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The Palin Factor

Posted by The Patriot on Monday, September 01, 2008 9:05:02 AM
     Sarah Palin.  Who'd have thunk it?  Of course this now makes the topic of the day, "what do you make of it?"  Rather than whip out a quick, reactionary post right after the announcement, I've given this some thought over the last couple of days.  I've read and listened to some other opinions, and come to a conclusion about John McCain's Vice Presidential choice:  genius.  That doesn't necessarily mean that I think that he will win the election because of it, or that having Palin on the won't damage his campaign in the eyes of some.  But I think it is a genius move in many ways.

     First of all, adding Sarah Palin to the ticket provides the most striking counterpoint to Joe Biden that one could possibly hope for.  While Barack Obama endlessly rhetorificates (I just made that word up) about "change" and getting away from old-school, business-as-usual, Beltway-insider politics, Joe Biden will be standing next to him as a monument to exactly that.  Standing next to John McCain will be Sarah Palin, who is anything but a part of the good ol' boy political landscape.

     I also think that this actually defuses some of the Obama campaign's openings to attack the McCain ticket on issues of age.  OK, McCain is a little old, but his VP is in her prime.  If Obama wants to point out her youth and inexperience on the national stage, he brings up one of his own vulnerabilities, which he probably wishes everyone would forget about.  If he spins his youth and inexperience as an advantage, he provides the same defense to Palin.

     The most obvious advantage Sarah Palin brings is a solid set of conservative values.  McCain long ago alienated many, many members of the conservative base (including myself) with his stands on such things as McCain-Feingold and illegal immigration.  However, Sarah Palin not only talks conservative, she walks conservative.  She favors a strong national defense, and she has a son in the military.  She is pro-life, and refused to abort her youngest son even after he was discovered to have Down Syndrome while still in the womb.  She supports the 2nd Amendment, and hunts, fishes, and is a life member of the NRA.  She supports energy independence through domestic oil production, and favors drilling for oil in her own state (ANWR).

     At any rate, there has been much analysis already done, but it appears that Sarah Palin's presence on the ticket will both provide a counter-balance to many of McCain's liberal leanings, and will provide a sharp contrast to the demi-Marxist Obama/Biden offering.  As is the American way, I think Sarah Palin will sink or swim on her own merit.  But if her personal and political history is any indication, I'm betting on swim.

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Real Hope

Posted by The Patriot on Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:54:27 AM
     I thought I was too jaded, too cynical about the state of sports these days to care about the Olympics.  Fortunately, I was wrong.  As the 2008 Olympics began, I found myself drawn in even though I fully expected to be bored.  Part of the time I was even in an "undisclosed location," with a 5" black and white TV, no cable, and a lousy signal.  But I watched.  I watched, and I cheered, and I thrilled at the performance of America's athletes.

     Win or lose, I am immensely proud to see these (mostly) young people representing the United States so very well.  I was captivated by Michael Phelps, whose easygoing manner and humility was betrayed only by his intensity in the pool, where he decimated all comers.  Diminutive gymnasts Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson were giants to any who competed against them, but were consummate good sports when their performances were topped by others.  What else will we see in the last few days of the games?

     Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh beat everyone in beach volleyball, just as they have for 107 straight matches now.  You'd think they would take it in stride, maybe being a little jaded themselves.  But when they defeated the Chinese team to clinch the gold medal, you would have thought it was the very first time they won a tournament.  Completely ecstatic, they could hardly contain themselves even through the medal ceremony, fidgeting, grinning and bouncing like little girls.  Could it be that this win was different for them?  After going something like 415-16, what's one more win?  Could it be that winning in the Olympics, under the colors of the United States of America is something special?  I'd like to think so.

