Clinton would rather McCain win than Obama

After today’s meeting of the DNC Rules and Bylaws committee, in which Hillary Clinton did not come out a winner, Hillary Clinton, through her Mouthpiece Harold Ickes, threatened to bring the issue to the Crendentials committee.

So essentially she is not intersted in unifying the party, as she as said on so many occasions.  Compromise is not good enough for Hillary.  She wants 1968 all over again when there was so much disention in the Democratic party that the Democrats lost the election to Richard M. Nixon.

Hillary fully intends to bring this fiasco to the DNC Convention, cause trouble, poke a stick at it, pick a scab, and do anyting she needs to do, so that if she doesn’t win, neither will Obama.

Is she really a Democrat if she doesn’t support a Democrat winning at any cost.  No. She would rather be able to look at Barack Obama and say “IN YOUR FACE” than to actually stand up for real Democratic pinciples, and her country, and do what is best and right.  

The bottom line is that Senator Obama conceded delgate votes to Hillary Clinton in Forida AND Michigan.  In Michigan he had the votes on the Committee to split Michigan delegates 50/50.  But in the interest of unity, he conceded delegates; and yet the Clinton campaign still wasn’t satisfied.  When is enough, enough.  Ickes had a tantrum about arbitrarily moving delegates from one column to another, when in fact, they started with none and deserved none (neither did Obama) because the states broke the rules.  The Committee did what was proposed by both campaigns and the party leaders themselves.

Ickes should just do what he does best and carry Hillary’s purse for her.

“You bet your ass” Ickes is a sore loser – so is Clinton

After much ado, and by ado I mean using words like “you bet your ass” and “hijacking”, Harold Ickes did not get his own way at the May 31 meeting of the DNC Rules and Bylaws committee.

And so he pouted, took his toys and went home because Hillary Clinton, a person whom Ickes thinks “deserves” the presidential nomination simply because she exists, wasn’t going to get his own way.

On a final note:  can you ever image a time when the Republican National Committee or for that matter the Republicans in general, would ever have a nationally televised, open conversation about how their party shoud proceed.  The Democrats, while not perfect, did it with transparency, class, and unity, something the Republicans not only can’t even dream of, they don’t want to dream of it.  That’s why the country is turning Democrat.  They have seen the lies and secrecy and are sick to death of it.

With a threat of going to the Credentials Committee, poor Harold Ickes isn’t going to get an overpaid, overstuffed, privileged, elitist position in the Hillary Clinton administration because it isn’t going to exist.

Ickes, like Clinton, thinks the rules don’t apply to him.  Well, guess what, they do.  Neither Ickes nor Clinton would recognize fair play if it stood up and slapped them in the face.  And right now, I think a slap in the face is the only gesture that either of them would understand.

And to the Clinton supporters in the room at the Committee meeting:  Shut the fuck up!!

You have no idea how to participate in a democracy and if you don’t like how real democracy works, with all of its benefits (one of them being the fact that you can attend a meeting like this) and flaws, then move to Darfur, or Burma, and then crawl back and scratch at the border begging to get back in. 

Donna Brazile’s mother said it best.  “Rules are rules, and if you don’t play by the rules, then you are a cheater”.  Touch any nerves Hillary?

DNC Rules Committee hearing is “Icky”, Brazile is my hero

Sorry I couldn’t resist the play on words

The only person in the entire DNC Rules Committee meeting on Saturday that truly pissed me off, out of all of the people I agreed with and did not agree with, was Harold Ickes.

He was unabashedly a Hillary Clinton supporter who, in his role as an unbiased participant of the Rules Committee, is supposed to remain just that, unbiased.  He tried desperately to be a master manipulator but unfortunately doesn’t have the chops for us not to see right through him.  Even the chairman and chairwoman had to cut him off several times because he was orating his agenda during questions and answer periods instead of asking a question.

The Michigan primary was a mess.  Essentially, Harold Ickes want the majority of delegates to go to Clinton thereby giving her some measure of advantage.  However, the people of the great State of Michigan KNEW that the primary was not going to COUNT.  They knew it well, it was explained to them in television ads, newspapers, newscasts, and the Internet.  So how in the hell do you know how many people would have shown up to vote, and for whom they would have voted, if the voters thought their votes would actually be counted.

Ickes has the same sense of entitlement as Hillary and Bill Clinton.  However, the only real fair way to apply delegates in Michigan is to just split them 50/50.  I don’t care if they have a half vote or a full vote, but whatever happens with the Michigan delegates should have no affect on the overall net delegate count.

