Having now viewed Senator John S. McCain, III's exploratory committee website, I am impressed with its visual appearance. It ain't quite Raymond Loewy, Henry Dreyfuss, or even Raymond Patten, but it is sleek and stylish, in an understated way. I like that.

K.J. Lopez at NRO asks, "I understand he's going for the Ansel Adams look a bit. And the black is sleek (isn't it always in?). But a black American flag?"

My response is, "Sure. Why not?" You can always adapt critical design elements to a new theme. The Pennsylvania Railroad had a fair variety of logos, all incorporating an interlocking 'PRR' and a keystone somewhere nearby; I don't think it diluted the effectiveness of the logo and you certainly knew who you were dealing with. I daresay that, for a corporation as gigantic as the Pennsylvania Railroad, its logo was as important to it as the Stars and Stripes should be to us. I don't think any negative message is sent by the darkened flag; after all, we use a low-visibility version of it on patches for our troops in battle.

Methinks that she's looking for anything to stick on Senator McCain, since Governor Romney is her candidate crush.

The "Watch the Latest Video" still has McCain looking like an ornery old man, which is essentially what he is. That's good; I prefer my President to be a tough SOB with years of age, guile and experience. I'm particularly fond of that silver star with the extensions on either side. It strikes me as a stylized version of the American national insignia that's affixed to our military aircraft.

The sleekly quasi-military look may be what McCain's going for, it may not be. Either way, it's effective.

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Meh, I'm not for Romney. Loyalty to the Sox doesn't mean that I'm somehow obligated to like this guy. Thus, the following observation:

His announcement is playing on C-SPAN at the moment, and he's talking about the transformation of Washington, et cetera. I thnk the last time we heard that word from a Republican pol, it was coming out of the former Secretary of Defense's lips. I'm not too sure that Romney's handlers would want him to be verbally linkable to Mr. Rumsfeld.

Meanwhile, I have yet to find a viable candidate for the Presidency in our party. I do, however, appear to have plenty of time. Readers out there are invited to pitch their candidates to me.

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Since SENATOR OBAMA is now in the (now essentially over) race for the presidency, let me make a snide observation, stolen from here:

Obama has done nothing but talk about himself and his family since his election. NO bills, legislature, or anything. my little parody of one of his speechs "My dad's from Kenya." Crowd claps wildly, screaming at the top of their lungs. "AIDS is a terrible disease and it must be dealt with." More screaming and clapping 'I am a Christian." More wild screaming and clapping "I have a wife and kids." even more wild screaming and clapping

I have no idea about the veracity of these remarks, but they're funny and they take a shot at Obama, so there you have it. They in essence sum up my opinion of him as a candidate; the man could stand up and declare that his administration would be dedicated to exterminating left-handed peoples, and he'd get wild applause.

He's like Paris Hilton or any other celebrity, applauded because of who he is, not because of what he does.

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OK, so I'm not on the Obama Limited. From where I sit, it seems his primary attributes are his melanin count and the banal remarks that he makes. Anyways, the electron-stained wretches at Galley Slaves have come up with this piece of news:

Obama expelled to Phantom Zone

Many Bothans died to bring us this information. Meanwhile, my favorite Kryptonian is the current Kara Zor-El. Someone get her a sandwich!

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