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I did not watch the entire convention, but I caught Giuliani’s speech, Palin’s acceptance speech (which was a regurgitation of her introduction speech), and McCain’s acceptance speech tonight. I’m glad it is finally over.

Did you notice that McCain was repeating many of the ideas Obama stated? What is it, don’t the republican’s have any original ideas of there own?

I’ll tell you though, McCain’s description of his torture while a POW was very moving. It made my eyes water. BUT, does being a POW qualify one to be the President?

Now that the circus show is over, the candidates will finally be able to debate side by side and state their case to the American people. The Presidential candidates will have three debates, and the Vice Presidential candidates will have one. These debates should prove to be very interesting though I’m not sure how many new voters each candidate will draw since, I believe, most voters have already decided who they are going to vote for.

The political pendulum swings both ways; extreme right, as we’ve witnessed the last eight years, and extreme left. If history repeats, it is now the Democrats turn since they are more left leaning. I hope so, I cant stand another four more years of the since.

Once it became clear that Senator Barrack Obama was going to be the likely Democratic Party nominee, the Republican’s resorted to what they do best — negative campaign tactics.

Rather than state what his agenda is for the American people, John McCain spent his time, effort and money depicting Obama as a rock star on the same level as Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. His underlying theme being, “… but is he ready to lead?”

Taking the high road, Senator Obama never once fired back despite many in his ranks and within the Party imploring him to come back hard. Instead, Senator Obama continued talking about his plans and how he will change America.  It was not until he made his acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention that he took a few hard jabs at Senator McCain. That, my friends is the appropriate place to take jabs at the opponent.

No sooner had the convention ended when McCain, trying to steal the thunder from out of Obama’s elogant speech, announced that his running mate was Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. While it shook up the Republican Party establishment, and surprised even seasoned political journalist what followed would prove to be even more reveiling. Two days after the Sarah Palin announcement it became known that her eldest daughter, a mere 17 years old, had gotten pregnant out of wedlock and decided to keep the baby. It is wonderful that they have decided to keep the baby - but lets not forget the issue here. “Family Values.” Why is the 17 year old daughter of an obviously conservative  Govenor having unprotected sex? Could it be that as a republican govenor she believes in teaching abstinence rather than safe sex practises? Why is the daughter keeping the child?  Could it be that the Govenor threatened her with something like “you are having this child wheather you want to or not. Just because of your stupidity I am not going to lose my political carrer”. Never mind that at 17 she is still an adolescent and will be forfeiting her life. When all of her freinds are out dating, going to parties and/or the movies, she will be stuck at home changing diapers and breast feeding.

Come on people, you know that if it were the Democratic Vice Presidential candidate that had an out lock wedlock pregnant 17 year old daughter the Republicans would be all over that decrying “Family Values” and or parental supervision. After all, they are the masters of mud slinging. Instead, Senator Barrack Obama has elected to take The High Road. Now that is Classy, that is Characther.

Teenagers are going to engage in sex. Wouldnt it be more prudent to teach safe sex and hand out condoms than to reli soley on the preaching of abstinence? Obviously the abstinence message alone is not helping. So do we what another 8 years of the same old policies or 4 years of a new direction for the 21 century?

VOTE OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT

Quotable Quotes:

“The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don’t know what to do.”
John Caldwell Holt (April 14, 1923 - September 14, 1985)
American author and educator

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968
American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the [American] civil rights movement

In an effort to steal the thunder and capitalize on the Democrat’s momentum, the presumptive Republican Presidential candidate, John McCain selected Republican Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. The effect seemed to have worked for a little while since it was a well guarded secret until the very last minute.

In her introduction speech Palin attempted to use the Democrat’s successes against them by giving shout outs to both Geraldine Farraro and Hillary Clinton. Well then, since she brought it up let us compare accomplishments & philosophies:

