Hope Has Prevailed Over Status Quo

Hope has prevailed over status quo.

Tonight, Barak Obama becomes our next President.

Personally, I'm thrilled.

Obama is a symbol of hope, not just for Black American, but for ALL of America.

Now, the cynic in me is already saying,

Watch this, Obama has won, so the people who voted against him will start justifying and compartmentalizing him. Suddenly, he'll be "different" than the rest of our African-American Brothers and Sisters. His father was African, his mother was white. Somehow, there will be those that will put him into a different category than other Black men.

Yes, I know, it's pretty cynical to say this.

But I know how people are.

My youngest son is very fair. Some "overlook" that his father is Black, Mexican, and Italian. But my sweet child said, "I'm white on the outside and Black on the inside."

He knows who he is, no matter what others think, no matter how fair he is, he knows and embraces his heritage.

Thus is Obama. No matter what people may think and say, he embraces who he is, he embraces his heritage. And no matter what people may think or say, Obama is the President of all Americans.

McCain is speaking as I type, conceding the victory to Obama. He is gracious in defeat. He offers all his support to President Obama to find ways to compromise and bridge our differences. He hushes those who boo, speaking of love for our Country, wishing our new President well, and asking for God's blessings on America.

Yes, we will, once more, have a peaceful transition from one President to the next.

America will stand today, tomorrow, and for many more tomorrows, together as one nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Today, many of our Brothers and Sisters of Color who were disenfranchised in the past have found new hope, new faith, new belief in America.

Hope has prevailed over status quo in America today.

It is a day to be proud to be an American.

Hmmm, Interesting Choice For Vice President

McCain's choice of a VP is pretty interesting.

In fact, I think it's brilliant!

As the talking heads were announcing that Sarah Palin was the choice, and started describing her, I felt my heart leap.

Dang, if I were a Republican, I'd vote for her!

Lucky me, I'm not, I'll stick with Obama.

But listen. McCain's choice is a smart one for many, many reasons. Yes, her experience is limited, but her life choices outweigh a lot of that.

What am I talking about?

McCain is going for the marginal (and not so marginal) votes.

Palin is a Christian, hunter, mooseburger eater, NRA member, anti-abortion advocate, anti-gay marriage that still followed her state's court rulings regarding discrimination against gays.

She has a Down Syndrome child that she CHOSE to have, despite the results of the prenatal testing. IE, no lip service here, she walks the walk.

Oh, and she's a white woman, still married to her first husband, with five kids and one is in the military, preparing to be deployed to Iraq.

She's a Moderate Republican's wet dream of an up and coming politician. She leans far enough to the Right to make most Republicans happy, without swinging so far that she's unpalatable to the undecided voters.

And she's quite attractive too. Which rarely hurts a candidate.

Don't underestimate the desirability of this woman to the Republicans and the wobblers. Don't underestimate her desirability to the Christian Right.

If she'd been paired with a better Presidential candidate, she'd be perfect, I might have even considered voting Republican.

McCain made a brilliant choice with his Vice Presidential candidate. She's going to pull in a LOT of votes that might(maybe) have went Democratic -- a lot of traditional, middle-American white votes.

But I don't think I could stand four more years of the Bush brotherhood of Republicans in charge.

I just can't do it.

Link:
http://www.ontheissues.org/Sarah_Palin.htm

Joe Biden?

Joe Biden? Well, OK....

I know on KGO talk radio, the hosts were going off last night. According to several hosts, Obama and Clinton would've been the "Dream Team".

I completely disagree with that evaluation.

Clinton as Vice President might've gotten more Democratic votes, but Obama would've shot himself in the foot. There are just too many potential cross-over votes that he'd lose with a Clinton VP candidate. Too many Republicans absolutely HATE the Clintons.

Joe Biden?

Well, Biden is a safer choice than many of the other prospective candidates.

Let's see who McCain picks.

Then we'll have a better idea of which way the political wind is blowing...

So Edwards DID Cheat On His Wife!

So the rumors were right, Edwards did cheat on his wife.

You know, what I find more disturbing than his cheating on his terminally ill wife, is the fact that he lied about it.

Unfortunately, men do cheat.

Unfortunately, women are attracted to men who cheat.

There's not enough space in this blog to talk about the psychology of infidelity. There are many reasons and most are pretty complex, far beyond the sexual act.

And honestly, many men don't consider oral sex to be sex.

We already know that, Bill Clinton is a prime example. He really, really didn't think he'd had sex with Monica.

We women generally view this in a difference way. I'm sure Hilary considered it to be cheating. In fact, I'm sure Monica did too.