     But Kobe Bryant was probably the most pleasant surprise of the games, and he probably said it best.  During an interview with Chris Collinsworth, Bryant admitted that he felt that playing in the Olympics for the U.S.A. was "the ultimate."  After Bryant went on to say that he felt "our country is the best," Collinsworth asked if he thought that maybe in this day and age it wasn't "cool" to say those sorts of things.  I watched the interview, and Kobe didn't even have to think about his answer.  Without missing a beat, he replied, "No, it's a cool thing for me to say.  I feel great about it, and I'm not ashamed to say it.  I mean, this is a tremendous honor."

     If only Barack Obama could find it in himself to be that proud of his country, and to brag unashamedly that he believes it to be the best in the world.  It appears that for now, I will find my hope in America's young Olympic athletes.  They are all winners in my book. They train for years, in heat or cold, rain or shine, just to get to this day.  They proudly don the red, white, and blue, and take the field with the letters "USA" on their chests.    They are gracious in victory and defeat, and they tear up if they get to hear the "Star-Spangled Banner" from the victors' podium.  So do I.  Because I know that as long as our country can produce such champions, there is hope.  Real hope.
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You Heard It Here First

Posted by The Patriot on Friday, August 08, 2008 2:49:12 PM
     Almost two months ago to the day, I wrote "What She Didn't Say," and predicted that Hillary Clinton had not truly withdrawn from the Democrat Party primary.  Now, like an un-dead, brain-eating zombie (not that much of a stretch, is it?) she is beginning to stretch an arm from the grave in one last grab for the nomination.  As it turns out, in his desire to be the magnanimous, all-inclusive savior (and to try to swing two key electoral states his way), Barack Obama has agreed to allow delegates from Michigan and Florida full votes at the nominating convention in Denver.

     But as I understand it, this cuts his lead in delegates over Clinton dangerously thin, and opens up the possibility that if a relatively small number of superdelegates simply sit out the first nominating ballot...all bets are off.  This would then require a second nominating ballot be cast, at which point delegates are then free from their prior commitment to a specific candidate and are permitted to vote as they see fit.  This is the crack that Hillary Clinton is looking for.  With Barack Obama no longer looking quite so invincible, Clinton operatives are surely heating up the phone lines, working to convince delegates that she is the last best hope the Democrats have of winning the White House.

     One way or another, Denver promises to be quite entertaining.  That is, if you like "Night Of The Living Dead"...
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M-m-my G-g-g-generation

Posted by The Patriot on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:20:52 PM
Not since the rock classic from The Who have we seen so much stuttering and stammering...not since Miss Teen South Carolina have we seen a more twisted and tortured explanation...

Barack Obama, master speechifier...

Miss Teen South Carolina, future presidential candidate?

Roger Daltrey, the only one who can make it seem cool... (and your reward for making it through the previous clips)

Separated at birth?

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Vision

Posted by The Patriot on Monday, July 21, 2008 2:10:06 PM
OK, I have about had it with our Democrat "leadership."  You know, the ones who keep repeating the "fact" that even if we open up new areas to oil drilling and exploration that it will not result in any additional supplies (and thus lower prices) for 7-10 years.  I don't happen to believe that, since President Bush just illustrated that even the suggestion that the United States is willing to produce more domestic oil caused the price of oil to drop.

But here's the thing...would any of these Democrat "leaders" confess to only being concerned with issues the country will face within the next 7-10 years?  Would they stand on the campaign stump and say, "I will not support any legislation that helps America more than 10 years in the future"?  How would they respond to a political opponent who accused them of failing to look at long term solutions?  I suspect that none of them would relish the thought of appearing to be short-sighted and unwilling to plan more than 10 years in the future. Do they think that lower oil prices will be unwelcome in 2018?

