The Gadfly Gets On The Wall
Get Over It: Barack Obama is president-elect. The 2008 election is over. Some Republican bloggers and commentators continue to write as if the election has not yet been held. It has. It is over.
Get With It: One can only hope that reasonable Republicans in Congress will listen to Senator Tom Coburn and get with the rebuilding of the conservative fiscal policies that took the GOP to control of Congress in 1994.
Get Lost: Former Governor David Walters, who left office in disgrace and who has since resurrected himself (in his mind) as the savior of Oklahoma Democrats, has written that Oklahoma is a national embarrassment given the fact that Barack Obama, while winning the presidency, did not carry a single Oklahoma county. The only embarrassment is that Walters still feels he has a podium from which to speak.
Get Real: I find cause today to ponder the future of the political blogosphere. In this election cycle, much of it was filled with half-truths, lies, unsubstantiated rumors, personal (and degrading) attacks on Democrats and Republicans, obscenities, a lack of respect and irreverence. Some, thankfully, exercised sound judgment and responsibility. Sounds a lot like the mainstream media, doesn't it?
Get A Life: Ted Stevens needs to go. The Alaska Republican senator brings no credit to his party or himself. And Hillary Clinton as secretary of state? "Change," we are to presume from this possibility, means nothing more than changing the names on the doors. John McCain as the face of the GOP? Forget it. McCain never was the face of the GOP. Future of the GOP? Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindahl. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour. Mitt Romney. Tim Pawlenty. Pick a name, take your pick. Guess That Leaves Me Out: Friend Mark Shannon notes that among the many questions those wanting an Obama Administration job must answer is one (#59) that asks if the applicant owns a gun. Read the entire questionaire at http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/national/13apply_questionnaire.pdf.
Get Real: I find cause today to ponder the future of the political blogosphere. In this election cycle, much of it was filled with half-truths, lies, unsubstantiated rumors, personal (and degrading) attacks on Democrats and Republicans, obscenities, a lack of respect and irreverence. Some, thankfully, exercised sound judgment and responsibility. Sounds a lot like the mainstream media, doesn't it?
Get A Life: Ted Stevens needs to go. The Alaska Republican senator brings no credit to his party or himself. And Hillary Clinton as secretary of state? "Change," we are to presume from this possibility, means nothing more than changing the names on the doors. John McCain as the face of the GOP? Forget it. McCain never was the face of the GOP. Future of the GOP? Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindahl. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour. Mitt Romney. Tim Pawlenty. Pick a name, take your pick. Guess That Leaves Me Out: Friend Mark Shannon notes that among the many questions those wanting an Obama Administration job must answer is one (#59) that asks if the applicant owns a gun. Read the entire questionaire at http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/national/13apply_questionnaire.pdf.
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