After Obama swept the Wisconsin and Hawaii primaries yesterday, it gave him 10 straight victories over Hillary - something I did not believe possible only a month ago. And as far as I am concerned, this is GOOD THING (TM) because I am still supporting Obama as the "best of the rest" of the candidates. He is the only one from either side that is truly offering a fresh start to the White House (for better or worse). I will freely admit that I am not convinced yet that Obama is ready for the office. And I will also admit I do not agree with several of his positions on major issues. But it's worth the risk because McCain abandoned his circa-2000 moderate stance and sold his soul to the far right in return for their support. And Clinton sold her soul to all the super-delegates in her attempt to keep up with Obama.
If either of those two win, they will be so beholden to all the favors they promised that nothing but those special interests will be addressed. In fact all those promises had me quite afraid that the Clinton political machine could not be stopped.
My point is that both Clinton and McCain are bought and paid for and offer nothing but more of the same. Can Obama really offer change? I hope so, since he really is our only hope FOR change. And we need change, even if I disagree with some of his political stances. It's more important to clean up the White House than it is to agree on every issue.
As for the other candidates, they simply aren't viable.
Sorry Huckabee, but running on a religious platform in a country that believes in the separation of Church and State is not going to work. Yes, you found yourself a nice niche and have some ardent supporters, but not enough to be mainstream.
Sorry Ron Paul. You honestly had the best platform of any candidate from either party left standing after Super Tuesday. You would have had my vote, but you lacked the backbone to defend yourself from the ridicule that came from being a Republican and a Constitutionalist with an anti-war stance. If you stood up and fought for your beliefs, not only would you have forced the media to listen to you, but you would have proven you could be the strong leader required to be President. Instead you remained meekly in the background and let people like Mitt Romney literally laugh at you during the debates and on the airwaves knowing full well you wouldn't bite back. That's not presidential. That's sad.
Is it possible for me to change my mind and vote for someone else? Absolutely, if Bloomberg decides to run...
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I gotta tip-toe here. Obama wants to force college students to sign up for the Peace Corps for a year in order to receive a 4000 dollar a year tax credit during college. College students are too stupid to know that this is a really bad idea for them.
Long story short, Obama will be elected by the dumbest humans in this country.
P.S. McCain is far left of moderate. He is just to the right of Clinton, but surprisingly far right of the fascism championed by Barry.
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