But here goes...I will stick my neck out and make a bold prediction.  Despite all the fairly-tale wishful thinking of "alternative" energy sources, the United States' economy will still be dependent on oil 10 years from now.  Remember, you heard it here first.  We will not have airliners that run on leftover french-fry oil, and we will not have tractor trailers that run on goat dung.  The only thing that will run exclusively in wind power in 2018 will be Congress.  As a result, oil prices will still be a factor in that distant future (sarcasm warning: only a child sees 10 years as the distant future).  So even if it were true that new drilling would not help today, it will help at some future point.  Leadership is about vision...and oil drilling naysayers have none beyond the ends of their noses.
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Stand Up

Posted by The Patriot on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:49:04 PM
     If you are a listener of conservative talk radio, as I am, you will by now have noticed that Laura Ingraham has been absent from her show for about three weeks now.  After a bit of internet searching, I have discovered why she has been MIA (Ingraham friend David Frum posted about it here.)

     It's a good news/bad news thing, however.  The good news is that it is not a resurgence of her cancer, or a problem with her new adopted daughter, or any other personal issue.  The bad news is that her syndication agency, Talk Radio Network, has basically locked her out of her studio due to an ongoing contract dispute.  I am speculating here, but it appears that this is obviously a heavy-handed attempt by Laura's syndicator to force her to accept some contractual scenario which she deems unacceptable.

     Now I understand that business is business, and I don't begrudge a company the right to pay only as much as it thinks an individual's labor is worth.  But I see no reason that TRN cannot allow Ingraham to continue her work while negotiations are in progress.  It comes across as very juvenile, at the least...much as a child would stomp his foot and threaten to take his toys and go home if he doesn't get his way.  At worst, the listening public is being denied a passionate, principled, and intelligent conservative voice during the height of the political season.  I am no conspiracy theorist, but I find it curious that the 5th-rated host in talk radio nationwide is taken off the air during the ramp-up to the general election.

     As such, I am standing with Laura Ingraham while TRN plays their games.  I have drafted an email to TRN management and to management of my local affiliate to inform them that my radio will be off any time a TRN host is on air until Laura Ingraham is allowed to return to her show, and I intend to follow through.  I encourage you to do the same.

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Really?

Posted by The Patriot on Monday, June 23, 2008 12:47:17 PM
OK, I just can't resist this one:  a link on the Drudge Report today heralding a new drug which claims to cure shyness.  (The actual story is here.)  But really, that drug has been around for hundreds of years!  It's called tequila...
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What She Didn't Say

Posted by The Patriot on Thursday, June 12, 2008 12:30:31 PM
    A few journalists have picked up on it, but it seems one detail of Hillary's "concession" speech last week has escaped many.  In her announcement, she stated that she was "suspending" her campaign.  She did not say she was ending it.  She did not say that she would now release her delegates to Barack Obama.  We may or may not see a Hillary resurrection before this campaign, but don't discount the possibility just yet.  Some scenarios that I guarantee she's analyzing: 

    Plan A:  Hillary waits, delegates still in hand, for Obama to slip up and weaken his candidacy relative to John McCain's.  (Variation:  her crew drops some "dirt" on him and actively undermines his campaign.)  With Obama in danger of losing the White House to a Republican, Hillary steps in to save the Dems from themselves.  Our hero...

    Plan B:  Hillary judges McCain and Obama both weak enough to be vulnerable to her as an independent candidate, and she reinserts herself in the race as such.  This is probably a very long shot, since this would completely burn any bridge to the Democrat Party establishment, and she would forever be an outcast.  This is pretty much a scorched-earth option, but she's never been above a little self-destructive behavior.

    Plan C:  She tries to lay low publicly and angle for the VP invitation from Obama.  This is delusional on her part, because it just ain't gonna happen.  Barack may be dumb, but he's not that dumb.  But delusions of grandeur are a core value to in the Clinton camp.

    And the fourth possibility:  Hillary sits back with her delegates and waits.  Witholding the delegates underscores Obama's inability to unify the party and makes him appear weak.  She maybe (probably) sends the dirt squad out to wage a clandestine operation to torpedo the Obama campaign.  She does everything in her power to weaken Obama to the point she can execute Plan A.  Failing that, she can hope to do enough damage that he ultimately loses to McCain.  Then she launches Plan D...see you in 2012, running on the "Told Ya So" platform.

