Saturday Slight

Big day for the ZAGS and the Cougs today. In fact, I've gotta hurry with my blog, get those horse stalls cleaned and get back into the house by 9 a.m. The ZAGS play No. 1 in the nation, Memphis, this morning on ESPN 9 a.m. PST. I remember the wild and woolly battle between the two last year in Spokane.

During that one I was having a hard time concentrating on all the basketball action because I was watching my daughter-in-law's feet also. She was sitting right behind Coach Mark Few during that contest, and we mostly just saw those tennis shoes that had stayed overnight at our house just before the game. Debbie stayed too.

Gonzaga lost that heart-breaker, but it sure was exciting, and I sure did jump up and down when I spotted Debbie's face along with her tennis shoes one time during the action. She won't be in Memphis today so I should be able to devote more energy toward the team. The ZAGS have continued to improve this year, so it's anyone's guess who's gonna win. But, as usual, GO ZAGS!!

Speaking of winning, we have more primary results coming in today with the South Carolina Democrats picking their candidates. After all the reading I've done on this Presidential election, I've come up with a solution to solve the ongoing problem that seems to be facing the electorate---we've gotta elect our first woman . . . we've gotta elect our first African-American . . . we've gotta elect that war hero soon cuz Chuck Norris says he's getting too old . . . we've gotta prove a Morman isn't going to get into office and start sending his personal missionaries out to convert the world . . . we've gotta keep the Hollywood people happy and so on, and so on.

Lots of "gotta get dones" in this Presidential election business and those dire needs seem to be superseding the real issues and paralyzing the ranks. I think there are actually people out there who feel urgent about these situations because they think they might just die off before they ever see a woman, a Black, a Mormon, and so they're forgetting about everything else that the President has to do to lead the country.

With that in mind and to make sure everyone gets to see their favorite sex, race, religion, socioeconomic status represented, I think---on a one-time only basis----that we ought to elect several Presidents---one for the women, one for the Blacks, one for the war heroes, one for the rich white men who were once poor because their father worked in a mills, one for the Mormons, one for the Evangelicals, one of the Law and Order movie stars, one for the radicals, one for the also-rans who never stood a chance in the first place, etc., etc. etc.

Once elected these folks could get together, form a board and take turns assuming the duties of President of the United States on a bi-monthly basis. That way if American's couldn't stand certain members of the board or vice versa, they could enjoy a few months of misery/ecstasy----whatever vibes each leader sent out during his/her stint.

Seems like a win-win situation. These candidates representing all those blocs of voters could have their day in the sun and, at any given time, there'd be a happy group of constituents who would get to revel in the womanliness, blackliness, evangelicalness, heroic-ness, etc. of the American Presidency.

We could do this on a one-time basis to get all these "gotta do's" out of our system and then in the next election go back to the business of electing the person who will best serve the needs of the broad American tapestry. Crazy thoughts, but in an election year, one is often driven to crazy thoughts by the crazy things we see and hear in the punditry and the sound bytes.

Well, I guess I've babbled enough. The horse apples await, and the game is less than an hour away. GO ZAGS. GO COUGS. GO BLACKS. GO WOMEN. GO HEROES. GO MORMONS. GO RUDY. GO MILLWORKERS' CHILD. Is Dennis Kucinich still running?