Soon The Radio Can Go Back On

The nomination process is finally almost over. It looks like it will be Obama running against Karl Rove. That's OK. We're ready.

Although Plotnik thinks Alice Cooper would be a fine choice for VEEP, he heard Senator Webb from Virginia speaking yesterday. He's an intelligent guy, a writer who has written, like, books! He also happens to be a Vietnam vet who was Secretary of the Navy. He's white. He's from Virginia. He wears less makeup than Alice. He's a bit full of himself, but is probably the perfect choice.

Of course, there's still Hillary Clinton, who would also be an excellent president herself, not a bad job qualification for the office of Vice President.

This morning, Plotnik heard George Bush talking about, oh, whatever. He's a sincere man, give him that, as we send him out the door and back to Crawford where his village can reclaim him. Never having to hear his malfeasant, malodorous drawl again will be Bush Two's greatest gift to America.

Yes, Plotnik is an elitist. He prefers capable people. The good thing is that all three of the candidates running to replace Bush are intelligent people. This doesn't mean that they will necessarily do intelligent things, but at least any of the three will have the intellectual capacity to understand the issues.

None of the three grew up with silver spoons in their mouths. Maybe they can actually understand what it's like to try and survive in a country where gas is $4 a gallon and Daddy can't buy you a baseball team to run or an oil company to manage.

Neither Obama, Clinton or McCain are born-again. Maybe they won't allow intolerant doctrine or 16th Century religion to cloud their judgement about how America must approach the 21st Century and beyond.

One of Bush's greatest failings was trusting his Texas friends to run the country. There's nothing to suggest that the next President won't do the same thing. But at least these three will have the last eight years to use as a template for how to run a country into the ground. Look at where we were in 2000. Look at us now.

Then start counting. That man's voice is almost silenced from our national debate. Soon, we can turn our radios on again.