Trading Politicians

It won't be long.



Just a few hours now, Mortimer.



The wager is not to be settled until the inauguration, Randolph.



Mortimer, you've resisted paying up for 11 weeks. Admit it: we were able to have a completely unqualified person elected President of the United States.



The wager was for an unqualified person to actually become president. And, until the actual inauguration, he hasn't become president.



It's a done deal, Mortimer. I cannot believe you are being so petty and are continuing to refuse your obligation.



Randolph, I have always been a man who said exactly what he means, and means exactly what he says. The wager was for someone with no qualifications to become the president, and when he becomes the president -- if he becomes the president -- I will pay the assumed debt gladly.



Two and a half months of your stubborness have taken the fun out of all this, Mortimer.



Well, then, Randolph, let's make it interesting. What say we place another wager ... and make it double or nothing?



That's most irregular, Mortimer. But, I must admit: I am intrigued.



There is the Senate seat in New York that needs to be filled.



I beg your pardon, Mortimer, but Mrs. Clinton is still a Senator.



But we lined it up for her to be Secretary of State.



We actually planned on her being McCain's Secretary of State. It was to be another one of his gracious concessions to the left.



Yes, we were fortunate that Biden picked Vice-President. However, everything we lined up for Hillary worked out despite Obama's election.



Still, she isn't Secretary of State. Not yet. And still may not be. We can't let up now, Mortimer.



We've been successful in nearly every endeavor so far, Randolph. That one bit of unpleasantness with Winthorpe and Valentine, but overall, we have a very high success rate.



So, Mortimer, what is your wager?



That within one month ... by February 20th ... Caroline Kennedy will be a United States Senator.



What? You must be joking, Mortimer. There is no way that someone with no qualifications, with no political experience, would ever become a United States Senator!



Randolph, your memory is failing. We managed to have Hillary Clinton, who had no qualifications whatsoever, elected Senator.



We had to force Rudy Giuliani out of the race for it to happen.



We also had Barack Obama elected Senator.



He had served in the State Legislature, though. True, he had no accomplishments, other than some shady property deals. But we forced Jack Ryan out of the race, paving the way for Obama.



Don't forget that Obama, with no qualifications, won the presidency. So, what makes you think that qualifications mean anything?



I see your point. The bet's off.

Normal

Seven years ago, on a normal Tuesday, September 11, 2001, I went to work as normal. The Wife had the day off, and was watching Fox and Friends when I left.

That was a normal Tuesday in 2001.

But this wasn't a normal Tuesday. Though we didn't know it at the time.

The Wife called a little before 9:00 and told me that Fox and Friends was showing video from a plane crash at the World Trade Center. She was still on the phone, telling me what the news reports were saying about the accident, when she suddenly said, "Another one just crashed into it. I just saw another plane crash into it. That's not an accident!"

That's when we knew it was not a normal Tuesday.

Since that day, we've had a lot of normal Tuesdays. Or what passes for normal now.

We'll never have a normal Tuesday again. Or a normal Wednesday. Or a normal Thursday. Or a normal any day of the week.

Because things changed for us that last normal Tuesday.

On September 11, 2001, we learned just how much some people hate the United States.

Some have tried to say that our enemies hate us because of president George W. Bush. They're wrong. President Bush has done everything he has been able to do in order to respond to, not just those that attacked us, but those that were considered serious threats to us. He hasn't done everything right, but he's done everything he could.

Some blame Bill Clinton for leaving the U.S. vulnerable. They're wrong. Bill Clinton did what he could. He did order a freeze on bin Laden's and authorized Laden's arrest. But, he blew the chance to extradite him from Sudan. However, if he had gotten bin Laden, someone else would have stepped in and planned something else.

If you want to look for someone to blame for the attacks on the U.S., look no further than those that attacked us.

If another attack happens, it won't be George Bush's fault. It'll be the fault of the attackers.

Thinking otherwise isn't normal.

We need normal.

Clinton says "we cannot win" Iraq war

Surrender Monkey Hillary Clinton shows her surrender pose.

Desperate in her struggle to win the Democratic nomination from that upstart Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), Senator Hillary Clinton (D-IL-AR-DC-NY) appealed to the defeatists that control her party's base by saying the U.S. "cannot win" the war in Iraq.

Ignoring the reduction in violence, ignoring the universal appraisals of improving conditions, ignoring plain common sense, the one-time front-runner joined the anti-American wing of the Democratic Party's call for pulling out with the job undone.

Now, do I think she means it?

I used to think not. But now, I'm not so sure.

Who is she encouraging with talk like that?

American troops?

Nope.

Iraqi troops?

Nope.

Terrorists? Democrats? Enemies of America?

But I repeat myself.

Yes, she's playing the scorched earth policy.

