Damned if you do...

I almost found myself feeling a tiny bit sorry for Mr. George W. Bush.

Before you call the nice young men in their clean white suits to come take me away, let me explain.

Like many of you, my stomach turned when I read about the nine schoolchildren from Louisiana who were forced to ride in the back of a bus. The damage control is starting as well, and it is just as sickening.

The story is spreading like wildfire. The pundits are picking it up and the NAACP is involved. I feel certain Mr. Bush will be called upon to comment. Here's the dilemma:

If he says anything, he'll be called hypocritical and disingenuous. After all, he only deigned to attend the annual NAACP convention this year for the first time.

If he says nothing, he'll be charged with racism and and not being tough on upholding equality in the schools.

My, my, what a quandary! Almost makes you feel sorry for him! But, not really.

Harrisism

Thank God for Katherine Harris.

She's the best thing that's happened for Florida Democrats in decades. In fact, we may go so far as to say that she has helped the Democratic Party on a national level immensely.

While neocons spend millions on focus groups massaging the message and coming up with slogans that are easily swallowed by the masses, our Mrs. Harris* actually comes out and says exactly what she thinks, exactly what we have all suspected that the agenda has been all along. "If you are not electing Christians, tried and true, under public scrutiny and pressure, if you’re not electing Christians then in essence you are going to legislate sin." There it is, folks. Christians only need apply. No pretense that Jews are okay under the Old Testament grandfather clause.

So, here's to you, Katharine! Keep talking. Slip another veil from the agenda, let us see what the neocons have in store, let us see the America they have shaped for us in the full light of day.

*Ebberson, actually, she doesn't go by her husband's name. Hmm. Why doesn't she "cleave unto her husband?"