DAVIDKEENE@DAVIDKEENE.NET                               

Is it fun living in a battleground state! One of the presidential candidates is here about every five minutes.

During the Democratic National Convention, my spouse and child made there way to a session unrelated to the Party hi-jinks where a number of the leading women in the Government appeared and spoke- including Hillary. The most interesting speaker turned out to be Nancy Pelosi.

Whenever Ms. Pelosi speaks, she is accompanied by several burly female body guards, who take up strategic positions around the podium. My family members soon discovered why.

As soon as Ms. Pelosi opens her mouth, that is the signal for a Code Pink activist in residence to begin rushing the stage shouting epithets about Pelosi having lied to them about the war or whatever. The body guards are familiar with the drill, and tackle the protestor as soon as she gets close to the stage/podium.

I gather that the scenario is repeated every time Ms. Pelosi is scheduled to speak. It may explain Pelosi’s tendency to go left on every issue. Certainly it has some influence on her.

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THE DAILY KEENE____________________________________

Wednesday, October 1, 2008           v.1, No. 1

Meanderings from the worlds of politics, sport, visual arts and music.

WORDS O’WISDOM

"Remember that very often when life seems to be falling apart, it may actually be falling together for the first time."

 LOWEST COMMON OBOMANATOR

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As Oliver Hardy used to say, “this is another fine mess you’ve gotten us into.”

So, if I understand the situation correctly, George Soros and Pablo Escobar are going to pull their pesos out of the American economy and leave us high and illiquid (I know Pablo’s dead, but I mean drug cartels in general). There isn’t a prison nasty enough for the Wall Street savants, regulatory “watchdogs” and members of Congress who engineered this house of cards.

The Democrats, evincing a subtlety usually reserved for Orkin commercials concerning termites, are blaming it all on John McCain (wasn’t he that character played by Bruce Willis in all those action flicks?) I always get the Keating Five confused with the Dave Clark Five.

By the way, my credit union gave me some lame excuse today when I called up to extend my car loan, so I can use a few bucks.

On to the debate: On foreign affairs, McCain comes off like an irritable high school teacher lecturing a recalcitrant student. For his part, I thought Obama bought into McCain’s criticism more than he needed to, and played defense most of the night.  On the economy, it was clear that Obama knows how to connect with an audience. Unfortunately, there no longer appears to be an American economy to worry about.

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Coming Thursday: Sarah Pale ’n’ Tall.