What a cluster!

McCain picked some woman from Alaska (the governor) for his running mate. What??? Who the hell is she?? Good grief! What is going on? First we have a young black man who picks an older white man who has a reputation for speaking his mind. Then we get and old white man who picks a young white woman with 5 kids and also known for speaking her mind as his running mate.

Ok. So if Obama dies we get Joe Biden. We could do worse. And I would like a president who doesn't give a crap and says what he thinks. And if McCain dies, we get a woman whose been governor for 2 years and was mayor of a town of 6000.

Hmmmmm....

The pundits are mixed about all this. On the one hand, McCain basically did his best to slap Shrillary in the face. And supposedly he is appealing to the disenfranchised Hillary supports.

McCain doesn't get it. The ones who liked Shrillary don't like other women in general. They want Shrillary. No one but the The Shrill will do.

And The Shrill supports do not get it. Who are they gonna vote for? McCain??? If so, then it was never about ideology or the platform; it was about having a woman in high office.

I too would like to see a woman in the white house. But I want to see the RIGHT woman, not any ole woman.

The good news is that for a black man and a woman, we will get their best either way. They are going to have to work harder, be nicer, have better judgment, communicate better than anyone else that preceded them. They are creating a standard for generations to come. And all others will be judged by their behvaiours and accomplishments. If they mess things up, then they will set things back for others of their ilk for many years to come with the naysayers ready to rise up and say "I told you so."

So, it's a horserace.

Things are starting to get really interesting.