The Conservative Sage

I have to admit that whenever a political scandal breaks in the news I can't wait to tune in to Jay Leno to see what hilarious cracks he comes up with. Earlier this year we've seen New York Governor Elliot Spitzer resign over revelations he was involved with a prostitution ring. This week Embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick plead guilty to two felony counts of obstruction of Justice which results in four months jail time, five years probation and he must pay 1 million dollars in restitution. The charges stem from a civil suite filed by his former body guards claiming they were fired unjustly by Kilpatrick for an internal probe into his personal conduct. One these allegations was an affair with his aid Christine Beatty . The obstruction of justice charges were brought against him for lying under oath about the affair. I remember thinking to myself when Kilpatrick was first elected that he was too young and immature for that kind of responsibility. Once in office, his ...

In 2005, The city of New Orleans was washed away while its leaders Ray Nagin and Governor Kathleen Blanco fumbled the ball. In Nagin's spectacular incompetence, he waited until 24 hrs before the storm to call for an evacuation, he left the emergency vehicles on low ground to be flooded and his Governor put ego ahead of pragmatism and wasted precious time before declaring a state of emergency. One half of this comedy team Blanco, has been ousted while Nagin got another shot due largely to his complexion. Blanco was thankfully defeated in 2007 by Bobby Jindal a young 37 year old Republican superstar. Jindal, an east indian is the first to win elected office. Very tough on corruption and political perks, he has brought something to Louisiana politics that they have never seen before: transparency. Since taking office he struck 16 million in government waste from the state budget, instituted financial disclosure reforms, and transparency rules for lobbyists. Jindal was magnificent in ...

You have to give it to McCain's team. They were down and out a year ago and strapped for cash that the straight talk express was grinding to a screeching halt- Now, its seems its running full steam ahead. Team McCain this morning confirmed it selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate. Palin 44, is a strong fiscal and cultural conservative, mother of five and very pro life. She's also strong on gun rights and will no doubt be a favorite of the NRA. A first term governor, elected in 2006 Palin currently enjoys an 80% approval rating. She's already injected a shot of adrenaline in to the lethargic conservative base and will no doubt give McCain a foothold on some of the still disaffected Hillary Clinton supporters. This rounds out the entire 2008 presidential race as a historic one, with Palin trying to become the first woman vice president in history. I have no doubt that Palin is more valuable to the McCain ticket than Biden is to ...

I went to bed a little early just so I could wake up in the middle of the night to watch my beloved USA basketball team featuring NBA superstars Lebron James and Kobe Bryant squeak by Spain in the Gold medal game. It was the first victory for the USA in major international competition since the Sydney Olympics in 2002. Basketball powerhouses like Spain, Greece and Argentina were well represented with their own NBA stars as were all other countries. In the 1992 Barcelona games, The "Dream Team" comprised of "Majic" Johnson, Michael Jordan, and Larry Bird steamrolled the competition with an average victory margin of over 35 points. Since then the world has caught up to the USA. They learned the game from American coaches via clinics, developed their own professional leagues and as a result sent several dozen more players to the NBA and top US colleges over the past 15 years. In 1992 there were 21 foreign born NBA players, in the 2007-08 season there were over 70! The ...

I woke up this morning to the news that Barack Obama has finally chosen his sidekick for the November election-Senator Joseph Biden from Delaware. I now must look at two of my least favorite politicians together all the time. Biden, a career politician of over 20 years first appeared on the national radar in 1998 while running for president. In recent years due to our operations overseas he has been more visible and critical of Bush policy as head of the Senate Foreign relations committee. According to the experts, Biden gives Obama more foreign policy panache', much in the way Cheney did for President Bush. Cheney, who has been criticized for exuding more power and influence in our foreign policy,has been dubbed "Darth Vader" by the left. He's been accused of being the dark force behind the scenes as Bush's puppeteer in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Overall for Obama, its a smart choice, it will be interesting to see how much credit or discredit Biden receiv...

It has been two weeks since the Russia invaded Georgia and the peace train is still at the station. No word from code Pinko uh... I mean Pink or any of those other pacifist so called peace advocates. I have not seen any organized protest outside any Russian embassy or the UN. Truth is, I didn't expect any so I'm not disappointed. These observations serve to validate what I believe about most "peace advocates": That is they hate the United States and take advantage of every opportunity to show us how much they do. They have no problem with communism, totalitarianism, or brutal dictators, their objective is to turn our entire country into San Francisco complete with dancing and weekly concerts by groups like Peter Paul and Mary, Joan Baez and Arlo Guthrie on the white House Lawn. The irony is they care nothing about peace, they're pacifist who don't want the US to project its power as a force for good in the world. They would like nothing more than to turn the ...

To say that John McCain is not my first choice would be the understatement of the month. I am supporting him largely on his foreign policy ideas- I think that he "gets it". McCain fully understands the stakes in Iraq and the war against Islamic terror. However, I am reminded how McCain went through great lengths to show Democrats how conservative he wasn't . He now has spent the greater part of the past year trying to convince the base how conservative he is. Unfortunately for him, he may have worn out his welcome with many grassroots conservatives. The McCain- Feingold campaign finance bill, his initial opposition to the Bush tax cuts, and his association with the so called "gang of 14" are just a few incidents where conservatives have beefs with him. His support of amnesty for illegals has earned him the nickname "Juan" McCain. The Saddleback church conference with Reverend Rick Warren this past weekend has re-gained him favor with some of the base....