I suppose if the poor lost Governor of Texas is going to be kicked one more time, it might as well be by a fellow Texan,. Manifesto Joe of Texas Blues issues a rollicking rant about Governor Rick Perry and offers a thought or two about the poor befuddled souls who elected him. Do you suppose they now say Oops?

Ned Williams at WisdomIsVindicated is back (Yaaayyy!!!!) with thoughts on whether Rick Santorum is likeable. I dunno. He's personable and is honest, to the extent of blurting out whatever is on his mind. That makes him different from Pat Buchanan, who also blurts, and Mitt Romney, who also is personable. I've been friends with folks who hold views more objectionable than are his.

The Heathen Republican articulates, step-by-step, why he supports his candidate in the Republican primary season. Heathen is frequently the most thoughtful conservative around. This is one example.

Papamoka at Papamoka Straight Talk sees a pattern in financial backing that he believes tells us something about recipient candidates.

Nancy Hanks at The Hankster finds a breakdown of four distinct groups of independent voters and the extent to which each can help determine this year's national election.

Infidel 753 reviews the upcoming national election. The one that is not happening on this side of any ocean.

Dave Dubya watches CPAC so you don't have to. Now you can hype your GOP street cred and impress your Republican friends with quotes from their favorite conservatives.

Max's Dad bids a fond farewell to Pat Buchanan. And he truly does seem fond of the former MSNBC sponsored bigot. I dunno. I agree with Max's dad that issues of whether America should have left Hitler alone, or whether Black people are the natural enemies of civilization are pretty much settled questions, and I don't see any moral obligation on the part of MSNBC to give him a platform and a paycheck. Max might like to have a beer with poor Pat, but I'd be satisfied to defend Buchanan's freedom of ugly speech from another table.

Michael John Scott at Mad Mike's America speculates (or at least reports speculation) about where Pat will next land. I have wondered the same thing before returning to apathy about a public figure who once said the evils of slavery were overstated. Still, Michael Medved continues to thrive.

Tommy Christopher of Mediaite fame examines the attacks by video smear artist Andrew Breitbart against Keith Olbermann's apparent denials that rapes occurred during Occupy camp outs. He finds that any validity is lost amid a series of overreaches and lies by Breitbart. This is just one of a series of recent observations by Tommy in which he abandons what had seemed to me a once fawning approach toward Mr. Breitbart. Tommy has a talent for accuracy. He shares that with many journalists. Problem is, they stop at that water's edge. Tommy often puts forth an extra effort that includes fact checking and truth telling.

Conservative James Wigderson is, as usual, cheerfully charitable toward a most unsavory critic.

At Rumproast, Betty Cracker roasts the rump of what may be the dumbest blogger on the face of the earth.

Our favorite John Myste at John Myste Responds joins us for a day on these pages (screens?) to judge those legislators who would empower employers to restrain and protect women from their lust for contraceptives.

Chuck Thinks Right dissects the policy authored by the Obama administration and leftists (presumably like me) to impose contraceptives on an unwilling population. Within the evil attack on Christianity Chuck discerns another evil plot against Christianity. I hope our pastor doesn't find out about the scheming I've been joining in on weekdays.

Ryan (I think) at Secular Ethics explains what is ethical and what is not when it comes to covering contraception. I admit he kind of loses me when he insists that a moral objection must be based on the physical world.

Jerry Critter at Critter's Crap finds a fact based video message from Robert Redford on the Keystone XL pipeline.

Kent Pittman, writing from Open Salon has come up with an entire post that successfully shapes itself into a valentine. Kind of cool.

Vincent of A wayfarer's notes finds a third-prize winning essay he wrote more than thirty five years ago about technology. It passes the test of time pretty well. The first line alone is worth a click.

Tim McGaha at Tim's Thoughtful Spot recounts the brilliant planning of Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant, at Cairo, Illinois almost exactly 150 years ago.

Slant Right's John Houk is in an internet fight with the owner of the server that hosted his blog. The fellow took down John's website, so John moved it. Lots of discussion of censorship, a stepson (I'm unclear about whether this is literal), and whether Muslims, atheists, or Christians are inherently evil. Maybe this is a family spat? Might be entertaining in a Housewives of DC sort of way.

Jack Jodell, at THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST, goes NU-CUE-LER at blatant assaults on pronunciation.

PZ Myers, writing for Pharyngula, explains, sincerely and emotionally, why he is unalterably opposed to religion. Among his observations: "Religious people don’t have a satisfying answer about why God allows so much pain and suffering." He's right. We don't. Being a gentleman, he skips over an even more devastating argument. We don't have an adequate explanation for evil with ourselves.