Annapolis Capital Punishment

While much of our phony media has tried to focus our attention on tiny, rural Iowa where a relatively tiny number of people caucused (not even voted on the D side), the media circus frenzy has whipped us all into a dither. For example, CP, not a great fan of the New York senator, is bothered that a big deal is made out of her so-called "third" place finish. Hillary Clinton really tied for second, and a fairly close second. Edwards was vastly outspent by Obama and Clinton, but edged Clinton. Obama only got about 9% or so more caucus votes than did Clinton and Edwards. It's damn close!

Why should anyone discount a second or third or even fourth placer in tiny, 95% white, mostly-rural Iowa where as far as D's are concerned, there is not really a popular vote but a caucus! Have you or most folks even been there? Even tiny New Hampshire is a more diverse and more representative state which actually has an election, and not a hybrid caucus. What's truly amazing to me is that a first-term Senator, who has mis-spent most of that term campaigning, and not even voting in D.C., who has never had to run a complex organization or make a budget and who's Black, gets such an exciting response in Iowa! And on top of it, his name sounds like Osama! But--everyone wants to know, can he last? Well, let the chips fall where they may.

Don't write off Clinton or Edwards yet. Don't go yah-yah-ing about Huckabee, and let's not let tiny New Hampshire be decisive.

This whole business about talking change, leadership or Washington-this and Washington-that or whether someone is a leader, a changer or different from Washington...good grief! All these people are essentially phonies, even John McCain, the most straightforward, head-on-tight, grounded guy in the whole dang field has flip-flopped numerous times in major ways. Is this long-time Senator going to talk about change?

As for Huckabee, well, he got out the heavily evangelical Christian vote. Can this preacher do well elsewhere? I was really bothered by watching his campaign supporters gathered around, holding hands and praying to their Lord and Saviour for his victory. I suspect--and hope that this Bible-stompin', Southern Baptist preacher, white-cross-in-my-face tv ad promoter who makes a negative ad, then tells us he's not going to show it and then shows it to show that he's not showing it......goes back to Arkansas. He can make a fortune praying on television.