Bob McCarty Writes

Just when I thought I had seen everything possible related to merging politics and free enterprise, I stumbled upon a post, Obama Condoms vs. McCain Condoms, published yesterday at The Western Standard‘s The Shotgun Blog. Highlighted in the post is an Associated Press article from June, Obama and McCain condoms – ‘for when you just [...]

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As a native Oklahoman, I was very interested to hear Rush Limbaugh talk today about the likely reasons behind John McCain’s landslide victory in Oklahoma and wonder whether Barack Obama would have won the same number of electoral votes had the election laws of the Sooner State been applied nationwide. In case you’re not aware, [...]

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In my ‘Tuesday Evening Quarterback’ post yesterday, I shared my belief that American conservatives, perhaps, would have preferred someone more like Ronald Reagan to be their team’s starting quarterback (i.e., presidential nominee) and mentioned Sen. Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-Okla.) as a worthwhile choice.  Today, Senator Coburn released the following statement regarding last night’s election results [...]

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Call me a “Tuesday Evening Quarterback,” but a review of tonight’s election results show the Republican Party team entered its most-important contest ever with little fan support, a poor game plan and the wrong signal caller lined up behind center. Team GOP’s shortcomings began with the recruiting process.  When loyal fans on the right side [...]

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While researching Barack Obama‘s superstitions for a post published earlier today, I found an entry at Yahoo Answers that offered Three Superstitious Reasons Why Barack Obama Will Lose the Presidential Election.  Though not superstitious myself, I thought it worth sharing that John McCain should win today if, that is, two out of three superstitions below [...]

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Barack Obama has, according to many news accounts about the 2008 presidential race, won the love and admiration of many people around the world.  Perhaps more worthwhile than the results of any global opinion poll is a look at how Israelis and Iranians would vote if given the chance. Published one week ago, a ynet [...]

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I’ve been so busy writing about politics during the past few weeks that I haven’t had time to cover college football much.  Tonight, however, I had to share my disgust with the latest BCS rankings.  Somehow, those rankings place the Utah Utes above my Oklahoma State Cowboys.  My question is, “How?” A comparison of the [...]

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