Observations...

How are you this fine day? Doing good I hope... I was sitting on the veranda this morning enjoying my java and surveying the Murphy Hacienda...just soaking in the beautiful morning, the birds chirping...breeze blowing in through the pines...the occasional uninvited guest attempting to land in my coffee...you know, just and average beginning to a seemingly perfect day. As I sat there I just could not get my mind off of the current political landscape and the "perfect storm" that seems to be brewing on the horizon as the trenches are being dug for a battle between Democratic candidates Barack Obama/Joe Biden and Republican candidates John McCain/Sarah Palin. It seems since Dan Quail made his "clown like" appearance in one of the highest elected offices in the world that every four years we search for someone in the limelight to say or do something "Qualish" to make more fodder for late night talk show hosts and stand up comics to use as material for days on end...and last night it happened. It happened almost without attention...in what seemed like a harmless conversation between Washington correspondent George Stephanopoulos and the lovely wife of Senator John McCain...Cindy McCain. When the topic of Sarah Palin's "National Security Experience" came up...Cindy McCain reminded George that "Sarah has been the Governor of Alaska...which is the closest part of our country to Russia...so she is no stranger to what is at stake..." What? Huh? Urrr? After the shock of ineptitude faded...I couldn't help but laugh. We have our "quail" and all is well in the world once again... This is just my observation...thanks to youtube.com you can view the interview yourself ad nauseum...and laugh along with me. This is going to be one interesting race...and who knows...maybe even the Banana Splits might show up or Joe Biden will announce he is pregnant...either way we all win because laughter is the best medicine...and now I have to get this flying thing out of my coffee so until next time.

The Bonedriver,

p.s. I know it is Quayle...but potatoe...potato