And right now, she's helping scorch the earth in Iraq.

And a year from now, if she's successful, the earth in a major U.S. city gets scorched.

Which is why she cannot win. And why Obama cannot win. And why Senator John McCain (R-AZ) must win.

Obama's missing the boat

Seems that Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) has spurned Senator Clinton's (D-IL,AR,DC,NY) suggestion that he take the Vice Presidential slot on the Democratic ticket.



This seems to make sense, on the face of it. His rejection, that is.

Obama leads Clinton in the delegate count.

Obama leads Clinton in the popular vote.

Obama has won more states than Clinton.

But Obama is missing the big picture.

He ain't won yet.

And he won't.

All the news heads and newsy bloggers have been talking and writing about how Clinton can't catch Obama.

She don't have to.

All she's got to do is keep Obama from getting enough delegates to win on the first ballot.

I say again: Clinton doesn't have to win; she only has to keep from losing.

And she will. Keep from losing, that is.

And, come the convention, she'll win the nomination.

Why?

Well, gosh. Think about it.

Do you really expect the Democratic Party establishment to let Obama take the nomination, if he doesn't have a majority of the delegates?

No way in Hell.

If Obama doesn't wrap it up before the Democratic National Convention in August, he's toast. And not buttered toast. Dry toast. That fell on the floor. And got kicked under the refrigerator.

Come convention time, Hillary's machine will work its magic and take the nomination. Maybe even on the first ballot.

And Obama won't get the number two slot. Because he publicly ridiculed Clinton for suggesting it as he brushed it away.

And, come August 28, he'll be wondering what the heck happened.

Wonder if he never watched the news from 1993-2001. If he had, he'd have seen that truck coming.

SNL's Obama 3:00 AM phone call

Funny!



Now, I don't care for Senator Clinton (D-IL-AR-DC-NY) one bit. But she's more qualified than Senator Obama (D-IL).

But still not as qualified at Senator McCain (R-AZ).

But, yeah. This was funny.

Yes, al-Qaeda would dance in the streets if Obama is elected

Fox News reports that the Obama camp is upset by comments made by Representative Steve King (R, IA-5).

King told the Spencer (Iowa) Daily Reporter:

"I will tell you that, if he is elected president, then the radical Islamists, the al-Qaida, the radical Islamists and their supporters, will be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on September 11 because they will declare victory in this War on Terror."

An Obama mouthpiece took offense:

"These comments have no place in our politics, and we hope Senator McCain will repudiate them like he has previous offensive comments from his supporters," Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor said in a statement.

Here's the thing.

King was right.

If Senator Barack Hussein Obama (D-IL) wins the election, al-Qaeda will be dancing in the streets.

Just like they'd be if Senator Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (D-IL-AR-DC-NY) is elected.

Both Clinton and Obama say they'd pull U.S. troops out of Iraq. I will say that I think Obama means it, while I think Clinton is just saying she would in order to get elected.

My candidate, Senator John Sidney McCain, III (R-AZ), won't cut and run. He'll make sure the job is done before our service members all come home.

The election of Senator McCain would cause fear and trembling in our enemies.

The election of Obama or Clinton would just make things worse.

Clinton, because, though I personally think she'll leave the troops there, al-Qaeda thinks she'll cut and run, and they'll be emboldened.

Obama, because he would cut and run. He has no backbone. He has no foreign policy experience. And he has no place in the Oval Office.

Ready on Day One ... to do what?

USA Today has a front page article today entitled "Ready on Day One?"

Well, in fact, I can answer that question regarding the three candidates pictured.

We have, from left, Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (D-IL,AR,DC,NY), Barack Hussein Obama (D-IL), and John Sidney McCain, III (R-AZ).

Actually, Obama is to the left of Clinton, politically, but on the USA Today front page, it's in the order of the names I gave.

So, are they?

"Ready on Day One?"

Yes, they are. All of them.

Just, ready for different things.

Obama and Clinton, for instance, are ready to go after your wallet.

McCain, on the other hand, is ready to go after the enemies of freedom.

And that makes all the difference.

Polls

You know what's funny about the New Hampshire primary results?

All the polls showed Barack Hussein Obama leading Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton in that state ... and Clinton up and beat Obama.

Okay, I'll admit it. The conspiracy theorist in me says it was all a setup to make Clinton "the comeback kid II." But that's silly.

Here's what I really do find interesting, though.

The polls were wrong. Very wrong.

And all the Democrats seem okay with that.

But I wonder ...

Suppose it was November. And suppose the Democratic nominee was leading the Republican nominee in the polls. And suppose the Republican ended up winning.

What would happen?

I think you'd hear all the Dems calling "fraud" and saying all those polls couldn't have been wrong, so the election must have been stolen.

Today, though, the silence is deafening.