Ball point pen on the morning newsprint I'm for a womans right to choose, and the evangelical base of the republican party is a little off putting, but I've always liked the maverick, John McCain. I think that our country would have been infinitely better served had the Republicans embraced him eight years ago, but the party loyalists hated him. It all seems so insincere now that they're accepting him out of desperation, and unfair that he now be their standard bearer and suffer the slings and arrows from those rightfully upset with the incompetence of the previous administration. But McCain has proven to be a tough guy with a high tolerance for pain. Last night he tried to distance himself from President Bush... Is it too little too late? It should be interesting. ...
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Ball point pen on the morning newsprint John McCain picks Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, but Hurricane Gustav rains on the GOP parade truncating the planned events and speeches for the first day of the Republican National Convention. Ball point pen on the morning newsprint ...
Read MoreBall point pen on the morning newsprint For those who are worried about my sanity after the first two days of the convention, fear not. I eliminated the talking heads yesterday by watching the convention on C-Span... I enjoyed the unfiltered evening without screaming at the television, and I got a good night sleep... and oh yeah, our nation made history by nominating the first African-American as a Presidential Candidate. ...
Read MoreBall point pen on the morning newsprint While Hillary put on a public display of unity last night, behind the scenes, her minions were still picking at the wound. Case in point, New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez; a staunch Clinton supporter during the primaries, Menendez was offered an olive branch by the Obama campaign but he declined the invitation to speak at the Convention....and I foolishly thought he was paid to represent me. ...
Read MoreLast night the Democratic party kicked off its four day convention to nominate Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden to lead the party in this falls election and become the next president and vice president of our nation. The delegates were treated to a speech by Caroline Kennedy; a Ken Burns tribute film to the Lion of the Senate, Ted Kennedy; a speech by the 76 year old senator, who recently suffered from a malignant brain tumor but made the journey to Denver to endorse Barack Obama; what I thought was a great speech by Michelle Obama; and capped off by Michelle and Barack's adorable girls teleconferencing with their daddy from Kansas City..... but I couldn't help notice that there was a subtext to the proceedings... especially if you were watching CNN....Get over it already! ...
Read MoreBall point pen on the morning newsprint The 2008 Democratic National Convention starts today. Obama has already proven that he and his campaign have great stage craft and there should be a big bounce from the four day show.... but then again, this is the democratic party... factor in the protesters, demonstrators and team Clinton, and all bets are off. Piggybacking off of Stephen Gardner's Sketch of the Day postings of multiple versions of the same drawing I'm posting these doodles this morning. These are done very quickly (about a minute or two) so I don't mean to compare them with Stephen's studied drawings. Spontaneity often takes precedence over accuracy with these quick doodles. They are filled with mistakes, but hopefully they all capture an impression of the subject. ...
Read MoreBall point pen on my email update It's official, Obama selected Joe Biden as his running mate. I've stated here that Senator Biden wouldn't be my first choice... Time will tell if Joe can be a disciplined candidate and stay on message. I got my first notice on my Blackberry, via email, at 9:56 am. I signed up for the text message, but the texting didn't work as advertised and the media had the story well before me. ...
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