rain cloud disappears, dear,

And I feel so fine just to know that you are mine.

My life is sunshine, lollipops and rainbows,

Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, Everything that's wonderful is sure to come your way When you're in love to stay.

Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, Everything that's wonderful is what I feel

when we're together, Brighter than a lucky penny,

When you're near the rain cloud disappears, dear,

And I feel so fine just to know that you are mine.

My life is sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, That's how this refrain goes,

so come on, join in everybody!

Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, Everything that's wonderful is sure to come your way

"Cause you're in love, you're in love, And love is here to staaaaaay!"

Love is here to stay! Here is the problem:

Hillary Clinton got 18 million votes. My guess is that 90% of them will eventually vote for BO because of abortion and other liberal causes.

Let's see that McCain gets the difference. That's almost 2 million votes. It could be critical in states like Pennsylvania or Michigan!

From Leslie Gore to all of the girls in Denver: Love is here to stay! Do your part girls! The world is watching! Smile and look pretty! You are supposed to be in love with Obama!

Back in the real world, another great McCain ad using Hillary Clinton's words:

Rev. Wright, who? What Chicago friends?

Michelle Obama looked great. The two girls looked wonderful.

It reminded me of Nancy Reagan speaking from the podium and blowing kisses at Pres. Reagan on the big screen during the 1984 Republican convention in Dallas.

Great choreography. Great looks. Great story about her parents and BO driving the baby girl home.

Where in the world was Rev. Wright?

After all, he married them, baptized their girls and prayed with the Obamas when BO announced his candidacy.

Better than that, Rev. Wright was the single most important person in launching BO's political career.

This is my point.

It worries me when people are so convenient to delete a big part of their past.

How honest is someone who throws their religious mentor overboard because he is no longer an asset on their resume?

It worries me that someone has to give a speech to tell us that she loves the country.

Wonder what Rev. Wright thinks of the former members of his church?

The Obamas owe Rev. Wright a great deal. He took BO and gave him a black identity. He opened political doors for BO. I understand that Rev. Wright said a lot of stupid things but he also helped BO a lot. It bothers me when people have zero loyalty:

Last, but not least, what about those other Chicago friends who were so influential in launching BO's career? Why is BO hiding from them, too?

Hillary and the ladies will sing "Lollipop" to Obama!

Unity has landed in Denver. They will unite and live happily ever after with BO-JB. The women will get over their pride, fall in love with BO and happiness will reign in Denver.

The Chordettes recorded this one in the "doo wop" era. It was a song about a girl madly in love with her cute boyfriend. She called him "Lollipop"! It will be one "happy girly moment" singing Lollipop:

Between lollipops, stay away from women swinging their purses. In Denver, a purse may quickly turn into a weapon this week! CNN reports this: "Sixty-six percent of Clinton supporters, registered Democrats who want Clinton as the nominee, are now backing Obama. That’s down from 75 percent in the end of June. Twenty-seven percent of them now say they’ll support McCain, up from 16 percent in late June."

Last, but not least, give the McCain staff an A+ for these ads:

BO doesn't talk about Iraq anymore!

The anti-war candidate is not talking Iraq anymore. The new VP, the same one who voted to remove Saddam, is not talking Iraq either.

2008 was supposed to be about Iraq.

Not anymore!

It's amazing what success in Iraq can do. The Dems have gone mute mode on Iraq. See Noemie Emery:

"A funny thing happened this summer:

John McCain taunted Barack Obama into making a trip to Iraq, whereupon the press looked around and finally noticed what those who were paying attention had known for some months now.

The country portrayed for the last four years by the press and the Democrats as Vietnam-in-the-Desert is doing much better, what with al Qaeda on the run, the Sunnis and Shias coming together, the Shia militias largely defeated, and the war itself looking more or less .  .  . won. "

Did you hear anything about Iraq yesterday at the opening act of the Obama-Biden ticket? There is a new reality in Iraq and BO can not see it and keep the anti-war base that made him famous! Congratulations to the troops! Thank God that Bush and McCain had the courage to see it through!

The McCain ad team hits another home run!

She got 18 million votes. She beat him in every large state primary. He couldn't close the deal with most voters.

Furthermore, 39% Say Biden the Right Choice, Women Less Enthusiastic!

So let's give the McCain staff credit for coming up with this great video:

Vote for BO because Biden has experience?

Ron Fournier has the best analysis about BO picking JB:

"The picks say something profound about Obama: For all his self-confidence, the 47-year-old Illinois senator worried that he couldn't beat Republican John McCain without help from a seasoned politician willing to attack."

Some wishful thinking Dems are saying that JB is BO's Cheney, a reference to the 2000 Republican ticket of Bush-Cheney.

It sounds good until you actually look beyond the wishful thinking.

In 2000, GWBush had been elected and reelected governor of Texas.

Like most governors, such as Reagan or Clinton or Dukakis, GWBush did not have foreign policy experience. After all, our foreign policy is run out of Washington DC, although big state governors do have substantial commercial relations with other countries.

What GWBush had, as well as Reagan and Clinton, was executive experience.

Texas is one of the top 15 economies in the world. The Texas GDP, and booming economy, means that our governor spends a tremendous amount of time dealing with other countries about commerce and trade.

Obama has zero foreign policy experience. Worse than that, he has zero executive experience.

BO has not even been a second shift supervisor at a 7-11!

Some wishful thinking Dems are trying to say that Obama is like JFK in 1960.

Again, it does not work.

JFK had been in the US Senate for 8 years in 1960. As a US Senator, JFK took the time to learn about the national security issues of the time.

Also, JFK had served in the House, 1946-52. JFK had also been decorated in WW2 for the PT-109 incident.

In other words, JFK did not have a formal executive job, in the form of a governor or private sector CEO, but he did have experience leading men in battle.

You can learn a lot about a man's character by how he faces life and death situations. JFK had the aforementioned PT-109 incident. Bush-41 was shot down as a Navy pilot in the Pacific and survived hours in the water.

Let me say it again: You can learn a lot about a man by how he survives a life or death situation!

Again, what men has BO ever led into anything? The answer is none, except when he took a bunch of guys to a baseball game at Wrigley Field!

The wishful thinking Dems say that JB will help BO communicate with Catholics and those rural evangelical folk who cling to their guns and Bible.

Again, it won't fly.

Suburban and rural mothers (and grandmothers) are not going to vote for BO's radical abortion position because JB was born Catholic. You don't get "small town values" because your VP was born in Scranton, PA.

We vote for President. You can't borrow experience from your VP nominee.

Is Joe Biden a good man? Yes.

Has he dealt with serious adversity in his life? Absolutely yes!

The good news is that Biden is a decent man. The bad news is that he is the VP and we don't vote for VP!

Saturday's show: A chat with Cassy Fiano, blogger

Cassy Fiano joined us on Saturday to review the Biden selection!

It's Obama-Biden! This is a good pick for Obama. It is also a recognition that BO needs a partner with foreign policy experience.

Cassy will review the state of the race! Also, who will McCain pick? It looks like Romney is the man. The Biden-Romney debate could be the highlight of the campaign.

Click here for the show!

"It's all Bush's fault" or "McCain is Bush" won't be enough!

See the Obama-Biden website that the RMC has put up. It's great.

Get ready for the Dem narrative:

1) "It's all Bush's fault", even though Joe Biden voted for the Iraq War.

2) "McCain is Bush", even though McCain has been the most independent Republican during the Bush years.

Can this garbage work? It's hard to make it work with 5.5% unemployment and 20-plus consecutive quarters of GDP growth. There are limits to "doom and gloom"!

It will work for those who are already voting for Obama. It's like talking to the choir.

