“When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain neighborhoods because of the color of our skin … Now the neighborhoods are the neighborhoods of ideas, you’re not supposed to be there because … of the color of your skin.” ~ Clarence Thomas
The final results are far from in, but Hillary won the West Virginia primary and by a 2 to 1 margin according to the exit polls (which could be wrong, but I doubt it).
What does that mean? Not much really, since Obama is going to be the nominee no matter what, but it is important to note that as West Virginia goes tonight, so go all of the “gun-toting, God-clinging, working-class” states in November, including Obama-loving North Carolina. States any Democrat needs to win. Especially West Virginia since no one has been elected president without winning West Virginia since 1916.
Good for McCain, bad for Obama and the Democrats, especially since there is a good chance they may have a very contested convention right before the election. Add in the number of Hillary-supporters who say they will not vote for Obama should he be nominated - 38% I read, although it will be much lower come November - and it’s looking tough for Barry and the Dems.
Still, anything can happen and it is an uphill road for McCain and the Republicans this year, but it’s far from a done deal either way.
UPDATE:
As reported here, some liberals are saying it’s about race. Not true, but as the report says, calling people who aren’t that sure about you in the first place racists sure isn’t going to win them over.
Ugh, McCain is going green and buying into the global warming nonsense. I guess it is to be expected. He is, after all, a liberal who wants to get elected as a Republican in an electoral environment that is not that friendly to Republicans no matter how liberal they are. To do that he needs Independents and moderate Democrats and one way to get them is to track left on issues like the environment. Okay, that’s the way the game is played and I accept it, although I resent his lecturing me on my disbelief in global warming.
Still, he risks losing more of his base than he has already lost and if the end result is he loses more votes from his base than he gains from the middle and left, what has he accomplished?
Sixty-four percent of Democrats want Hillary to stay in the race. And if that isn’t interesting enough 42% of Obama backers want her to stay as well. There seems to be a disconnect here between the Democrat leadership/liberal media and the rank and file of the party.
If I were Hillary and I knew I was going to blow Barry away in West Virginia and Kentucky I would keep running too.
The other interesting thing is a lot of rank and file Dems, including blacks, want her to be the VP. I can’t see her taking it though. I don’t think she would be good as a irrelevant second-banana. Actually, she’d be a third-banana behind the delicate little flower, Michelle.
Can you imagine that dynamic? It’s hard enough to deal with one woman, but two at the same time? I have always had the impression that Michelle is the stronger one in that relationship and I can only imagine the fireworks between her and Hillary, or at least the fireworks between her and Barry when she doesn’t like Hillary’s influence on him (if there is any at all).
Am I being sexist by saying, “Meowwww, cat fight?”
No, I think Hillary will take this to the convention and, if she loses, tell her backers to support Obama, maybe even campaign for him a bit, and then return to the Senate to take the lead on some issues in order to rehabilitate her name and maybe try again later. Since Obama’s presidency would probably be much like Carter’s she has a chance and she knows it.
No, I’m not talking about the reality TV show. I’m talking about Bob Barr and Ron Paul, both in the race to see who can lose the most relevance in the fastest time.
Paul has a head start, but my bet is on Barr.
Oh yes, I meant to add here that this is what happens when egos get in the way of common sense. Barr is running knowing he cannot win and can only hurt the party that is nearest his own way of thinking. End result - it could hurt McCain’s chances of winning, which are looking pretty good considering the chaos of the Dem race at the moment. As to Paul - he and his nutty followers are doing the same only they are wearing tin-foil hats while doing it.
The question I have is not why the school suspended the kids for not standingduring the Pledge of Allegiance. If they don’t want to stand, fine. Free speech and all that. (Although it is my personal opinion that kids, while in school, should not have the same free speech rights as adults. Unfortunately, the courts have ruled otherwise in this case so what can you do?)
No, the question I have is why the hell did their parents did not raise them to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance. It’s sad that they haven’t taught them to voluntarily show respect for the flag of a nation that secures and protects their right to free speech. Then again, when Barry Obama, the likely Democratic nominee and possible next President of these United States won’t even wear a flag pin why should they?
After all, what President in the modern era does Senator Obama’s agenda most resemble?
Huge expansion of the federal government? Check. Letting entitlement spending run wild? Check. “Windfall profit” taxes on oil companies? Check. Big doofy grin? Check.
Do political fashions run in 30-year cycles? If so, then get ready for the fabulous comeback of energy crises, stagflation, high unemployment, and national malaise.
I apologize for the lack of posting, but I was out of state working and just didn’t have time. To make up for it, here’s a few links I found interesting.
1. Obama versus McCain: Let’s Get It On. Best line is the last line: “If John McCain can’t talk the American people out of re-Carterizing themselves, what has he been preparing for all these years?” Yep, Carter all over again. And I called that one before the election too, just ask all my relatives who voted for him while I backed Ford.
2. I spoke with another Democrat while on travel who told me he would vote for McCain this year. He dislikes Bush, positively hates Reagan (no clue what Reagan did to him but the guy was almost pathological about him), and considered himself a yellow-dog Democrat up until this year. He didn’t give me any real reasons, but he is a working-class, gun-toting, religion-clinging white Kentuckian. Make of that what you will.
3. Dan Rather can’t seem to find work, but the real kick here is he applied to Fox News. They should have hired him in my opinion, can you imagine how fun that would be?
4. My Alma Mater gave out its first ever space law degree. I don’t know if that is something I should be proud of or embarrassed about. I am leaning towards embarrassment but, hey, it gives me an opportunity to post this. Via Ace.
5. It appears that my prediction about Obama’s response to any political attack was true. Of course, it’s not a race card in this instance, but calling McCain’s statement of fact that the terrorist group Hamas wants Obama to be elected a “smear” is going to be a standard practice.
8. The five greatest movie teachers, plus one. They all suck in my opinion, all the more so because they left out the number one movie teacher of all time.
9. Global warming does not exist. That is my official opinion and anyone who doesn’t agree with me is the equivalent of an Holocaust** denier. Hey, don’t get mad at me for saying that, I just stole it from the global warming enviro-nuts.
9. I’m assuming that you only need one search term, that being “gingers.”
10. Speaking of gingers, observe one ginger’s obsession with a Saab.
PLUS ONE:
With some commentary here, here, and here. Great line: “Can He Spell ‘Potato?’”
Correction: New best line:
“This faux pas is beyond weird; I know the guy is tired, but “How many states are there in America?” is the kind of question they ask you at the hospital after you’ve had a seizure to see if your brain is still working.”
Although this one is good too: “Maybe he needs to start wearing a flag pin so he could use the stars on it as a reference.”
** I’m not making fun of the Holocaust. I am using it this way to show how ludicrous it is to compare those two things, which the left does all the time.
I had dinner this evening with a very liberal friend who is firmly in the Hillary camp and when I asked who she would vote for should Obama win the nomination she quickly said, “McCain.” When I asked her why, she said, “Obama is just a good speech and nothing more.”
Take that for what it is worth, but one has to wonder how many Hillary supporters feel the same way.
