Saturday Missives

As election day nears, it is looking more and more as though a massive Republican victory is in order. Still, the vote is a little more than three weeks away, and a lot can happen in that much time. So it won't do for GOP candidates to sit on their laurels. They have to keep driving home the message that the socialist Democrats are morally and politically bankrupt. The real threat to a potential Republican win at this point is more likely presumption than that their message is out of tune.

A local man has put off an important heart procedure rather than miss today's Michigan - Michigan State football game. He does realize, one hopes, that it is a game, nothing more, and not worth possibly putting his life on the line? It is instances such as this which indicate that our country really and truly puts too much emphasis on sports. While we fervently pray that nothing bad comes of this, it is interesting to consider what questions St. Peter might ask such a person at the pearly gates: "You risked death to watch a game?" How can such a question be rationally answered?

A new poll not only shows significant Republican gains upcoming, but that George W. Bush is not statistically rated as good of a President as Barack Obama. Who'da thunk it? Sadly, though, it probably speaks poorly of both men at this point.