    Gee,doesn't the Mayan calendar predict Armageddon in 2012?  Bottom line...we have not seen the last of Hillary Clinton.  Not by any stretch of the imagination.

    As an endnote, I would add a last "nightmare" scenario, which I have only seen one pundit float.  (Mike Gallagher suggests it here.)  This one has John McCain adding Hillary to his ticket as VP.  Crazy?  McCain is certainly not afraid to do it.  I personally think it would guarantee his victory in November.  I don't even want to think about this one any longer...
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Need A Reason To Vote McCain?

Posted by The Patriot on Friday, June 06, 2008 12:48:05 AM
   For the so-called "undecided" voters who can't make up their minds between Barack Obama and John McCain, I believe there is a better reason than ever to pull the lever for McCain.  Susan Sarandon has announced that if John McCain wins the presidency, she will leave the country for perhaps Canada or Italy.
 
   Now call me cynical, but Alec Baldwin has already broken my heart along with his promise to leave the country if George W. Bush beat Al Gore in the 2000 race.  Therefore, I have my doubts about Sarandon's sincerity.  Once bitten, twice shy, as they say.  But it certainly is enticing to think of the win-win that could result in a McCain victory.  Not only would we get to see both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama defeated in the same year, we might also get to see Susan Sarandon walking down a jetway at LAX with a one-way ticket to Rome.
 
   McCain should take full advantage of this.  Picture the campaign ad:  An obviously confused voter stands in the booth, scrunching his eyebrows and nibbling a fingernail, unable to decide which lever to flip.  Video "thought balloons" appear over his furrowed brow.  There's Barack Obama, talking about "bitter" West Virginians and how America is a great and prosperous country, and how he wants to change that.  Then a balloon showing John McCain in obvious celebration, with falling confetti and red, white, and blue bunting behind him, speaking of the greatness of America and his optimism for its future...as Susan Sarandon walks down that jetway.  Tagline:  "Send A Patriot To The White House, And Send Liberal To Italy!"
 
   A boy can dream, can't he?
 
   
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Hypocrite Alert!

Posted by The Patriot on Thursday, April 17, 2008 12:51:34 PM
    As if you didn't already know, Barack Obama is a hypocrite who will say and do anything to be President.  When questioned by an ABC reporter last October why he wore no American flag pin on his lapel, he said, "I decided I won't wear that pin on my chest."  This was part of a rather convoluted explanation, but I think the important part was that he stated that it was a conscious decision not to wear "that pin," saying he would prefer to show his patriotism through his ideas.

    Now, apparently he has made another conscious decision to wear a flag pin on his lapel.  Does he no longer trust his ideas to communicate his patriotism?


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Be Careful What You Ask For

Posted by The Patriot on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:16:28 AM
    It's an age-old principle:  he who holds the purse strings is in control of the action.  Perhaps your wise old grandpa shared that nugget with you, or maybe some other seasoned citizen.  America's seniors would do well to recall that principle when casting a ballot this year.  With both Democratic candidates promoting some form of "universal" coverage, and a Democrat controlled Congress, there is at least a decent chance that some form of federally funded "universal" medical insurance is in our future.  (note:  I put "universal" in quotes because this is simply code for a government-run health care system)

    But be careful what you ask for.  No sane person will argue that government issued medical insurance means that every person will be permitted to have any and every medical procedure at taxpayer expense.  It is a fact that if the government is picking up your medical tab (and everyone else's), there will be rationing of medical services.  There are not enough dollars in the Treasury to guarantee every citizen any and all medical services they desire, at any time they desire it...and there never will be.  It is a utopian fantasy to think that the government can provide everything to everyone.  It will become a necessity to have a decision maker somewhere in some government office, whose purpose in life it will be to review paperwork (probably mounds of it) and stamp it "approved" or "denied."  As more and more Americans submit requests to their benevolent government for medical services, more and more of them will be stamped "denied" as the realities of budgeting and accounting impose themselves on the dream world that is "free medical insurance."

