Can you govern effectively when god is your co-pilot?

“It’s in the spirit of making good from bad that I am committing to you and the larger family of South Carolinians to use this experience to both trust God in his larger work of changing me, and from my end, to work to becoming a better and more effective leader,” he wrote.

The preceeding was from an op-ed piece that South Carolina governor, Mark Sanford is shopping around to the media in his state, perhaps on the premise that if the apology is based on the ‘unassailable’ premises of god, scripture, the flag and apple pie it will go down easier.

If I were a citizen of South Carolina, I’d be even angrier.

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Friday Fish Wrap: 10 July, 2009

Can we all let Michael Jackson rest in peace, and perhaps get a little peace ourselves from the biggest, wierdest funeral of the new century. You’d have thought Elvis, the pope and a brilliant, young new president had just died by all the media driven hoopla. I felt really sorry for his kids, being tearfully paraded on stage. That was obscene.

Jackson mourners crowd the barricades in Los Angeles.

I don’t know whether to think that the world has gone so mad that this is the biggest thing in their bankrupt lives, or that they’re using this as a sick way of diverting themselves from reality. Either way, it doesn’t speak well of their mental health. Yikes! They walk among us

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Republican torpedo alley ready with cheap shots for Franken

“Franken, the loud-mouthed former comedian, will be the 60th member of the Senate Democratic caucus…”

David Broder

Thank you, David, for that brilliant analysis. And there you have it folks, Franken can take the oath to serve the citizens of the state of Minnesota without one single wisecrack, with all the gravitas and decorum that should be the hallmark of membership in this august club, but there will be some who just can’t let a fella grow past a Saturday Night Live skit.

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