Always Reforming

    As if it weren't painful enough to endure Trump and Hillary bashing each other, we were forced (okay, no one forced me to watch, but none of the other channels were airing much of anything to compete with it) to watch their running mates bash the presidential candidates as well.  This debate felt practically the same, with the exception of their candidates' posture (they sat at a round table as opposed to standing behind podiums--that seems like a weird psychological thing).  Here are a few observations from what was essentially a rerun of the Presidential debate .     1) Kaine quoted Scripture against Trump  and it actually made sense.  That's your presidential candidate, Republicans!  I guess you can officially dismiss any lingering doubt about whether or not the Republican party is the party for conservative Christians.  It's not.     2) Kaine was infinitely better prepared than Pence, at least during the second h...

    So  Ted Cruz got booed at the RNC because his speech stopped short of offering a public endorsement of the Trump/Pence (more on Pence later) ticket.  What does that say about the Republican party?  Nothing new, really.  It tells us that politics is, as it has always been, an insiders' game.  So here's my message to Ted Cruz.     Ted, thank you.  Thank you for being one principled man amongst a sea of spineless politicians. Thank you for going against your initial promise to endorse the Republican candidate.  You had every reason (both political and personal) in the world to do so.  Thank you for committing political suicide by refusing to do what the establishment wanted you to do.  Thank you for putting your family before your chances of becoming the president in eight years.  Thank you for refusing to grovel at the feet of Donald Trump in hopes of garnering an appointment to a cabinet position.  Thank y...