Murkowski and Alaska

Murkowski seems mighty sure of Alaska.  She's counting on all the votes for "write in" to be for her, as if none of those votes could be for any of the other over one hundred write-in candidates.  She may be right, but it seems a flagrant disregard for all the other write ins.  At the least, she could have suggested that the write ins should be counted before a win be counted.  But that would require a little humility.

But those votes will have to be verified, and Alaska may be, just may be, lucky enough that the win will go to Joe Miller, after all. 

It would be good.  We've had about all the arrogance in DC that we can take.

Weird, Weird California

Minnesota has again proved that it is one of the most weird states in the Union.  But it has not yet reached the level of California.

I mean, really, Jerry Brown?  Hey, Californians, wasn't he an ineffective governor way back when?  Isn't this rather like watching a movie over and over hoping the ending will get better?

And judging by his victory speech, he's not getting better with age. He now also has either lost his marbles or has drug-fried his brain.  Either way, he's more than odd, he's freaky. Weird, weird, weird.

California is going down the drain financially, and Californians hire Jerry Brown to lead them in that direction?  They had another choice - Meg Whitman, a proven effective business woman.  It's just possible she could have led them up and out of the mess they are in. 

And they choose MerryJerry?

But California is weird, it's a gimme state that will be lining up at the federal pig trough for a bail out - because with the people they elected, it will be their only means of survival.  They seem to think it will be that easy.

But they may not find it that easy.  The new Congress may not be inclined to toss money at every problem as the old Congress has been doing.  The new people seem very hot to change that method of doing business.

OofDah!  Maybe California will have to make a real effort on their own to cut spending and balance their budget.  Some may have to give up the dole, go to work, and support themselves.

At least, they didn't legalize the dooby that apparently is anesthetizing their brains.

The Campaign is Over

I expect all of us will awake tomorrow and breathe a sigh of relief.  The incessant campaigning is over!

But think of this.  Those campaigns have been pumping millions into the US economy.  Tomorrow that, too, will be over.  Sobering thought, isn't it?

But never fear.  Our president is taking a trip projected to cost a couple hundred million per day.  Oh, yeah, that's right - he'll be spending that in India.

But cheer up.  The 2012 campaigns will begin soon - maybe tomorrow!

OofDah!

A Statement of Disgust

Election night and the citizens of this country have made a statement!  No doubt.  But will that statement be read correctly?  Will DC see that they must begin listening to the citizenry?  Will they practice a bit of humility and decide to change course?

Will the new people see this as what it obviously is - a rejection of DC corruption, arrogance, and elitism?  Or will they take it as a mandate and go on with business as usual?

This is an historic election.  Will we see an historic change of attitude in DC?  Will they now accept they work for us -- no matter how stupid they may think we are?

We the citizens of this country have spoken.

Meet Sanity at the Rally

This is just too funny! 

At the Rally to Restore Sanity, people were carrying signs declaring how smart they are.  That in itself is funny.  I'm surprised they didn't also carry signs declaring their unusual modesty. 

Enter a small group carrying a sign asking, "Obama a Keynesian?" and a man with a microphone.

The microphone man asks several people if they think Obama is a Keynesian.  The replies are downright hilarious. 

One lady makes such an, ah, fool of herself going ballistic and yelling, "He was born in Hawaii. He's given you proof. What more do you people want?"  Others are calmer but claim that most of us are from other places, like Italy, for instance.

If you want a good laugh, here is the link to the video:  http://michellemalkin.com/2010/11/01/time-to-play/

Enjoy!!

Take his job! I demand it!

The Lisa Murkowski campaign is acting an awful lot like a group that supports the government arm reaching into lives of individuals.  She got a fellow fired from his radio job.  She claims to be a Republican, a conservative.  Hmmm.

The radio person had encouraged people to become write-in candidates to obfuscate Lisa's write-in campaign. She had to go with a write-in because she was rejected by the voters in the primaries and was late in deciding to run anyway.  A poor loser. 

I'm not sure of the legalities, but encouraging write-in candidates was certainly not as manipulative as outright lies against opponents.  And outright lies are disseminated every day by so-called news outlets. And no one takes away the jobs of the liars. 

So what have we here?  I know I wouldn't vote for Lisa simply because a poor loser who demands taking a job from an opponent is not my kind of candidate.  I don't want someone like that governing me, thank you.

Sarah Palin, An Influencial Woman

This morning I was thinking about what Sarah Palin means to this country and its politics in general and to women in particular.

Currently, Sarah does not hold an office but is a very influential woman, perhaps the most influential woman in US politics.  Like all active conservative women, she's been painted as a nutjob, ignorant, or just downright dangerous, but she perseveres and draws huge crowds who see the real woman, the intelligent woman who honestly believes our country can rise above dirty politics to be something better.

Her respect for women's abilities and for the power of their common sense has inspired so many women - some to aggressively seek office or aspire to a higher office than previously considered and some just to take a deeper interest in how they vote and what they vote for.  Women, young and old, are awakening to the importance of the female vote, the influence women can have on the direction this country takes - Mama Grizzlies and Gramma Grizzlies anxious to protect the young and the kind of country the young will inherit.

Why has she been so influential?  I think one reason is she has shown women that political involvement does not have to be limited to stodgy, corrupt old men worried only about their personal fortunes and shrill, unattractive women screaming about their right to kill babies. 

She has shown that attractive women with conscience and common sense can influence politics and attempt to clean up the corruption - try to raise the political machinations up from the mire.  This country deserves common sense in DC.  We should not have to be ashamed of the way Washington is run.

Sarah has validated conservative women in politics.  Like Sarah, they can get out of the kitchen and withstand the heat generated by their opinion that common sense, not corruption, should rule.