It won't work for independents who have loved McCain over the years.

Let's hope that we hear a better reason to vote Dem this fall than "it's all Bush's fault"! Americans are forward looking people and blaming the incumbent, without specifics, won't cut it.

It's all Bush's fault is also a hard message when Pres. Bush has higher approval ratings than the Dem Congress.

From "hope and change" to "I need an adult"

OK. I didn't get any text message. Frankly, I don't like text messages. I'd rather get a phone call!

I'm old fashioned. I use a land line and I don't text.

Beyond that, I found out about Biden around midnight. Wonder how the "yes we can" screamers feel about CNN or FOX breaking the story before they got the text message?

We got home late from our son's pre-season scrimmage. I watched the Rangers go further in the tank. I watched the Cowboys win an exhibition game.

Last, but not least, I caught the news that BO had picked JB.

So much for "hope and change". (So Much For Change: Obama Picks Joe Biden)

During the Dem primaries and debates, I wrote that Joe Biden was the only adult on the stage vis-a-vis foreign policy.

Obama was simply playing to the crowd. How silly do BO's remarks about Iraq look now?

Biden voted for the war and was always against any kind of senseless withdrawal.

It's amazing. The Dems are against the war but continue to nominate people who voted for, and funded, the war. (Kerry-Edwards in 2004 and now Biden in 2008)

HRC went too far to the left to compete with BO. HRC blew her chance to be the moderate centrist surrounded by "little boys" like Obama. Instead, she rushed to the left with dashing speed by joining the anti-NAFTA crowd and rebuking most of her husband's policies, from free trade to homosexuals serving openly in the military.

Edwards was, and is, a fake.

Richardson spoke Spanish and not much more.

Dennis the K had an encounter with a spaceship.

Mike Gravel smoked too much of something in Alaska.

By any historical standard, the 2008 Dem presidential candidates was the weakest foreign policy team in history.

What would FDR, Truman, JFK and LBJ say of this crowd?

Not much! They'd be voting for McCain!

Can you believe JFK supporting a Dem who equates our liberation of Iraq with Russia invading Georgia! My guess is that JFK and Truman would have slapped BO and then resigned from the Dem party. (Obama's Moral Equivalence Problem)

The Dems used to be tough on national security until the "hippy left" took over the party in 1968. They've lost 7 of 10 presidential elections since! (How the Election of 1968 Reshaped the Democratic Party By Ted Van Dyk)

In the end, BO's staff got the memo. They understand that BO can not close the deal. He is like the good looking salesman who can't pick up the check from the customers.

BO talks good. BO dresses good. But BO can't get the customer to sign the app and get the check!

He couldn't close the deal against HRC. BO is not doing it against McCain either.

Americans want change after one party has held the White House for two terms. In fact, it is very difficult for the incumbent party to win 3 in a row.

Nevertheless, Americans also want a pilot who has actually flown a plane. They just don't want someone who looks good in the uniform but has never done a landing or take off!

Biden is a good choice. He is an adult in a party that looks more and more like the "Animal House" movie.

What's the upside of Biden in 2008? He will be the leading Dem to run against Pres. McCain in 2012. McCain vs Biden! That's one adult election we could look forward to!

Dear BO: This is no way to treat the lady who beat you in every big state primary!

Today, we learned that Hillary Clinton was never seriously considered for the VP position.

Why wasn't HRC considered? See Politico:

"Obama has often said, most recently on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on July 27, that Clinton “would be on anybody’s short list.”

But apparently not his.

“She was never vetted,” a Democratic official reported.

“She was not asked for a single piece of paper.

She and Senator Obama have never had a single conversation about it.

How would he know if she’d take it?”

The official also said Clinton never met with Obama’s vetting team of Eric Holder and Caroline Kennedy.

And the official said she was never asked for medical records or for any financial 2008 information about her or former President Bill Clinton.

The last information the couple has disclosed about taxes and financial holdings was for 2007."

In the end, no one wanted to pick up Hillary's debts. (Disclosure reports show Clinton still deeply in debt)

Her husband Bill does not want to! (One reason it’s not Hillary: Debt load)

HRC's supporters aren't doing much to help pay off the debts either!

HRC got 15 million votes. How about $5 per woman to help HRC retire the debts? Wouldn't it be nice for the HRC women to help their favorite candidate?

Obama wants nothing to do with her debts! ("The report also shows Clinton was only able to raise $2 million in the month of July — down from close to $3 million in June. By comparison, Barack Obama raised over $50 million for his White House bid in the same time period.")

At the end of the day, this is no way to treat a lady, specially all of those angry ladies in Denver.

The women will will go crazy when they learn that HRC was never a serious candidate for the VP spot.

BO told them that she was on the "short list" but it was not true!

The ladies are angry and it's not Bush's fault!

How refreshing to see Dems mad as hell and they are not blaming Bush or the 2000 election!

Helen Reddy recorded this many years ago. It was another story of a woman getting mistreated by a man! It must be tough to be an HRC woman these days!

"I guess it was yourself you were involved with

I would have sworn it was me

I might have found out sooner if

You'd only let me close enough to see

That ain't no way to treat a lady

No way to treat your baby

Your woman your friend

That ain't no way to treat a lady, no way

But maybe it's a way for us to end

I was only bein' a picture With all the colors I know

While you were busy looking into Wide blue mirrors and lovin' the show

There's a funny kind of consolation

Keepin' me sane And I'd really like to share it

Crawl on deep in my brain

You see the time you never felt me

Lovin' you or needin' you So leavin' you now

You still won't know how to feel the pain

I was lookin' out for my happiness

While you were looking within

And before you know your own reflection

Always starts to tire you, it's happened again"

Did BO really say that Georgia is like Iraq?

Let me get this straight. Russia went into Georgia. The US, and 36 other countries, went into Iraq.

Incredibly, BO thinks that it's all a bit of the same:

"Democrat Barack Obama scolded Russia again on Wednesday for invading another country’s sovereign territory while adding a new twist: the United States, he said, should set a better example on that front, too.

The Illinois senator’s opposition to the Iraq war, which his comment clearly referenced, is well known.

But this was the first time the Democratic presidential candidate has made a comparison between the U.S. invasion of Iraq and Russia’s recent military activity in Georgia.

“We’ve got to send a clear message to Russia and unify our allies,” Obama told a crowd of supporters in Virginia.

“They can’t charge into other countries. Of course it helps if we are leading by example on that point.” (Power Line)

Really sweet. So now Georgia is like Iraq!

This is so obscene that it should immediately disqualify BO for the presidency.

In Iraq, the US was invading a corrupt dictator who was in violation of the '91 cease fire, a dozen UN resolutions, who was shooting at US-UK planes enforcing UN resolutions and who had committed horrific crimes against his own people.

Also, let's add that Saddam had used WMDs twice in the last decade.

What cease fire is Georgia violating? Who is talking about WMDs? How many Georgians are in state prisons?

Let's not forget that Democrats overwhelmingly supported the invasion of Iraq!

How can you BO look in the eye of US soldier and say that Russia going to Georgia is like the US liberating Iraq.

We heard similar garbage in the 1984 election when some Dems tried to compare our action in Grenada with Soviet troops going into Afghanistan.

It's amazing to me.

Actually, Russia going into Georgia is like Iraq invading Kuwait.

Again, BO is amazing because he is so ignorant. I love what Rick Moran wrote: Obama's Moral Equivalence Problem!

What flight to Denver is "panic" on?

The Denver convention is here and so is panic about Obama. Gerard Baker from the UK has another # 1 hit: "Yes we can'? Make that: ‘Oops, we may not' *Barack Obama suddenly looks vulnerable. And the more the focus is on him, the less likely he is to become president)

Over the new few days, there will be many Dems landing at the Denver Airport.

