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3.2

Well, the Terrible Twosome from the Left seem to be at it again. Obama was finally backed in to a corner where he had to admit that he was friendly with ACORN and had given them some dough. Of course, the fact that this wasn’t mentioned on his website was blamed mostly on a low level staffer (what else are they good for right?) though many are beginning to speculate if this could be the beginning of the end for the once chosen one. He’s begun making more and more gaffes on the trail this month like the one over the weekend with Plumber Joe (Joe the Plumber is so passe) where he basically said he wants to take the wealth and spread it around.

Kind of like Biden did with campaign funds and his family. These two seem to be a real pair. Don’t they? Obama claims he was on the forefront of sounding the alarm with regards to Fannie and Freddy, claiming he wrote a letter to the Sec. Tres. Why then, didn’t he stand up and do something then? Instead, it appears he continued his record of voting “present” when it served him best. By writing the letter he could effectivly claim to have done something with out having to actually do anything at all. Don’t you wish it worked that way for all of us?

Oh and its interesting to note that the man behind getting W. elected isn’t so sure that this election is over yet despite the MSM all but having an inauguration party.

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It appears that as we get closer to November 4th, people (by people I mean the WSJ) all across the country are beginning to look closer at Obama’s proposed “tax cuts” and other tenants of his campaign. One of the most startling things people are finding is that while he promises to cut taxes on 95% of families (40% of which do not pay taxes) he’s “proposing one of the largest tax increases ever on the other 5%”. Something hardly anyone was talking about a week ago.

Now MSM (main stream media) and Others are finally taking note. So yes, while he would “cut” taxes, the truth is that just like other democrats before him who promised lower taxes, he’s actually raising them. In fact, according to the WSJ article:

Some families with an income of $40,000 could lose up to 40 cents in vanishing credits for every additional dollar earned from working overtime or taking a new job. As public policy, this is contradictory. The tax credits are sold in the name of “making work pay,” but in practice they can be a disincentive to working harder, especially if you’re a lower-income couple getting raises of $1,000 or $2,000 a year.

Thats something you won’t hear any of the talking heads on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN or any other MSM outlet mention or ask him about. Its only a wonder why we haven’t heard that from the McCain Camp yet.

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3.2

Its Friday afternoon. I’m leaving in a bit to head to the mountains for the weekend with a friend and I don’t feel like posting today. That being said, I came across two good articles on RealClearPolitics that were written by two Washington authors (one from the WSJ one from the Post) which I thought were worth passing on for reading today.

The first by Kimberley Strassel of the WSJ, takes a look at the magic act of Barack Obama in an fun and enlightening way. Note that while her editorial is light and glib, ALL of what she’s talking about is verifiable and can be confirmed with a simple search on google. Its a fun read and it does subtly point out how often times Democrats say one thing and do another.

The second article by Charles Krauthammer (who is painful to watch on TV as he seems as stiff as the tinman) of the Washington post takes a look at the importance of Obama’s Character and his associations and calls in to question whether or not this should have been brought up earlier in the campaign process (like in 2006!).

Both are good and enlightening reads and should provide some entertainment in my absence….

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3.2

So 95% percent of Americans are expecting a tax cut if Obama gets elected this November. There’s just one little problem with that… the math doesn’t work. Apparently, 47% of Americans DO NOT CURRENTLY PAY ANY INCOME TAX AT ALL! That means he’s either going to make them pay taxes or he’s going to GIVE them a check instead. Which do you think it will be??

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One of the best things that can be done in persuading someone to vote for or against a candidate is often times letting them see the real person. Not the rhetoric. Not the media hype. Not the Rose Colored Glasses view of the candidate, but the real person.

As is often the case during greatly contested political races, candidates tend to stretch the truth, forget what they have already said (or written) and make up stuff that helps bolster their case. If you want proof, look at Kerry’s run for election in 2004, or look at Bidens’ fantasies….

