Democratic Primaries and Nominee

Is it over? Well it really depends on what numbers you are counting and which speech you listen to. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) just spoke in Manhattan. Her speech was strong and there was really no concession. It is true that she acknowledged that her competitor has more delegate votes but she didn't say she was backing out. She is still fighting. The question is what is she fighting for?

She is perhaps fighting for the nomination for Vice-President. Perhaps she should fight for that. However, she has a very legitimate reason to fight for the nomination. The delegate count may favor her opponent but the popular vote favors her. Which should count more - The vote of the people or a few elite party Super Delegates? As a Republican, a party without Super Delegates, it is hard for me to say that anything but the vote of the people should count. What of the disgrace in Michigan and Florida - their votes count for half? That hasn't happened since the civil rights movement gave equal voting rights to ALL AMERICANS!!!! How can an African American candidate not see the problem here?

Now Senator Barrack Hussein Obama (D-IL) is speaking. He is making nice to Mrs. Clinton. He also is claiming victory. Should he really be doing so and in the place where the Republican party will hold their convention later this year (The XCel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN)? I really don't think that he should be. First of all it is a low blow to take the place where Senator John McCain (R-AZ) will be nominated. That is just dirty politics and uncalled for. Secondly, how can he claim victory when more people voted for his Democratic opponent then have voted for any presidential candidate in the history of the United States of America? I don't see how he can honestly do this. I guess that is the problem - he isn't honest!

I am happy to have seen the contributions the first female candidate and the first serious African American candidate have brought to this campaign. I have no problem with either of them as a female or an African American. In fact if Secretary of State, Condolezza Rice were the candidate (for those of you in Rio Linda I should note - she is both a female and an African American) I would be overjoyed to vote for her!!! My issues with Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton are ideological and ideological only.

I went to www.hillaryclinton.com to night and I told Mrs. Clinton to stay in the race. Now this is partially because I support Operation Chaos. However, it is also because I firmly believe that she has a legitimate argument to stay in. She won the popular vote and Mr. Obama did not! She has a good argument to fight on. Do I want her to be the next President - NO! I want Senator McCain to follow Mr. Bush. However, should the Democrats be victorious in November then Mrs. Clinton would be my choice.

I am surprised to see that in print. Do I support Mrs. Clinton - NO! In January, I wanted Mr. Obama to be the Democratic nominee. I believed that he was the lesser of two evils. As the campaign has unfolded it has become clear that he cannot be trusted. He associates with known terrorists and confessed bigots such as the Rev. Jeremiah Wright - his former pastor. We need a President who supports America and one who has a spouse that is proud of America and has been (not one like Mr. Obama's wife who acknowledges that she has never been proud of America before).

So what does all of this mean. It means that we need to support Senator John McCain both now and in November. It also means that we need to tell Hillary to stay in the race and not let Mr. Obama walk away with a victory that he didn't earn! Stay the course in this election folks and fight for what is proper, a patriotic President!

More Trouble at Obama's Church

It happened again. Last Sunday, there was a guest preacher at Senator Barrack Hussein Obama's (D-IL) church in the Chicago area. You know the place - the home of the Rev. Jeremiah (GD America) Wright. This time the preacher was a guest. He was a Roman Catholic Priest, Father Pfleger.

Father Pfleger was there to preach the sermon on May 25th. Apparently, this priest was not aware that as a member of the clergy of the largest Christian denomination on the planet he should have proclaimed the Gospel. He certainly did not do this in any of the clips of his message that have been shown on television. My guess is he didn't do it at all and if he did his over-the-top political commentary would have overshadowed it anyway. What a disgrace to Christ!!!!

Here is the problem. Father Pfleger might have made a humorous, albeit very off color and inappropriate, stand-up comedy act. It did not however make a sermon. It also did not make an effective political address either. The pundits are all discussing whether or not this will be a big problem for Barrack Hussein Obama.

This most recent difficulty could prove to be a major problem for Obama. As a Republican, of course, I hope that it causes him no end of grief. As a Christian - I am absolutely nauseated at the fact that someone running for President is associated with such terrible commentary.

