Paultastic Musings

On October 15, Rocky Mountain News broke the story about a Colorado Democratic playbook being leaked to the press. A quick glance revealed the sinister side of the political left. It advised the party faithful to launch a "pre-emptive strike" alleging voter intimidation whether it existed or not. Read the article here.

Surprised?

I'm not surprised in the slightest. We've already seen this sort of attitude from the liberals. This year, however, seems much worse than it has been in the past. Never have I seen this level of childish vitriol from an election, ever:

• Bush-Cheney Washington Headquarters Broken Into
• 3 computers stolen from Bush's Bellevue campaign office
• Cincinnati Bush-Cheney Headquarters Broken Into
• Protestors Ransack Bush/Cheney Headquarters In Orlando
• Shots fired at Knoxville Bush-Cheney office; no one hurt
• Florida man tried to run down controversial Republican
• Woman Arrested For Stealing Bush Signs

I could post more about sign-stealing, violence, flash mobs, but you get the point. The left is the party that sinks to new lows every election.

Business As Usual For the Left

A writer for Slate magazine had an experiment. He posed as a flaming liberal in Republican country (Orange County, CA and Bakersfield, CA) and then posed as a hardcore conservative in the liberal areas of California. His findings? In the red (conservative) areas, people really didn't care about his overt leftism. But when he visited the blue (liberal) areas, he was called names, given looks of hatred, and he almost made a little girl cry! You should read the article here:

Political Poseur: Pretending to be a Republican in Blue California.

So who intimidates whom?

The case is closed. Sure, there are some bad apple conservatives that say mean things to lefties. But these are isolated incidents that aren't even reported because they are tame compared to the infantile and violent tactics employed by the lefties. Ah, the Democrats...the party that loves to point out voter intimidation and disenfranchisement...but only if Democrats aren't affected by it. Where's the outrage at these bullies?

Aren't double standards fun?

Kerry recently courted the conservative voters in Ohio--a state crucial to his election--by "bagging a goose."

Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., returns from a goose hunting trip

Okay, this is ridiculous. Who in the world are you trying to fool?

We know you are one of the most liberal senators, if not the most liberal. We know your stance on gun control, so save the facade. We don't buy it.

And for telling us recently that you are guided by your faith and you will take it with you to the White House to continue guiding you...please stop it. You sound like Howard Dean when he tried the same trick--telling us his favorite book in the New Testament was Job.* We could tell Dean was a phony, and we can tell you are too.

By the way, the liberals jump all over Bush for his faith and having it "guide him" in the White House (something Bush has never said). Where are the liberals crying foul about your newfound spirituality? Oh, that's right. They're not crying foul because they know you're playing to the Christian conservatives--you didn't really mean it, did ya?

The liberals know that you're a phony too. ;)

*Job is in the Old Testament.

I stumbled upon an amazing testimony written by an amazing woman who runs the "Proverbial Wife" blog. She had a very difficult first nine years, you'd have to read the testimony to understand.

Got to see a lot of people this weekend.

We invited Pete and Hallie Maudlin over on Friday night. It was great to see this krazy zany couple. After dinner we played Clue and Trivial Pursuit. Melinda's brother Luke also participated in the mix and made up some mean garlic toast to go with the lasagna. All in all, the evening was a success, except Jonah threw up. :(

Saturday afternoon my sister and her husband Mike made the jaunt from Lincoln to hang out with the Olivers. I got to update their computer, we watched some home improvement shows and caught up with each other's lives. It was good to visit. I pointed Mike to the SelectSmart Presidential Selector which told him what he suspected: Bush was his ideal candidate. He then proceeded on to the Religion selector and Protestant Denomination Selector. At first it told him that he was a Mormon or Jehovah's Witness. After tweaking some answers it revealed his Protestant/Assemblies of God leanings. :)

My parents and brothers showed up around 6 PM that night so that we could celebrate Michelle's impending birthday. Jonah wasn't feeling too hot, so Melinda stayed home with him while the rest of us made a visit to Old Chicago. There was much rejoicing.

That night we played some Guesstures to a dead tie after five rounds. I didn't even know that was possible! Sadly Jonah threw up. :(

Jake and Josh also vied for top spot on SSX 3--it's a snowboarding game. Jake won the title, but because of Josh's size (now he's bigger than his older brother) Jake conceded victory to Josh.

This was an action packed weekend. Full of shenanigans and tomfoolery.

My friend Mark let me in on a cool party trick.

1. Offer someone a stick of "Big Red" gum. (It has to be Big Red for this to work).



2. After they stick the gum in their mouth, have them lightly lick the entire inside of the wrapper (not the silver side, the sugar side). Don't lick it too much, just enough for it to stick to your forehead.



3. Stick the wrapper on your forehead.



4. Wait

After a short while it will start burning, increasingly. Which surprises the heck out of the unsuspecting forehead gum person. ;)

It's fun for the whole family.

I don't have a lot of time to write, but I'm now blogging with a much fancier tool, called b2evolution. This will allow for RSS feeds and comments, which I'm sure will not interest anyone.