This political season has been no different, except that the media has been focusing on EVERYONE except for one of the main candidates himself due to their self appointed righteousness and need for “their guy” to be declared the winner. In his latest series of articles, Thomas Sowell takes a look at the real Obama and isn’t too sure he likes what he sees.

The media may finally be looking at the Ayers links, the Rezko links and his links to fanny mae and freddie mac (of which he was one of the largest recipients of donations!) organizations.

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This was passed to me in an email and I thought it was too good not to pass on!

To me our national press has not only let us down they have orchestrated the whole campaign of Barack Hussein Obama by completely covering up the facts or outright lying or ignoring them. What else explains this behavior? Add that to all of the documented voter fraud going on and illegal foreign contributions made to BHO this is all being shoved down our throats. It is so un-American to let him get away with these character issues yet it is.
All of these check out. Do it yourself! Please send to as many friends as possible and VOTE!.

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Obama’s “Not Exactly-s”:

1. Selma March Got Me Born - NOT EXACTLY, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965. (Google’ Obama Selma ‘ for his full March 4, 2007 speech and articles about its various untruths.)
2. Father Was A Goat Herder - NOT EXACTLY, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government.
3. Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - NOT EXACTLY, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had.
4. My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - NOT EXACTLY, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya . It is the first widespread violence in decades. The current government is pro-American but Odinga wants to overthrow it and establish Muslim Sharia law. Your half-brother, Abongo Oba ma, is Odinga’s follower. You interrupted your New Hampshire campaigning to speak to Odinga on the phone. Check out the following link for verification of that….and for more.
   Obama’s cousin Odinga in Kenya ran for president and tried to get Sharia Muslim law in place there. When Odinga lost the elections, his followers have burned Christians’ homes and then burned men, women and children alive in a Christian church where they took shelter.. Obama SUPPORTED his cousin before the election process here started. Google Obama and Odinga and see what you get. No one wants to know the truth. http://iperceive.net/obama-odinga-the-kenyan-jihad/
5. My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian - NOT EXACTLY, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn’t allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man.
6. My Name is African Swahili - NOT EXACTLY, your name is Arabic and ‘Baraka’ (from which Barack came) means ‘blessed’ in that language. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.
   Barack Hussein Obama is not half black. If elected, he would be the first Arab-American President, not the first black President. Barack Hussein Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother’s side and 43.75% Arabic and 6.25% African Negro from his father’s side. While Barack Hussein Obama’s father was from Kenya , his father’s family was mainly Arabs… Barack Hussein Obama’s father was only 12.5% African Negro and 87.5% Arab (his father’s birth certificate even states he’s Arab, not African Negro). From….and for more….go to…..
   DiversityInc.Com
7. I Never Practiced Islam - NOT EXACTLY, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years, until your wife made you change, so you could run for office.
   4-3-08 Article ‘Obama was ‘quite religious in islam”
8. My School In Indonesia Was Christian - NOT EXACTLY, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making faces (check your own book).
   February 28, 2008. Kristoff from the New York Times a year ago: Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (it’ll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as ‘one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.’ This is just one example of what Pamela is talking about when she says ‘Obama’s narrative is being altered, enhanced and manipulated to whitewash troubling facts.’
9. I Was Fluent In Indonesian - NOT EXACTLY, not one teacher says you could speak the language.
10. Because I Lived In Indonesia , I Have More Foreign Experience - NOT EXACTLY, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn’t even speak the language. What did you learn except how to study the Koran and watch cartoons.
11. I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs - NOT EXACTLY, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise), you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies.
12. I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion - NOT EXACTLY, you were quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify - your classmates said you were just fine.
13. An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office - NOT EXACTLY, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn’t, and never did, exist.
14. A Life Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life - NOT EXACTLY, Life has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn’t, and never did, exist.
15. I Won’t Run On A National Ticket In ‘08 - NOT EXACTLY, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.
16. Voting ‘Present’ is Common In Illinois Senate - NOT EXACTLY, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.
17. Oops, I Misvoted - NOT EXACTLY, only when caught by church groups and Democrats, did you beg to change your misvote.
18. I Was A Professor Of Law - NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.
19. I Was A Constitutional Lawyer - NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.
20. Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill - NOT EXACTLY, you didn’t write it, introduce it, change it or create it.
21. The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass - NOT EXACTLY, it took just 14 days from start to finish.
22. I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill - NOT EXACTLY, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation - mainly because of your Nuclear donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.
23. I Have Released My State Records - NOT EXACTLY, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.
24. I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess - NOT EXACTLY, you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens . You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.
25. My Economics Bill Will Help America - NOT EXACTLY, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.
26. I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois - NOT EXACTLY, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.
27. I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year - NOT EXACTLY, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.
28. No One on my campaign contacted Canada about NAFTA - NOT EXACTLY, the Canadian Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.
29. I Am Tough On Terrorism - NOT EXACTLY, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction off Israel
30. I Want All Votes To Count - NOT EXACTLY, you said let the delegates decide.
31. I Want Americans To Decide - NOT EXACTLY, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.
32. I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate - NOT EXACTLY, you passed 26, most of which you didn’t write yourself.
33. I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics - NOT EXACTLY, you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you.
34. I Don’t Take PAC Money - NOT EXACTLY, you take loads of it.
35. I don’t Have Lobbysists - NOT EXACTLY, you have over 47 lobbyists, and counting.
36. My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad - NOT EXACTLY, your own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple in one afternoon.
37. I Have Always Been Against Iraq - NOT EXACTLY, you weren’t in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it every single time.
38. I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care - NOT EXACTLY, your plan leaves us all to pay for the 15,000,000 who don’t have to buy it.
39. My uncle liberated Auschwitz concentration camp - NOT EXACTLY, your mother had no brothers and the Russian army did the liberating.