Question: What flight is panic on?

Even The NY Times, a.k.a The Voice of Obama, is in a bit of panic about what papers are hiding in The University of Illinois.

What surprise, or Rev. Wright, is hiding in all of those papers under lock and key?

Shouldn't we have access to these papers? Aren't we talking about a man who wants to be president of the US?

Obama's Lost Annenberg Years Coming to Light By Thomas Lifson gets into a little bit about the potential impact of making these papers public.

What was BO's relationship with Bill Ayers, the well known 1960's leftist radical who tried to bomb The Pentagon? (For the Records By Tobin Harshaw)

Joe Klein, another well know media type in the tank for BO, is now writing about the missing passion. Where did all of the "yes we can" passion go to? My guess is that the passion went out the window when BO started moving to the center and leaving all of the leftist positions back in the primaries!

Carla Marinucci, from San Francisco, writes this:

"It's not panic time - yet - but some Democrats watching Barack Obama say his campaign should have gotten a wake-up call this week, not only from his appearance with John McCain at the Saddleback Church but from a major poll suggesting he no longer leads his GOP opponent."

BO is in trouble. Everybody knows it, specially the Dems who blindly hitched their wagon to the "yes we can" pied piper!

Thursday's show: A chat with Jose Brechner from Argentina!

On Thursday, we spoke with Jose Brechner:

"Jose was born in Bolivia. He was a former congressman and ambassador, (1985-1989) and a founder member of Accion Democratica Nacionalista, a right of center party.

He was chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee at the Bolivian Congress, and represented the country at several international forums included the Organization for American States (OAS).

During his mandate, was nominated by all media in Bolivia as the best congressman.

Op-Ed writer and Political Analyst, his articles are published in journals from North America, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.

He is the most popular Bolivian journalist in the world.

Brechner was invited to participate in high rank TV shows, as “60 Minutes” and “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report”. Brechner is an active defendant of private property, free market economy, and individual freedom and rights."

We spoke about Latin America and the upcoming election. You will enjoy Jose's profound outlook of what is happening down south!

Click here to listen to the show!

Obama has a serious "infanticide" problem!

In a previous post, I wrote that the country is divided on abortion. It's roughly 50-50! It's a toss up between people like me, who believe that abortion is the taking of a human life, and others who think that a woman has the ultimate right to terminate a pregnancy early on.

However, the country draws the line on partial birth abortion and infanticide.

Let me say it again: Obama has three problems:

First, do not accuse your critics of lying. You can't do that in the major leagues unless you can prove that your critics are indeed lying.

Second, BO has never stood up to a liberal interest group. Unlike McCain, who has had his fights with Republicans, BO is afraid of challenging the left, from the "abortion on demand" feminists to the teachers' union.

Question: Can BO stand up to our enemies if he is afraid of the teachers unions, Rev. Wright, or the abortion organizations?

Third, BO supported infanticide legislation in Illinois. What else do you call a law that denied "person status" to a baby who survived an abortion?

Jill Stanek takes BO apart on this whole story:

"While the Obama campaign tonight finally admitted Obama has misrepresented his Born Alive vote all these years, it had the audacity to offer a ludicrous excuse, an excuse Obama himself contradicted only 24 hours ago, as he has for years, that "I would have been completely in, fully in support of the federal bill that everybody supported."

Peter Wehner has been following this story carefully and he notes this:

"It has become increasingly clear that we need to devalue Obama’s rhetoric, since it is so much at odds with his record.

Maybe no issue underscores this more than abortion.

It isn’t a pleasant issue to debate, but it is a terribly important one.

And Obama is not only on the wrong side of it: he inhabits a small sliver of ground where few others have dared to venture.

Many people, even those who consider themselves pro-choice, find killing a baby who has survived an abortion attempt to be deeply troubling and wrong.

But not, apparently, Barack Obama–at least before he decided to run for President.

Senator McCain is often not comfortable talking about abortion, but as he showed in his conversation with Rick Warren, he can be effective in discussing it.

This issue should now become central to the campaign, because of what it reveals about the moral sensibilities and radical views of Senator Obama."

Again, this is what happens when you nominate someone because he gave a vague criticism of the Iraq War in 2002.

Also, this is what happens when you allow the left-wing interest groups to rig your nomination process so that a candidate can get the gold medal by winning "caucuses" in Republican Wyoming and Utah but losing big state primaries in battleground states like Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Yes, the irrational left got its candidate. At the same time, the Dems also got everything else that comes with him, such as all of the issue flips from the primary!

Frankly, the Dems are like children in need of some serious adult supervision. Better put, they need "mom" to take out the belt and put a little red on their leftist butts!

Wanna meet angry women? Go to Denver next week!

Ed Morrissey has an interesting update on the PUMAs:

"A massive e-mail and Internet campaign is under way aimed at derailing the nomination of Barack Obama and making Hillary Clinton the party’s standard bearer next week at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. …

Most of the messages Lowery has received from across the country come from Hillary supporters making the case that she won more voters’ votes in the primaries, she won bigger states, that Obama won states that won’t vote Democratic in November, and that she is the only “electable” Democrat."

The PUMAs have a point. Kristen Powers thinks that BO did not treat HRC's women with respect! (By the way, PUMA stands for Party Unity My A__)

The real question is this: Is there buyer's remorse? I think that Rush Limbaugh is right: Democrats in Panic Mode as McCain Takes Lead in Polls! David Gergen thinks that Obama: In Need of a Game Changer! David Broder writes that Voters Want Reassurance from Obama!

What if they take a vote and HRC pulls off a surprise victory? Keep your eye on the Dems in Denver!

Stop whining Mr. BO!

BO did his daily whining about the McCain attacks. Why? Because the McCain attacks are tearing up BO. McCain is taking BO apart!

Today, BO got back to the tired accusation that we are questioning his patriotism.

McCain is not questioning anything other than BO's flawed judgement:

"Senator Obama still cannot quite bring himself to admit his own failure in judgment.

Nor has he been willing to heed the guidance of General Petraeus, or to listen to our troops on the ground when they say -- as they have said to me on my trips to Iraq: "Let us win, just let us win."

Instead, Senator Obama commits the greater error of insisting that even in hindsight, he would oppose the surge.

Even in retrospect, he would choose the path of retreat and failure for America over the path of success and victory." (Power Line)

Obama did predict that the surge would fail. Again, this is not about patriotism but judgement.

Stop whining Obama! You are running for president of the US. This is not the liberal Illinois district where no one challenged your liberal views. The Oval Office is no place for wimpy guys with a thin skin!

Keep it up McCain! You are beautifully exposing this empty suit called Obama!

Share Emily's song with your friends!

As I wrote before, Rachel's Vineyard is one of my favorite ministries. They do so much to help women deal with post abortion depression and guilt. Emily Holman wrote this song to comfort a friend:

"I wrote this song in 2000 for a friend of mine who shared with me her abortion experience from over twenty years earlier.

She went through a post abortion bible study at our local crisis pregnancy center and asked me to write a song for the memorial service.

I prayed that the Holy Spirit would give me the words to say and He did just that.

I feel that this song was truly written and inspired by the Holy Spirit and I have merely been an instrument to spread the message of truth, healing, and hope."

I found this song over the weekend. I hope that you like it as much as I did:

Sometimes I Wonder

Sometimes I wonder what you would be
And if you’re an angel that’s following me.

What would I see if I looked in your eyes
Since all of your hopes and your dreams were denied?

