Frogs Croak

Here are Chris and Susan at last night's game at Rice-Eccles Stadium. The Utes were very lucky to pull off a last minute victory over the Horned Frogs of TCU.

Did anyone notice how the "blackout" uniforms the Utes were wearing made them look an awful lot like the San Diego State Aztecs? Now, why would anyone want to look like the Aztecs?

Yeah!! Go Aztecs!! Beat the Utes!!

How’d this happen? And Why? And What Now?

Robert Stacey McCain wrote yesterday that Obama, the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate, was elected to the presidency by 20% of conservatives and 60% of moderates. How did he accomplish it? By hiding his liberalism behind moderate and vague platitudes. In a post McCain (the other McCain) entitled "The Triangulation of Hope", he wrote:

"What does this mean? It means that two decades of rhetorical fudging and policy incoherence have obscured the meaning of our political lexicon. George Bush the elder promised a "kinder, gentler" conservatism, raised taxes and signed onto a minimum-wage increase. Bill Clinton cleverly (and duplicitously) "triangulated," promising a middle-class tax cut he never delivered, vetoing welfare-reform twice before signing it, taking credit for a balanced budget that was mostly the result of a reduced military and Republican opposition to his spending proposals. The "compassionate conservatism" of George W. Bush has introduced still more confusion. In what sense are the No Child Left Behind Act and Medicare Part D "conservative" policies?

Considering that the Republican 2008 candidate, John McCain, had opposed tax cuts, collaborated with Russ Feingold on campaign finance regulation that helped Democrats achieve a decisive fundraising advantage, and collaborated with Ted Kennedy on an amnesty bill that infuriated conservative voters, it isn't hard to see why Obama so easily veiled his liberalism behind vague platitudes."
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"Beginning Jan. 20, Obama must stop promising and start delivering, and with his army of online "progressive" activists demanding that he and the Democratic Congress enact liberal policies, what he aims to deliver won't be easily mistaken as "conservative." Republicans have triangulated themselves into the wilderness, and they'll stay there a long time, if they support Obama's radical agenda."

You can read the post, including the comments, here.