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So, who EXACTLY is this Obama guy and what is he trying to sell us?! Please get to work now…not enough of your loved ones and friends know about this fraud.
Coming from a TRUE American, this is not the “Change” we want or need. I Googled the information and it’s ALL true. I don’t know a lot of people so I am depending on whoever gets this to help me “Educate” America. I am afraid that Obama is doing just as his brother did, going after the uneducated, poor, and promising “Change”, they have no idea what “change” he will bring. Our only savior is our Constitution, for right now, until that’s “changed.”.

If you want to print this list… Here’s a PDF

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I was sitting in the hot tub tonight, imbibing in a rum and coke (yes, Coca-Cola) and a cigar as I’m prone to do every so often when I need some “down” time and it dawned on me that the blog here can be put to a better use for the next 31 days. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to convince people that McCain/Palin is a good choice. By this point, I think though, most people have made up their minds as to who they’re going to pull the level for on November 4th unfortunate as that may be. After all, as Brian Williams said on Letterman tonight, a week in a Presidential Campaign is literally a year (look at the past two if you need any proof) and a lot of things can change.

Instead of focusing on why McCain/Palin would be a better choice for this country, I’m going to focus, at least five posts a week (figure one a day during the work week) on why Obama/Biden are a bad fit for the country. We’ll look at things like their policies, their beliefs, their associations and more. I’m going to work hard to try and sway you to at least reevaluate why you’re planning to vote for who you’re planning on voting for.

Parts won’t be too easy, other parts won’t be too hard. Its hard to argue with Biden’s time in the senate, but its not hard to argue with his view on patriotism, taxes and other areas. With Obama, it shouldn’t be too hard to argue with anything.

We’ll start today with looking at the tax returns for the two VP candidates. Biden’s were released earlier this month and show that the Bidens earned approximately $320,000 in 2006 and they paid approximately $66,000 in taxes. For charitable contributions, the Bidens biggest year of giving was 2007 in which they gave a whoping $995 to charity. Now, even if he was following the Christian principle of tithing (which is %10) he should have given approximately $32,000.

