‘Recount’ portrays Ms. Harris as a vainglorious, self-centered, clueless politicians who is corrupt to the bone and who often talks about Biblical verses. I had met Ms. Harris once briefly and found her to be anything but. Except..yes, she is a woman of deep faith. And that should have made me immune to the initial surprise at seeing HBO’s nasty caricature of her.

You see, Katherine Harris is everything that the liberals hate about a woman. She is made her way in the tough world of Florida politics without the benefit of a politician husband and without becoming the concubine of extremist groups like NOW and NEA. She got an Ivy League education and yet remained faithful to the values that she learnt in Florida Panhandle’s small towns. She dresses well, speaks in complete sentences, and has no problem putting down prima donna men with big egos and small minds. And, to top it all, she confesses openly and boldly to being a Bible believing Christian woman who believes in the Ten Commandments personally and publicly (none of that silly ‘I am personally…but…’ nonsense from this woman).

Women like Katherine Harris scare the liberals and disgust them. The likes of her turn on its head the false idea that a 21^st century modern American woman can express her political philosophy only after clearance from the self proclaimed feminist radicals at NOW and WNLA.

While Veterans Day, November 11, is reserved fto pay respects for all those who have served the country in war, Memorial Day pays homage to a more select elite: those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the defense of their flag. Its origins lie in the War of the Rebellion (the so-called Civil War) which is, to this day, the costliest American war in terms of human lives. The first Memorial Day, in 1865, was designed to mark a solemn day of reflection and prayer (thankfully no ACLU was there to sue anyone praying then) in honor of those tens of thousands of American officers and enlisted men who paid the ultimate price in order to uphold the flag of their fathers when that flag, and the Republic for which it stood, was threatened by a well organized insurrection and widespread rebellion of the the slaveocracy.

1. Is the mistreatment of animals morally offensive?
2. While you personally perhaps will never be cruel to an animal, do you believe there should be laws preventing your neighbor from being cruel to his dog and cat?
3. Cruel pet owners often respond to animal rights activists who want to strengthen animal cruelty laws by saying 'Don?t like animal cruelty, don't get an animal but leave us alone to our beliefs.' Should a free society have laws to protect animals from cruelty?
4. Should we leave the treatment of pets up to the conscience of each pet owner and their families, clergyman, and veterinarian and keep government interference out?
5. Given the fact that in some cultures and religions things like rooster-fighting and dog-baiting are perfectly acceptable and legitimate, should we have still laws prohibiting them?

I have a set of questions in the Socratic format for my liberal and self-declared ‘moderate’ and ‘independent’ friends. Please answer with a yes or no. There will be a second set tomorrow. This is the first part of an exciting exercise.

Question 1: Is discrimination on the basis of race or sexual orientation wrong and immoral?

Question 2: Do you personally believe that prejudice against people of a different race or a differing sexual orientation is wrong?

Question 3: Would you, in your personal life, engage in discrimination against people of a different race or a differing sexual orientation?

Question 4: Would you support the enactment of laws that prohibit discrimination based on race and sexual orientation?

Question 5: Would you want judges to uphold these laws?

And today, in her hour of dire need, as she gasps for her political life-just like the 26 week old child gasping for life as the pincers of George Tiller puncture its tiny head-the abortion industry has pulled the plug on her. This morning the industry’s apex loudmouth NARAL endorsed Barack Obama without as much as a nod towards the lifelong obeisance that Mrs. Clinton had dutifully paid to the industry. Sisterhood be darned, there is a new hottie in town.

I am no supporter of Mrs. Clinton and have never found her anything but purely ambitious and driven by a lust for power. But even I have sympathy for her today. Forty years of dutifully selling her soul for blood money and to be treated like this in return. Must hurt. Wonder what she is gonna be drowning her sorrows in this weekend. Heck, I will drink a bourbon for her; after all, as her husband said so eloquently 'I feeel yaur paayne, girl'.

Forwarded to me earlier today was a fun (but perhaps not entirely inaccurate) description of the difference between the office wardrobe of conservative guys and liberal guys in 2008.

Liberal guys tend to wear flat front pants at the hips with belts that are wider and buckles that are not always subtle. Complementing these pants are fly collar fitted shirts in in pastel colors or bold stripes with satiny or raised texture. The shoes are flat toe or round toe pumps, though those can be substituted with laced brogues when formality so requires. On dressier occasions, one may find these guys in suits with three- or even four-button jackets in soothing or luminescent hues. Ties….well these guys are not too ‘hip’ on ties but if it is a must, you may seem multi-colored, multi-patterned neckwear adorning their Sunday best.

