Courage of Conviction

Two stories of interest:

1. Lieberman considering switching parties.  This guys got it made - he’ll get what he wants or he’ll do the Jim Jeffords on the Democrats. 

2. Specter came to Camp Hill to talk about credit card fees at teh grocery store and to rip on Bush and the war.  Another defeatist. 

I find it amuzing that Lieberman is supportive of the war but Specter is not.  2010 can’t come soon enough.  Who’s willing to announce their intention now - I bet that candidate would already start getting support.

Lowman Henry has a great piece on what is going on in Cumberland County - or rather what’s going on with the GOP in Cumberland County.  YOu can read it here.

It appears that this race is going to get some pretty wide exposure.  Lots of people from across the state are taking an interest in this race.  I wouldn’t be surprised if there are many people from outside of the county who do get involved both financially and at the grassroots. 

It’s easy to see on the Gunnison side - she’s going to tap into her MTP people in the region. 

And now Eichelberger is attracting interest from grassroots conservatives and limited government supporters across the state. 

All this makes for the next chapter in the continuing battle over the GOP. 

Here are the results of the GOP endorsement meeting: (hattip to Chris Lilik, grassrootspa.com)

Ruth Ann Daily, a columnist for the Post-Gazette, has hit the nail on the head.  Read her article here.

I generally don’t like the dehumanizing nature of politics - where we make our opponents out to be evil incarnate or nothing better than ameobas that are ready to be squashed. 

Unfortunately though, Daily’s article is accurate.  She hasn’t dehumanized anyone - merely made a connection with what has been going on.  Part of the blam lies on the elected officials doing the leeeching and the other part lies with the voters who have been apathetic up until the 2005 pay raise. 

SOmeone once said that the price of liberty is eternal vigilence.  It is apparent that no one was vigilent and so we reap what we sow.  Let us learn the lessons that we need to from the past and move forward.

Let me tell you how not excited I am about any of the announced candidates for President - from either party.  This past week we had Obama and Romney announce and another second-tier candidate.  McCain has announced.  Guiliani has all but made it official.  Hillary announced a couple of weeks ago. Etc.  Blah, blah, blah.  I’m about as excited as, well, I’m about as excited about this crop of candidates as I was to get out an shovel snow this evening. 

I’ve seen stories from pundits that say that we have to settle for what we are given.  BS.  If that were the case, then the people of PA wouldn’t have voted out a large number of incumbents last year.  There are very few people out there today who are qualified for the office that I wish would run.  We’ll see if they step up.  Otherwise, I fear I’m going to be one of those “undecided” voters that I have ripped into in the past.  Nah.  Those voters don’t even think about candidates until a couple of weeks before the election.  And then they complain that there isn’t enough information out there - when in fact there has been a ton of information on all the candidates for months. 

Well, I’m back to blogging after a week off.  And what a week to be off - First, there’s the budget.  Oh where to start - It just shows that there are too many people out there that find themselves way too important, and we all get to suffer as a result.  There are a few good points in it, but I’ll share those at another time when it actually matters, if ever.

Second, Philly banning transfat - LMFAO.  I can’t wait for this one.  Let’s see, after we are done being arrogant enough to think we can save people from their own eating habits regarding transfat, what will be the next crusade to save us from ourselves?  Probably some other food item.  I read about banning iPods from crossing walks.  LOL.  Why don’t we just implant a chip in all of us to see if we are being good boys and girls and obeying all the rules that the ninnies pass for us because we are all to stupid to take care of ourselves.

Third, a resolution to make sure that Republicans play nice with each other - i.e. state committee funds will not go to fund negative ads against other Republicans in primaries.  It’s a good start, but not enough - state committee ought not be involved in primaries period. 

The baby is here finally - after 13 days overdue.  He was born on Friday, 2/2/07 at 2:18 pm.  8 lbs 3 oz, and 20.5 inches long.  the delivery went great and everyone is healthy and at home.  The neatest thing that happened for me was that I got to help deliver little Grant.  I’m taking a few more days off from blogging, but I’ll be back to full time blogging next week.