On the other hand, the Palin family earned approximately $170,000 in 2007 (about $160,000 in 2006) and paid $25,000 in taxes in 2007. They donated approximately $8200 to charity (figure church and other charities) over a two year period. If I did my math right, they donated approximately 9 times the amount that Biden has in roughly the same period.

I’d point out that Obama donated about 5.6% of their pretax earnings to charity and McCain donated approximately 26% of his earnings in the same time period. I think before Biden talks about paying taxes as the patriotic thing to do, he should look at increasing his donations to charities that help more people.

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3.2

In case you missed it, I wanted to let you know there was a debate on TV last night. If you want to watch it in its full glory, RealClearPolitics.com has the video as do a number of news outlets but let me give you some high lights. They spent the first half hour or so of this First debate talking about the Economy and the current situation. Both candidates seem to be where they were at the beginning of the week… which is almost nowhere, on this issue and the bail out. Obama wants to cover more people then necessary with the plan and McCain hopes he can sign something. Personally, I think its a bunch of poo either way you look at it. I shouldn’t be paying for someone else’s mistakes. Its not right.

After that the discourse moved to Foreign Policy and while McCain did pretty good (it is after all his forte) Obama wasn’t too bad at reciting the lines that had been prepared for him. McCain actually seemed to be more off the cuff than Professor Obama did at times and he appeared calmer than one would expect while the Great One appeared to be on the defensive most of the time and was seemingly flustered for most of the debate.

Of course, I don’t think that agreeing with Sen. McCain so often during a debate where you need to show your differences was a good plan of attack. There wasn’t even a hint of sarcasm in his agreement. Someone needs to revisit the chapter on proper debating.

In all, I wasn’t too impressed with either candidate, its a shame that Bob Barr or Ralph Nader weren’t invited, I think they could have livened things up (especially with the way Barr refers to himself in the third person). It was fun watching the feeds on Twitter (a remarkably liberal community) though and I think this weeks Upcoming VEEp debate is going to be more fun.

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Who ever said that double standards do not exist in politics was not talking about American Politics. Sure, each side seems to have their fair share of “pay no attention to the man behind the curtain” however, none seem to be as obvious as the double standards this years democratic field wields. In part, this blatantly obvious in the media’s coverage of the Obama/Biden ticket in comparison to the McCain/Palin ticket. The disdain the media displays towards anything non-obama is absolutely mind numbing. However, even the candidate’s own spin on issues seems to be a huge double standard.

For instance, the current claims by Obama paint McCain to be against government reform and regulation of the financial industry when in fact The EXACT OPPOSITE is true. In 2005, McCain authored a bill calling for the Reform and oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (what fun names!). A bill that the Democrats called ridiculous. In fact, had the congress acted on McCain’s bill three years ago, then a large part of this down turn may have been prevented (or at least it wouldn’t be as bad as it appears to be today). Instead they did the opposite. The Democratically controlled House called for less regulation and urged lenders to make loans to people they knew could not afford to pay them off.

In large part, this current economic downturn is due to the Democrats in congress who think its a RIGHT for a person with less then adequate means to own a house. Now they’re trying to blame this on McCain and the GOP when its a largely liberal problem. Rep Barney Frank tried passing the blame to the GOP when its clearly not the GOP’s fault at all. Talk about double standards.

Another nice double standard took place at the end of last week when Rep Charles Rangle from NY called Gov. Palin disabled. Of course, the Honorable(?) Rep from NY is claiming thats not really what he meant, but come on. Really?? He’s also facing heat from the right side of the aisle for owing back taxes (whats the point in being a congressman if you have to pay taxes right??) and some other minor infringements that would have had a republican crucified by this point.

