Election 08

This whole election has been, from the git go, strange to say the least.

First Republicans nominate Amnesty John, who it seems, has pretty much given the finger to his conservative base. I could blame a bunch of people for this blunder. First off, the states who have open primaries allowing Independents and Democrats to vote in what should be a Republican primary. Of course you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out the Dems. They will simply vote for the weakest candidate; one who will alienate the Republican base causing them not to vote ergo handing the election to the Dems. You know? Somebody who has made a carreer of smoozing up to liberals and endorsing issues contra to a good conservative's concience (Hint think Amnesty John)

I am also amazed at the number of "Republicans" who at the drop of a hat have endorsed Amnesty John. Some of these are clearly RINOS, but others like Frank Keating and Tom Coburn should know better. Way to go Republicans. You nominated a canidate who will have the hardest time beating Obama or Clinton.

On the elephant's side, this is an interesting race indeed. Will Conservative Republicans trust McCain? Will he succeed in uniting the Republican party? This is a going to be a huge undertaking as many, including this blogger, simply don't trust him. Infringing on our First Amendment rights,siding up with liberals like Ted Kennedy to peddle amnesty and chiding North Carolina Republican grassroots for running a commercial taking Obama's racism (in the form of his pastor) to task doesn't help his case. Time will tell.

Not to be outdone, the Democrats have also run an interesting primary. First, you have Hillary, somebody with more baggage than a frequent flayer. Even riding on the coat tails of Cigar Bill isn't enough for Hillary to clench the Dem ticket; then again, maybe that's her weakness.

Now it looks like the Dems will hand the ticket to Barack Obama. This Senator, besides earning the title of one of the most liberal senators, doesn't think we ought to engage the terrorists. OK, I need to type a retraction; Obama does believe we ought to engage, he just thinks we need to TALK instead of taking the fight to them. It's no wonder he's been dubbed the Neville Chamberlain of the 21st century.

But Thar's not all for our little naive senator. For the last twenty years, Obama has sat under the feet of a blatantly racist pastor. This pastor, who has abused his Pastoral duties by using his pulpit to spew hatred is the one Obama has aligned himself with. Maybe I've been too busy watching DVDs but I don't hear many on the donkey side asking hard questions of Obama like oh, why did he sit under the teachings of this hate monger for so long?

I tell you, it's gonna be an interesting election.