Palin’s Public Baby Steps Could Be Biden’s Misteps “Careful Joe”, Chef Sheila

How much does anyone want to bet there will be a huge dust up before Tursday to overshadow the debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin?
Alaska’s (not even) one-term governor is hugely popular with the right wing base, but she is also a liability for the Republican ticket. Her oh so painful-to-watch interview last [...]

House GOP rises up against Cheney, by Horsedooty

There was a time when Dick Cheney could turn back a Republican revolt on Capitol Hill.
That time is gone.
The vice president traveled to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to silence a chorus of GOP complaints about Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s $700 billion plan. But House Republicans who walked into a closed-door meeting [...]

Failure to Communicate, by dnd

With the passing of Paul Newman, this week’s events reminded me of a line from my favorite Paul Newman movie. In the 1967 classic “Cool Hand Luke” Strother Martin said “What we have here is failure to communicate.”
When I saw Katie Couric’s interview of Sarah Palin, that line popped into [...]

Cool as a Cucumber, by Kathy

Endlessly we have endured this campaign, now with less than 40 days left. Recently McCain has sought to make his campaign about “Change”, after having tried Country First, and Straight Talk Express, etc. We all know the glaring policy differences between McCain and Obama. However, [...]

Shoot Me I Still Don’t Love Him, by Guest Blogger Jamie

It was 1957 and Elvis Presley’s second movie was about to be released. I had begged my mother to take me to the Midnight Showing in Fresno and she had refused because of long hours on her feet. She definitely did not need to take a 13 year old to the movies at [...]

Bat Masterson on the Financial Crisis, by dnd

William Barclay “Bat” Masterson, a gunfighter and lawman in the old west, was not a man of finance, other than when at the poker table. However I am reminded of him in this frenzy to “solve” the current financial crisis. There is a sense of urgency to do something, anything, to right this [...]

Youtube moments, by unlikely burrito

This election has been anything but dull and boring partially due to the never ending supply of candidates, supporters, and pundits who momentarily suffered from foot-in-mouth disease and/or other particularly awkward moments. Some of these people are currently enjoying this election from the cozy underside of [...]