I Still Won't Vote for McCain

Senator McCain's choice for VEEP is a sage and complementary pick. Governor Palin of Alaska is newer to the political scene but seems to be independent of party politics. She has a brain and will freely speak her mind and that alone will make her fun to watch.

Besides, she is pretty.

Not only is the timing of McCain's announcement effective, Governor Palin is young, she is a woman and she will appeal to both of those groups. Women who feel disenfranchised (horrible bastardization of that word) because Billary did not get the Democrat nod and who feel gender is the only consideration in the election will gravitate to Governor Palin. The young will note that she complements Senator McCain's age, and, well, "feels the pain" of younger voters.

In this humble writer's opinion, his pick nearly guarantees him the election. I regret that I cannot vote for him. Mr. McCain waffles on the critical issues of energy, global warming and illegal immigration. He will not be a strong leader and he will do nothing to rein in the unchecked self-serving presence of 14.2 million Federal government employees.

Kudos to Mr. McCain, however, for a savvy choice that at least will add excitement and entertainment to the last two months of this boring, obnoxious season.

Happy Voting!

Governor Gregoire's (Washington) Ethics for Sale

Facing a $2.7 billion deficit, Christine Gregoire and her socialist democrats in both state houses created in a mere four years, with a 33% increase in state spending over that period, the governor thinks she can avoid the inevitable imposition of tax increases (until after the election) by giving state employees 4 day work weeks of 10 hour days. Even the feeblest managers have resisted this trend for 25 years because productivity decreases after an 8-hour day and the schedules, unless all employees take the same day off, are tough to supervise.


No matter to this wonderful governor. She won the election four years ago by, and this is not a typo, 135 votes. With 88,000 state employees most of them conscripted into union service by her predecessor (a contract continued in her administration) she hopes to add to that margin.


She won't get my vote (I work for the state welfare administration) and only hope that her feeble Republican opponent makes a campaign issue out of this vote grab and resulting deteriorating service to the taxpayers. The state truly deserves its image as contemptuous of quality public service.


This expensive and poorly thought-out vote grab ought to place another nail in that coffin...