Perry Bites The Dust

A political handicapper I am not. From the time Mitt Romney announced that he would not run and the time that Rick Perry requested that the front runner be barred from the first debate for making politically incorrect but largely true statements, I thought the former governor of Texas had an excellent shot of winning his party's nomination. At the very least, I thought he would outlast Gary Gilmore or Patakitin or Saintorum. That starting gates does in a lot of good horses.

Long ago I told people the Patriots should go with Bledsoe instead of Brady. I would later call Brady a fluke but of course I would eventually retract that statement. Guess there are a few things I don't know.

Bye-bye Governor Havahart. We wish you well.

Larry Kudlow To Run For Senate?

I thought I had a scoop but in etime this is old news. Larry Kudlow might challenge Senator Blumenthal for his seat from Connecticut. The catalyst is the Iran "deal."

Go Larry!

Must Read: OBAMA’S STONEWALL TACTICS: A CASE STUDY

If Koch Industries is an S corp, then its owners (principally Charles and David Koch) pay individual income taxes on the company’s profits, making them by far the largest individual taxpayers in the United States. Be that as it may, one of two things must be true: either Goolsbee had illegally accessed Koch Industries’ tax returns, or he made it up. So Koch askedthe administration whether someone had been illegally scrutinizing its tax returns. The administration refused to answer.

High praise for Powerline where the entire article can be viewed.

Louis Farrakhan: Just A Guy From The Neighborhood?

Back when I used to blog daily and I followed a given format, this probably would have been posted on Wild Card Wednesday. Like many other bloggers, I am waiting for the Hillarygate other shoe to drop off the laundry. Read: Indictment.


And like other bloggers, I am waiting for a Republican candidate not named Trump or Carley to awaken from their slumber. Let's see, there's only a crushing national debt, a crippling but ever more privileged bureaucratic elite, ongoing jihad, oh and uh a non-treaty cleverly renamed a "Deal" that will give millions of terrorists access to a dirty bomb and will spread conventional nukes to all corners of the world. If only this administration had an Achilles Heel! Maybe if we built a wall on the northern border...


In the meantime, let us enjoy the hope and enlightenment spread by that revered man of the cloth, Louis Farrakhan.

SADLY, THIS MESSAGE OF HATE WAS DELIVERED IN A BAPTIST CHURCH

That's Not In The Script

In all the many years of watching westerns, I cannot remember a single time the fella in the fancy suit from back East walked into the saloon and started banging cowboys' heads together. The barroom brawl was a staple of Saturday matinee westerns and they were a lot of fun to watch. You could learn a lot about a character by the way he handled himself in a saloon fight.

I was hoping that bedlam would break out in the watering hole after Trump started the ruckus. But the other characters were supposed to jump in on cue. They were supposed to respect the eleventh commandment and start whoopin on the villains in the whiskytorium. CUT!

Cruz and Carson and Huckabee broke a few chairs but only Miss Carley started fighting in earnest. Jeb looks like he's petrified that someone might spill beer on his Docksiders. All hat and no cattle Rick Perry cowers in the corner demanding the ruffian be escorted from the establishment. Can't you see I wear glasses? And Scott Walker took the cue to ride off into the sunset. Roll the credits. Scott Walker was played by Scott Walker but not very well.

I learned to respect Hillary in 2008 because she proved to be a fighter. She did not bow down to the anointed one. She gave him all he wanted. I grew to respect Sarah Palin a lot because unlike her running mate, she was willing to take the fight to the cult leader. I never had a strong opinion of Donald Trump but I did like the way he rode Obama on his birth certificate and never gave the train wreck conductor a phony compliment.

McCain left all of his fight in Nam. Romney turned out to be a cream puff. And if Jeb is the answer he could have stepped up and challenged possibly the worst incumbent in US history. Nope. Wait till the going is easy. How's that working for you, cowboy?

If we reshoot the scene, do you think we will see some action this time? I sure hope so.

Saluting Biff Spackle

I am a fan of Doug Ross Journal especially the comics. I post this without permission to call attention to Biff Spackle's greatness. If the copyright owners ask me to remove it, I will gladly do so. Salute!

This Is Bigger Than It Might Seem: Ernie Boch Jr. Holds A Fundraiser For Donald Trump

Ernie Boch, Jr. might be hard to explain to an outsider because he doesn't fit a niche that every locale features. If he was from the South he would be called a good old boy but he is bigger than that label would suggest. I guess there are local personalities like him elsewhere but none come to mind.

Like Donald Trump, Boch inherited a fortune and turned it into a larger fortune. He likes to do philanthropy and seems like a fun guy. He is comfortable in front of crowds, appearing frequently on local TV and radio and playing in his rock band. He can speak at length about automobiles from consumer preferences to market share to horse power and cup holders. Everybody's Boston buddy.

Like most Massachusetts residents, Boch is presumed to be a bit left of center. He was rumored to be a prospective buyer of the once mighty "Boston Globe" and everyone seemed to think it was a nice fit (Red Sox owner would ultimately purchase the red ink slush pile from The New York Times Company).  As far as I know Boch is not overtly political. It became a news item that he was doing a fundraiser for The Donald. Not just a news item but a head scratcher. A brow raiser. Really? Ernie? Trump? Really?

 This is big, folks.