The Ryder Cup and Other Things

As usual we got hammered again by Europe in partners competition in the Ryder Cup matches. The reason is they use this format in private and formal games far more than we do here in the US where everything is based on individual stroke or medal play. Few American golfers even understand the concept of team golf or even the rules let alone etiquette. The US team will have to pull off a miracle on singles Sunday to have a chance.
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Jews and the DNC's loonbat base may be in for a damaging split to the Democratic Party. This piece at the American Thinker is very enlightening and a must read.
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The Democratic Party has been a congenial political home for many American Jews since the era of FDR. The party welcomed them into its ranks (along with many blacks and urban dwellers) and its programs comported well with many values Jews cherish. The Party was also seen as one that had offered help to the doomed Jews of Europe, opposed prejudice, and supported the fledgling state of Israel from enemies that boasted of its plans to destroy the state.

Conversely, the Republican Party was perceived to be a WASP enclave, isolationist in its outlook, and weak on support for Israel (though George C. Marshall under the Truman Administration advocated abandoning Israel to the tender mercies of its Arab neighbors).

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On these same lines are a couple articles up at TownHall by Donald Lambro and Larry Kudlow
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Republicans are opening up a new campaign front in the elections that asks voters to think about who will be running Congress if the Democrats are returned to power in November.

People like House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi who said "I don't really consider ourselves at war" with terrorism, who believes Osama bin Laden's capture will not "make us any safer" and who thinks this election "shouldn't be about national security."

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President Bush continued his bold pre-November offensive this week, focusing our attention on the war, national security, the totalitarian regimes in the Mideast and even taxes.

Talking about the potential for a Democratic shift in Congress, the president warned a Florida audience: "If they get control of the House of Representatives, they'll raise your taxes. It'll hurt our economy. And that's why we're not going to let them get control."

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