I never knew it was more than a choice
Your heart was beating but you had no voice
An innocent life without a name
I chose to end because of my shame.

But God in his patience waited for me.

Forgiveness and grace He gave freely.

Healing my heart and giving me hope –

Amazing grace He gives.

Sometimes I wonder what the world could be
If eyes were opened and people could see-

There’s only one truth and it’s given to all.

We’re the image of God no matter how small.
He came to the world to give us light
But the world in its darkness preferred the night.
He gave his own life that I should live.

How can I be worthy of such a gift?
As deep as the ocean as wide as the sky

God’s love surrounds me and lifts me high.

I never knew a love like this
God in His mercy forgives.

Sometimes I wonder what I could be
If I opened my heart for others to see

The pain that I’ve hidden from so long ago
What would they think if my secret they would know?

But the way to be free is embrace my cross-
To help someone else who is facing this choice.

For God doesn’t see things the way that we do
His thoughts are higher and His ways are true

God the Father and God the Son
Holy Spirit, three in one

Give me the courage to help someone
God in His mercy forgives.
Amazing grace He gives.
He died so I could live.

Sometimes I wonder"

Great song by Emily Holman. You will find other songs like Emily's at Rachel's Vineyard:

Get well Yaz!

Just heard the news that Hall of Famer Carl Yaztresmki is in a Boston hospital with a serious condition.

Yaz is 68 and retired after the 1983 season.

He wore # 8 and played LF for the Red Sox for 20 seasons.

Nobody is talking about Yaz' s condition. I respect his privacy. Let's pray for him.

Yaz was the last major leaguer to win the Triple Crown in 1967. He led Boston to the World Series that year.

The BoSox won the '67 season. They beat my Twins on the last day of the season.

I can still remember sitting in the living room with my brother, sister and my parents watching Boston go ahead of Minnesota. It was a sad Sunday afternoon! I was certain that the Twins would go back to the Series after losing to LA in 7 games in '65!

Our family was Twins all the way because of Tony Oliva, Zoilo Versalles, Camilo Pascual, Rod Carew and Cesar Tovar. The Twins were the first team to feature so many Latin stars!

They also had Jim Kaat, Jim "Mudcat" Grant, Dean Chance, Bob Allison and Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew. It was a great Twins' team!

I can still recall that awful feeling when Yaz broke the game open. Baseball memories have a way of staying you.

Great player all around. 3419 hits! 452 hrs! 1845 RBIs.

Let's hope that Yaz is OK and recovers soon.

BO's problem: There is abortion, partial birth abortion and that other awful thing!

BO is having a hard time explaining some of his abortion votes. I guess that's what happens when you go from the primary left wing "cocoon" to the more conservative general election audience. In the Dem primary, abortion is all about feminist power. In the general election, mothers and grandmothers have a different view.

It's one thing to favor abortion, which usually occurs very early in the pregnancy.

It's quite another thing to support partial birth abortion, which is so horrific that I don't have the words to describe it.

Polls show that the public is divided on abortion but strongly opposes partial birth abortion.

It gets worse. What about killing a baby who survives an abortion?

This is so barbaric that it's hard to believe that anyone would dare support it.

BO's problem is that he is dancing around # 2 and # 3:

"In 2001, Senator Barack Obama was the only member of the Illinois senate to speak against a bill that would have recognized premature abortion survivors as “persons.”

The bill was in response to a Chicago-area hospital that was leaving such babies to die.

Obama voted “present” on the bill after denouncing it. (David Freddoso)

After Pastor Warren's conversation, BO was confronted about his abortion votes. He said that people were lying about his record. Later on, the staff was forced to admit that BO had a mental lapse. (Lowry)

Obama was the one lying about his votes!

Again, there is abortion, partial birth abortion and killing a baby who survives an abortion.

How can a civilized society consider all three, and specially # 2 and # 3.

Evil in the world? Yes, there is evil every time that we say that a life is inconvenient and we abort it. It's "evil" to abort when there are so many couples willing to adopt these babies!

National security is back and the Dems are in the wrong corner again!

It won't be long before someone at The Daily Kos or Moveon.org circulates a conspiracy about the Russian invasion of Georgia.

It was Putin working with Cheney. It was Putin working with Bush. Yes, Bush-Cheney told the Russians to invade Georgia so that the Republicans can get their national security credentials back.

The left loves conspiracies, specially conspiracies that explain their past defeats and the one coming up in November.

According to Politico:

"July's NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll found that three in four Americans believe McCain can "handle" the role of commander in chief, while only 19 percent said he "cannot," compared to a 50 percent to 42 percent split for Obama.

When asked which party is more capable of "dealing with the war on terrorism," 40 percent of respondents to the latest NBC/WSJ poll said Republican while 29 percent said Democrat.

The parties had been effectively tied as recently as January of this year, and the 11-percentage-point gap is the largest since 2004, the last year these numbers shifted so dramatically and, not coincidentally, the last presidential election year."

Question: Why doesn't the country trust the Dems to defend the country?

Perhaps, they should go back to Pastor Warren's church and listen to BO and McCain talk about evil in the world:

McCain wants to defeat it. Obama wants another UN resolution.

McCain "cheated"----what else do you expect to hear from the party of whiners?

Both sides understood the rules. They had an outline of the major themes. Pastor Warren even gave them a heads up on the first question.

So what happened? Obama looked awful and McCain looked great.

So what happens when a Dem loses a debate or can't carry his home state? The answer is to blame it on Republican cheating.

McCain was crisp. His answers were those of a man confident about his positions. For example, he didn't have to think about saying that life began at the moment of conception.

Obama was slow. His answers were those of a man who was walking quietly for fear of waking up anybody. He was clearly afraid of saying the wrong thing.

Obama did get in trouble over abortion.

In Obama Facing Attacks From All Sides Over Abortion Record By RUSSELL BERMAN, we learned that left and right aren't happy.

The anti-abortion side is mad because BO played fast with some of his abortion votes. The left is furious because they fear that BO is about to throw them under the bus. After all, can you blame the left? BO has been changing positions like a woman going through shoes!

Most of all, I was offended by the cheap shot about Justice Thomas' experience. BO was going to say "experience" and then said something else.

The left hates Thomas because he is a black conservative appointed by a Republican president. For the left, black Republicans are indeed the face of evil in the world.

Obama almost said that Thomas did not have experience before Pres. Bush recommended in 1991.

The Wall Street Journal spoke for many of us today:

"By the time he was nominated, Clarence Thomas had worked in the Missouri Attorney General's office, served as an Assistant Secretary of Education, run the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and sat for a year on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the nation's second most prominent court.

Since his "elevation" to the High Court in 1991, he has also shown himself to be a principled and scholarly jurist.

Meanwhile, as he bids to be America's Commander in Chief, Mr. Obama isn't yet four years out of the Illinois state Senate, has never held a hearing of note of his U.S. Senate subcommittee, and had an unremarkable record as both a "community organizer" and law school lecturer.

Justice Thomas's judicial credentials compare favorably to Mr. Obama's Presidential résumé by any measure.

And when it comes to rising from difficult circumstances, Justice Thomas's rural Georgian upbringing makes Mr. Obama's story look like easy street."

It was a cheap shot against Thomas, a decent man who just happens to be a black Republican.

It was a bad night for Obama. What do Dems do when their pitchers can't throw strikes? They say that the ump was squeezing the plate!

P.S. The "Gore can't carry Tennessee" Dems have not changed and will never change.

Who is going to live with these people when they lose in November?

Here is some friendly advice: Go to Dem homes and remove the rat poison!

Make sure that your Dem friends don't have any rat poison around their home in the first Tuesday of November.

Rat poison and "suicidal" Dems are a very bad mix.

