Murkowski for President

Yeah, I'm not kidding. I guess this is more of a test to the present Republican Party because, what I witnessed in that race was extraordinary. The woman got beat in the primary but, never gave up..ie she didn't quit. Almost single handily she set out to win back her seat in the Senate as a write in candidate and, succeeded( 1954 was the last time that happened) despite having a name almost harder to spell than "Schwarzenegger". She is a woman who has some great qualities in public speaking, knows how to govern and, oh, by the way, she's a Republican. In the face of great skepticism she fought to represent the state and the people she loved. Does this matter to the Republican Party leadership anymore is my only question because, she seems to be a fighter and she doesn't care if she's getting paid to speak for"We the People"!

I'm Dreaming of a Palin Christmas?

Well the buzz is Sarah is a smash hit with 5 million folks tuning in to "The Learning Channel"(Any creditability they did have, is now circling the toilet right now) to see a show about her. Now granted she's probably just North of reruns of NCIS but she got some viewers. Regretfully I must admit I wasn't one of them because, as a person who loves hunting and fishing I 'd say she's a piss poor example of a sportsman or women. The second I saw this women hunting down wolves with a helicopter she lost me. Can wolves be a problem with livestock, of course, but trust me they ain't taking many cattle up in Alaska.

Now if she was looking to impress me hunt'm down on foot or horseback. As a kid in Iowa my father taught me how to hunt coyotes at age 14 and, let me tell ya it's a challenge. Flying along in a craft that can travel at better than a 100 mph and can stop and hover to give you a shot seems kinda like cheating.

I saw a clip from the show on the news showing the intrepid Sarah her husband and some young children parked in a flat bottom on a river watching a mother Kodiak bear and two cubs fishing in the river. She pointed out the fact that a mother bear is very protective her cubs and how much she admired that trait. I guess the fact that she is a human mother and bringing small children in a flat bottom boat close to a mother bear with cubs is a disaster waiting to happen.

So now I can only imagine what she has planned for Christmas with Palin's? Climbing the kids up in to avalanche country where the powder is great, but your chances of getting buried under 10 feet of snow are pretty good? Maybe taking the kids out to find the den of the mother bear hibernating with the cubs and letting the kids crawl down with a flashlight to watch the peaceful sleeping carnivorous wild beasts? Here's a twist for Sarah if she really has her eye on the oval office. Take the family down to the local Salvation Army and spend Christmas teaching the kids that not everybody can make millions quiting a job. Especially up in Alaska winter is tough and unemployment and homelessness is a real problem. Show me some leadership Sarah and do something other than hawk yourself if you actually want be POTUS!