Change!

My, how things "change" whether you want them to or not! It's been a long time since I visited my blog, only to return to several unwanted comments, and 3 comments from people I respect. Still the political context for the comments has already changed greatly. Now it is Obama himself who raises the race issue (or should we say racist issue) by defending the position of his friend and mentor Mr. Wright. And now he even got his wife's grandmother in trouble! Suddenly Michelle, his wife, is noticeable quiet. I think he will need at least 4 more years in the Senate before he tries again to run for president. By the way, it seems to me that Frankie Shaeffer gives himself far too much credit, and that his comments on Obama belie the fact that anyone to would kill a child of a botched abortion is not pro-life on any level. Twenty years of listening to the social gospel has taken away his sense of the value of life as a absolute.
Mrs. Clinton, who appeared to have the nomination sewn up long ago, is watching in agony as that lead evaporates into thin air. Poor Bill, who seems to be fantasizing himself as the vice-president (could anyone else possible fill the role?) is scrambling around in the background, seeing what dirty tricks he can perform, since, he says, "All is far in love and politics." Is that Machiavelli? Generally, the Democrats seem to be on self-destruct. They will change the rules of the primary in Mich. and Florida, change the rules about super-delegates, and change the rules of the convention. What next, the constitution?
Meanwhile McCain is touring the war zone and trying to act presidential. He will never be able to shed the cloak of the hawk Republican, and he continues to avoid conservative positions, so he will lose his Republican base. He is the default candidate of three bad candidates.
And all the while, the media goes about as a roaring lion, seeking whom it might devour. The whole process is a disaster, and all we can do is pray, pray, and pray that God will rule through all of this. He will, as Romans tells us, put his person in place and we are to honor whoever that is. I have a feeling that he has a few more changes in mind before the dust settles.
It seems to me that President Bush is in the catbird's seat. He is Horton, sitting on the egg. He told us terrorism is a worldwide evil; it is. He told us the war would be awful; it is. He told us it would be expensive; it is. He told us that only a few of us would have the guts to wait it out until the end; that was an understatement. As it happens, he may be the only one to hatch the precious egg at the end of the conflict, but you can be sure he will not be the one to get the credit for his persistence. Perhaps a little respect for authority is due.