What are these people going to do when they lose another one? When are Dems going to start blaming their candidates?

When are they going to admit that their nomination process has been taken over by the left?

In other words, the left makes their candidates unelectable in November, unless they are lucky enough to have Ross Perot around.

Again, hide the rat poison, Drano or whatever else can give your Dem friend a horrible stomach ache.

Congratulations to Kobe Bryant!

In Dallas, we hate the LA Lakers. We "boo" Kobe when the Mavericks play LA. It's not personal. Fans love to "boo" the other team, specially when the other team beats up the home team over and over again. Kobe is a pro and a winner. He has 3 NBA rings to show it. Our guys in Dallas don't have any rings!

Today, let me cheer Kobe:

"In an interview Friday on NBC, the world's most famous basketball player told Chris Collinsworth how he got "goosebumps" when he received his Olympics uniform.

"I actually just looked at it for a while.

I just held it there and I laid it across my bed and I just stared at it for a few minutes; just because as a kid growing up this is the ultimate, ultimate in basketball."

The Los Angeles Laker went on to call the U.S. "the greatest country in the world.

It has given us so many great opportunities, and it's just a sense of pride that you have; that you say, 'You know what? Our country is the best.'"

Kobe got it right.

Tax the rich and you will eventually tax all of us!

We have heard this garbage so often that it stinks up the city.

Here it goes: Bush cut taxes for the rich!

Actually, he didn't.

Bush cut taxes for the people who pay taxes. In our country, most of the taxes are paid by the rich. As you can see, the top 5% pays 54% and the top 10% pay 64%.

Again, how did the "class warfare" left get so much influence in the modern Dem party? When did the Dems and the international left become "comrades" in the battle for the distribution of wealth?

The Folly of Obama’s Tax Plan By Alex Brill and Alan D. Viard was brought to my attention by one of our favorite bloggers, The View from Alexandria.

Mr. Brill and Mr. Viard bring home the reality of another leftist pushing populist themes:

"While both candidates will reduce their tax plans to clever sound bites, voters should consider how those plans would affect incentives to earn income.

Unfortunately, Senator Obama’s proposed “tax cuts for the middle class” are actually marginal rate hikes in disguise."

Tax the rich?

It sounds so good.

However, you will end up taxing the middle class!

How did the Dem party sink to this? I think that it started in 1972 when our Dem party became another European socialist party.

How do you create prosperity? You let people keep their money and encourage everyone in the US to work hard.

Again, beware of the populist who wants to tax the rich.

BO and abortion

Last night, Rev. Warren forced Obama to answer real world questions about abortion.

He was also forced to explain his votes for partial birth abortion and even denying medical help to babies who survive abortions.

BO is no longer living in the world of Dem primary voters, where abortion is the "Creed" of the feminist left.

In the real world, abortion is about mothers, babies and the ones who didn't get a chance to live.

It is also dealing with the trauma that so many women live with after they abort their babies.

One of our favorite ministries is Rachel's Vineyard , started by Theresa Karminski Burke, Ph. D..

It was one of the first therapeutic support groups for post-abortion women. It has grown to many retreats annually in 47 states and 17 countries:

"The program is an opportunity to examine your abortion experience, identify the ways that the loss has impacted you in the past and present, and helps to acknowledge any unresolved feelings that many individuals struggle with after abortion."

It does not bring your baby back. It does help you find some peace and to deal with the real world symptoms of having an abortion, such as guilt and depression. See real women talk about abortion!

Check out BO's dodge of the issue:

"He is asked at what point does a baby get human rights-- He just dodged the question... "It's above my pay grade." (Gateway Pundit)

I would ask BO this question:

Senator, when did your two daughters become human?

Was it after an arbitrary number of months in Michelle's pregnancy?

Or was it when Michelle told BO that she was expecting a baby?

BO can not dodge this question.

There are only two answers:

a) The unborn is not a human being, i.e. Michelle was not really pregnant with a little girl! She was just gaining weight or undergoing mysterious bodily changes.

b) The unborn is human and life begins at conception, i.e. Michelle was indeed carrying a fetus that became one of those two lovely young girls.

In the first case, it does not matter when an abortion happens because there is no human being in the womb. In the second case, abortion terminates a life.

Beyond Roe v. Wade, Obama is going to have a huge problem explaining his support of partial birth or late term abortions:

"Obama has added even further doubt by outright lying about why he supported the exact same "Born Alive Infant Protection Act" that was even too radical and immoral for Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, and Dianne Feinstein to support.

Put differently Obama is the only elected official on record to ever vote in favor of denying life-saving medical care to children who had been born but that were struggling for life.

Is that a decision too confusing so as to be "above the pay grade" as well? It isn't for most Americans.

But don't let the facts be confused, Obama is now lying about his lie, and claiming that those who say he is lying are the ones doing so." (Kevin McCullough)

Still confused about BO's abortion position? Read Obama's Christian Creds Vs. Abortion and Infanticide By Kyle-Anne Shiver.

In this video, Tony Perkins looks at abortion from a father's perspective. Tony speaks for those of us who are fortunate enough to have witnessed the miracle of life:

BO and leadership

During the Saddleback presentation, BO said that opposing the Iraq War was a difficult political choice.

Is he kidding me? Let me let Prof. VD Hanson say it:

"Obama’s most gut-wrenching decision?

Apparently as a state-legislator in a far left-wing district in Illinois, he opposed the war in Iraq!

In fact, his “decision” had zero influence on anything other than his political livelihood in a ward of Chicago, where being anti-war was easy for a liberal politician in the Democratic Party."

A profile in courage? No way!

Leaders go against public opinion. They risk their political standing by telling people what they don't want to hear. BO took zero political risk in opposing the war in 2002.

Leaders stand up and do the right thing. This is why Truman and Lincoln look good today but were extremely unpopular during their presidencies.

Also, BO was not as consistent on Iraq as his supporters want you to believe. BO's opposition to the Iraq War has been very situational:

McCain was superb, Obama was very careful!

These are my quick remarks about the Saddleback Church presentation.

Rick Warren was superb. Obama was very careful. McCain hit the ball out of the park.

Obama weighed every word very carefully. On abortion and same sex marriage, he is trying to keep the support of the feminists who nominated him and appeal to the suburban/rural mothers and grandmothers who don't see abortion as some medical procedure.

McCain was clear on both topics. McCain believes that life begins at conception and that the California Supreme Court blew it on same sex marriage.

On "evil", Obama went to Darfur and our streets. McCain spoke immediately of terrorism and the threats that we face.

McCain also said that evil must be defeated. Obama was hard to follow.

However, the best part was when both candidates spoke about their past.

McCain's POW story is so powerful that it overwhelms you:

The story about the guard, the cross and Christmas Day is very strong:

Overall, it was a good night for McCain.

Paul McCartney after The Beatles!

In the 1960's, it was Paul and the Beatles. It's hard to think of the 1960's without whistling a Lennon-McCartney tune.

Paul left the Beatles in 1970. He recorded a bunch of great songs by himself or with Wings. They were good songs and the common denominator was Linda.

From 1969 til her death from cancer in 1998, Paul and Linda had a great marriage. It shows in all of their videos from that period!

Let's start with "Another Day", his first hit single after leaving The Beatles:

Paul's second LP was "Ram". I really liked "Heart of the country":

In 1976, Paul, Wings, Linda and the kids toured the world. It was a smashing success:

Paul's most interesting song was "Mull Of Kintyre", about an island in Scotland where Paul and his wife Linda had a farm. I loved it:

In the 1990's, Paul recorded "Calico Skies", one of his last recordings before Linda died:

Team Spain deserved a big kick in the butt!