Could this rant against Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) actually help her? So that Operation Chaos can continue - I hope it does. In reality - I don't that it will make a large difference in the primary race. It could, if the super delegates get scared that Barrack Hussein Obama is a liability, but I am not sure this will happen.

What concerns me the most is not the politics of this mess. Rather, I am concerned that there seems to be no one who is pointing out the fact that this Roman Catholic Priest was not fulfilling his office and proclaiming Christ. Furthermore, this priest had no business "preaching" at Obama's church. After all, his church is not a Roman Catholic congregation. So there is unionism taking place here too. In this case I suppose it doesn't matter all that much - since they are all pretty much the same as far as Christianity is concerned - contestitory to Christ!

There may only be one good response to all of this. That response is to pray with great fervor these words: "Come Lord Jesus, Come Quickly!"

Here we go again...

If you have paid any attention to the Democratic Primary races, you know that there is a neck and neck race taking place between Barack Hussein Obama (D-IL) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D -NY). The counts are a bit close on the delegate side of things with Barack in the lead. However, there are those delegates in Michigan and Florida who belong to Hillary but don't count at the present time.

We are in the midst of reporting out of Indiana and North Carolina. North Carolina has been called for Mr. Obama and Fox News (my election coverage home) has not yet called Indiana, but it looks like Mrs. Clinton will likely win, in fact Obama has conceded Indiana. So what does this all mean? It means that we can say that the title of this post is accurate - "Here we go again!" It means Operation Chaos is working still.

It was just announced on the news that whichever candidate becomes the nominee of the Democratic Party they will deliver their acceptance speech on the anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr. delivering the famous, "I Have A Dream" speech. Well isn't that just exciting? Does that really matter as to which candidate should be elected? I am sure each one would like to capitalize on this anniversary. Here is the problem - neither Barack nor Hillary are anything in comparison to Dr. King! He actually stood for something important not just a bunch of liberal psycho babel!

As a fan of politics and one who loves a bloody floor fight at a convention - I am excited to see this mess. Of course, as a Republican I am also happy to see that this mess is in the midst of the Democrats and I sincerely hope that it benefits our side.

Here we go again!

Pennsylvania Mania

The day is finally here! OK, it will finally be here within just a few short hours. April 22, 2008 is a day which may soon live in Democratic Infamy. For the last six weeks, we have watched as the two remaining candidates for the Democratic nomination for President have battled with each other. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Senator Barack Hussein Obama (D-IL).

Clinton and Obama have traded attacks in their advertising. They have also spent time trading the spotlight upon their respective mistakes. In Hillary's case there were bullets to dodge from the media because there were not actually bullets do dodge in Bosnia years ago. For Obama's part there has been the continual problems related to Rev. (GD America) Wright, his pastor; problems with bitter commentary about the good people of PA; and of course his questionable relationships with home grown terrorists. In both cases there have been gaffs that the other has been able to capitalize upon.

One begins to wonder - is Operation Chaos working? It sure looks like it may well be! Can you remember a time in recent or even not so recent memory when the Pennsylvania primary has mattered so much, if at all? It also begs the question - will the people of PA take decisive action tomorrow to end the Democratic race or will they like many of the states before them simply pass the action on down the road to NC and IN.

I for one, hope that they pass the action on. I would very much like to see this Democratic primary season stretch beyond the last primary in June all the way to Denver and the floor of the convention. As a convention loving person, there is nothing I love more than a bloody floor fight! I want to see Hillary and Obama playing all of the intense games of the convention with the Super Delegates trying to prove why they should be the opponent for Senator John McCain (R-AZ). This has the potential to be far more historic than any election in the past. So my word to all of you in PA is: "Don't be too decisive - keep the race going." For that to happen, you need to hand a decisive victory to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton - so as sour as the taste is in my mouth as I say it - "PA go out to the polls tomorrow and cast your vote for Senator Clinton."

Pennsylvania Mania is upon us!