Omg! Like everyone else, I’ve been watching the Democratic National Convention. Last night Michelle Obama brought tears to my eyes and tonight Hillary Clinton had me on the edge of my seat!
All week I’ve been hearing about these so called angry Hillary supporters planning to vote for John McCain. Its a free country and people can vote for who ever they choose but it just didn’t make sense to me that Hillary Clinton supporters would rather vote for John McCain than Barack Obama….
Breaking News, Hillary says she’s open to being Barack’s VP!
At this point It’s pretty clear that Barack Obama is the Democratic Presidential Nominee. The big question is who will be his running mate? We keep hearing about the Obama Clinton dream ticket. Dream Ticket For Who? Whose dream ticket is that?
People seem pretty quick to want to jump on this dream ticket wagon, hold on…
Have we forgotten Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 of the Constitution, as supplemented by Section 1 of the 25th Amendment: The vice president becomes president in the event of the death, resignation, or removal of the president.
Back in February (before the Reverend Wright story grew legs) a person that goes by luvmycntry commented here on this blog as follows:
My response then:
As I write this, helicopters are circling over head and police are conducting house to house searches in my Black working class neighborhood… Yet I’m writing about this…but there is a method to the madness.
Hillary Clinton’s win in Pennsylvania was not surprising considering how Barack Obama trailed by more than 25 points in the weeks before the primary. It’s got to be a bitter-sweet victory for her considering how Barack Obama was able to overcome the politricks and narrow the gap.
Looking at the scoreboard, it’s still a close race but many are wondering if Hillary can be the “come back kid” and reclaim her position as the front runner… Anything is possible, we’ll see what happens…. she was able to pull in $3.5 million to re-fuel her campaign (or pay some of her campaign debts).
“If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position.” — Geraldine Ferraro
For those that thought race was no longer an issue in America its been a rude awakening. While America has made great strides in race relations we still have a long way to go. I believe that despite how things may look, we are evolving, changing our thinking, and healing. It is not an easy or quick process but I see it happening. Is there a 12-step program for America’s race issues? Should there be one?
“Lack of health insurance causes roughly 18,000 unnecessary deaths every year in the United States. Although America leads the world in spending on health care, it is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not ensure that all citizens have coverage.” —Institute of Medicine
I find it absolutely mind-boggling that America spends the most money on health care yet ranks #37 out of 191 countries. How does a country spend more money than any other country on health care but its citizens have a lower life expectancy than countries that spend less? Where is all the money going?
Instead of Americans being healthier we are seeing increases in:
How is it that citizens in countries with free health care systems (France, Canada, and UK) have longer life expectancy rates than Americans? I told my husband last week we should consider moving to France. He looked at me like I was crazy. But France has the best health care in the world and its free!
I know a middle class family of 5 (husband, wife, & 3 kids) paying $900/month for health insurance! Hello…. $900 for health insurance is alot when you also have to pay mortgage, utilities, car insurance, put gas in the car, food on the table, clothes on backs, plus other living expenses and incidentals! This is why so many Americans do not have health care insurance. Barack Obama is right, “people want health care but can’t afford it.” Hillary Clinton is right, “everybody has got to be covered.” John McCain is right, “we need to reduce health care costs.”
We Americans are often quick to turn our noses up at at other countries. We often think we are better and have all of the answers. Perhaps its part of our conditioning or mis-education. We are spoon fed lies that we actually believe about the evils of free health care for every American. Our American wisdom tells us that free health care for all Americans is too much like socialism and socialized health care is the enemy… If so called socialized programs are destructive then how do we explain our current systems for police, fireman, schools, and libraries?
With our infinite wisdom, wealth, and resources our health care system is ranked #37!
As our people grow sicker and deeper in debt with medical bills or die from inadequate medical care; health insurance and health service providers like Humana are literally raking in Six BILLION Dollars! What is wrong with this picture?
There is a crazy email going around claiming that the Ku Klux Klan endorsed Barack Obama on the basis of anything is better than Hillary Clinton. Have you seen this email forward? It’s a joke! Before you get all worked up….The Ku Klux Klan did NOT endorse Barack Obama, the email circulating originates from a satirical post on The Daily Squib. I guess the folks over there thought it would be funny. It certainly got some attention.
Excerpt:
White Christian Supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan has endorsed Barack Obama to be the next President of the United States of America.
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” —John F. Kennedy
“I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times.” —Thomas Jefferson
OK now I’ve heard it all. Andrew Young declares “Bill is every bit as black as Barack!” Now that— is the biggest fairytale I’ve ever heard. This ongoing joke about Bill Clinton being Black or that he was the first Black President is getting out of hand.
Supposedly, Bill Clinton is honorary Black because:
Just when it seemed that John Edwards wouldn’t be able to get a word in…he found his voice! Tired of the back and forth banter between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, John Edwards stepped up and said what needed to be said “It’s Not About Us Personally. It’s About What We Are Trying To Do For This Country.” This race gets more interesting by the day…
Hillary Clinton the winner. This is another defining moment in the 2008 Presidential Election process. Hillary Clinton leads New Hampshire primaries by 39%, Barack Obama trails with 36%, and John Edwards lags way behind with 17%.
At this point it really does look like a two man…two person race.
A few months ago Esquire Magazine featured John Edwards on the cover with a headline reading: Can A White Man Still Be Elected President?
According to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards have been “given pretty much a free ride,” and Bill Clinton says “Give me a break. This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I’ve ever seen.”
A fairy tale or fairy story is a fictional story that usually features folkloric characters (such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, giants, and talking animals) and enchantments, often involving a far-fetched sequence of events. In modern-day parlance, the term is also used to describe to something blessed with unusual happiness, as in “fairy tale ending” (a happy ending)[1] or “fairy tale romance”, though not all fairy tales end happily. Colloquially, a “fairy tale” or “fairy story” can also mean any far-fetched story. —Wikipedia
Hmmmm…
The August 2007 cover of Esquire Magazine poses the question:
Can a white man still be elected president and features John Edwards on the cover.
I’m trying to understand the point of the question objectively but its pretty difficult to do so.
All 43 American presidents have been white men.
Have the blunders of our current president resulted in American voters being unwilling to support white male presidential candidates?
I doubt it.
Do Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama pose a threat to white male presidential candidates? Probably.
Can a white woman be elected president?