(First, the basketaball team. Second, the tennis team)

My guess is that a billion Chinese were hoping for Team USA to beat the crap out of Team Spain.

They got their wish! USA beat Spain, 119-82.

If this was a bullfight, the bull would have killed every matador in town! What a rout!

The Spanish team looked like wanted to take the first flight out of Peking and go back home. They looked like a bunch of old ladies tired of spending the whole afternoon at the mall.

Why were the Chinese upset? It goes back to the above pictures. The second one is from the Spanish tennis team!

Was Team Spain's picture racist? Probably not. I am always skeptical to jump on the "he is a racist" bandwagon.

Was Team Spain silly, stupid, immature and childish? Yes, yes, yes and yes!

I guess that Spaniards have too much free time these days. They have too much time to engage in stupid and immature behavior.

What should the Spaniards do?

Well, they should grow up and stop giving "rights to apes". Did you know that the Spanish parliament has declared that apes are the "evolutionary" brothers of man? Go to the zoo and take a birthday card to your cousin behind the cage.

Secondly, they should treat terrorism very seriously. Al Qaeda has not given up on Spain despite the fact that PM Rod-Zapatero withdrew troops from Iraq. Spanish troops left Iraq and Al Qaeda is booming in Spain.

Third, and most importantly, they should get married and have lots of babies. It wouldn't hurt for the Spanish people to return to their Catholic heritage either.

At current birth rates (1.32 per woman), Spain won't be able to send a delegation to the 2052 Olympics!

One big cheer for Team USA's whipping of Team Spain. The Spanish team deserved it.

Everybody in Europe is suddenly in love with The US 6th Fleet!

What happens when Europeans can't defend themselves against Russia?

What happens when you are at the mercy of Putin's energy pipeline?

What happens?

You pray to God, or whatever else they pray to in secular Europe, that the American cowboy doesn't bring the US Navy home! After all, who would rather have around to protect your home? A well armed cowboy or another Frenchman on vacation in August?

The US 6th Fleet is an awesome military force:

"In 1946, President Truman dispatched battleship Missouri to the Eastern Mediterranean to counter Soviet threats to Turkey and Iran.

The small fleet maintained in the Mediterranean by U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean was known as Naval Forces Mediterranean and had as its flagship, a destroyer tender, anchored at Naples, Italy.

The cruiser USS Dayton relieved the tender USS Shenandoah as flagship and began operating with the fleet.

The title of Naval Forces Mediterranean was changed to Commander Sixth Task Fleet and then, in 1950, Commander, Sixth Fleet. Sixth Fleet operated in support of American forces during Operation Blue Bat in Lebanon in 1958.

The Sixth Fleet provided military, logistical and humanitarian assistance to support NATO operations in Kosovo from the beginning of Operation Allied Force.

It also participated in Operation Shining Hope and Operation Joint Guardian."

It is a mighty force, sort of like the Rottweiler guarding your backyard.

Over the last few days we've learned that there are some crazy bears in the world. Evil did not go away because BO told 200,000 Germans that this is the moment that we've been waiting for.

It's nice to know that the US 6th Fleet is ready and able. There is no "hope and change" about the 6th Fleet. There is just a lot of firepower and muscle.

Who will defend freedom and protect the world from bad guys? It won't be the UN.

It will be US military, such as the powerful 6th Fleet sitting in the Mediterranean Sea.

Only the US can defend Europe from Russia!

Today, Russia got a little bit more strange:

"A top Russian general said Friday that Poland's agreement to accept a U.S. missile interceptor base exposes the ex-communist nation to attack, possibly by nuclear weapons, the Interfax news agency reported." (Russia Threatens Nuclear Attack On Poland)

Reality is back and Obama looked clueless talking about going to the UN to stop the Russian tanks from moving into Georgia. Good luck BO!

Wonder what the Europeans feel today?

The Europeans can't stop Russia or do anything about the natural gas pipeline that heats their homes.

Isn't it nice to have the US Mediterranean Fleet around to protect you?

By the way, isn't it also nice to hear this from McCain:

"Threatening attacks against Poland, a NATO ally, is a wholly inappropriate response to an agreement that is not aimed at countering Russia.

Rather than exchanging charges over missile defense, I would urge Moscow to comply with the ceasefire in Georgia and immediately begin withdrawing its forces from sovereign Georgian territory.

I welcome Secretary Rice's visit to Tbilisi and believe that the entire international community should do its utmost to bring aid to the Georgian people."(Statement by John McCain Welcoming Missile Defense Pact with Poland)

Time flies: Elvis died 31 years ago!

It was August 16, 1977 and I was driving home from a night class. Like everybody else, I was shocked to hear of Elvis' death. He was 42.

Elvis came to Baltimore in mid-1977. I recall speaking to a lady who went to the concert. She said that Elvis looked terrible and overweight. He was not the Elvis that she had seen in Las Vegas a few years before.

We know now that Elvis was not taking care of himself and allegedly taking drugs.

I don't really have an Elvis favorite. I do like his earlier material, such as "I want you, I need you, I love you".

Russia puts "the 3am phone call" back in our politics!

Remember the Clinton 3am phone call commercial? In the end, it helped McCain because he is more qualified than Clinton or Obama to deal with such problems.

The Georgia-Russia crisis reminds us that we live in a very dangerous world. It demonstrates how important it is to have a president who understands these dangers.

Fred Thompson has a great post today:

"While this crisis plays out we should also note that these events give evidence of a larger reality: the next American President is going to face an international landscape that is more difficult and treacherous than we have ever faced."

Yes, Obama wants to focus on college loans and universal health care.

McCain understands that there is a lot more to the presidency than telling college students what they want to hear.

In other words, BO wants to be your pal. McCain wants to be your president!

Wonder how Georgia, Ukraine, Poland and NATO feel about Obama now? This is what Obama said to left wing Dem voters back in the primaries:

"I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems......I will not weaponize space.....I will slow development of future combat systems......and I will institute an independent "Defense Priorities Board" to ensure the quadrennial defense review is not used to justify unnecessary spending......I will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons......and to seek that goal, I will not develop nuclear weapons......I will seek a global ban on the production of fissile material......and I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert.....and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenals... " (Obama Nation)

Question: Wonder how Poland, et al, feel about BO?

Again, we live in a very dangerous world, no matter how much BO wants to talk about "college loan programs" or blame Mexico for Ohio's job losses.

BO is not ready for the "3am phone call" or any other phone call.

Last, but not least, see The 3 A.M. Phone Call Is Real---Now who do you want picking it up on our end? By Mona Charen:

"Well, yes, and lions should lie down with lambs.

But back in the real world, the United Nations has never been able to stop a conflict the parties did not wish to suspend.

And since Russia holds a veto, no resolution from the Security Council would be possible.

As Claudia Rosett of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies put it:

“U.N. mediators can’t even protect the dissident monks of Burma or the opposition in Zimbabwe, let alone a small country trying to fight off single-handed an invasion by the Russian army.”

Sen. McCain’s response was more muscular."

Our problem is foreign oil, NOT oil!

We don't have an oil problem. We have a "foreign oil" problem.

Our goal should be to buy oil from Canada and Mexico. Of course, I'm assuming that the Mexican left will allow for PEMEX reforms. Otherwise, we may not be able to rely on Mexican oil.

In the meantime, we support drilling so that we can rely on our resources. It is absolutely stupid to send billions to unstable countries. Let them sell their oil to China. Let them deal with the Chinese Navy and don't call us when China gets nasty.

