* I have a New York Post column explaining why so much money is needed in presidential campaigns.
It’s a bit like when two people try to call a dog to them at the same time, except in this scenario they’re using firecrackers and other loud noises to scare the dog from going to the other side. It seems cruel — and under the barrage of negative ads, many undecideds do end up whimpering in a corner — but no one said democracy is pretty.
* The Drudge Report pulled up a speech Rick Santorum gave about Satan going after America, and it’s become a bit of a story. Apparently it’s not “hip” or “groovy” to talk about Satan as if he’s a real thing. DrewM had a good point on Twitter: Since Obama is all like Christian and stuff, shouldn’t a reporter ask him if he thinks Satan is real?
“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” And now you get mocked for even bringing him up. That guy is pretty slick. But why worry about ancient silly things like Satan when we live in a modern world where we can force other people to buy it abortifacients?
* The Supreme Court is going to be looking into affirmative action again. Some people think we need it to get over racism, but we tried affirmative action on a national scale where we chose an unqualified minority for presidents over many more much more qualified people, and it hasn’t exactly been a boon in the area of race. When you look at someone’s skin color instead of his skills, it leads to high unemployment, high gas prices, and skyrocketing debt. Bad idea.
* The White House is pretty nervous about the whole Keystone pipeline thing since it was something that would both create jobs and alleviate gas prices, but they went against it because it would anger stupid environmentalists. Even the New York Times acknowledges that Obama only went against it for political reasons. But now the WH is pretending that the Republicans who were strongly pushing it were the ones that blocked it. I think that will be just a little too Orwellian for the public to swallow. If they’re making arguments that desperate, that’s a good sign to hit them harder.
And it’s not that Obama doesn’t care about jobs or gas prices — it’s just that they’re not that high on his list of concerns. For one thing, he can afford gas and has a job. And he’d like to keep that job. That’s his big concern.
* Wisdom of the Day from Stephen Green:
If there’s a candidate this year you feel really passionate about, consider professional help.