    This begs the question:  "On what basis will the decision be made?"  How indeed will the government select those worthy of receiving medical care, and those who are not?  Here's a scenario for you.  The government employee sits at his desk with two sets of paperwork in front of him.  Both are requests from individuals for a liver transplant, necessary to save their lives.  There is only enough money in the budget for one.  The medical profiles are identical, save one difference.  One is a 45-year old male who still has at least another 20 years in the work force as a taxpayer.  The other is a 65-year old male who is retired and receiving Social Security benefits.  Who gets the procedure?  One is a 22-year old female college student with a lifetime of taxpaying ahead of her.  The other is a 22-year old female who is severely handicapped and will need to be cared for the rest of her life, and will never pay a dime in taxes.  Who gets the procedure?

    If you find these questions rather dark and uncomfortable, then you should also find the prospects of a government funded and administered health care system equally dark and uncomfortable.  Be careful what you ask for...
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Rest In Peace

Posted by The Patriot on Monday, March 31, 2008 6:14:04 AM
    After almost four years, Staff Sergeant Matt Maupin will be coming home.  Maupin was listed as missing in action after being captured in Iraq on April 9th, 2004.  His remains were found in Iraq yesterday.

    Maupin was believed to have been executed by his captors, but the Army was unable to confirm.  Those of us in the Cincinnati area, near SSG Maupin's home, have followed the efforts of his parents to locate their son since that time.  While we are saddened by the outcome, we know, as his father said yesterday, "they can't hurt him anymore."

    Prayers to the Maupin family in hopes that they may now find some small measure of peace in bringing their son home.  Prayers that Staff Sergeant Matt Maupin will now rest in peace...

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War Stories & Fairy Tales

Posted by The Patriot on Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:52:28 AM
    There’s this old joke told in military circles that goes something like this: What’s the difference in a war story and a fairy tale? A fairy tale starts with, “Once upon a time,” and a war story starts with, “Now this ain’t no s**t!” I usually continue to point out that often that is the only difference in the two. In the case of Hillary Clinton’s recounting of her 1996 Bosnia visit, this is truer than ever.

    One of the symptoms of antisocial personality disorder, as defined by the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is, “deceitfulness, as indicated by repeatedly lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure.” Hillary Clinton seems to have made a career of this, which is bad enough since it means we may well have a clinical sociopath running for President. It’s bad enough that she seems to have no compunction with fabricating a story out of whole cloth in order make us believe she is something she is not in order to (she thinks) better her chances at winning an election.

    But that’s not the worst of it in my book. This country currently has thousands upon thousands of military men and women who actually are in harm's way every day. Any one of them could probably tell you a true story about being shot at…but they probably won’t. Either the memory of another human being trying to kill them is too painful to recount casually, or maybe they’re just too humble to try to tell it, but these are not people who will stand at a podium and brag of their “adventures” so that others will think them heroic.

    To be sure, the real war stories will come out, and some already have. Some will write books, some will do interviews, and there will be public speaking engagements from time to time. But most of the real war stories will never be told to you and I, especially the ones which are the most real. They will only be told to other warriors, in places where warriors gather.  The NCO clubs and the VFW halls, the after action reviews, and the unit gatherings years from now will be the places of real war stories, told by warriors to other warriors. Some will never be told at all, because the pain and the fear that accompanies them is too great. And while war stories between comrades may be embellished, it is only to make them more entertaining.

    Hillary Clinton tells her “war story,” for her own personal gain. The pure lie has been exposed for what it is, and by telling it she disgraces and insults those who have lived through real fear and danger for this nation. She is unfit to be Commander In Chief, and the only happily ever after to this fairly tale will come when this dragon is put down once and for all.
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For Crying Out Loud

Posted by The Patriot on Tuesday, February 05, 2008 12:54:35 PM
     OK, just a quick thought here.  Apparently yesterday, on the eve of yet another key primary vote, Hillary Clinton tears up again.  Sorry, but this woman has been in the public eye for how long now?  (Seems like forever, doesn't it?)  She has been through how many stressful and personally trying events during that time?  (Never mind how much was self-inflicted.)  And yet these are the only times she has ever been observed becoming "emotional" in public?

