Jay Kersting's Blog

Let me just open by saying that I will NOT say an ill word about Senator Edward Moore Kennedy as related to his recent diagnosis.  I have let my feelings about Senator Kennedy known for years and I will not be a hypocrite by saying nice things about him now.

While sad that he has brain cancer, I find it hypocritical that those who have opposed him for years are now heaping praise on the man.  I have no problem with comments from those who have said so many nasty things about him over the years.  Now both President George W. Bush and Senator John S. McCain III have worked with Senator Kennedy by reaching across the political aisle, so I have no problem with them expressing their feelings toward him.  But there are several others who have been more nasty than, well, even me toward him....and now, they are saying what a great Senator he is...etc.  HYPOCRITES!!

Worse yet, failing CBS news anchor (and anchor maybe more accurate than we know as the ship continues to sink at CBS) Katie Couric used the revelation of Kennedy's cancer as an excuse to editorialize AGAIN for her healthcare goals.  Katie - here is an idea, offer a solution that our nation can afford....solve the problem or at least try.  Otherwise, shut up and read the news.  Worry about your ratings, or run for office.  [Point of information: I do not watch CBS Evening News.  "Katie Couric's Notebook" is a feature on "America in the Morning with Jim Bohannon" that airs on NewsTalk 1240 KLIK just before my show.]  I cannot say that I was surprised at a network news anchor being opportunistic.  In fact, I would have been surprised if this DIDN'T happen.

I do wonder what the Kopechne family thinks about this news.

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"Standing for Change" has been a theme of the Barack Obama campaign.

It is also the theme used by that guy at the end of the ramp at I-40 West and Campbell Station Road in Knoxville.  (Or for my Missouri readers, the guy at the end of the ramp at I-70 West at Blue Ridge Cutoff).  

That is what scares me.  Part of that change is raising taxes in a economic downturn (NOT recesssion, look it up!!).

We may be fighting for spots at the end of ramps.

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I am with Clint Eastwood on this.  Get off her back. Quit telling Hillary Clinton to leave the race.  Seems that most everyone among the political punditry is telling her to leave the race.  The same ones who said "Game Over" to John McCain in the Summer of 2007.

So, if she is done, why is she still winning states like Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Kentucky by decent margins?  Don't those people listen?

It is really simple, and I do not buy in to the fact that a national radio talk show host is steering people to vote for her as being enough to cause these margins.  Voters don't like being told what to do.

I will go a step further.  Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are good at giving speeches these days, but look at who is giving a better interview.  

Everyone knows that I am against most of the policies that these two stand for, and that I have never been a Hillary fan, but it seems to me that she is still strong and still viable.

It is possible that the Democrats are, AGAIN, making a mistake.  Most polls of the two Democrats against John McCain, show that she is doing better than he is.  It is still early, but I think it is a factor worth considering inside the DNC.

Will there be a June Surprise?  Sit back and watch. 

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Finally, I have often found that I agree with Neil Cavuto of Fox Business and Fox News.  Yesterday, he closed his show on Fox News Channel with his "Common Sense" segment.

I could not agree more. 

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Have a great Wednesday.  If you are listening here in Missouri today, stay tuned for State Treasurer and Gubernatorial candidate Sarah Steelman at 8:35/8:40 this morning.