Gustav

Yeah, I am already tired of Gustav. This weekend I was hoping for more news about Sarah Palin and how the Dems would go after her. But all I got was what FEMA was doing, Bush was planning to not speak at the RNC on Monday, and what other pandering can go on. Now don't get me wrong, I don't want anything bad to happen to the people of the affected area, but how come every year my taxes go to helping these people deal with the hurricanes. Its like California and the wildfires. They happen every year and every year its a big deal. I live in Colorado with pretty mild weather, so I don't want to hear anyone bitching about losing their house this time.

On a footbal note, I think it's great that Chad Ocho-Cinco changed his name. I will never to him as his former name.

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Sarah Palin

At first glance, Sarah Palin is an attempt by the McCain camp to woo disaffected Hillary supporters. But upon further review, it is more to do with the base. She is a conservative thru and thru. She has battled corruption and won. The fact the she beat two Governors to win The Governor of Alaska shows that she has some juice too. Now she is a good pick for two reasons. First, she is energizing the base. A lot of republicans, including myself has opined that to fix this country we need to hit rock bottom first and Barrack would get there pretty quick. But with a succesful reformer on the ticket it gives hope, that the party is going in the right direction. Ans second she will appeal to many women voters. Now many of the hardcore femnists will still not vote republican, but a lot of women will like her. She has an amazing energy to her that is infectious.

Now I like the pick because it is bold. I thought the Joe Biden pick, while practical, lacked any creativity. It was a reactionary pick to the issues with Russia. He needed someone to round his weakness of experience. McCain on the other hand took a risk, a big one. Which could just as easily blow up as it could succeed. But MCCain is 72 and because he helped get HD tv in our houses he looks every bit of it. This pick adds youth and vigor to the campaign. Some call it a Hail Mary, I think it is more of a swinging for the fences. I think McCain will win with or without Palin, because everybody forgets about the biggest voting bloc. The older white male. But this is a pick designed to win. If McCain loses it won't be because he wouldn't or couldn't swing. And I like that.

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Hillary's big bad talk

You know I am impressed. Hillary Clinton has turned herself into a magnificent speaker. She has great poise, emotion and timing. Her speech last night left me in awe at her skill. You people don't know this but I competed in debates in high school and college. So when I see a highly capable person giving an impressive speech, I get a little giddy. With all that being said, I still thinks its funny that she really didn't mention Barrack too much. It seems she just went thru the motions.

I am sure if you put a gun to her head(or if you need something less violent giver her truth serum), she would admit to wanting Barrack to lose so she she can run again in four years. I think this election is interesting because if you were to ask me 6 months ago who would win the presidency. I would have said McCain. Because I still don't drink we are ready to elect a black president. But if you believe the polls then it should have been Obama in a landslide. Now not so much. It seems the key for Obama was Hillary(aka her supporters) and that ship has sailed.

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The Speech

I waited until later in the day to write my blog about Michelle Obama's speech at the DNC. I wanted to see and hear all the nitpickers first. Now I believe you can't please everyone all the time. Now some of the gripes I was hearing was absurd. Most people were saying she didn't say enough about x or she forgot y. I saw a prepared speech that was pretty boring. For some reason I don't think there many if any undecided votes out there. I think most people are uniformed an close minded about politics. And while you can definitely lose votes with your speeches I don't think there is much to be gained.

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Life in Denver

Since I live in Colorado, I am lucky to be able to see the DNC first hand, uncensored and the only bias is my own. It is funny how crazy Denver has become and Obama isn't even here. There are so many people here and all they are doing is complaining. There are so many protests going on, it's crazy.

I am amazed that so many took the time to come to see my beautiful state to bitch and moan. I find it odd that thousands of people put their faith in other people to solve their problems. I wonder how much better this country would be if every one of those people spent their energy on fixing the small pond. How would that affect the big pond. So instead whining and sitting you should find something that you can get behind and help out a little. Everybody is always spending to much time thinking about hitting home runs that they forget to swing and take singles.

If you want to help the poor, make some sandwiches, maybe teach them how to get a job or etc... I could go on and on about other things to do to help. So quit complaining and do something and most importantly don't hurt my town.

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Obama & Biden sittin' pretty

Obama's choice in Joe Biden is very telling. It shows how confident Obama is in winning. Obama doesn't feel he has any geographical weakness's or else he would have picked someone who could deliver a special state or region(since Biden is the Senator from Delaware). He obviously picked Biden for the same reason Bush picked Cheney, he needed more Washington experience. In fact it was a safe move. If Obama wanted to be a true agent of change, he would of picked someone like Bill Richardson or Kathleen Sebelius. Of course by picking those too he probably wouldn't have gotten much acomplished, but it would have been inspiring. And it would have helped with what I think is his biggest weakness, the west. Neither Kerry nor Gore could carry the smaller states in the west becasue they were perceived as East Coast City folk who have no understanding of the logistics of having to drive 5 hours to the other big city and the west likes their guns.

I was talking to a good friend and he said if you are not happy with any of the candidates you need to find one absolute topic that you can stick too. Most out west have stuck to guns. Now I care about budget over anything, I don't what policy they should down our throat if they can pay for it. I would like McCain to pick a Governor or a Mayor who didn't deficit spend, of course those type of politicians are hard to find.

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Lame Political Ads

Since I too am lame, I was watching tv tonight and saw Obama's ad against McCain. It started with a book called McCain Economics. If I can find a link I will post it. Well to put it bluntly it was lame. Now I am not defending McCain's economic policy. I find his lack of a balanced budget disconcerting. But commenting on McCain's idea to stay in Iraq while they are going to get a budget surplus and Obama wants to get out of Iraq responsibly, seems disingenuine. We now have a pull out plan that will get us out in 4 years and no one thinks we are going to foot the entire bill. I find it odd that McCain and Obama pretty much have the same plan for Iraq and he's criticizing him. When Obama said he was the candidate of change, I was hoping for better tv ads.

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