Obama so far......

First off, I want to acknowledge the fact that Barack Obama will be the 44th president of the United States. I will oppose him when I must, but I will support him in all that I can. He'll be my President and Commander-in-Chief. May God grant him wisdom and strength, and success for our country in the War on Terror.

So, cabinet appointments. I have to say that apart from the social issues (which are hugely important), the names leaked so far are awesome. This is not a lefty cabinet. Geithner, Clinton, Jones, Gates...I hope all of it is true. None of these people are lefties when it comes to their respective job descriptions. You can't hope for better as a conservative than these names. After all, this is a Democratic administration. Obama could have taken this country off a cliff if he wanted to. He has the power and the mandate. This means Obama isn't an ideologue. The real danger with Obama, and I have thought this for quite a while, is the social issues. On the economy and foreign policy, he is in general wise and sensible. I believe he is a man of good intent, even on the social issues, but he must be opposed on those issues. His beliefs are wholly out of sync with what is right there.

So here's hoping the foreign policy appointments pan out and that Mr. Obama will make good decisions for this country and the world. Hey, a bright spot: there ain't gonna be any Monica's in this White House. The Obamas, despite their wrong social beliefs, have respect for the Oval Office and will not defame it. That is nice to know. I cannot do a Clinton redux. The Obamas also respect the military greatly. That is also nice to know.

So, we're off to a good start as Mitch McConnell said.

The difference in character between McCain and Palin

I hope you'll forgive my French, but I am pissed off today, majorly. I'm conservative, and so Senator Obama cannot be my candidate this election. He would do great damage to this country, no matter his intent.

I am also human. Senator Obama lost his grandmother today, on the eve of his possible election to the Presidency of the United States. As anyone who has followed this election closely knows, Senator Obama is a 20th Century man in the sense that he is very, very reticent and does not like to show emotion in public. He's an extremely private person. Tonight, there were tears streaming down his face after he spoke about his grandmother.

You would think that the opposing candidates would be able to summon the grace and maturity to recognize this loss and back off the personal attacks a bit. In the case of Senator John McCain, you would be right. He is a man of profound character, wisdom, and life experience, and he showed that.

It was apparently too much to ask of Gvernor Palin, who showed disgustingly poor class and an incredible lack of simple human grace. She couldn't bring herself to condemn comments from Hank Williams Jr. that Senator Obama does not like the national anthem. She couldn't stop herself from dredging up that old quote from Senator Obama's wife about being proud of America, as she said that she and Mr. Williams had always been proud to be Americans. Her behavior was morally repugnant, and it was a dishonorable thing that she did today.

When somebody's going through a tough time, you back off the personal attacks. You sure as hell don't question his patriotism.

Send her back to Alaska and perhaps in ten years she'll be fit for high office.