The big winner in Iowa politicking? None other than Santa Claus!

You need to take a moment and read an excellent collumn on the essential difference between the left and the right in America today. This is a real thought-provoking column, more than worthy of your attention. Essentially Peter Berkowitz is saying that the debate today is on the right, not on the left. Couldn’t agree more.

John Edwards announces run for presidency.

Tomorrow Begins Today...

Former Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards is running for president for a second time.The former North Carolina senator formally announced his candidacy Thursday from New Orleans' 9th Ward, which was hard hit by Hurricane Katrina.

I find it completely ironic that a Democrat would announce his candidacy for the presidency at the site of one of the biggest Democrat political failures in history? I'm speaking, of course, of the failure of Democrat Mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin and of Democrat Governor of Louisiana Kathleen Blanco to handle the Katrina disaster in anything relatively close to a responsible manner then passing the buck to the federal government and President George W. Bush.

Oh .. and Edward is also announcing in the home district of Congressman William Jefferson, the Democrat who is on his way to an indictment. What a great place for an announcement of a campaign, Senator Edwards!

Anyways the campaign slogan is "Tomorrow begins today." Whatever the hell that means…I suppose that is better than “Hope is on the way.”"This campaign is about changing America," the Web site read, listing five priorities that fit with Edwards' message of economic equality: "Providing universal health care for all Americans," "Rebuilding America's middle class and eliminating poverty," and "Creating tax fairness by rewarding work, not just wealth."

So, I got a question for John Edwards: How do you eliminate poverty? The only way you can eliminate poverty is to eliminate wealth in a complete socialistic system where everybody has the same amount of everything…a task that has been tried and failed to work…it was called Communism.

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Former President Gerald Ford, dead at 93.

Former President Gerald Ford died yesterday at his desert home in Rancho Mirage, California at the age of 93 this morning.

Ford took over Nixon’s presidency after Nixon resigned in disgrace due to the Watergate scandal. Ford later made a controversial desicion to pardoned Nixon.

The desicion to Pardon Nixon would hang over the remainder of his presidency and many wonder the age old question: Should Ford have pardoned Nixon?

Right or wrong, I believe it took a lot of courage for Ford to pardon Nixon, knowing it would end his political career, but the alternative would be to paralyze the government with a trial that would have only grew the divisions in our country at the time. Ford was one of the last real leaders, who could put the Country before his own political career.

Lots of bloggers paying tribute to Ford today can be found here.

My thoughts and prayers are with the Ford family today.
RIP, Mr. President.

So now President Bush is calling for more troops in Iraq. Rowan Scarborough says it's because the generals on the ground and in the Joint Chiefs told him that is what is needed. Imagine that...listening to the generals that are actually fighting the war... What a hell of a concept!
I just hope there is a new strategy to go along with more troops.