The, uh, volatile Bobby Knight has retired from coaching the Texas Tech basketball team, and has installed his son in his place:

Bob Knight, the winningest NCAA men’s division I basketball coach in history, has retired as Texas Tech’s coach, effective immediately.

Knight, who won his 902nd game Saturday when the Red Raiders downed Oklahoma State, will be replaced by his son, Pat. Knight informed athletic director Gerald Myers of his decision Monday morning.

Now, that’s quite a gig - Goes to a school starved for basketball success, gets pretty much free reign (including shooting near the houses of rural residents while he is hunting), continues to give the world the finger (pretty much unmolested by the Tech administration), decides to quit in the middle of the season, and annoints his son as head coach.

That must be the second best job at Tech, the first one being Myers’ job as AD, since he can lounge around napping all day while Knight makes the important decisions. 

Never! Vote on the new Texas license plate!

 

 

 

 

 

They say that there are three legs to the conservative movement, social, security and economic. As many know, I come from the wing that believes social issues are the most important ones for our future as a whole. Of the two current “viable” contenders (by the polls), John McCain doesn’t much care about my issues.

McCain seems distinctly uninterested when asked questions concerning abortion and gay rights. While campaigning in South Carolina, he told reporters riding with him on his bus that he was comfortable pledging to appoint judges who would strictly interpret the Constitution in part because it would reassure conservatives who might otherwise distrust him.

“It’s not social issues I care about,” he explained.

And I believe that. McCain is unique among the candidates left in that his sole focus is on national security. And to be frank, that is probably the most important part of the commander-in-chief’s job. So what is a social conservative to do?

Well….I don’t exactly know. I tend to believe him when he says he will appoint strict constructionist judges because those are the ones he has supported in the past. Still, there is that little gang of 14 thing to worry about.

But mostly, I guess I believe him because it doesn’t matter to him. He doesn’t care. He’ll toss a bone to us because he needs our votes.

Isn’t that a strange way to judge a candidate?

The truth is that I think those of us that think social issues are the most important are going to have to focus on trying to maintain the status quo instead of hoping we can reign in things such as abortion, homosexual marriage, special rights for various groups, expanded sex education, etc.

And to do those things, we are going to have suck it up and vote for either John McCain or Mitt Romney. With either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama in the White House, we will not be heard.

Another day, another position. Here he is Saturday, February 2, 2008 on the Glenn and Helen Show:

With the Super Tuesday primaries just a couple of days away, we caught up to Mitt Romney and asked him about gun control — he says he’ll veto any gun control bills that cross his desk as President

Here he is in December 2007 on Meet the Press (you can watch it here):

MR. RUSSERT: So the assault ban that expired here because Congress didn’t act on it, you would support?

GOV. ROMNEY: Just as the president said, he would have, he would have signed that bill if it came to his desk, and so would have I.

Here he is in October 2007 in the Des Moines Register:

“Romney opposes reinstating the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004. He does not believe any more federal gun laws are needed but said he would consider signing carefully tailored legislation regulating weapons of ‘unusual lethality or power.’”

In February of 2007 with George Stephanopoulos:

STEPHANOPOULOS: Now you’re a member of the NRA.

MITT ROMNEY: Yes, and I know the NRA does not support an assault weapon ban. So I don’t line up on that particular issue with the NRA, either does President Bush. He likewise says he supported an assault weapon ban.

Here he is in 2002 running for governor of MA:

And as the GOP gubernatorial candidate in 2002, Romney lauded the state’s strong laws during a debate against Democrat Shannon O’Brien. “We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts; I support them,” he said. “I won’t chip away at them; I believe they protect us and provide for our safety.”

Running for Senate in 1994:

In his 1994 US Senate run, Romney backed two gun-control measures strongly opposed by the National Rifle Association and other gun-rights groups: the Brady Bill, which imposed a five-day waiting period on gun sales, and a ban on certain assault weapons.

“That’s not going to make me the hero of the NRA,” Romney told the Boston Herald in 1994.

Support, support, support, oppose, support, oppose. Don’t like Mitt’s position on something? No need to worry. Tomorrow is a new day.

UPDATE: Instapundit’s interview is getting more and more play. Even Glenn Reynolds himself is questioning Romney’s sincerity. From race2008.com:

That’s a stunning turn around in a matter of 2 months. Nevermind the fact that while running for governor of Massachusetts, he famously stated that “we do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts; I support them. I won’t chip away at them; I believe they protect us and provide for our safety.”

What’s even more galling is that he repeated the debunked claim here that he received the NRA’s endorsement. Even his own Press Secretary says that Romney is being dishonest.

Romney was never endorsed by the NRA, and didn’t have their official support during his 2002 gubernatorial campaign. The NRA declined to endorse in that race, as was acknowledged by Romney’s spokesman this morning.

“The NRA did not endorse in the 2002 campaign,” said spokesman Kevin Madden, when asked about Romney’s comments.

Not only that but Romney’s Democratic opponent for Governor received a better grade from the NRA on gun rights than Romney himself did.

You can lead a horse to drink, but you can’t make him water.

She who waits for her knight must remember - she will have to clean up after his horse

Don’t approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.

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