Soccer Dad

Submitted 09/10/08

Council nominations are up at the new Watcher of Weasels.

Waiting for the takeover - The Glittering Eye questions the timing of the takeovers of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and observes that the citizenry is getting hit twice by the bailout.

Beneath the gobbledy-gook, an implied concession about taxes *UPDATED* - Bookworm Room parses a statement by Sen. Obama and concludes that he acknowledges that raising taxes in a recession is a bad idea. Is there ever a good time to raise taxes though?

Dems proving that the GOP is really - The Razor's argument is that the Democratic reaction to the Palin nominations has shown that the Republicans ought to change the theme of their campaign "We're going to fight for your right to party." Well maybe not, but that's the gist of it. Republicans are fun again.

The Game Changer - Duty Honor Country - JoshuaPundit writes about how the choice of Gov. Palin has changed the dynamics of the race and gotten Sen. McCain focused on what's important. I especially liked this line:

Even worse, she has the ability to skewer Obama on his own inflated sense of self, and to do it with humor. And it works particularly well when you have a pompous, full-of-himself opponent.

Is the Philly Daily News literally going nuts?? - Colossus of Rhodey.Hube comments on a couple of anti-Palin attacks and deftly shows how stupid the argument are. Maybe Sarah Palin is the real "compassionate" conservative.

Standing At The Crossroads - Identity Politics, Multiculturalism & The Melting Pot (Updated & Bumped) - Wolf Howling identifies the motive behind the leftist attacks on Gov. Palin: fear. Specifically it is a fear of an oppressed group gaining power by being strong and not subservient. Or as he put it:

It is inevitable that one of the two concepts I earlier described - a melting pot of equals or a multicultural morass of victim groups - will gain ascendance in America. I have long felt that we are at a crossroads in our nation for precisely this reason, and that the ramifications of how we decide this issue will be existential.

A Bad political Dad from history - Rhymes with Right makes the historical point that Robert F. Kennedy had children when he ran for president in 1968, and yet no one suggested that he was a bad father at the time.

Fight, Fight, Fight - Cheat Seeking Missiles points to the theme of "fight" from Sen. McCain's acceptance speech. He sees it as a declaration that McCain is declaring himself to be a man of action.

The new Reagan - Hillbilly White Trash quotes from Michael Reagan who says that if anyone currently on the national political scene is the new Reagan, it's Sarah Palin. Furthermore there are other "new Reagans" at lower levels of government.

My own nomination is for An exceptional Choice, in which I link to three different profiles of Sen. McCain and what it shows about the man.

My nominee for the non-council post is Ocean Guy's Bad News for the Press... We're going to see more of this, a devastating look at the media's Palin malpractice.

Read, Enjoy. Be Informed.

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