McCain and Georgia

From day 1, McCain was very clear that Russia was the bad guy in this movie:

"At the same time, we must make clear to Russia's leaders that the benefits they enjoy from being part of the civilized world require their respect for the values, stability and peace of that world.

The U.S. has cancelled a planned joint military exercise with Russia, an important step in this direction.

The Georgian people have suffered before, and they suffer today.

We must help them through this tragedy, and they should know that the thoughts, prayers and support of the American people are with them.

This small democracy, far away from our shores, is an inspiration to all those who cherish our deepest ideals.

As I told President Saakashvili on the day the cease-fire was declared, today we are all Georgians.

We mustn't forget it."

Are you ready for Trojan football?

(This is our famous drill team, a.k.a. The Troyanns, pronounced like Troj-anne! They are cute and talented!)

In Texas, Friday Night High School Football is second only to God.

Our # 3 son will play varsity for the Newman Smith Trojans this fall. In fact, they are already working out at 7am to get around our heat.

Coach Ressa had a young team last season, primarily juniors. He has a team full of hungry seniors who want to win.

We are very optimistic. Go Trojans!

Our first game is in two weeks against Denton. We play 3 non-district games and then 7 against our district rivals.

It should be fun. I'm expecting to post a lot of good things about this team!

This quick video is typical of last season's tough losses. This is a 90-yd kickoff return against us. You can see our son (#40) at the very end of the play.

What's high school football without the half time show. This is our school band and The Troyanns performing a medley of music from Spain:

Some men and a couple of ladies have BO concerns!

Check these 3 articles about BO.

First, we hear about the Dems' "white male" problem. Let's face it. White men, and men in general, just don't vote Dem for president:

"Like Al Gore in the summer of 2000, Barack Obama is roughly splitting white women.

But only 34 to 37 percent of white men support Obama, according to the Gallup Poll's latest weekly index of 6,000 voters.

In fairness to Obama, he inherited the problem.

Not since 1976, when Democrats last achieved a majority, has a Democrat won more than 38 of every 100 white, male voters.

That Obama is nearly at par with Democrats' poor performance is hardly good." (DAVID PAUL KUHN)

Don't blame racism for this. White men would have voted in huge numbers for Collin Powell in 1996 or 2000.

As I wrote before, Powell would have easily defeated Clinton in '96 or Gore in '00!

This is not about race. Don't give me the tired "racist" argument.

This is about Dems just being too wimpy to defend the country.

I'm all for talking and sitting down at the UN. However, once in a while you gotta go in the backyard and kill the rats that threaten your family.

Most men don't think that Dems will kill the rats. We think that the Dems are too inclined to take the rat problem to the UN Security Council.

Sorry. You don't protect your family from deadly rats by passing UN resolutions. I want someone in the Oval Office who will protect my wife and sons from people who fly airplanes into buildings.

The next quote is from Maureen Dowd of The NY Times:

"The Clintons know that a lot of Democrats are muttering that their solipsistic behavior is “disgusting.”

But they’re too filled with delicious schadenfreude at the wave of buyer’s remorse that has swept the Democratic Party; many Democrats are questioning whether Obama is fighting back hard enough against McCain, and many are wondering, given his inability to open up a lead in a country fed up with Republicans, if race will be an insurmountable factor."

Miss Dowd has a lot of contacts at the Dem party. This is an amazing statement from a woman who until recently was in the tank for Obama. It wasn't long ago that Maureen was kissing BO's feet and looking forward to filling the Supreme Court with Justices who believe in abortion.

The next quote is from Camille Paglia:

"Obama is twisting slowly, slowly in the wind like a tempting piñata for right-wing cudgels."

I guess that Miss Paglia is blaming us for attacking BO. She forgets that BO has some very serious self inflicted wounds, such as the speech in Germany and playing the race card twice to come across as a victim.

McCain's TV ads are tearing BO apart because he is a blank resume. Frankly, there is nothing on BO's resume except the audio soundbites of "hope and change".

BO is melting and many Dems are starting to feel it.

Michael Phelps is amazing!

I love swimming. I guess that I'm envious of someone who can swim that well. Anyway, Phelps is winning medal after medal.

Congratulations! It reminds me of Mark Spitz from 1972! I just heard Mark on a radio interview this morning. He was very gracious about Phelps' success.

Why are the Dems moving pro-life?

Since Reagan in 1980, the Republicans have been the anti-abortion party and the Dems have been the pro-abortion party.

The Dems must be reading some polling data that abortion does not play well with married women, and mothers in general. They are now trying to move to a middle position:

"The Democratic Party is engaged in a political high-wire act -- trying to bring in pro-life supporters without offending its pro-choice base." (ABC)

Can the Dems appeal to the angry feminists and all of those suburban mothers and rural grandmothers?

I don't think so.

Why is People's Weekly endorsing Obama?

Why does People's Weekly see in BO? After all, People's Weekly is:

"....a direct descendent of the Daily Worker, a paper published by Communist Party USA." (Carpenter)

This is from the editorial:

"A broad multiclass, multiracial movement is converging around Obama’s “Hope, change and unity” campaign because they see in it the thrilling opportunity to end 30 years of ultra-right rule and move our nation forward with a broadly progressive agenda."

OK. Obama is not a communist. However, he has hung around a lot of left wing types, such as Bill Ayers and Bernadette Dorn.

Will BO reject this endorsement? Let's hope so.

Here is the question: What does the Communist Party see in a fellow named Obama?

Why are thy so enthusiastic about his potential presidency?

P.S. This is from the website:

"We Communists believe that socialism is the very best replacement for a capitalist system that has served its purpose, but no longer meets the needs and requirements of the great majority of our people."

Texas continues to lead the nation in job growth!

Before you buy into all of the "doom and gloom" about the US economy, please check out job openings in Texas.

You will find out that we are doing great down here. In fact, most of the conservative south is doing quite well. Unfortunately, the over-taxed liberal areas are not.

Why do low tax areas create jobs and high tax areas do not? Why do people feel good about their future in the conservative south and miserable in the liberal Northeast?

The answer is a combination of taxes and free trade. Don't forget to add out of control unions!

Last spring, BO and Clinton shamefully blamed NAFTA for Ohio's job problems. They did it again in PA.

Is it NAFTA or is it the high tax polices that the Dems have imposed on so many places like NY, NJ, PA and Ohio?

In Texas v. Ohio, the WSJ broke it down like this:

"Mr. Obama's claim of one million lost jobs due to trade deals is laughable in Texas, the state most affected by Nafta.

Texas has gained 36,000 manufacturing jobs since 2004 and has ranked as the nation's top exporting state for six years in a row.

Its $168 billion of exports in 2007 translate into tens of thousands of jobs.

Ohio, Indiana and Michigan are losing auto jobs, but many of these "runaway plants" are not fleeing to China, Mexico or India.

They've moved to more business-friendly U.S. states, including Texas."

That's right. They are not moving to China or Mexico. They are moving to Texas where Republican governments understand that employers must be supported in order to have employees.

In Drill Like Texas, we see more good news from Texas:

"The invisible hand of the marketplace is alive and well in Texas.

Over the past 12 months Texas has created 245,000 jobs.

That accounts for more than half of the jobs created in America during that time."

Again, before you invest yourself in every "doom and gloom" story from a media in the tank for Obama, please check out job postings in Texas or most of the south.

We are hiring and feeling pretty good in the south and southwest!

Check out this video from Gallup:

Remembering a hero of Brigada 2506 and The Bay of Pigs invasion!

Our friends at Babalu posted on the passing of Grayston Lynch:

"He was one the CIA agents who came ashore with the brave freedom fighters of Brigada 2506 to liberate Cuba......Read about his passing HERE....You can visit the site that he and his wife created to tell his story HERE."