     Through Whitewater, Travelgate, Filegate, and all of the trials and tribulations that must be associated with being married to the second President in U.S. history to be impeached, how is it that she has never, ever, ever so much as sniffled in front of a camera?  With the exception of these two election-eve performances, the woman has been as hard as granite in public.  Mere coincidence that now she cracks?  The first tears I gave her as a matter of simple human weakness (the only evidence I have observed to date indicating that she is actually human).  But a second time, on the eve of a vote which could end her presidential aspiration?  Not buying it.
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The McCain I Know

Posted by The Patriot on Thursday, January 31, 2008 12:36:03 PM
     Summer of 1994, Republic of Korea.  I was a 31-year old captain in the United States Army, commanding a PATRIOT missile battery, when I was advised by my boss that my unit would be receiving visitors.  At that point in history, my battalion had been deployed to South Korea as a (apparently unsuccessful) deterrent to the North Korean nuclear program.  The high-profile nature of the mission and the political tension surrounding it had already generated an enormous amount of public interest and media attention, so it was par for the course when I was told that Senators Phil Gramm and John McCain were in-country and wished to see a PATRIOT missile site, and that they would be visiting my unit.

     Still, a visit from senators is a big deal, so Charlie Battery went into overdrive to prepare for the visit.  Equipment was cleaned and re-cleaned, crew drills were rehearsed and re-rehearsed, and boots were spit shined in order to insure that we made a good impression on our guests.  I was already impressed by the extra effort the soldiers of Charlie Battery had put out when the senators arrived the next day, and was eager to show them off.

     As I briefed Senator Gramm and Senator McCain, and toured them around our unit, the difference between the two men became apparent to me.  Senator Gramm, despite all of our best efforts, seemed thoroughly unimpressed by everything.  Arms folded against his chest most of the time, he asked few questions and offered fewer comments about what he was seeing.  The impression I got was of a man who was taking the guided tour, but really didn't care, didn't want to be there, and couldn't wait to leave.  I felt slighted not for myself, but for my soldiers who had worked hard to get ready for this day.

    John McCain was practically his polar opposite.  Outgoing and energetic, he asked tons of questions of me and of the soldiers crewing the equipment.  He wanted to see everything, talked to everyone, and most importantly thanked everyone for showing him around.  I am aware that as a career politician, he may well have been feigning interest with a politician's eye towards the future.  However, I did not believe that then, and I do not believe it now.  I found him to be genuine and personable and it was a pleasure meeting with him.  On the consideration that I was wrong and he was faking it, I still appreciate that he at least had the courtesy to act interested for the sake of my soldiers.

     By now you probably think that I am a "McCainiac."  Unfortunately, the John McCain I met almost 14 years ago and the one running for President today seem as different as he and Phil Gramm seemed to me on that afternoon in South Korea.  I have a great deal of difficulty in separating that experience from the reality of Senator McCain's record, particularly in recent years.  But it does speak for itself, and none of us can afford to ignore it.

     On a personal level, the John McCain I know is totally likeable.  He is man who has lived a life of courage and service to his country and I truly respect and admire him for that.  To me, he is the classic example of the person who may be a wonderful friend, but one you simply have to agree to disagree with on some critical issues.  While I cannot find it in me to vote for him in the Republican primary (as I did in 2000), I can also not find it in myself to vilify him.  But business is business, and we simply have to agree to disagree.

     Should he be the Republican nominee in the general election, I will support him.  If we were to meet again, I would gladly offer him my hand.  I would salute him as a true American hero and thank him for his service.  I would jump at the chance to sit at a table and talk to him again, and I'm confident it would be a wonderful conversation.  But I can't vote for him, and I will not.  Not now.
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