Bonehead move

In an election campaign you can do three things.  Good things, bad things and bonehead things.  John McCain just did a bonehead thing.

The Republican have been hammering Obama on his supposed lack of international experience.  They were making their point.  Then they shot themselves in both feet.

They selected Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, as the VP running mate for McCain.  They have selected a person with absolutely no experience to be within a heartbeat of the presidency.  And with McCain's age and medical history, that is a serious concern.  .

Why select her? 

She is a darling of the religious right as an anti-abortion zealot and an attractive young (44 years) women.  The Republicans need to appeal to women and an old-white guy just can't do it.  She's a mom with five kids including one with Down's Syndrome and one about to deploy to Iraq.  She loves hunting and fishing,  She has spent two years as Alaska's Governor during a time that oil and gas royalties hit the roof and she thinks of  herself a fiscal magician.  She has a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association and wants to drill for oil in the Alaska Wildlife sanctuary, all the while saying she has fought big oil and wants to see the US go in a new direction.

Where do I sign up?

McCain should stick to curly fries

I almost felt sorry for John McCain, the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party, in a televised debate on Sunday night. Asked about useless government spending he decided to pop a blood vessel over a $3 million expenditure to determine the DNA of black bears. Scientists say that this research will aid in the preservation of the species, while John says that it's just pork-barrel.

Funny that. The US spends over $200 million PER DAY in IRAQ. But McCain criticizes $3 million on a project that he says is in Alaska... but is actually in Montana.

Maybe the solution is to send the bears to IRAQ, then the military could do the research as a blackbear-op... and no one would be the wiser. It may be cruel to the bears but... hey... it's better optics.