OK, I registered as an Independent, but I used to identify as a Republican. Why, the philosophy really.

For me Democrats are all about giving a man a fish, whereas Republican are all for providing a fishing rod. I know it is hat, that old saying “give a man a fish and feed him for a day, but teach him to fish and he is fed for life”, but notice my view here. Republican provide a “rod” in this analogy, but it is the man himself that must have the motivation to learn how to use it. Of course providing a man with a fish does not provide motivation to learn nor does it equip him to be successful.

I really use the above analogy to help guide me in the world of political attribution, but to be honest I am having a hard time applying this to anyone. I am a pretty sharp guy, but from all the rhetoric from both sides I cannot say who is a Republican or who is a Democrat. Therefore, I am forced to look at who is making sense or at least who is being the less vile choice of the two main candidates.

So what do I see? I see a Democratic team that is currently bewildered by a curve ball candidate for Republican VP. On the other side I see a pair of Republicans who can not form any coherent strategy better than “So’s your mother!” At least on the Democratic side the attack ads are substantive and really do attack issues, whereas the republican ads are all personal smears which I have a hard time stomaching.

It’s this lack of a real message and the personal attacks that are making me regretting ever identifying as a Republican. McCain seems unable to stay on topic for anything nor explain any actions he would take if he were to become President. The worst statement he makes is that he knows how to get Bin Ladin and when he is President he will go get him. Does anyone else have a problem with that statement other than me? If he knows how to get him, he should tell everyone, NOW! In fact he should have told everyone years ago if he knew. In fact, as a senator, he has an obligation to tell us how to get him. If he knew years ago, maybe we would not have the problems overseas we are having (Iraq) and our troops could have come home. He is now playing with the lives of our soldiers, our fighting men and women for his own good. THIS IS CRIMINAL.

His VP nominee is a no one from Alaska that they have to shield from the media. She goes stumping with the same speech over and over again filled with the same lies. It’s like no one wants to write her new material. When she did do an interview, the answers were canned (obviously) and she was reaching for answers to questions that for her should have been dead bang simple. You would expect a Republican Nominee would have no problem at all with the question “Do you agree with the Bush Doctrine?” She did not know what the Bush Doctrine was. Sad. When the republican spin doctors got to it though it was if she did great, in fact she was incredibly eloquent. Were we watching the same interview? They (the spin doctors) then went on to extol her for knowing who Putin was and where Georgia sorta was. To her credit she knew it was not the Georgia State of the US. But then again, she did kinda commit our troops to go fight Russia. Ouch, I hope not.

How sad is it that in order for McCain to draw any crowds a all he has to have Palin with him. The Republican are in for a hard road and the former Beauty Queen VP Nominee is going to have to walk a lot of runways to rally the votes.

You will know the republican are really desperate when they start releasing the Bikini photos of Palin or if she shows up at a rally in a Bikini. I guess she really is the lipstick McCain needs to wear.