Caucusing and Complaining

For the first time in my life, this year I participated in a caucus. It was great fun and something of an education. Of course it was the Republican caucus and the first one for Kansas in 22 years. Before the balloting, four speakers had 2 minutes each to speak for the candidates (that was when we still had a choice!). One of those speakers turned out to be Barry Goldwater, Jr.! Bill was thrilled because he was in the Goldwater for President campaign when he was in high school! Yes, believe it or not.
This is such a disappointing election, in my opinion. I really like Mike Huckabee, and although he has been much maligned and then ignored by the media, and pushed off the stage by the Republican establishment, he is such a breath of fresh air and so Reaganesque, that I would trust him to do the job. Besides, I don't trust McCain who is not a true Republican, and certainly not Mrs. Clinton who bought her way into New York politics and a senate seat while we lived in NY, and not even Obama, who is not another John Kennedy, no matter how much he would like to be. His speeches are patched together with lines from other African Americans, especially ML King. Only his speeches are all feeling and no substance. I find him dangerous, especially since he could not bring himself to vote against partial birth abortion. So basically, I have no candidate and feel quite disenfranchised as a voter. Bummer.

Back to Basketball

Bill and I have returned to attending basketball games--this time not for our children, but for our grandchild. Here you see Emma on the left (Sara and Andrew's daughter) playing Saturday morning basketball with her SECOND GRADE team! She is so confident and aggressive out there. We were very proud of her. This is a great program, where no scores are kept, lots of teaching goes on during the game, and everyone is very kind and supportive. Sara is also the assistant coach and loves it.
What fun!