Thank you Mr. Lynch! Cuban-Americans will always remember you!

Chavez is the best argument for drilling in the US!

Check this one from Chavez:

"Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said on Monday that the subcontinent must cease to be called Latin America and should be renamed Indo-America, to honor the roots of its native inhabitants."

How do you respond to that?

First, Chavez is the best case for drilling in the US. We are sending billions of dollars to a fool.

Second, doesn't Latin America already recognize its native heritage?

Chavez has too much power and way too much money!

Rangers come back and lose one of the craziest games ever!

The Rangers' post season chances ended in Fenway Park. The "young Rangers" are still in it but they are really out of it.

Texas is not making up 15 games to catch the Angels in the AL West or 8 games to catch Boston for the wild card.

Major League baseball is all about pitching and the 2008 Rangers are Exhibit A.

The bad news is that they were down 10-0 in the first inning. I have never seen that before in the majors. (I saw stuff like that when our sons played Little League but they were kids!)

The good news is that they fought back and were leading in the bottom of the 8th. I have never seen that either.

Goodbye baseball season again. We will have to cheer for our Brewers and Twins, my childhood favorites.

McCain is right: Today we are all Georgians!

Three cheers for McCain:

"My friends, today the killing goes on and aggression goes on.

Yet, I know from speaking this morning to the President of Georgia, Misha Saakashvili, who I've known for many years, that he knows that the thoughts and the prayers and support of the American people are with that brave little nation as they struggle today for their freedom and independence.

And he wanted me to say thank you to you, to give you his heartfelt thanks for the support of the American people for this tiny little democracy far away from the United States of America.

And I told him that I know I speak for every American when I say to him, today, we are all Georgians." (McCain Leads the Way)

We love Georgia.

We stand with them in their fight against the ruthless Russian state.

We are grateful that Pres. Bush and Sen. McCain stood tall against Putin.

Hugh Hewitt has posted information on helping the people of Georgia:

WorldVision is at work in Georgia assisting the huge number of refugees from the Russian aggression. Please consider helping our ally through this very effective relief organization.

Support the freedom loving Georgians!

Stand for freedom and with those who are still fighting the tanks of repression and tyranny!

Tuesday's show: A conversation with Steven Warshawsky

We spoke with Steven Warshawsky on the day of the Florida primary. Today, we caught up with Steve and his very popular article Why Obama is in Trouble:

"For months now, I have been reassuring my right-leaning friends that Barack Obama will not be elected president.

If I were a gambling man, I would buy lots of McCain stock on Intrade.

Why am I so confident that John McCain is going to win the election?

In short, because Barack Obama is not an acceptable choice to lead the country."

Click here for the radio interview.

I should add that I share Steve's optimism.

McCain-Engler?

Add former Michigan Gov. John Engler to the VP list. He brings a few assets to McCain, namely the fact that he is from Michigan.

McCain has an excellent chance to pick up Michigan, a state that leads the nation in unemployment and high taxes.

Who else in on the list? Romney, Pawlenty, Guilianim et al.

My money is still on Romney but Engler is a good one to talk about.

We beat the crap out of Al Qaeda in Iraq!

Have you heard anything about Iraq lately? Does Obama even talk about it anymore?

The answer is simple: We won.

More specifically: We beat the crap out of Al Qaeda in Iraq.

Christopher Hitchens is one of those rare liberals who always saw the big picture in Iraq. This is how he sums up it today:

"I think we should be glad that the luridly sadistic and aggressive Saddam Hussein regime is no longer in power to be the beneficiary of the rise in oil prices and thus able to share its wealth with the terrorists, crooks, and demagogues on its secret payroll.

I think we should also be glad that its private ownership of Iraq's armed forces, and its control over a party monopoly called the Baath, has been irrecoverably smashed. Iraq's resources are no longer at the disposal of an aggressive, parasitic oligarchy.

Its retrained and re-equipped army is being deployed, not in wars of invasion against its neighbors and genocide against its inhabitants, but in cleanup campaigns against al-Qaida and the Mahdi Army.

An improvement.

A distinct improvement."

Bing West is a former assistant secretary of defense and combat Marine. His third book on the Iraq war, "The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics and the Endgame in Iraq," is out today from Random House. This is what he wrote:

"For the first time in 15 trips across the country, I didn't hear one shot or a single blast from a roadside bomb.

In Anbar Province, scene of the fiercest fighting during the war, the tribal sheiks insisted to Barack Obama on his recent visit that the U.S. Marines had to stay because they were the most trusted force."

Our next president will inherit a far better situation in Iraq than we had in 2001.

We now have a pro-Western government that doesn't shoot at US-UK planes enforcing UN resolutions or invades its neighbors. We don't have a corrupt UN "Oil for Food" program bribing French politicians to oppose the removal of Saddam Hussein.

This is indeed a big improvement, unless you are one of those European diplomats who was getting money from Saddam & Sons to vote against the implementation of UN resolutions.

How did this happen? It happened because Pres. Bush didn't read polls!

Let's give Pres. Bush and the US military a big hand for handing Al Qaeda a huge defeat in Iraq.

Who will be the biggest beneficiary of Pres. Bush's determination? It will be our next president. Why? Because he won't have to send troops back into Iraq to finish what we started.

Russia's bad behavior!

We are watching a big bully beat up a helpless country. Frankly, the bully will continue until someone stands up to him. Bullies are bullies, whether they are the schoolyard punk or a fellow named Putin.

Pres. Bush should call for a ceasefire and exhaust all diplomatic options, including kicking Russia out of the G-8.

If Putin keeps going then we need to defend Georgia, along with any other country who can see the big picture. This is tragically a war getting out of control. (Russia Broadens Attack on Georgia)

Bottom line: We can't allow bullies to push little countries around. It will have consequences on a lot of other small countries that can't defend themselves!

By the way, have you seen any marches condemning the Russian massacre in Georgia? Where is the international outrage? Where are the students in Paris or Mexico City marching in front of the Russian Embassy?

Bush must stand up to Putin. I think that he will.

I agree with Scott Johnson:

"It's time for a bold response like the Berlin Airlift".

In 1948, Truman went against conventional wisdom and saved Berlin.

Again, send a message that the US will not allow a bully to push around a little country!

Another A-plus for the McCain ad-team!

The McCain campaign continues to score with these "celebrity" ads.

More importantly, the Georgia crisis underscores why we need someone who understands the world and what to do about it.

Hey Guys: Nothing but gold!

Team 2008 looks like a winner. They looked really sharp against China. (101-70 over China)

They are a pleasant contrast to the 2004 version. They were a bunch of pampered guys more interested in promoting their jerseys than playing basketball. We should have left them in Athens for mandatory hard labor. What a disgrace!

The 2008 team looks committed. They look like they want to be there.

It starts with Mike Krzyzewski, the very popular and successful coach of Duke University. He is a winner and will not allow this team to get too flat.

I like the fact that they've added young guys like Chris Bosh and veteran Jason Kidd.

Team USA will play. They are in China to win the gold. I'm confident that they will!

It will be fun to watch these guys play after the horrific performance by the 2004 squad.

P.S. Speaking of Team USA, I have to recall the 1972 team that had their gold medal stolen by a lousy call at the last minute.

I recall watching the game with my dad and brother. We were confident that Team USA would put the USSR away and bring home the medal.

All hell broke loose at the very end. I have never heard a logical explanation for the ref's call. It is one of the worst decisions at a major game ever!

As the game ended, our living room was an angry place. We screamed at the TV.

My mother heard the screaming and came in to catch up with the score. We told her about the call and then she gave the "commies" a piece of her mind, too.