Saturday, January 26, 2008

Where is the Tiger Woods of politics?

So Tiger is ahead in his first golf tournament of the year by about a dozen strokes while none of our politicians seem to be able to put together back-to-back birdies on the course where the final fairway leads to the White House.

Hillary. Can you imagine having to spend four years listening to that shrew? She's touting her experience which amounts to less than two terms in the senate and being married to Bill. If the experience of being a politician's wife transfers to presidential proficiencey, Barbara Bush should be running. Her husband, after all, was a congressman, ran the CIA, served as ambassador to China, did the veep job under Reagan, and capped it all off with a term in the White House.

Obama. Positives: great smile. Negatives: smoker. 'Nuff said.

McCain. Here's a geniune hero. Worst mistake in his career was not being born into the "Greatest Generation" or sponsoring the failed immigration reform bill. Close call.

Romney. One term governor. Makes Hillary's experience look significant. Successful businessman and we all know how well business savvy transfers to government work. How much of his business success depended on his Mormon contacts?

Giuliani. Unable to capitalize on 9/11 Twin Tower disaster well enough to prevent 1/29 Florida disaster.

Huckabee. See Obama. Nonsmoker.

Edwards. Could be "kingmaker" at the convention. Will he pick the yet-untamed "Shrew" or the young Hamlet figure?

Tiger just finished up his Saturday round, about two-score strokes ahead. Asked about the final round on Sunday, he said it wasn't over, of course, we all know that it is. If only we could say the same thing about these primaries...

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