Goodbye Gabby

 

But hopefully not for long.

They’ve lost their Mittens

In light of the SC primary where Mitt Romney lost to Newt Gingrich, and the Republican debate tonight, perhaps it’s appropriate to quote Mother Goose:

The three little kittens, they lost their mittens,

And they began to cry,

“Oh, mother dear, we sadly fear,

That we have lost our mittens.”

“What!   Lost your mittens, you naughty kittens!

Then you shall have no pie.”

“Meow, meow, meow.”

“Then you shall have no pie.”

 

The three little kittens, they found their mittens,

And they began to cry,

“Oh, mother dear, see here, see here,

For we have found our mittens.”

“Put on your mittens, you silly kittens,

And you shall have some pie.”

“Purr, purr, purr,

Oh, let us have some pie.”

 

The three little kittens put on their mittens,

And soon ate up the pie,

“Oh, mother dear, we greatly fear,

That we have soiled our mittens.”

“What, soiled your mittens, you naughty kittens!”

Then they began to sigh,

“Meow, meow, meow,”

Then they began to sigh.

 

The three little kittens, they washed their mittens,

And hung them out to dry,

“Oh, mother dear, do you not hear,

That we have washed our mittens?”

“What, washed your mittens, then you’re good kittens,

But I smell a rat close by.”

“Meow, meow, meow,

We smell a rat close by.”

Walker Recall

According to news reports there are more than one million signatures on a petition to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.  Walker is the poster-boy for Republican overreach following the 2010 elections.  The question now becomes how this recall effort frames other Republican overreach from those elected in 2010 and what it means in the 2012 election.

I Have a Dream

Today would have been Martin Luther King’s 83rd birthday.

Dixville Notch

The results are in and Dixville Notch, NH has voted:

Romney: 2

Huntsman: 2

Gingrich: 1

Paul: 1

Obama: 3

 

The Iowa Caucus

 

Who will win?  Who will drop out?  Does anyone other than the cable pundits care?

My answers:

1. The people of Iowa will win because they won’t have to face the non-stop barrage of political ads on TV and radio.

2. No one will drop out.  Yet.

3. No.

Happy New Year

At the New Year we pause to reflect on the past and look to the future.  We think of what we are grateful for and how we may better serve others.  Nowhere is this more obvious than when President Obama visited our troops on Christmas day and a young supporter offered to pick his nose.