The Average Guy on Politics

Politics by no stretch of the imagination is easy to comprehend but by listening to the candidates and watching the news (not local), one could come to a reasonable opinion as to which way to vote or for whom they support. Politics is a fickle beast to say the least. It brings out the inner being of the candidates and/or their campaign organizers, which provides us with a glimpse of who they truly are. It is easy to see that the Giuliani and Clinton campaigns are politics as usual – smear politics. Are we to assume it was not an actual calculation for the Clinton campaign to distribute fraudulent emails about Senator Obama? For the Average Guy, it was just a stupid attempt to play upon the ignorant people of this nation and an attempt to play upon the fears of the unknown – Muslim beliefs. (Side note – how many non-Muslims have read a book about the Muslim belief enough to actually have an informed opinion? I have) I say foul on the Clinton campaign. And where is National Democratic Party with all of this deceptive politics going on? Can someone please find Howard Dean and ask him to get the kids to play nice? And they wonder why so many turn away from their party. Why is Giuliani going on a verbal attack against other Republican candidates? He should be attacking or just plain firing his campaign manager or whomever the idiot was that recommended ignoring the early primaries and caucuses. With that mistake and his cities abysmal abortion rates he so inaccurately touted, his campaign is all but over. Can he be so naive to believe that the one state of Florida will resurrect his campaign? Who would want him or any of his advisers in the White House? Never will I say I am the sharpest knife in the drawer and I will never say that I am the dullest either but for heaven’s sake, will someone please layout what the actual entrance and exit polls mean for the Average Guy? Let me see, Senator Obama was the leader in New Hampshire on both polls but Senator Clinton won. Am I to believe that thousands of people lied as they entered and exited the polls? Again, I am not stupid. I am not saying there is a conspiracy that allowed cheating by the Clinton campaign or the Democratic Party nor would I ever state that politics allows for such an occurrence. Because we all know that would never happen. For real, is anyone looking into this? So what do the polls mean? Not a damn thing to me but for someone else they must mean something. I am waiting for Chris Matthews , Wolf Blitzer, or Chris Wallace to explain why they mean so much and why millions of donated dollars are being spent on inaccurate misguided polls. Good television I guess. It is hard for anyone to believe that they are still utilizing divide and conquer techniques against African Americans still to this day? Not true you say. What about the Clinton and Obama campaigns? Both have some of the most ignorant supporters in the nation. Not all but some. On the Obama side, African Americans will vote for him just because he is African American, which is stupid. Would be ignorant but they know better. He actually has a great message and plan. And on the Clinton side, she is utilizing her husband’s popularity with African Americans to gain their votes. Again stupid, because he did nothing to equalize the great divide in our nation amongst the races. He only followed a bad president in the first President Bush. He, former President Clinton, raised taxes, did nothing for medical care, invaded Haiti (why?), invaded and pulled out of Somalia, shut down the federal government twice because he and Congress could not work together, brought in the Whitewater scandal, and had an affair in the Oval Office. And we want this repeated why? It is an age difference in the support that I see for them. Younger African Americans support Obama and older African Americans support Clinton. The latter because older people resist and fight change, something Obama plans to bring with his administration. Change is a fascinating concept. Let me see – Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton? And the change is where. And people wonder why we are a nation in peril. It is the overall picture I wish the American people would look at during this election. Our President is not doing so well and the Congress is doing even worse. A lot of Democrats in Congress will be removed and replaced with Republicans. The Democrats promised changes as they overtook Congress and have not delivered on anything. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is about as effective as a pencil in a coloring contest. Why does she even show up to work? She couldn’t get a bill passed if she were the deciding vote. Again, the Democratic Party is wondering why they are losing members to other parties. The next President will have to work with the opposite party to accomplish even the smallest achievement. Can Senator Clinton do it? Not with her I, I , I campaign and her hidden experience she keeps referring to. Can Giuliani? When pigs fly or he either stops flip flopping. Can Governor Huckabee? He is too indecisive to rely on. Can Senator McCain? Way too Republican to even attempt to coexist. The only two that can probably do it are Senator Obama and Governor Romney with perhaps Senator Thompson and Senator Edwards as dark horses. If we could just remove race and religion from politics imagine how many people would actually listen to the messages being delivered by the candidates. Governor Huckabee would already be at home. Giuliani would be vacationing on someone else’s dime. Senator Clinton would actually explain her experience versus criticizing Senator Obama for his lack thereof and then the next week utilizing his words as if they were her own (let’s not forget the Iran issue) or even better she would be in up-state New York or Arkansas or wherever she claims for her next advancement and out of the public eye. Perhaps Senator Edwards and Senator Thompson would actually be heard over the rhetoric. Aaahh wouldn’t that be nice. Can you imagine an Obama/Edwards ticket? Karl Rove would have a heart attack at how fast they would go to the White House. They both have a method of listening, gathering the facts, and having an accurate and decisive outcome. I have thought long and hard for a Republican Vice President to run on the Romney ticket but a reliable non-egotistical name eludes me. How about an Obama/Romney ticket? Now that is the change this nation could use.