Sarah Palin
is pro-life and a prominent member of Feminists for Life
…creationism does not need to be part of the curriculum
opposes same-sex marriage
supported a non-binding referendum for a constitutional amendment to deny state health benefits to homosexual couples.
admits that she used marijuana, does not support legalizing it
Palin is a life member of the National Rifle Association, and is popular among gun rights activists
Geraldine Ferraro
a Democratic politician and a former member of the United States House of Representatives
served as a United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1994
is a board member of the National Organization of Italian American Women
she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of cancer where plasma cells secrete abnormal antibodies known as Bence-Jones proteins, and has become an avid supporter of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, has beaten the disease’s Stage 1 survival mean of 62 months by a factor of 2
in Congress she served on the Public Works Committee, the Budget Committee, and the Post Office Committee. She also served a term as the Secretary of the House Democratic Caucus, the first woman in that position. She was the Chairwoman of the Platform Committee for the 1984 Democratic National Convention.
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton
This is just a small sampling of Hillary’s accomplishments:
junior United States Senator from New York
was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001
twice listed as one of the one hundred most influential lawyers in America
was the First Lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992 and was active in a number of organizations concerned with child welfare, as well as sitting on the boards of Wal-Mart and several other corporations
played a role in advocating for the establishment of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, the Adoption and Safe Families Act, and the Foster Care Independence Act
the first American First Lady to run for public office, and is the first female senator to represent New York
she was reelected by a wide margin in 2006.
working pro bono in child advocacy
her interest in children’s law and family policy, publishing the scholarly articles “Children’s Policies: Abandonment and Neglect” in 1977 and “Children’s Rights: A Legal Perspective” in 1979.
 Historian Garry Wills would later describe her as “one of the more important scholar-activists of the last two decades”
As chair of the Rural Health Advisory Committee she successfully secured federal funds to expand medical facilities in Arkansas’s poorest areas without affecting doctors’ fees
Hillary Rodham Clinton became the First Lady of the United States, and announced that she would be using that form of her name. She was the first First Lady to hold a post-graduate degree and to have her own professional career up to the time of entering the White House. She was also the first to take up an office in the West Wing of the White House: the First Lady usually stays in the East Wing. She is regarded as the most openly empowered presidential wife in American history, save for Eleanor Roosevelt
In the 2008 presidential nomination race, Clinton won more primaries and delegates than any other female candidate in American history.

If I were to list Senator Joe Bidden’s accomplishments againgst hers, she would not measuure up. So, I think the Republican thunder turned out to be just a little pop!

The Real John McCain

John McCain: The Manchurian Candidate connection:

McCain was subjected to 5 ½ years of Soviet driven “brain perversion techniques.” Is he fit to be President and Commander in Chief of the military?

John McCain’s suicide attempt and his resulting PTSD

Betrayal, deceit, corruption and John McCain

I have not verifyed the statements made on the above website, but the information makes for some good reading.

Taking Back The [White] House!

Presidential Candiadate Barack Obama chose Joe Bidden as his running mate ending weeks of speculation. Senator Bidden, the out spoken chairman of Foriegn Policy, is said to balence the ticket. Imediately after the announcement was made, the McCain camp released an ad depicting Joe Bidden attacking Obama during the (Democrat) Primaries. There is a trend here if anyone cares to look. That is that McCain spends time and advertising dollars attacking Obama rather than discussing his plans and ploicies for the future. The reason is simple, he is old as are his ideas, and he has no real plan for America’s future. A vote for McCain is a vote for more of the same. It would be like giving George W. Bush another 4 years. Do we really want that? Can we really afford that?

If it’s not broken don’t fix it.
But if it is broken send for the marines. Are we better off today than eight years ago? Hell no. When the Democrats (Bill Clinton) left the White House they left the country with a trillion dollar surplus, and we were respected around the world. Unemployment was low and the housing market was bustling. Those were the “good ole days”. Eight years later after a Republican President is about to leave office and America is broken. The housing market is at it’s worst in over 30 years. There are more people losing thier home to forclosure than at any other time in history. The economy is in shambles, the respect of the USA around the world is doubtful at best, and the war continues to cost lives and money.

While initially supporting the war, like many others did because of the hoax perpetrated on us all regarding weapons of mass destruction, Senator Joe Bidden has been one of the most vociferal opponents of President George W. Bush and his war policy. Senator Joe Bidden, is well respected throughout the world, is an articulate advocate for American democracy. In Joe Bidden, Barack Obama has selected a great man to balence the ticket, and someone we can feel safe with in the event that Obama is no longer president, for whatever the reason.

Why is it that Republicans always resort to mud slinging whenever they feel there victory slipping away?
On more than one occasion Senator John McCain has stated that he wants to keep his campaign above the dirt, that the American people are tried of that type of politics. So what does McCain do? He attacks Senator Barrack Obama for being to famous. He actually infers that Obama is on the same level as Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. The saddest part about it is that once he was busted he tried to make light of it by saying that it was in fun, that his campaign staff was getting a kick out of it. Well Senator McCain, it appears that only you and your campaign staff see the humor value in that ad.

