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Thursday, July 24, 2008
ANOTHER PREDICTION The next big financial institution to make news by going under will have a name that begins with the letter 'W.' That is all. Wednesday, July 23, 2008
SILENCE After I posted the last one, I noticed that I actually had some comments on some old stuff. Somebody asked/taunted me about Hillary losing to Obama, and why I'd been so quiet. Believe it or not, they are unrelated phenomena. Executive summary: Hillary lost, and by the time she dropped out I was ready for her to go. She had all the advantages, and should have won, but she squandered every them all. My thumbnail take on her candidacy was that she let loyalty to longtime staffers (Penn) overwhelm good sense. Maybe I'll write more about that, but I think the moment has passed. (I do still like her -- she's very smart, tireless, and I believe she really wants most of what could be described as a progressive agenda. And she looked great, especially when she made her concession speech. Loyalty to that stylist, I support. I did not care for her campaign.) Now, I'm fully on the Obama love train. If I start doing this again, there will certainly be more on this topic. SO, IT'S BEEN A WHILE/PREDICTION I just popped in to offer an off-the-cuff prediction, based on nothing except an itch that I developed in my testicles while reading through some news articles today: The Republicans will not run John McCain as nominee for president. "Presumptive" is as close as this guy gets. Before the convention, the GOP will get its collective act together and decide that he can't win, that he is so crippled and bumbling as a candidate that ANYONE would be a better choice. Certain people will have a nice quiet get-together with McCain, and he will shortly therafter announce some newly-discovered health problems. Then, with a bare minimum of disruption, the new candidate will step into McCain's shoes and be elected at the convention in the first vote. (When Republicans get the memo, they follow the memo.) Why do I think this? C'mon y'all, the guy is TERRIBLE. He can't keep his own story straight, he can't remember which country we're talking about. He doesn't know anything (Shia v. Sunni, for example, or where Pakistan is on the map), and doesn't really care to know -- too much like what we've already had for too long. His advisors (Gramm, Black) are even more odious and narrow-minded than he is. He can't win, and the right people are starting to realize it. Have you heard any of his speeches? The man is effing RIDICULOUS. People are starting to NOTICE. Who will be on the ticket in his place? That's much harder to predict, but I'll go with it: Romney/Rice. (And they lose!) You heard it here first! Comments by: YACCS |