The Best Candidate

It's like, duh. Just when you thought there wasn't a dime's worth of difference between the two parties, the Republicans go and prove you're wrong.


Molly Ivins 


It looks to me the two candidates trying to secure the Republican nomination are either ignorant or they are deliberately trying to tell women in this country, 'don't vote for me.' Some women will vote for one or the other of these guys. They are ordained two do so because of their Religion and religious beliefs. The Bible says obey your husbands and they will do that and vote as their husband tells them. Many southern women will do this. 

But independent women, strong women, listening to the Gospel according to St. Santorum or St. Romney, will disregard both these lightweights, realizing they both are ignorant of women's health and women's issues. They both think women need guidance and leadership, and need men, to think about these things for them.

Actually I'm getting the cart before the horse here. We're talking about the Republicans seeking the nomination . I believe that Sir Romney will indeed get the nomination. And even if we get to the convention and no candidate has enough delegates to win. Romney is still the strongest,  even in a floor fight. 

Of course we don't know who else might be introduced into the mix at the convention but it'd have to be someone the delegates respect and viewed as a future candidate or someone who has earned his spurs and the trust of most of the delegates. Of course anything can happen at a convention when no candidate arrives with sufficient commitment but it's not likely the delegates would allow someone like Santorum, who some party members think is a dangerous choice, nor would too many favor the former speaker of the House. Gingrich is no team player. He will not listen to reasonable advice but will charge ahead, headstrong, wanting his own way, even if it's wrong. He does not countenance well those who disagree with him.


I think Romney is the stronger candidate. He, too will not suffer those who disagree with him. I suppose what I'm sayings or intend to say is it doesn't really matter who wins the Republican nomination. I think the president has made some mistakes, is still making them and if the President had a decent candidate opposing him, I'd vote against him. But he doesn't and considering who will run against the President, there's no doubt in my mind the President will win re-election. 

Millions of people will vote for the Republican candidate because he's Republican and they, under any circumstances, would not vote for a democrat. Some voters who might vote for a democrat but can not bring themselves to vote for a black man. Some might vote Republican because they think the President is a Muslim, or he is not qualified by birthright. Even so, if nothing else the race for the Republican nomination has shown these candidates are unqualified to lead America. 

Some of them might be or make a good CEO, but the United States is not a corporation and can not be run like a corporation. The good ship America needs a qualified Captain and only one qualifies. He deserves re-election, he has earned the right to be re-elected, and in my judgement, he will be. Why? Because the women in this country will re-elect him.

Sporting News

Like much of the country I have eagerly been following the saga of Mr. Peyton Manning's career. As you all know, at first it was, would Indianapolis pay the bonus and keep Peyton on the payroll. We agonized over this aspect for days. Would Jim Irsay keep a player who had made the Colts annual contenders for the playoffs and kept them there. But twenty-six million is a lot of bonus money when your quarterback has laid out injured for a whole year. In our hearts we all knew Manning was history. Too many operations, too old, too much uncertainty. Certainly not twenty-six million with of guarantee there to gamble on. So he was cut. So long, it's been good to know you.

Peyton Manning is out, an old man in football years. But wait. Wait. There's several teams that are interested in this old quarterback whose been injured and hasn't played a down in a year. After all the doctors did say he was good to go, well maybe eight-five percent good to go, but who really knows. Still several teams did initially express some interest in the old geezer. The Jets, the Redskins, Miami, and Denver, and who else? Oh, yes, Seattle. So all is not lost. Archie Manning's number one son, fired though he was, is not going down in flames. He may still have a limited future. But as it turns out, on second or third thought, all these teams are not that interested in this fired quarterback. Badly handicapped though he be, he is still too rich for their blood. The Jets, Seattle, Miami, and the Redskins either changed their minds or Peyton is not that interested in them. Denver is still interested and wants to talk.

But about that time Bud Adams speaks up. You know Bud Adams don't you, he owns the Tennessee Titans that was the Houston Oilers that he moved to Tennessee and changed their name. He wants Manning and is prepared to deal. He sweetens the pot by offering Manning a job after his playing days are over. And there's another little tidbit that might be important. Manning's wife is from Tennessee and living in or around Nashville would put her in real close proximity to her family.  He makes it clear he wants Manning to be a Tennessee Titan, for life, as he said.
 
Manning talks to Denver, then he talks to the Tennessee, and over the course of a few days works out for both teams. But word has gotten out that San Francisco has gotten a workout and talked to Manning earlier in the week. What's going on here?

In the meantime, San Francisco 's quarterback who also happens to be a free agent would not sign a three year contract; he wants a longer term and goes and talks to Miami. Other quarterbacks who thought they had a shot at one of those teams pursuing Manning have been put on hold while Manning makes a decision who he wants to play for. Who would have thought an old, injured, fired quarterback would have dominated much of the sporting news.

So now it's a waiting game. But don't get excited, sports fans. It Peyton Manning's wedding anniversary. He's taking time out to celebrate. No doubt he will make a decision sometime this week. 

Am I on pins and needles? Well, no, but I have been reading the papers and while I'm not holding my breath, I am anxious to know what this poor boy will do. And there is no doubt in my mind that this Monday morning and for the past two or three days at least, Payton Manning knows and has known exactly where he wants to go, and in his own good, sweet time he will reveal that to us and the several other quarterbacks around the country, where he will settle in.

Well, there you have it, just announced, Peyton goes to Denver. 

We're Often Misunderstood

Ole is the Pastor of the local Norwegian Lutheran Church and Pastor Sven is the minister of the Swedish Covenant Church across the road. One day they are seen pounding a sign into the ground, which says:

DA END ISS NEAR! TURN YERSELF AROUNT NOW BAFOR IT ISS TOO LATE!

As a car speeds past them, the driver leans out his window and yells, "Leave people alone, you Skandihoovian religious nuts!"

From the curve they hear screeching tires and a big splash.

Shakin' his head, Rev. Ole says "Dat's da terd one dis mornin'." "Yaa," Pastor Sven agrees, then asks, "Do ya tink maybe da sign should yust say, 'Bridge Out?'"

Today's Quote

It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.
 
Molly Ivins.

Another Page Closes

 I suppose it don't matter to most people. I know the world surges forward and I lag behind but I can 't rejoice with the folks at Britannica.


http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/story/2012-03-08/encyclopaedia-britannica-print/53516812/1

Peyton Manning up for grabs after Miami meeting

 Who'll make it 20 Mil, who'll make it two?

Have you ever been driving somewhere in your car and your toe touch the brake and you look down and you wonder what that's for? Or,  you pull back on your steering wheel and panic because you can't get off the ground. Are you going too slow to get lift? Me neither.