God and the soldier

we alike adore

In times of danger

but not before

The danger past

and all conflict righted

God is forgotten

The subliminal concept of honor is the embedded in the very bones of John Sidney McCain; in so many ways, the concept but defines the man. In a national race against a liberal Democrat, unfortunately, a prickly sense of honor can contribute to a huge liability as well.

 In the last few weeks, Senator McCain has constantly shied away from criticizing Barack Obama for his Pastor Wright connection and even bickered with the North Carolina Republicans for the latter wanting to run anti-Obama ads. Time and again, the former warrior has defended the decency, patriotism, and good intentions of his likely Democratic opponent. Has there been any reciprocity? Au contraire, the man claiming to be a new kind of ‘bridge builder’ politician has left no opportunity unused to make snide remarks about John McCain. And the general election season hasn’t even begun yet!

 McCain suffers from, I believe, the Jack Kemp syndrome.

 Many readers will recall that former NFL quarterback, Congressman, cabinet secretary and human rights activist Jack Kemp was the GOP vice presidential nominee in 1996. Out of a sense of sheer decency and inherent honor, Kemp refused to criticize his opponent Al Gore or Gore’s boss Bill Clinton. In fact, Secretary Kemp actually defended Al Gore ‘noble intentions’ during the veep debate when the moderator questioned the then vice president sharply about his flip flops on everything from taxes to gun control.

Of course Al Gore (or Bill Clinton, for that matter) had absolutely no qualms going after Kemp’s record or launching scandalous accusations on his character. They even hired attack dogs to dig up dirt from Kemp’s NFL days, a venture that didn’t yield anything except the discovery that Kemp was a quiet, almost boring, family man off the field.

What Kemp learnt in 1996, and McCain seems to have forgotten in 2008, is that the liberal Democrats don’t play by the Marquis of Queensberry rules. Any Republican candidate expecting Democrats to run an honorable campaign is sorely mistaken and likely to be pummeled at the hustings for that mistake. Democrats, for the first time since, can almost taste the possibility of a one party liberal government in the nation’s capital; there is no depth they will not stoop to in order to bring that possibility to reality. John McCain’s sense of honor and decency is not going to deter the likes of Carville, Dean, and Axelrod from reaching into the depths of their collective unscrupulousness for a November victory.

Senator McCain will do well to recall the wisdom of Clementine Churchill who reminded her husband Sir Winston that electoral politics was “not a lady’s tea party”. Specially against liberal Democrats and their allied hate groups who will stop at nothing to get the Holy Grail of complete control in Washington DC for the first time since 1993.

Titanic:..... Jack is a starving artist.
Clinton :..... Bill is a bullsh1t artist.

Titanic:.... In one scene, Jack enjoys a good cigar.
Clinton :.... Ditto for Bill.

Titanic:..... During the ordeal, Rose's dress gets ruined.
Clinton :..... Ditto for Monica.

Titanic:..... Jack teaches Rose to spit.
Clinton :..... Let's not go there.

Titanic:..... Rose gets to keep her jewelry.
Clinton :.... Monica' s forced to return her gifts.

Titanic:..... Rose remembers Jack for the rest of her life.
Clinton :.....  Clinton doesn't remember Jack.

Titanic:..... Rose goes down on a vessel full of seamen.
Clinton :..... Monica.. Ooh, let's not go there, either.

Titanic:..... Jack surrenders to an icy death.
Clinton :..... Bill goes home to Hillary - basically the same thing

Mark my words though; the day after the House goes Republican (whenever that is), if Carazyoux is still in office, he will switch to the GOP. That is the nature of most of the white Democratic politicians in Louisiana. But until that day, Minority Leader John Boehner has his work cut out. He has to cajole or coerce his charges to go back to the basics and eschew the immigrant bashing that has hurt the GOP so badly in 2006. Revolutionary tax reform, solid school choice, protection of all innocent life, and strong national defense…that is the ONLY winning formula. Get on with the program Mr. Boehner or come 2009, we will be in a one party socialist state with a national policy of surrender to al Qaeda, nationalized socialized healthcare, taxpayer funded abortions till the day of delivery forced upon the hospital networks of the Catholic and Orthodox Jewish faiths, and prosecution of pastors and priests for calling immoral things wicked. Yep, that is exactly what will happen when a Democratic Congress rules together with a Democratic President.