Something New

Please bear with me as I try out a new program(for me) called ScribeFire. I'll be using it to post new entries to Good Sense. Let me have some feedback from those of you who have used it before.

Interesting

With a hat tip to the Barr campaign, it appears that Mr. Barr is the only candidate that will be legitimately on the Texas ballot in November. Check this out.  Apparently, the Dems and Republicans both missed the filing deadline.  For those who like visuals I've included a screen shot above.

Plagiarism in Virginia,and it's not even Joe Biden

I'm Not Emeril has a well written post, gutting a plagiarist from the good town of Charlottesville (or wherever they really are).  It's strange that our friends on the left have seem to run out of ideas (at least original ideas) and are resorting to theft to bolster their arguments. Go check the post out. 

Obama Herald Courier?

Strange that there are no mentions of John McCain, Ralph Nader, or Bob Barr? I realize that the folks at TriCities.com seek out advertising dollars because they are told to, but jeez.. maybe J. Todd Foster and his "crack" editorial staff would care to explain this one?  Better yet, when John McCain announces his pick for VP, let's see what the 'Obama' Herald Courier does then. Cheers to you and your staff, J. Todd. 

Obama-Biden

It's official. Joe Biden is Barry O's pick for running mate. I can't say I am surprised, but this pick is a little on the conventional side. It's smart, but conventional. Joe Biden himself is a good fellow. We'll see how this pans out with Hillary's name to be placed in nomination at the convention,it still could be a brouhaha. 

On the flip side, John McCain has the somewhat dubious luxury of being able to pick someone who could energize his party. Someone like Bobby Jindal, or Mike Pence, or yes, even Mitt Romney. The Tom Ridge factor is something to consider. There's no doubt a McCain/Ridge ticket would be a juggernaut in foreign policy and homeland security issues.  Will the Republican base turn out for a pro-choice candidate? Hmmmm.  I personally believe the base has been too generous with McCain to begin with.

As for me, I'm voting Libertarian this year. Bob Barr is continuing to gain momentum and is polling at 6% in the latest Zogby polls. A good surge over the next few weeks and he could be included in the Presidential debates. Not going to make this into a propaganda post about the Barr campaign, but he's going to be my choice.

Election 2009-Cuccinelli

Although I have formally renounced my membership in the national Republican party, I have decided to support Ken Cuccinelli for Attorney General in 2009. My primary reason is that Ken Cuccinelli is staunchly pro-life and has led the fight in the General Assembly for parental consent and partial birth abortion laws. As Kilo said in his endorsement of John Brownlee, I will support the other with enthusiasm.

Look back to look forward...

I've been watching and listening to a seminal speech in American political history.  Before the Patriot Act, Ronald Reagan was railing against the surrendering of freedom in exchange for "security. Before "No Child Left Behind", Ronald Reagan was detailing a massive bureaucracy that had encroached upon Constitutional constraints.  Friends, I long for a Republican party that held the very values that Ronald Reagan articulated so well in this speech. Sadly, the party of Reagan has now become the party of McCain, Bush and Cheney. The phrase is "Peace through Strength," not Peace through might makes right. Watch this, and remember that the GOP used to stand for individual liberty and sound fiscal policy.

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