As if that wasn’t bad enough, then he accused Mr. Obama of playing the race card. Come on man, give me a break. All Senator Obama was doing was telling his constituency about all the dirty antics that McCain and his cronies are going to use. “They are going to say I have a funny name, that I don’t look like any of the Presidents on any of the dollar bills we have…” How, pray tell, is that playing the race card? Doesn’t John McCain play the POW card? Thats the Prisoner Of War card for those that don’t know. Look it’s heroic for any American to go off and fight in war to defend this country. And its a testament to his inner strength that he survived several years as a POW. But, as General Clark truthfully stated, being a surviving POW does not automatically qualify one to be President of these United States nor to be its Commander in chief.

For such a tough guy, McCain seems to be running home to mommy crying that the bigger boys are picking on him. The fact of the matter is that there are great communicators that become President, Abraham Lincoln, John Kennedy, Ronald Regan, and hopefully Barrack Obama. John McCain puts people to sleep. He is old, out of touch and speaks in a monotone. This is the YouTube, Ipod generation. If you dont understand that technology or how to use it to your advantage you will lose. Senator McCain, you lose.

Hey lady. Twitter is good to see when your friends (those you follow or follow you) are online. I see that you sent me a tweet 51 days ago

@zingrid what can you tell about people by there numerological chart? Are you good at divining stuff?

Do you sell online? You may be missing a value market, those w/o CCs. Let them pay via cell phone http://gilbertocintron.com/link.php?id=2

Last night was a historical night here in the USA. Senator Barrack Obama became the first African American in the history of the United States to get the nomination of any major political party for a chance to run for President!

In what should have been his night to shine, Senator Clinton, [D-NYS] announced that she was not ready to stop campaigning. She reiterated that the 18+ million people that voted for her must be heard and, said she, while there were many decisions to be made, she [Clinton] ‘will make no decision tonight’.

I was under the impression that the Democratic Party had a winner take all policy. Obama reached the so-called magic number of 2118 and some, yet Clinton refuses to acknowledge him as the nominee. As recent as Monday on the Today Show, Clinton’s campaign strategist, Terry McAuliffe, told Matt Lauer that when Obama reaches the magic number of 2118 she, meaning Clinton, would be the first to congratulate him and begin to unite the Democratic Party.

Now, as I write this, I am listening to Terry McAuliffe on the MSNBC’s Morning Joe, it seems like Hillary is ready to concede. Let just say this, before Obama jumped into the race I was all about Hillary R. Clinton for President. But, once Senator Obama announced his desire to run the game plan changed. But make no mistakes, this primary contest will go down in the annuls of American History as one of historical proportions. The First African American and the First Women to be serious contenders for the nomination. I knew that whatever the outcome it was history in the making. I knew it would be Hillary or Obama. With that said, let me predict that there will be no dream team ticket of Obama & Clinton. I say Obama and Edwards, but who knows. As the old saying goes, politics makes strange bedfellows. What comes to mind is John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Those two hated each other, Johnson always felt that Kennedy didn’t pay his dues and stole the nomination from him but for the sake of party unity they formed a ticket. One of my main concerns is how ready the Secret Service are to protect Obama. We all know that there are some crazies out there that just can not accept the fact that a Black Man may actually be the President of the United States. That can not accept the fact that there really is a new America and that in my life time (I am 54 years old), Whites will for once be the minority. In the real world, that should have no baring. But many whites (those crazies, you know who I mean) feel guilty for the sins of their fathers, and feel that if “Blacks get into power” the tables will be reversed. Rest assured crazies that will not happen. We, so-called minorities, love this country as much as you do. We, so-called minorities, have shed blood for this flag in every major battle dating back to the Civil War. We have always felt American even when you (crazies) denied us that right. So, 2008 - Century 21 if you will, and everything has come full circle. The best person has risen to the occasion and it just so happens that he is a mixed race individual. But, that person- Mr. Senator Barrack Obama will be the Commander in Chief, will uphold the U.S. Constitution and life will go on.

Now comes the next phase of this historic quest. Mr. Obama must revise his game plan from one of seeking the nomination, to that of running for President. This means selecting a running mate that together can beat the Republican machine because we know it will be geared up full force against Obama, and one that meshes or blends in with his ideals and goals for this country. That also means identifying someone that will uphold his legacy in the aweful event that he is assasinated.

So while Hillary was not going to make a desion last night, Obama to will not be making a desion yet. For that, Hillary and all the pundits will have to wait.