A little variety

Has another great ride this morning along the lake - the sun was reflecting brightly of the water and the lake was relatively smooth - another cool morning. Planning a ride to Lake Geneva on Sunday and it will be hot, but not as hot and humid as Arkansas was.

As political a person as I am, I think the campaign is starting way too early, and what do we have - 20 candidates - unbelievable. Of course several will be out of money by the time of the Iowa caucuses. And then we may also have Fred Thompson and Bloomberg in the race. I think that this is really driven by the internet and all of the 24 hour news stations. However it may have some benefit of getting issues discussed much earlier and in more detail that would otherwise be.

Being a liberal - there is only one person in the Republican camp who has any interest, and that is Guliani. He's too liberal on social issues to get the nomination, but he would run a good race. Do you remember him on Sat Nite Live many years ago in drag? Very funny. I used to like McCain but his stand on the war is too bush-like. I guess his funds are drying up. T. Thompson is a joke - when he was appointed to the bush cabinet the folks in WI were saying that the only reason he was appointed is because bush wanted someone dumber than him on his staff.

The Democrats have to have the nominee left standing - not totally battered by the primaries. This is a hard one - Hillary and Barack are the strongest, but each have some skeletons. It's awfully early for Bill to be out in force. They must be worried.

I'm thinking of the ticket with both of them on it. Women and African Americans should like it, but other minorities may not be too excited, and the south is probably lost again. I wonder if either would settle for VP?

Blumberg is another interesting case - supposedly won't pull a Perot and would drop out before splitting the election. Newsweek has him as a possible Dem VP candidate. And all of his money. The rich are too rich, but then that is another thought.

Last thought for today. Anyone seen Sicko yet? My friends that have really like it although they realize that Michael really slants his material. One friend, a doc, said that she thinks that she should move to England or France to practice. Not to say it isn't true, but could be mitigated by other factors. Oh well, that's someone else's movie. Hope to see it soon.

The health care system needs a huge overhaul - who will attempt to take on the insurance companies? With 25% of Americans with no insurance and 25% underinsured, we have a shameful situation.

Got to get going. Take care.