Given all the double talk and standards that the Democratic leadership like to play with, its no wonder that they’ve managed to screw the pooch on their control of the house in the two years they’ve been there and have garnered an approval rating lower than the current President’s. Something that should have been pretty hard to do…

edit: I came across two good articles today I wanted to share, one about Palin and Obama—What Really is Wisdom? @ Realclearpolitics and the other is about Is Obama Another Dukakis? at the Slate. Both are good reads!

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3.2

In case you missed it last night, Obama made his acceptance speech last night and while it reads to be a fairly good speech and the critics have all had nothing but praise, as I read through it, it reeked of the same old Democratic rhetoric that they’ve been spewing for years. Promising change, promising more government interference in your life and promising more wealth redistribution. The funny thing is that he wasn’t too specific in how he’s going to pay for it all.

I won’t go in to the fact that its not the Government’s job to provide for me and my own, nor is it expected. The problem lies in the fact that as a country we’ve strayed from the beliefs that helped form this country more than two centuries ago. The willingness to work hard has been thrown away and its become an “Its my right” country.

It wasn’t unexpected that the GOP was spinning the speech as soon as it started. The Dems will be doing the same thing next week in Minnesota. Its expected. They managed to do a good job poking holes in the promises (its not the government’s job to help automakers, the Japanese and European automakers aren’t having a problem at all) Obama was making. It will be interesting to see (if he makes it to the office) how many of those promises actually materialize. For S&G if you want to see how Obama voted while in the senate (he missed more than 50% of the votes this year) head over to Project Vote Smart.

I did like the fact that McCain congratulated Obama on the historic feat he accomplished (he did manage to become the first black man nominated for the presidency) and the fact that the acceptance speech was on the anniversary of King’s I have a Dream speech.

In other FLIPPING AWESOME news, McCain is set to announce that Sarah Palin is going to be his VP Candidate. She’s a relatively new governor for the State of Alaska and she seems to bring a lot to the table as a candidate. It will be interesting to see exactly how this plays out and while I didn’t watch more than five minutes of the DNCC, I’ll be tuned in to the GOP Convention every night.

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3.2

Day two of the DNC Convention is under way in Denver (lovely city! Shame about the Liberals though) and I have to wonder (as many outside the liberal mindset do) if the Dems should be feeling any buyer’s remorse yet or if that will set in after the close of the convention on Friday. Thousands of liberals will wake up Friday morning with that cheap wine hangover haze wondering what led them to sleep with the campus fatty.

Part of the problem stems from the fact that they’re pulling behind a virtual unknown in the realm of politics. Another issue may be the fact that his VP candidate has publicly said that Obama is not ready to be President. Then there’s the fact that as far as the two of them (Obama/Biden) go, there is little difference ideologically (they have almost identical views on everything) and there isn’t much for the moderate Democrat to stand behind.

Biden’s track record is proven and he’s fairly well liked inside the beltway. He knows his way around Washington politics and has even made a run a the office himself. He’s fairly well suited for the position. Obama on the other hand, may be little more then fancy rhetoric. Can anyone name *ANYTHING* productive that he has done during his tenure in the senate? ANYONE??

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3.2

Despite his claims earlier in the week that he “isn’t the guy”, it appears that Joe Biden is in fact the guy. Its interesting to note that Obama choose someone who just a year ago said that “Barack Obama is not ready to be president”. What prompted the change? Well, maybe the fact that he’s now Number one to Obama’s Captain Pickard. Maybe the fact that he thinks Obama may not last long in the office and this is his chance to become President. Who knows.

What is apparent is that this move by the Obama Camp provides some much needed Foreign policy experience to a group that was lacking. Its known that Obama does not have the strongest (or any for that matter) FP background, being a 2nd year Senator from Illinois and this adds some much needed depth to his campaign. Is it enough?

A poll earlier this week had McCain up by 5 points, however at this point in the race it could go either way and I’m not too thrilled about either main party candidate (did you know that Bob Barr is running?) and I’m getting tired of picking the lesser of two evils. Obama’s Social Welfare programs do not bode well for the country (bordering on bringing mass socialism to the States) and I’m not too keen on another 4 years of the same old GOP drivel.

