Come September ....

Well, I survived August and I am proud to say that I saw not one second of the Beijing Olympics nor one second of the Democratic National Convention and successfully avoided seeing any of the Republican Convention this month. I did catch some of Sarah Palin's speech on a news cast and it looks like John McCain is suffering from some type of post traumatic disorder after his POW days. He may be a maverick politician; but Sarah Palin is a loose nut. She may be the female version of Dirty Harry and Rambo and the Republicans have taken quite a chance with her selection.

Of course the Republicans have always gambled with their VP choices. Remember these former Republican VP's: Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Dan Quayle and now Dick Cheney. McCain has followed his predecessors by choosing yet another scary individual. One can only hope that unlike the above named four men, Palin will not be elected.

The polls are out this morning and they now put McCain ahead of Obama. Will this be another instance of the Democratic Party self destructing coupled with Republican Party chicanery at the polls? As we head toward the November election it will be a matter of who do you trust and who has been the most truthful.

There does seem to be an over emphasis and misplaced concern over foreign policy issues. This is understandable due to our recent attempt to be the police men of the world. In one of his last interviews Former President Ford stated "And I just don't think we should go hellfire damnation around the globe freeing people, unless it is directly related to our own national security." He made this statement in response to the U.S. invasion of Iraq based on the alleged presence of weapons of mass destruction.

I can only assume that most Americans would rather see better policing of our cities as they continue to look more and more like the Dodge City and Tombstone of the old west. Here in the San Francisco Bay area the morning news includes a body count based on the number of deadly shootings the night before. As our domestic problems escalate I want a President more concerned with domestic issues. I am not proposing isolationism; but it seems it is time for an American President to be more of an American President and less of a world leader. We desperately need domestic leadership and we need it now.