Candidates Heart Evangelists

I wonder if people really believe these crazy politicians.

Sure, John McCain has repudiated endorsements from preachers John Hagee and Rod Parsley. Obama has done the same with his long-time pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright. All three "evangelists" have made unfortunate public statements, which have required the candidates to reject their endorsements.

And thats just it: Obama and McCain have no other choice BUT to reject their endorsements. If they agreed with them, they'd be committing election suicide.

But do people really believe that these candidates are rejecting the endorsements because of personal beliefs? Or are American voters intelligent enough to realize it is merely a publicity stunt?

I mean, come on - do you really think Obama is going to deny his relationship with racist Rev. Wright, his pastor of nearly 20 years, in private? Heck no! He will in the public eye, caught up in the media frenzy. But once he is voted in as commander-in-chief, don't think that relationship will be tossed to the wayside.

McCain, on the other hand, is not directly related to Hagee or Parsley. He has, allegedly, never attended either of the pastors' churches. They simply publicly endorsed the candidate, and then made heinous statements that enraged critics looking to find something to talk about.

All I have to say is don't buy into all the candidates' BS until after November (and even then it's real iffy). Everything they say right now is to make you happy with them so they can have your vote.

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Hillary needs to go Bye Bye!

Obama takes Oregon, and Clinton kills in Kentucky. Talk is that Hillary should bow out of the race. I'm going to have to agree.

Disclaimer: I am not an Obama supporter.

BUT - Hillary really has no chance at this point. Obama is a mere 70-ish delegates away from winning the nomination and is millions of dollars ahead of her in funding. In fact, Hillary's campaign is in debt and has borrowed several million dollars from her personal fund. (Wonder what Bill thinks about that?)

And quite frankly, Florida and Michigan are not going to count toward delegates. And if they do, it's wrong. They chose to break the rules, deal with the consequences. Now, don't get me wrong, I'd like Hillary to have those delegates and potentially beat Obama to the nomination - simply because McCain will beat her out, but might not against Obama. But still ... the states made their decisions, and I don't think rules should be bent backward for special treatment. For anyone.

All I know is McCain has a LOT of campaigning to do. Serious hard core work in the next few months. Obama is a tough competitor. I mean, there are more black voters than ever (because of Obama) and that's what will hurt the Republican party.

May the best man win.

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Obama has some crazy supporters

Never a dull moment in the world of politics.

Obama is mad at the media. Aww.

He is retorting to a recent Tennessee GOP ad that bashed his wife's statement: "for the first time in my adult lifetime, I am proud of America." Sick. Obama said that Michelle should not be a factor in the 2008 campaign.

I disagree.

First of all, there is the possibility (unfortunately, a pretty big one) that Michelle will be the next First Lady of the United States. That automatically makes her a factor in the presidential campaign - to me, anyway. Personally, I don't want a First Lady who hasn't been proud of her country for 20-some years. If you don't love America, leave.

Secondly, she has been campaigning hard-core for her husband, which she should be, of course. Any candidate's spouse would. (Refer to Mrs. Clinton, Bill.) But by putting herself out there through campaigning, she is also allowing herself to be vulnerable to scrutiny from not only the media, but American voters, in general.

But it gets better.

On a Fox News debate (get over it - I still watch Fox), a Democratic analyst (I forget his name) said the reason her statement has received so much criticism is a result of racism. Yeah, RACISM. Give me a bloody break. It's not because the woman is black, are you kidding me? It's because she implied that she had not been proud of her country for decades. Period. If the woman was white, red, purple or green, it would still be a big deal.

Here's a good example of racism, however. Barack and Michelle's ridiculous pastor Jeremiah Wright of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago called our beloved country the United States of White America and USofKKKA. I mean, really?

He also said the reason why people are "hating on Barack Obama" is because he doesn't fit the mold: he's not white, he's not rich and he's not privileged.

First - he's not white. His mother is a white American from Kansas, so if you want to get technical, he's just as much white as he is black.

Secondly - the Obama's 2008 tax return will show that they were about $9,000 short of $1 million gross income for the year. That's not well off? Give me a break. That's much more than the average American.(For Obama's home state of Illinois, the median income for federal fiscal year 2008 for a 4-person family was around $72,000)I think they're doing okay for themselves.

As for privileged, I guess that's up to personal interpretation of the term. I'm going to go with yes.

In conclusion, I say don't lay off his wife, as he has requested, unless by some chance she agrees to keep herself out of the campaign limelight. And as for racism, give me a break. You want equality, you can have it. Stop using the color of your skin to get what you want. We had a movement in the sixties that stopped whites from doing it - I figure it's about time for blacks and every other color to stop doing it, as well.

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