Maybe if a democrat is elected President, the rest of the country will wake up and realize the mistake they made by giving control of the House to the Dems. Things seemed to work remarkably well when Clinton was in the White House and the GOP held the House. Unfortunately, I think that this political season will have too big an effect on the future of America.

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3.2

Sometime last week, Obama unveiled a new “logo” while he was speaking to the Democratic leaders. Surprisingly enough, this logo didn’t last more than a week. Hailed by Obama supporters as “insightful” and “inspiring”, the new logo took on the current presidential seal and made many question the reasoning behind it.

When I saw it, and when I read an email floating around about how he would like to change the National Anthem, it made me really question what else he would change about our country and the answers I came up with scared me.

Its true, he studied Marxism in college (anyone who took a Poli Sci course did) but he took more from the reading than most. Its also true, that he doesn’t wear the Flag pin or put his hand over his heart when the National Anthem is sung. He wants to see “health care for all” something the government shouldn’t be controlling at all and in a time when many Americans are looking for new and inventive ways to be able to afford gas, food and shelter, he wants to increase the funding for many government programs by raising taxes.

But the problem with Obama isn’t necessarily the fact that he wants to do all of these things, its nice to see a candidate that wants to see things done rather than toe the party line (oh, wait, thats what he’s doing!). Don’t get me wrong, McCain isn’t too much better in that regard either and its a tough call for me as to who to vote for this November. But if it comes down to voting for a Senator who’s been proven in both battle and the Senate or one who is still considered a relative new comer to the DC scene, I may just have to move to the Cayman Islands.

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Almost 6 months after Obama appeared in the Halloween edition of Saturday Night Live (SNL) Hillary made a stop on the set and met face to face with her twin played by Amy Poehler. Clinton was on in response to two sketches the troupe has done now based on some of the more recent debates where the anchors seem to give preferential treatment to Obama and play hardball with Clinton.

While I agree she does have a bit of a point, that it seems unfair that they’ve chosen their Golden Boy and this time around its Obama, I do think that if she really wanted to have any affect on it, she should have made an attempt earlier in the season to make an appearance (Granted, the strike took SNL off line for a while).

For instance, Huckabee is a favorite on almost all the late night talk shows, making appearances on Colbert, The Daily Show, Late Night with Conan, The Tonight Show and others. This appearance by Hillary almost seems to be a last ditch effort to gain votes coming in to the crucial Ohio and Texas primaries tomorrow. But who am I to judge??

On another note, I seem to have made up some of my PR loss from the fall when I dropped from a 4 to a big, fat zero. Now I’m sitting happy at a 3 while Gruntled is still an Oh!

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2.5

Next up in the race to be the next leader of the Not So Free World is Michigan. The polls opened in MI today to a somewhat limited Democratic side (the DNC is punishing MI for moving their primary by taking all of their delegates away) with only Clinton listed on the ballot there while the GOP has a full slate of contenders (though, Thompson, Guliani and Paul are visibly lacking in the state) listed. Mit Romney is looking to gain some ground here as many have guessed that another second or third place finish in the motor state would leave him questioning whether or not he wants to continue.

Its interesting that by now, the Democratic side is almost paired down to the final three, while the GOP hopefuls are looking past what has happened to states with later primaries to gain ground (Thompson is looking to the Carolinas and most of the south, while guliani is looking to Florida and some of the other red states). It definately proves how split the republican party is going in to this election and I think if Ron Paul were smart, he’d drop out of the GOP race and focus on gaining a third party nomination. Of course whether or not he could do anything with that nomination would be a stretch.

The only thing I know for sure is that the American people have not found one consistant leader from either party to put their faith behind. If the election were today, and you had to vote for one of the six leaders, who could you vote for with out feeling the need to go in to a drug treatment program??

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