Sometimes Peggy Noonan can draw a picture that is so pillowy and soft about the Reagan years I feel like I’m moving lightly amongst the clouds when I am reading it. I don’t remember the time with those same ethereal feelings, but somehow her words float by like billowing cumulus clouds with wispy cirrus tails…
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A turn of a word…
So who is really qualified to be a president…
Nobody. No one is prepared to be President. I’m going to lay it on the line. Unless some financial or sexual scandal pops up, I’m voting for Obama for reasons that I’ve outlined before in this blog. Much as I agree with McCain politically (aka mostly conservative, jump across the aisle to fix specific problems), [...]
Politics…
I tend to take a philosophical view of a Presidential election. I try to go through history and see if there’s a pattern emerging. Well this year there are a few interesting things going on:
All three major remaining candidates are Senators, and have no executive experience (although Sen. Clinton gets the sniff vote)
2 of the [...]
