Month: October 2004

I watched the debates closely last night.

Even though most media types, liberal and conservative, thought that John Kerry did a good job and “won the debate” last night, I thought it was clear that he won the battle, but conceded the war.

Ultimately what will drive people to the polls is GW Bush’s resulute character. They may not like him but they are clear about what they will get with Bush for 4 more years. The White House will not be overrun with scandal, nor will it be chaotic in it’s response to politics. They will clearly have goals and work towards meeting them. That’s it.

National security under Kerry would be scary. He has demonstrated over the past 20 years that his priorities are poll driven. I believe that the American people will not elect John Kerry because they fear that he will be more concerned in the next four years with getting reelected than he will be in running the country. He has managed to do nothing in 20 years on the hill, yet has gotten reelected every time. He is a politician and a good one but he is clearly not a leader.

This is not even mentioning a single issue that is at stake. But when you put his wishy’washy stance on every issue together with his cowardace in 1971, followed by his 20 years of do-nothing and his left-wing tendencies… the voting public who is older and more conservative will thump him come election day.

The Bulldogs came up just short in their show down with Red Division rivals at Michigan State’s Forest-Akers West golf course.

The final tally was GPN 311 – Romeo 320. The rest of the schools were several shots behind the Bulldogs. Nate Stevens led the way with co-medalist honors by firing an even par 72 on the day. Nate maintained the lowest overall dual match average by more than 1 stroke with a 37.5 average. Nate has been named on the All MAC Red Division team for the 2rd consecutive year.

More important than this, I played 9 holes with “rival coaches” from GPN and GPS and helped to shore up some bad blood. I think I clearly communicated to them that I desire our teams to maintain friendly rivalries and that all matches should look for fair competition as the hallmark. I think all parties were ashamed at how some of the matches played out. With that in mind, if the switch of seasons does take place we could have 4 new head coaches in place next season out of 5 Red division teams. In the previous 5 seasons there has not been a change of coaching. Amazing.

We are looking forward to two big events next week. First, Romeo and Eisenhower will compete for the coveted Cider Cup on Tuesday followed by the Regional event at the Orcards next Thursday.