Winners and Losers

Winners find ways to win. Losers find ways to lose. Generally.

The Wrong Guy

God is in control, even if the "wrong" guy wins.

Let's Do the Time Warp Again!

The Obama campaign seems stuck in a time warp. They are running against the ticket of George Bush, Dick Cheney, and the evil matermind, Karl Rove. Should someone tell them? Or do they know the truth and just figure the voters are stupid?

Doubtful Prayer

When in doubt, pray.

A Good Working Philosophy

Do everything out of faith, not fear.

Crunch Time

Is it just me, or do Sen. Obama's supporters seem to be getting angrier by the day? If they are on the right side of history, why do they seem so uptight?

Rules for Living

No. 205: If a shower curtain is available, use it. Please.

Paying for Fear and Greed

Any bailout needs to balance the need to keep the economy afloat with the recognition that evildoers must be punished. (By "evildoers," I mean to say those who did evil.) Much of the financial mess we are in today comes from greed, which is one of the seven deadly sins.

Lenders, with easy money available thanks to the government, exploited the ignorance and greed of many citizens who got in over their heads. These greedy lenders should not get off scot-free, since everyone else is paying for their mistakes. Those who exploited others need to be fired, fined, or put in jail. Without real punishment for excesses, we'll face the same problem all over again.

Sick Land

Flood.

Wind.

Fire.

Shortage.

Inflation.

Collapse.

Greed.

Bankruptcy.

Panic.

Bailout.

Accusation.

Fear.

"If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land."

Faith.

Cute

Michelle Obama better hope that Americans don't vote based on "cute." She has a mean streak that ain't pretty.

Stressed

Yesterday Forbes named Chicago the "most stressed" major city in America. Other than the crime, the traffic, the taxes, the weather, the corruption, and the materialism, there isn't a bit of truth in this ranking.

Outsider?

Barack Obama, a member of the U.S. Senate and darling of the Democratic establishment, is trying to position himself as an outsider for this election. I've got news for him: The only outsider in this campaign isn't a he.

Inspirational Mud

A snarky ad by Team Obama (you remember, the ones that would never deign to stoop to negative campaigning) makes fun of John McCain for supposedly not being able to use the Internet. What a rube! Not nearly as smart and with it as the cool, sophisticated Obama. Ergo, vote Obama? I'm inspired; aren't you?

Turns out McCain doesn't use a computer because he can't type. Turns out he can't type because he was tortured as a POW in Vietnam. Turns out the mud Team Obama was slinging at McCain has hit their man in the face once again.

But that's OK. It's all Karl Rove's fault.

Karl Rove Made Me Do It

As the Democrats get down in the campaign mud with the Republicans, they try to excuse their smears, half-truths, and character assassinations by saying the Republicans did it first. That excuse doesn't work with my kids, and here's hoping it won't work with the voters.

Kidding Aside

Let's pass a law preventing presidential candidates from appearing on "Saturday Night Live," "The Tonight Show," "The View," and "Oprah." Whatever happened to the dignity of the office? A requirement for the job should not be the ability to make the vulgar masses chuckle.

Charlie the Bulldog

Over two days interviewing Sarah Palin, Charlie Gibson showed he can be a bulldog. Now let's hope he has a little tenacity left over for the Democrats.

Seven Years

Today, seven years since the September 11 terror attacks, Barack Obama and John McCain have called a truce in their campaign battles to appear jointly at Ground Zero. A nice gesture, but though they may stand side by side, even arm in arm, when it comes to which one has a better grasp of the threats America faces, there is no comparison.

Which one will you choose: the community organizer who woulld withdraw our troops from Iraq and meet the Iranians without precondition, or the war hero who was right about the troop surge? It's an unfair question only because the answer should be obvious.

To What End?

Yesterday Barack Obama talked again of "ending" the Iraq war "honorably." Ever notice how the only time he talks about "victory" is when he is referring to his own campaign? For the sake of that campaign, I guess victory in Iraq--driving out the terrorists and launching a stable democracy there--is the last thing he wants.

Isn't it a bit peculiar that the Democrats have put themselves at odds with what is clearly in America's national interest?

Animus

The seemingly endless attacks against Sarah Palin (her character, not her credentials) reveal not the normal workings of a political campaign and a free press but an animus against a conservative, Christian woman who is trying to live faithfully according to her sincerely held beliefs. The next time someone tells you the feminist movement is all about advancing women's rights, remember Sarah Palin.

Ignorance is No Excuse

Sen. Obama says it is above his "pay grade" to know when life begins. Well, then, shouldn't he err on the side of caution?

The Right Choice

If Sarah Palin's convention speech gets an "A," John McCain's deserves a solid "B." His words weren't as dramatic or memorable as the Alaskan governor's, but he had this going for him: his life. John McCain showed he is an adult who knows how to put principle over party. He is an authentic hero who has gotten things done, not a poser spouting easy lines about "change." Now we must wait and see whether Americans are mature enough to make the right chice.

Palin Power

Democrats didn't get the license number of the truck that ran over them last night. But they did see the Alaska plates.

The S-word

There's a word for those criticizing Sarah Palin for the imperfections and problems in her family when they don't give the samme scrutiny to other candidates.

Sexists.

Golden Opportunity

Community organizer Barack Obama, who has conceded he lacks the experience to be president (by saying the key issue is judgment and by selecting the aging Joe Biden as his running mate), has a golden opportunity to demonstrate his mettle by organizing volunteers as he has promised to help in the wake of Hurricane Gustav. In fact, American eyes will be watching both him and John McCain this week to see how they respond to a national crisis. In fact, my guess is that President Bush will get a pass, no matter what he does three years after Katrina.