Endorsement Season: Moose-style

The Bull Moose posts an endorsment for the day ... Shane Sklar.

The Moose has a favorite potential member of this kennel who is running in his Lone Star homeland. Although his race has not received much national attention, Shane Sklar is someone to keep an eye on. He is running against a genuine loopy, crypto-Buchananite, anti-Israel, paleo con libertarian Ron Paul who is at once an isolationist and someone who would dismantle the entire safety net if he had his druthers.

Shane is a hawkish, pro-gun economic progressive in the tradition of the late Senator Lloyd Bentsen. Shane is a honest to goodness rancher, and the Moose particularly liked this excerpt from his campaign bio,

"Recently, news reporters from across the country turned to Sklar for accurate information and knowledgeable opinions regarding the outbreak of mad cow disease in Texas."

Brother Sklar, the Moose believes that we could really use your expertise in combating the mad cow disease that seems to have afflicted the nation's Capitol the past few years! Hopefully, you will soon be joining your former boss (and the Moose's hometown Waco Congressman) Chet Edwards in Washington.

All of this talk of home makes the Moose long for a chicken fried steak and a Shiner. Now, that is really blue dog chow!

To paraphrase HST, if you want a centrist in Washington, get a Blue Dog.

Frankly, the chicken fried steak and Shiner will have to wait for me till after E-day and the personal schedule slows down to something approximating "normal." But the recommendation is as easy as they come by.