On the Heels of Joe the Plumber

Here’s a letter I sent to The Oregonian yesterday:
Trying to convince an infatuated Obama supporter to vote for McCain is like trying to convince a twelve year old she isn’t really in love. So this is for depressed conservatives and the many undecided:
Vote.
Not long ago the headlines were all about four dollar gas. […]

……..PALIN!!!

Fearing that McCain would exercise his ‘maverick’ bona fides  by selecting Joe Lieberman as his VP - as the media had insisted - I cheered when he instead picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.  I’ve withheld comment since I didn’t know her any better than anyone, but since the left is desperately comparing the top of […]

……..Biden???

It’s been just over fortyeight hours, but it’s already a cliche:  So much for change we can believe in.
1.  Obama’s early primary force, especially among the young demographic, was the idolatry of those who desperately wanted to believe bumper sticker platitudes coming from the thoroughly charismatic and swaggering candidate.  Youth want their own identity, their own separation […]

McCain will be president. He’s the NotObama.

 In the buying and selling of almost anything - certainly homes or shoes - this adage applies:  Given adequate function, the fastest selling or the highest volume will be not those that are the most attractive, but rather the least offensive.  [Traditional floorplans with beige walls;  plain toes in black or brown.]
And that’s how we’re […]