"YOU LITTLE JERKS!" - Just a Minute for 07-24-08 Thursday

Howdy…

 

Gittin’ on toward the end of the week. This ‘campin pain’ – as Billy-bob is wont to call it, is gittin’ mo *bitterer* -- looks like we’re like to scrape the bottom of the barrel of common sense. Generally major candidates tend to reach a modicum of composure and quietness when it comes to the opposition. But it looks like this time around might turn out to be the exception.

 

It’s possible John McCain figures he lost out in 2000 because he played Mr. Nice guy – although I’m sure Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, and George W. Bush weren’t sure of it at least at the time. But… time heals all wounds they say – Or is it wounds all heels?  In any case most of the political nuts I’ve known… (and I’ve known a few) … are at least glad when the campaign is over--- but of course they don’t like losing. Nonetheless when the fire bell goes off again… they’re chompin’ at the bit to get in the trenches again.

 

If you’re a regular Bible reader, you’ve run across the passages where some of the disciples were getting angry – or at least touchy – toward the sons of Zebedee because they were ‘lobbying’ if you will, to see who would get to sit at the Lord’s right hand and who at the left when he took on his kingly role and stepped up to the throne. And even though Jesus tried several times to disabuse them of the notion that His was going to be an earthly kingdom like the ones they had already experienced under Jewish, Roman and Greek rulers (as well as other oppressors) they still seemed to specialize in ‘missing the point.’

 

But that’s hardly unusual – when we figure out how we got here and who we descended from – we ought to get a pretty good (or bad, depending on your viewpoint) picture of the human condition. Given the chance men who have the opportunity will grab power and do their best to hold onto it -- Think Hugo Chavez or Fidel. George Washington was an exception. James and John were not – at least initially.

 

But today is not one for pointing fingers – these days are provided to study and read the scriptures… pray and ask the Lord for wisdom in the choices before us. Tomorrow I’ll write about what the major political pollster… one specializing in focus groups has found out about Americans and elections – particularly this one.

 

Cordially, IN HIM

 

            Jack

 

 

http://www.jebcovoice.net/audio/jama07-24-08.mp3

 

http://www.jebcovoice.net/scripts/jamt07-24-08.doc

 

 

“JUST A MINUTE”

“YOU LITTLE JERKS”

Just A Minute – John McCain fights for every scrap of attention from national media while Barak and company (including the three musty TV anchors) surge to gigantic accolades.

But Senator John ought to remember what goes around comes around – especially in Washington where character assassins are cheaper by the dozen. Columnist Bob Novak says a top McCain aide suggested he put the impending veep announcement in his column -- mainly to upset Obama’s parade meeting world leaders. Now Novak believes the announcement was just noise planted by Team McCain since the announcement never came. Novak and the press corps were used as a stick with which to beat Obama.

Confronted with that accusation on the Straight Talk Air-Express – Fund reports McCain blew ‘em off with a smile and asked: (quote) "’What do you want, you little jerks?” Then waved off any questions.

            John McCain doesn’t need to manufacture more enemies; he’s winning the prize as his own worst right now. Washington’s not a town in which you deliberately want to play ugly.

            <> I’m Jack Buttram

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