I haven't enjoyed a primary season like this one in SUCH a long time!
First, I'll say, I haven't paid as much attention to primaries in the past as I have this one, but damn, I sure picked a good one.
So, Clinton and Obama are in a dead heat (always thought that was a weird phrase). OK. I'm an Obama supporter, but if Clinton gets the nomination, I'm fine with that. If all of the Democratic contestants were still in the race, she wouldn't be my second choice either. However, if it's her, I can deal. I'd like to see how a female president would work. I think, very well. I do feel - though - that we need a real change in this country. The idea of Bush - Clinton - Bush - Clinton is not appealing to me at all. Yes, things were going well in the 90s, but that's so last millennium. Enough of the past. I think we need a real change, or - to paraphrase Monty Python - we need something completely different. I think that's Barack Obama.
As much as I like the fact that we have the choice - on the Democratic side - of either a black man or a woman this time (one of the best things ever), I am enjoying what's happening on the republican* side too. The right-wing pundits seem to hate McCain because he tries to work with the Democrats. Bottom line, that's their beef with McCain. He's too liberal, they say.
Let's look at their other choices:
Huckabee: The one still going after the now deflated Christian Conservatives. Yes, he took a few states in the South, but considering a lot of the now former leaders in the Christian Coalition are now defamed by their own devices, how is that really going to translate into a nomination?
Romney: He's the Ken doll that just dropped out so America doesn't "surrender to terror", so there's that. Personally, I think he's excuses are rhino-shit. I think either he made some deal with McCain or his five "patriotic" sons are getting worried about their inheritance.
Paul: Well, he gets little to no airtime, even when sitting or standing next to any of the other candidates, so no way he's getting the nomination. Sorry all you Ron Paul supporters out there...it ain't happening.
So, it's McCain and Huckabee left on the republican side. Right wingers hate McCain and Huckabee's going after the wrong part of the party. Sweet!
What's even better is how the right wing pundits are now saying they'll vote for Clinton over McCain. Limbaugh, Coulter, Beck. They've all said things about how they hate McCain and they'd rather vote for Clinton. McCain was booed at CPAC...and on and on...
Hypocracy, thy phrase is "right wing pundit"
* I do not capitalize the word "republican" until republicans start treating their Democratic opponents with a modicum of respect by not using the word Democrat as an adjective (ie. the "Democrat Congress") as Bushco. likes to do. It's demeaning and disrespectful and another fine example of republican douchebaggery (I know, redundant)
First, I'll say, I haven't paid as much attention to primaries in the past as I have this one, but damn, I sure picked a good one.
So, Clinton and Obama are in a dead heat (always thought that was a weird phrase). OK. I'm an Obama supporter, but if Clinton gets the nomination, I'm fine with that. If all of the Democratic contestants were still in the race, she wouldn't be my second choice either. However, if it's her, I can deal. I'd like to see how a female president would work. I think, very well. I do feel - though - that we need a real change in this country. The idea of Bush - Clinton - Bush - Clinton is not appealing to me at all. Yes, things were going well in the 90s, but that's so last millennium. Enough of the past. I think we need a real change, or - to paraphrase Monty Python - we need something completely different. I think that's Barack Obama.
As much as I like the fact that we have the choice - on the Democratic side - of either a black man or a woman this time (one of the best things ever), I am enjoying what's happening on the republican* side too. The right-wing pundits seem to hate McCain because he tries to work with the Democrats. Bottom line, that's their beef with McCain. He's too liberal, they say.
Let's look at their other choices:
Huckabee: The one still going after the now deflated Christian Conservatives. Yes, he took a few states in the South, but considering a lot of the now former leaders in the Christian Coalition are now defamed by their own devices, how is that really going to translate into a nomination?
Romney: He's the Ken doll that just dropped out so America doesn't "surrender to terror", so there's that. Personally, I think he's excuses are rhino-shit. I think either he made some deal with McCain or his five "patriotic" sons are getting worried about their inheritance.
Paul: Well, he gets little to no airtime, even when sitting or standing next to any of the other candidates, so no way he's getting the nomination. Sorry all you Ron Paul supporters out there...it ain't happening.
So, it's McCain and Huckabee left on the republican side. Right wingers hate McCain and Huckabee's going after the wrong part of the party. Sweet!
What's even better is how the right wing pundits are now saying they'll vote for Clinton over McCain. Limbaugh, Coulter, Beck. They've all said things about how they hate McCain and they'd rather vote for Clinton. McCain was booed at CPAC...and on and on...
Hypocracy, thy phrase is "right wing pundit"
* I do not capitalize the word "republican" until republicans start treating their Democratic opponents with a modicum of respect by not using the word Democrat as an adjective (ie. the "Democrat Congress") as Bushco. likes to do. It's demeaning and disrespectful and another fine example of republican douchebaggery (I know, redundant)
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