November 11, 2006

 

"...Well on his way, his head in a cloud,

     The man of a thousand voices, talking perfectly loud.

     But nobody ever hears him,

     Or the sound he appears to make.

     And he never seems to notice....

 

     But the fool on the hill,

     Sees the sun going down.

     And the eyes in his head,

     Sees the world spinning around.

 

     And nobody seems to like him,

     They can tell what he wants to do.

      And he never shows his feelings,

 

      But the fool on the hill,

      Sees the sun going down.

      And the eyes in his head,

      See the world spinning around..."

 

                        - Partial lyrics from the song " Fool On the Hill",

                          by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

 

 

"...McCain Begins Preliminary White House Run..."

 

                        - Headline on Drudgereport, November 10, 2006

 

 

To All,

     Perhaps someone from the Republican base should tell the Emperor of Sedona to not bother. It will save us all a lot of grief and aggravation.

 

In other news:

 

 

Coyote Ugly:

     Ouch. That one hurts in any universe.

 

      Last Tuesday's victory by the Democrats Party in the 2006 Midterm Elections puts some of the country's most liberal politicians in positions of high power in the US Congress.

 

      And while it appears that a goodly number of the nation's independent voters were deceived by the obscured lighting and illusory makeover of a party desperate for a return to power, it is also clear that said voters had very little idea on who they really were deciding to have an assignation with.

 

     If anything, it is this aspect that should give succor to the nation's conservatives at this moment of tribulation. For it is more than certain that someday, in the near future, the voting public will wake up in the first light of dawn, roll over in the strange bed of politics, and behold the leopard-print- attired visage of Nancy Pelosi in a view much clearer than what was found in the dance-halls and night-spots of the campaign trail.

 

     And it will be then that they will be forced to contemplate a means of escape that gives the highest probability of success while minimizing the chances  of a "Fatal Attraction" moment that could prove injurious to the body politic.

 

     It is this day that conservatives of all kinds will work toward, when Lady Nancy and her daisy chain of Lefty cohorts are outed for what they are in broad daylight. Until then, one must keep the faith and prepare for the day when, once more, the heirs of Henry Wallace are relegated to the minority.

 

 

For The Want Of....:

     When it came to the outcome in the U.S. Senate, where judicial nominations must pass the partisan gantlet, Montana proved to be a pivotal state for all concerned.

 

     One of the little factoids about the Tester victory over Conrad Burns was that Jon Tester won only 15 of Montana's 56 counties. Not only that, but Conrad Burns won both Gallatin and Yellowstone counties, home to the large towns of Bozeman and Billings, respectively.

 

      Tester's primary strengths lay in Missoula County, where a seeming ability to manufacture "new" voters (possibly university students from the University of Montana) up to and through Election Day itself, was a key reason why he was able to squeak past the reliable Burns (The provision of food by possible Democrat operatives to voters, while they waited in line to vote, may fall afoul of election laws regardless of the vote's outcome.). Montana has a law that allows voter registration up until the day of each election.

 

     Now, it is known in Republican circles that early on Burns had the lead, only to see it erode over campaign gaffes and linkage made between Burns and disgraced lobbyists Jack Abramoff in a number of campaign comments by Jon Tester.

 

     But the Montana Senatorial race remained winnable up until practically to the end, given the distribution of the vote noted by the Montana Secretary of State. As such, much of the blame appears to rest with Republican National interests in their apparent write-off of Burns (Where, on the other hand, President Bush gambled on a late-hour campaign appearance in an attempt to resurrect the loyalties and affinities of 2004).

 

     If Republican campaign organizers are unable to understand all the rules and aspects of each election, and the differences between states, then they are as likely to be outmaneuvered again in future races as they were this time in Montana. Get with it folks, the stakes are too great.

 

Links at:

http://sos.mt.gov/ELB/archives/2006/elections/
general/ussenate/index.asp

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Montana_counties

 

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2006/11/08/
news/local/news04.txt

 

 

Dead Puppies:

     Much is being made of Rahm Emanuel's recruitment of Conservative Democrats to run in the 2006 Election as to helping the Democrats take over the House of Representatives. Putatively nicknamed "Blue Dog" Democrats, they are supposed to be a new breed of cultural conservatives in a party famously intolerant of any form of conservatism.

 

     What is more, much is being made by pundits and Beltway types about how they are not going to want to vote on the kind of Left Wing agenda one would normally expect of Nancy Pelosi and the horde of Winged Monkeys she has delegated for many of the leadership positions in the House of Representatives.

 

     But already there are signs of the kind of iron-handed discipline that the Democrats are famous for in enforcing the liberal agenda.

 

     For example, the folks at InsightMag.com are alleging that Speaker-To-Be Pelosi is going to pass over California's own Jane Harman for chair of the House Intelligence Committee. Instead, she may pick Representative Alcee Hastings as a) a payback to the Congressional Black Caucus over the "slights" showed Rep. William Jefferson earlier this past year (Jefferson is under an FBI investigation over the source of the large sums of "cold" cash found in his freezer after Hurrican Katrina). Harman had voted against the Democrat Party line on such issues as the Patriot Act and the Iraq War, and may not be considered "reliable" from the viewpoint of the Left Coast harridan.

 

     As such, the scenario proposed by Rush Limbaugh (the one where Frosh Dems are taken into a back room and "splained" to about how they won't get campaign support in 2008 unless the toe the line on the leadership's legislative agenda) looks like the most likely one to happen. Conservative Dems from Indiana, Kentucky and other more conservative states will be importuned to turn left at Albuquerque, leaving their principles and campaign promises behind them.

 

     One of these principles that the leadership will demand a betrayal of may be firearms rights. It's been a long and dry spell for the gungrabbers at the Federal Level, so a host of legislation should be expected. Firearms activists should be prepared to remind the various Blue Dog Democrats about what Senator-Elect James Webb so aptly wrote about in his book " Born Fighting"-

 

        Many of us will not give up our guns. No way, No How. And We Vote.

 

Links At:

http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/Pelosi.htm

 

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061110-091439-3596r

 

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/10/D8LA89AG0.html

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061109/ap_on_el_ge/winning_strategists_1

 

 

   

Respectfully,