08-14-2008, 01:28 PM
It has been fascinating watching him try very hard to have a normal visit to the island where he was born...and to think that a Hawaiian --c'mon, he's earned the name-- might be President. The remarks by Cokie (to the effect that vacationing in such an "exotic" destination sends an elitist message) are a hoot since her mother, Lindy Boggs, insisted in living in the French Quarter of New Orleans for YEARS in a big beautiful house right on Bourbon Street. And so when Cokie visited her, was she on vacation in an exotic destination? When journalists pay more attention to Waikiki than to War, we are in trouble. And we are. Will the aloha spirit spread across the land? Can plumeria leis restore the strength of a man sufficiently for a titanic battle for our country? Will a Hawaiian seize the mainland.....for Hawaii,and make it a saner place with more concern for our fellow man, instead of an everyman-for-himself all out brawl-to-the-bottom? Does this comment have an intense Hawaii connection. Oh, hell yeah it does.