If it can happen once, it will happen again.  So if you let states like Michigan and Florida discount the rules and then go back and try to get their delegates counted they way they choose at the time, why have rules.  And all you will do is set a precedent that creates even more dissension from other states in the future.  The argument will be “Well, back in 2008 you let Florida and Michigan do, so why not now”

Any why did Hillary Clinton not remove her name from the ballot in Michigan like the rest of the candidates?  This was something other than a political strategy, so that they could come back and do just what they are doing now; manipulating the facts and the electorate.

The only thing that Harold Ickes said that made sense was that you can’t put much stock in exit polls and all of the data being presented because (as Carl Levin said) it was a flawed election to start with.  The national Democratic Primary told the people of Michigan that the primary vote “Would not count”.  So why try and read the minds of the voters some 5 months after the fact.  I think Michigan has two choices, either split them 50/50 or don’t go to the convention.  It’s that simple.

And who doesn’t love Donna Brazile.  I have watched her on cable shows for many years.  As of right now still an uncommitted super delegate, I keep looking for clues as to whom she will throw her support.  She had been pretty quiet all day.  I kept trying to read her every time the camera passed by her but just could not get it.  But finally, today when she looked at former Michigan Governor Jim Blanchard and said, and I will paraphrase “You talked about your mother earlier now I’m going to talk about something my Momma taught me.  Rules are rules.  And when you don’t play by the rules, it’s called cheating”.   OH MY GOD it was beautiful and she finally tipped her hand a bit toward Barack Obama, but with Donna Brazile, she is so dedicated to her party, she was probably just making sure everyone was playing fair, regardless of the outcome.

AMERICA IS READY FOR A WOMAN PRESDIENT

What a remarkable and inspiring thing it would be to have a woman be our President.

Women bring and uncanny sensibility to everyday life.  They have raised the children of the world.  They have instilled in these children the values of compassion and kindness, intelligence and humor.

As far as I know, and it is what I believe, no woman would ever think that war is a good option.  It don’t believe that a woman would think that war is even in the top ten options as a way to deal with conflict.  Women believe in talking things out.

While fathers hurt just as much when a son or daughter is killed at war, there is nothing like a mother’s love.  A mother has an incomparable bond with a child because she carried that child inside her body and gave it life.  True, she needed a man in the process.  But motherhood, and the process of parenting as a mother is a unique skill ingrained in the genetic code of women.

For these reasons and a host of others, how great would it be to have a woman as President of the United States.  A woman who thinks of the country as one of her own children.  Guiding and protecting with love.

I hope that in my lifetime I get to see a woman President, and I believe that America is ready, in fact eager to see what it would be like.  We want a woman, we just don’t want this one.  Goodbye Hillary, it’s time for you to go away.

Is McClellan Credible?

There are some basics about this whole McClellan story that nobody seems to be addressing.

First, all that has happened in this book is confirmation of what many of us have known or suspected for years.  The Bush administration, and by that I mean Cheney, Rove, and Libby, lied to America, went to war because of their egos, money, and power, and Scott McClellan was used as a patsy (along with Colin Powell and others).

Every single person denying McClellan’s allegations is using the words “puzzled”.  Every single one of them, as if they all sat in a room and discussed how they would handle this potential firestorm.

Lastly, one argument is that this book is merely something produced by a disgruntled employee; and Scott McClellan never mentioned he had a problem with what he was being forced to portray to the media and the public.  Well, when you have to figure out how to feed my family, pay my bills, send kids to college, whatever your financial situation is, you don’t just walk away from a job when you suspect something is amiss; this is about your livelihood.  As soon as he could, he got out.

I used to watch McClellan in those press conferences and I would get so angry thinking this guy is an idiot, isn’t answering the questions, sidestepping facts, defending the idefensible, and all in all just disliking the creep.  In retrospect, I think I get it now.  He tried to be loyal, he tried to the best he could, be at the time he had an inkling that he was being duped, or used, and just couldn’t quite put the pieces together until after he left the post.  Then he was able to look at things from a different perspective – far outside the inside circle of the White House.  This whole thing has Lies, Manipulations, and Cover-ups written all over it and McClellan has no other reason to write it, than to right a worng.

And something is to be said for McClellan who is giving his first cable interview to MSNBC, a liberal news organization.  Has Scott seen the light… and the lies?

McCain, Bush, and the G.I. Bill (G.I. now stands for George the Idiot)

The the majority of Democrats AND Republicans in the Senate backed the recent new G.I. Bill.  Is there any reason why we, as a country, should not give our Armed Services members certain benefits like a college education for the mere fact that they served our country.  That’s what we did for soldiers returning from World War II and there is no reason no to do it for those service since 9/11, as the bill states. 

Well, apparently George W. Bush and John McCain could find a reason.  I find it sickening and deplorable that the dynamic duo do not approve of the new G.I. Bill because “it is too expensive” and “would encourage our soldiers to only serve one term”.  WHAT?

