August 4th, 2008
As a cautious — dare I say it? — conservative observer of the political scene, I don’t like making bold predictions without good evidence to support them.
And if I’m wrong about this, I might just delete this post and deny that it ever appeared.
But the tea leaves, as I read them, convince me that John McCain will choose Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty as his running mate.
The 47-year-old Pawlenty is a popular two-term governor with a blue-collar background. He has ties to the evangelical community but is not considered a religious firebrand. My sources indicate that he’d be acceptable to most GOP conservatives.
The announcement from McCain likely will come sooner rather than later.
HERE’s the Wikipedia profile of Pawlenty.
August 4th, 2008
This is mildly irreligious, but pretty funny, too:
August 4th, 2008
Ordinarily, I judge a person’s fitness for high office on the basis of political issues rather than personal stuff, unless that stuff involves violations of the law or especially egregious misconduct.
That’s why I don’t care where Barack Obama goes to church or whether John McCain gambles away large sums shooting craps in Las Vegas.
Still, I can’t help but wonder what the reaction among the self-appointed moral guardians of our body politic would be if Obama’s record bore the questionable items in McCain’s record that curiously gain so little public attention.
How many of McCain’s supporters are even aware that he has accepted thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from the family of a porn star?
How many of his supporters are aware that McCain appeared in an R-rated movie noted for its nudity and strong sexual profanity?
How many of his supporters know that he dumped his first wife after she was disfigured in a car accident to marry a beautiful and wealthy heiress who is almost 18 years younger than he? Or that he got the license to marry the second wife before his divorce from the first one was final?
I wouldn’t bring up these matters if it weren’t for the world-class hypocrisy with which McCain’s backers pick at Obama, often dishonestly so, and treat him as if he were the anti-Christ.
Imagine the howls we would hear from the self-righteous phonies if it was Obama rather than McCain involved in those aforementioned matters.
And don’t get me started on the ridiculous notion that the elitist in this race is the relative pauper, Obama, while the other guy, John Sidney McCain III, wears $500 shoes, has 11 homes and, between he and his wife, has a fortune of more than $100 million.
