Pat Gray

Piggy backing off my last post regarding the denounciation of Sarah Palin from Vanity Fair, I just encountered this opinion piece written to FOXNews.com.  I swear I read half way through the article, liking it, and then realized it was written by Tammy Bruce.  I like Tammy.  She’s ben highly successful within the internet radio biz as has filled in many times for Laura Ingraham.  If you like her, just say, “yeah, Darren, you’re rockin’ awesome and have a rockin’-cool taste in commentators.”  If you don’t like her, blame Cary for me linking to her opinion piece as Cary was the person who introduced Tammy to me.

For some reason, Meghan McCain, writing in The Daily Beast, seems to think adulterous politicians, like South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, should be forgiven and can still do a darn good job representing their constituents.

OK, I’m all for Sanford receiving forgiveness.  But please note that forgiveness a politician for his sins does not in any way, shape, or form mean that you still should support his or her political career.  Now here’s the heart of Tammy Bruce’s opinion that connects to the heart of the anti-Palin rhatoric spewed out there from the center of the right:

Now to John McCain’s other people who just can’t seem to stop maligning Sarah Palin. A woman who was chosen by them, a woman who single-handedly made the John McCain campaign relevant and viable. And what do they do in return? Continue their own backstabbing jihad. Why? Maybe because she doesn’t fit the scenario noted above by Meghan “Deep Thoughts” McCain? The more likely scenario, of course, is those in charge of the Worst Campaign in History want someone else to blame.

 BINGO!!!  Vanity Fair being the most recent activity to cite McCain campaigners who verbally disdain Palin.  The McCain campaign was terrible to say the least.  Palin was the only worthwhile reason to vote for McCain.  But since it went south, so should Palin, not the captain, John McCain.

Tammy cites Megan McCain’s post as describing marriage as “complicated” and Tammy adds that what Sanford did does effect his constituents.  Perhaps the latter was in reference to what Meghan McCain highlighted in bold to begin her post by saying:

Sex scandals like Governor Sanford’s and John Ensign’s are private matters that don’t affect public policy and shoot down rising political stars. It’s time to end hypocrisy in America.

Well, betrayal of public trust is significant.  Also, campaigning to get support from folks who hold marital vows as sacred does required one to remain faithful to his or her spouse. 

People like John McCain and others who have been part of the self-absorbed, navel-gazing and corrupt Washington environment for a quarter century no doubt resent someone not “of them.” But it is indeed odd when Sarah Palin, a bright, shining light for conservatives remains the prime target of the existing machine, while Mark Sanford and other hypocritical liars are serenaded as getting a raw deal by the very public daughter of a defacto leader of the party.

Tammy, you are so dead-on right. 

Tammy Bruce’s opinion piece. 

Meghan McCain’s opinion piece.  (Can’t find one defending her father’s pick for VP.  And findings, please link to this post.  Thanks in advance).

Well, it’s been an incredible ride here in Texas.  If you missed the announcement on the show this morning, next Thursday, July 9th will be my last show at KSEV.  Monday, July 13th, will be my first show as part of the Glenn Beck Program…carried locally on KTRH, 9-11am, as I know you’re aware.

I’m sure that I won’t have much airtime at first.  We’ll be working me into the mix gradually…we all know Glenn’s show isn’t broken, and doesn’t need to be fixed.  I’ll just provide some extra fun, different perspective, and help him cope with the madness we’re facing. 

I feel I owe you an explanation for this, because you are like family to me.  There have been many opportunities over the years to leave, but I was never interested.  I never thought that we’d ever accept a job that didn’t allow us to stay here.  But now, things are so critical in our country, it’s different.  When Glenn called me a couple months ago and asked if there was any way I’d consider coming to work with him, I just felt like something had changed this time.  And when I flew out to do that Fox audience show with him, and we started talking about the possibility, I could feel that it was something I needed to do.  I didn’t (and don’t) necessarily want to do it, I just know that I’m supposed to.  

I think that the burden on him is so great now, with everything he’s involved in, and the constant, vicious attacks have really taken a toll, and he needs help.  So, whatever help I can be, I’m headed out to be.

There really aren’t adequate words to describe how much I’ve loved Texas.  The people, environment, culture, pride, attitude…lack of state income taxes, everything….except the weather.

And I’d like to offer a special thanks to Cary and Darren for the great blogging job they do for this site!  PLUS…the unbelievable Skip Thurmond…who posts the Podcasts here!

Another Courageous Conservative…Woman.  We have Sarah Palin…and Michele Bachmann…and that’s about it…

Too Much To Ask

Is it too much to ask that when the most important (diabolical might be a better word) legislation in our lifetime comes to a vote in Congress, that we demand that those voting, must have read it? 

1500 pages.  No one read this bill.   No one.  Yet 219 of them voted for it anyway.  What is the hurry?  Can our Obamites who post here regularly let us know if they have a problem with even that?  Or is this just fine as well?  If it comes from Henry Waxman, it just must be good, is that the theory?  I had several callers say that part of the new 300 page amendment that was dropped at 3am Friday included mandates that all home owners must have their home energy-efficiency inspected, and it must be up to code before it can sell.   Supposedly that exempted those with loans from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  Now, I haven’t been able to find Boehner reading that, and haven’t seen it for myself (and I have looked), but what if it WAS true?  These lemmings wouldn’t have even KNOWN about it.

We may need to legislate to legislators that they must read legislation.  It’s hard to believe that would be necessary, but it obviously is. 

Obama is in full “Blitzkrieg” mode right now.  He is trying to pass every bit of his agenda before 2010, and before the American people can even catch their breath.  If he’s able to, he will succeed in “fundamentally” changing America.  He will have banned domestic drilling, made energy bills skyrocket, crippled the oil industry, raised gas prices by 74%, hamstrung the auto industry, nationalized health care and given amnesty to 20 million illegals who will also enjoy the taxpayer funded health care system, to name just a few changes.

Meanwhile, we’re still hearing about Michael Jackson and Mighty Putty salesman, Billy Mays on Fox.

HERE’S THE 8 REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED FOR IT…

Mary Bono Mack (Calif.), Mike Castle, Mark Steven Kirk (Ill.), Leonard Lance (NJ), Frank LoBiondo (NJ), John McHugh (NY), Dave Reichert (Washington), Chris Smith (NJ).

AND…the disengenuous Houston area dems that said they were undecided, but voted FOR it, just as we knew they would…with no apparent concern for the future of Houston’s oil industry.

Gene Green…Sheila Jackson Lee.  There were others, but these two hacked me off the most with their little game of telling us one thing, and doing another.

Call Senate Democrats…now, and every day until the vote. 

Here’s Boehner Talking About Bringing Homes Up To Energy Standards Before Selling Them

(Still can’t find any mention of the Fannie/Freddie Exemption)

2:44 into the segment

Sotomayor Overturned AGAIN By The Supreme Court

Sonia Sotomayor just received another blow to her confirmation hopes…or at least it should be another blow.  Her decision on the white  firefighters case of racism was overturned by the court today. 

I don’t even know what the controversy surrounding her is.  She has proven through her statements on many occasions that she uses racial bias to make judgments from the bench.  Justice however, is supposed to be blind.  This should exclude her from further consideration.  But, it doesn’t. 

In this era of white discrimination being in vogue, of lifting minorities above the majority to make up for past wrongs, committed by other people, she’ll still be confirmed.