So it is too expensive to show our appreciation to our service men and women, the same service men and women that Bush and McCain speak so highly of, who risk their lives for our freedom; to fight them over there so we don’t have to fight them over here (their words, not mine).

Well maybe if we didn’t spend $400 million dollars a month on the Iraq war itself, then maybe we could afford it.  If we didn’t give tax breaks to the rich, maybe we could afford it.

John McCain is the man that some feel is the best choice to be our President?  There is no way to spin this “my friends” so don’t even try.  McCain is hypocritical, pandering, uninformed, stupid, ungrateful, and most probably at this point senile.  If you vote for him, you are a fool, and if you voted for George W. Bush, then I blame YOU for this mess we are in.  I truly hope the Republicans are satisfied that they have destroyed our country.

I love my country and our service men and women.  I thank them at every possibly opportunity.  Don’t you think sending them to college is the very least we can do for them?  Bush and McCain are more worried that giving them benefits after 3 years will result in a huge exodus of troops after their 3 years.  Well, since Stop-Loss is in play and is quite well used, what do Bush and McCain have to worry about, they can just force these soldiers to stay exactly where they are.

 

Clinton does want Obama gone at all costs, even assassination

Unlike the mainstream media, I will say what those talking heads are alluding to but won’t go so far as to actually say out loud.  It’s not pretty, I’ll warn you now, but the unforgivable truth needs to be stated in plain English.

So here’s how it went down.  As a reason for staying in the race, Hillary Clinton said that her husband didn’t clinch the democratic nomination until June of 1992 and other historical democratic races had gone on that long into the election year as well. 

Then she said that Robert F. Kennedy was murdered in June of 1968 so you never know what can happen.

Here we go.

Translation:  If somebody murders Barack Obama before the election then she still has a chance.  In fact, it is her only chance.  This has to be the sickest thing I have ever heard in a political campaign.  To actually use the word “assassination” in a run for political office is probably the worst thing somebody could ever do.  To conjur up images of one of the worst periods in American history is so deplorable that I can not believe that some still support Hillary Clinton to be the leader of our country.  The “apology” that you may have seen?  Well, did you ever hear her say, “I’m sorry”?  No, because it is never her fault. Nothing is ever her fault, so she just explains it away somehow and justifies it but never takes responsibility.

For those paying attention, I have always said the the Clinton’s would do anything to win this nomination and this Presidency.  For those wondering what I REALLY meant by that, here it is. 

The Clinton’s are better connected in this world than any Mafia family ever has been.  So not only do I think Hillary Clinton wishes somebody would assassinate Barack Obama, it wouldn’t surprise me if the Clinton’s arranged it.  If anything ever happened to him, the Clinton campaign would be the first place I would look. 

Sorry, I know it sounds strong, but it is how I feel and what I believe.   Deal with it and if you don’t like what I have to say, get your own blog.

After I wrote this piece I happened to watch a late night rerun of “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” on MSNBC.  I realized that he said it way better than I ever could.  Here’s the link to Keith’s take on the situation.  Warning:  This is a strong and powerful oral opinion.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=J8CsQyr6vlc

We have truly seen inside the soul of a candidate and what we see is frightening.

Hillary is still in it, but why?

The Democrats are trying to be kind, and they are trying to unite the party.  If Hillary Clinton continues on to every single state and lets the primary process play out, she will not only be the first female candidate to have had a real chance at the Presidency, she’ll be the first woman to go so far in the process.  It will be one for the history books and in order for any future woman to do better than that, she will actually be the first female presidential nominee.  That’s quite a feat for Senator Clinton and it will be for the first woman that actually gets the nomination.  She does deserve to let the process play out I applaud her spunk.

I believe that Barack Obama was right when he said what Hillary has accomplished is something that will have a positive impact on his own daughters.  She is blazing trails similar to how Barbara Walters did for women in journalism.  Someone has to do it first

This is the first time I have every said something so positive about Hillary Clinton.  A few weeks ago I said I would vote for McCain before I voted for Hillary.  But I don’t feel that way anymore.

The reason for this change is Hillary herself.  She has taken all of the petty backstabbing against her opponent out of her campaign, thereby removing the reasons why Obama supporters would not vote for Hillary.  Barrack has done the same.  They both realize that this is no time to start splitting up your party.

The most important thing right now for all of us is to make sure a Democrat wins the White House in November.  It is the only way that this country has a chance at improvement.

So Hillary can continue campaigning and continue to explain why the Democrats deserve your vote for the Presidency.  I say, let her go right ahead.  And however the nomination turns out, well, that’s what we have to work with.  I only hope that Hillary supporters can see through their own anger or disappointment to see the real prize on the other side.

What is blogging? Is there etiquette?

