Bad Omens

 While the rest of you are going back to work today, or returning to your home offices, I'm off.  Now, that doesn't mean I'm not going to be doing anything.  The back door is going to be replaced today.  In about a month, I'm going to be putting on a new screen door, too; the last one was broken by 180 lbs of dogs rushing to go out and chase a bunny.

I took a ride through San Remo yesterday and was disappointed to see my speed had dropped from 18.5 mph to 18.3 mph.  I need to focus more on my cycling.  I've been spending way too much time scanning news articles.  I blame it on the election.

And what about Kellyanne's daughter Claudia?  Seeking emancipation from her parents?  While she evidently gets along better with her father, she's none too pleased about his Republican beliefs.  However, she passionately hates the Idiot Jerk in the White House, which implies she has no respect what so ever for her mother.  Claudia has already warned people this is going to be a very public separation.  

The Idiot Jerk's convention begins tonight.  Oh, my.  They released the list white speakers, most of whom are either family or bigots prominent in his administration.  Oh, yeah, those two gun toting, double knit mavens of the fashion industry are going to speak as well.  I'm betting they show up wearing black polyester and toting their guns onto the stage.  Think of a badly written skit for Saturday Night Live that will go over big with the white supremacists.

One of the most interesting aspects of this imbecilic affair  is that while the Republicans are celebrating the incompetence of their role model, two hurricanes are barreling towards the Gulf Coast.  Can we talk about unprecedented?

Both are expected to make landfall prior to the Idiot Jerk's speech on Thursday. Can we talk about Omens here?  This is a really bad sign from above.   I wonder, did he ever think Global Warming might interfere with his accepting the nomination for tinfoil dictator... oh, I mean incompetent president.  Does anyone know if he's gutted FEMA yet?  Do not doubt, these hurricanes will be blamed on the Democrats.

Marco Rubio - The GOP's bait and switch plan

Of course there is a lot of chatter out here about Marco Rubio's lunge for a glass of water while giving the GOP rebuttal to the State of the Union.  I suspect the GOP has a bigger problem then a thirsty spokesperson.  It seems like almost every time I turn around his face is being flashed on the TV screen or there is some sort of really not so very newsworthy item on the Internet.  I suspect this is because there were a lot of lessons for the GOP to learn after the 2012 election, one of them being they did not appeal to Latino voters.  Duh.  So, their game plan changes and they pick a nice looking Latino man to become part of their changing public image.  You have to admit he does look rather clean cut and is evidently not from the barrio.

Unfortunately he has already had some sort of GOP fallacy issues, one them being his claim his parents fled Cuba to get away from Fidel Castro.  This seems not to be the case, in that they had actually emigrated to Florida three years earlier.  The hook is to get Latino voters interested, and then run two other candidates president and vice president.  I mean, how bad can a political party be if Mr. Rubio is a member? 

I've seen recently Mr. Rubio has already stated he would not be running for president in 2016, of course this is one of those statements politicians have been making since the dawn of time.  However, I believe this statement might actually be true.  Another thing the GOP learned was just how racist their base was, which is rather telling in regards to the possibility of Mr. Rubio making a run for the White House.  I sure both he, and the GOP hierarchy, realize they have quite a problem on their hands.  If these Tweeters weren't going to vote for a black man, they're not going to vote a Latino either.  The only thing the GOP can do is the old 'bait and switch,' bait them Rubio and pray Latino voters will vote for some white bread guy instead.