Edward's wife was furious? I don't blame her.

I also don't blame her for standing by her man. People, the woman is sick and she is going to die. She may be maintaining fairly well right now, but it's already been announced that her condition is terminal. I don't blame her for sticking with him, especially if he really is remorseful for what he's done.

I do have to say, I SURE am glad that Edwards isn't in the Presidential race.

But let me point out to you, Edwards cheated on his sick wife, but he is standing by her.

McCain, on the other hand, left his disabled wife for the rich blonde.

Yes, that was a long time ago.

But I question the morality of the people who are going to jump up and down pointing at Edwards, and ignoring the fact that McCain is no better.

If Edwards is wrong, then McCain was also wrong, and doubly wrong because he left his wife for the other woman. The only good thing is that McCain has provided medical coverage for his first wife, all these years. At least he was man enough to do that.

You know, though, it's commonly said that a cheater is a cheater is a cheater.

I hope that's wrong.

There are worse things than being a cheater.

Being a liar is one of them...

So McCain Thinks It's OK To Mock Obama?

If McCain thinks his nasty little campaign ads are funny, he's out of his pinhead mind!

Comparing Obama to Brittney Spears and Paris Hilton?

Excuse me?

Let's take this down the low road for just a minute.

What if some Obama supporters started making fun of McCain's disabilities? His withered arm? His bouts with skin cancer (melanoma)? His cheating on his first wife? Abandoning his DISABLED first wife to marry the rich blonde with political connections? Hmmm?

Oh, is that different?

REALLY?

I think not.

I think that the current ad campaign, mocking Obama, is beyond despicable.

I hope that the American voters see through this, and see the face of the man who thinks this kind of negativity and nasty humor is acceptable behavior for a President. I hope that they see that if we vote this man in, America will be represented by a man willing to take the lowest road to the top.

I don't want that.

McCain thinks it's OK to mock Obama?

I think we're seeing the inner character of the man. Ugly from the inside out.

Take off your sunglasses and blinders folks. The mean is shining through.

McCain is showing more and more of his true colors.

Bile is not a good color for a President...

If We Had Any Quality Candidates...

Yes, that's what my Dad said.

He's a die-hard Republican. Yet, he's not happy with his choices for President.

He won't vote anything but Republican, but he's not happy with McCain. I didn't really ask him why, but I suspect if he'd heard about McCain divorcing his first wife because he's a cheating man, that could be a BIG reason.

My Dad has little tolerance for a man who cheats on his wife. He's honest to a fault, BRUTALLY so.

If the die-hard Republican in the family is unhappy with our choices of candidates, what then for the rest of us?

If we had any quality candidates...

An interesting phrase from a man who votes a straight Republican ticket.

Change is coming. I can see it, feel it, smell it in the wind.

I don't know what it's going to be, but maybe next time around, in the next Presidential campaign, even Dad will see some quality candidates. Because I think Obama is going to be our first officially Black President.

(I know, you're saying, "Officially Black? Huh?" Do some research my friends, we've already had some "closet" Brothers as President. http://www.diversityinc.com/public/1461.cfm)

And the Republicans are going to have to make some changes in order to try to regain the Presidency.

The next four years are going to be very interesting.

Change is coming!

Who're You Going To Vote For??

Do you know who you're going to vote for?

I know who I'm going to vote for.

Interestingly, the results this website gave me the same answer that I'd already come to...

http://www.votechooser.com/

If you haven't decided who to vote for, maybe it'll help you out.

If you've already decided, it may (or may not) confirm your decision.

Have fun!

Hmmm... Now this is interesting!

The primaries are certainly causing the local commentators to talk. All of their predictions seem to be completely off. Now that's a fascinating thought, have America's political commentators and radio talk show hosts finally lost all touch with the public?

I've been wondering about that for a while. I've noticed that all too many are marching lockstep with their broadcasting brethren and dissenting voices were disappearing. It was basically becoming the two extremes, Bernie Ward vs Rush. (Umm, we won't go into current legal issues...) It seems like they'd discounted both Obama and McCain. And now, oh my goodness!

I have to admit, I wasn't sure that America was ready to accept Obama. I am, but the rest of the country, hmmmm, I really thought the Clinton machine was going to roll over the Democratic Party like an M1 Abrams tank crushing aluminum cans.

And McCain, what a surprise! The only candidate that admits to being in favor of the Iraq action and on top of it, his campaign is out of money!

I must admit, I'm pleasantly surprised by this turn of events. Of course, there are a lot more primaries ahead, so things can change pretty quickly. But now, this is interesting!