It’s hard to say what blogging is and if there is etiquette because everyone is so intent of getting their point across that they skip over facts, get preachy, or fill the Internet with anger.  While there are a lot of posts on blogs from people who agree with the blogger, the etiquette comes in to play when the visitor disagrees with the blogger.

Blogging is just a way for anyone, or any organization, to express their ideas, called posts.  Usually, built into a blog, is the public’s ability to comment on these posts.

Now, a blogger can choose to make their blog non-public, meaning it would only be available to those who were given explicit rights.  A blogger can also choose to not allow anyone to comment.  I have chosen to keep my blog wide open.

A public blog by an organization, let’s say CNN, may exist to actually solitcit input, sort of an informal polling of opinions.  Some blogs, rather most blogs by individuals, are not normally like that.  Individual bloggers tend to post their own thoughts and opinions and visitors are free to comment.

But don’t think for one minute that if you lambaste somone on their blog that you’re going to actually have any impact.  People who visit blogs have one of two agenda’s.  To find people with similar ideas, or to find people with whom they can disagree and vent.  The latter tends to be non-productive because YOU CAN’T CHANGE AN OPINION WITH ONE CONVERSATION (or in this case, one blog comment). 

A blog is not usually a conversation and therefore does not lend itself to changing people’s mind.  I personally believe that if you visit a blog and would like to post an opposing viewpoint, do it succinctly and gently.  The best way to get your point across is to simply give readers something to think about.  Preaching on a blog comment doesn’t normally go anywhere except get the commentor all worked up.

Keep it light people.  This is blogging.

How did America end up this way?

First, anyone who voted for George W. Bush can start with blaming themselves.  I am a firm believer that if President Bush was never voted into power as the President of the United States, 9/11 never would have happened.  The anger behind those attacks was a direct result of what he and his father have done, much of it leftovers from the 1991 Gulf War, and the rest a result of Bush 43’s attitude and policies toward the Middle East itself.  Of course we can start with the fact that Bush was never actually voted into the office of President but that is a whole other post.

This weekend Bush went to Israel to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel.  He received a cold, no, icey reception from the Middle East as a whole, and turned their celebration into a political attack on the Democratic Party.  Was that really appropriate?  But then, when has Bush ever been approrpriate.

While there, Bush begged the Saudi government to assist America by reducing oil prices, increasing production, etc.  Their response was a flat NO.  It’s not that they don’t care about America, or Americans, they want to ensure that Bush’s legacy is the worst it could possibly be by the time he leaves office.  And they will succeed.  Bush has destroyed the reputation of America that has been built over decades and even centuries.  Mostly beginning with World War 1, with the big punch being World War II, America established itself as the one superpower in the world.  We were the envy of the world.  People around the world wanted to come here and live the dream.  In the last 7 years, those same people either don’t care about us, don’t look up to us, or actually want to destroy us.   How could that happen in 7 short years.

Bush isn’t alone in his success at reducing the country to the red-headed stepchild of the world.  Cheney, Rice, Rove, Rumsfeld, and a host of others have lied, twisted facts, committed treason, completely ingnored the U.S. Constitution, and have generally made their own rules and walked around the world with a cocky “I can do whatever the hell I want” attitude, all the the expense of every American.

Michelle Obama was verbally attacked recently, again, for saying something like “This is the first time in my adult life that I am proud of my Country”.  This statement was taken a bit out of context but I understand what she was trying to say and I agree.  Growing up, I never had to worry about being proud to be American, it just came naturally and I didn’t think about it much.  It wasn’t until we, as a country, hit rock bottom by going into Iraq and creating this war, ignoring Afghanistan where Osama Bin Laden actually is to try and weed him and to make him pay for his crimes, and our government officials being caught in lie after lie, manipulation after manipulation, and secret after secret that I realized I had to question my pride in America.  You can not tell me, not one of you, that at no point in the past 7 years have you questioned your pride in your country and what the people running it have done.  So Michelle Obama was thinking what I was thinking, I believe.  “For the first time in my adult life (meaning I can’t remember ever having to think about or question my American pride as far back as I can remember), I am proud of America (meaning we have smartened up as a nation and seen what the Republican party has done to us as a nation and have decided to bring forth some real candidates for change).”

So if you are looking for someone to blame for gas prices at almost $4.00/gallon (and soon to be $5), hatred of America across the globe, the attacks of 9/11, a failing education system, crumbling infrastructure, a national debt, and personal debt, unparalled in the histroy of this country, blame yourself first, if you voted for Bush, not one BUT TWICE.   And if you can’t own up to it now, what will happen next?  Will you cover up your mistake by making more mistakes?  World leaders, and indeed citizens of the world want America to be run by the Democrats because they look forward to the return of the dependable, realistic, compassionate, smart, and moral America that they are used to dealing with, and look up to.