Beware "The Believers"

Obama’s overseas trip is an attempt to cram for his upcoming “Presidential Prep—Part A, Foreign Affairs” Exam.  Fortunately for Obama, the media will prepare, administer, and grade this part of the “Presidential Exam” and will be reporting his grade to the American public.  Obama, his campaign, and the media have decided that all Obama needs is a “C” on the “Foreign Affairs” part of the “Presidential Prep” exam to satisfy the public that he’s ready to be Commander-in-Chief..

Due to Obama’s lack of time spent in the classroom and studying for the Presidential Prep course, he hopes he will get lucky and the questions asked by the media on the “Foreign Affairs” part of the final exam will be multiple choice/short answers.  Obama, like all students who are faced with a final exam and have not had the time for a number of reasons to attend the classes and study on a regular basis, is not fully prepared for the exam.  He does not want the exam to include in-depth questions that will allow the media to distinguish between those who have a total grasp of the subject matter and those who have just enough knowledge to get them by on a short-answer/multiple choice exam! 

Obama is pretty sure that his cramming for the exam will result in a good grade; but he is also concerned about the “F” he received on his “project” for the course, Chairman of a Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee..  He knows the project is supposed to be a major portion of his total grade but hopes the fact that the media likes him will prevent them from giving it the attention that it deserves.  He received an “F” on his project because he was appointed Chairman of the Subcommittee in January, 2007, and held only ONE meeting (April 8, 2008).  The one and only meeting he held for his committee was not substantive.  It was held as a photo op to give him media time interviewing General Petraeus and Ryan Crocker at a time when other students in the course would be getting photo ops on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee interviewing Petraeus/Crocker. 

Since the media likes Obama, they lack objectivity and are more likely to include multiple choice/short answer questions on the exam and to give him a higher grade than he deserves on any in-depth questions that find there way into the exam.  Therefore, it is highly unlikely that Obama’s lack of experience in Foreign Affairs will be revealed on this exam.  Tthe fact that he has not put in the time necessary to fully grasp the subject matter will wait for another day to be fully exposed.  Let’s all hope that his lack of in-depth foreign affairs knowledge and experience is not revealed to the public on a day when he is President of the most powerful country in the world.

The media, guilt ridden over America’s racist past, has not attacked Obama on several campaign gaffes; instead, they have made excuses for him and openly rushed to his rescue! 

• When he plagiarized major portions of Patrick Duval's “Just Words” speech, the media said he had "borrowed" the words!  Yeah, right! He would have received an “F” at Harvard for “borrowing” that much of anyone’s speech!  Plagiarism killed Biden's 2004 campaign.
• When the Rev. Wright issue came up and the problem that Obama had was really patriotism, the press swooned at his feet when he made his "race" speech that had NOTHING to do with the real problem--patriotism.
• When Obama referred to blue-collar, hard working people as clinging to their religion and guns and then called them bigots, his campaign would have ended the day the comment was released IF the media had not come to his aid.  The media, instead of focusing on how horrendous Obama's comments were, started calling Hillary an elitist and began retelling Obama's life story to make sure everyone knew that he was not an elitist!
• When Obama said in a derogatory manner that Madeline Albright might have something to say about Hillary's so-called foreign affairs experience, the media failed to point out that Obama was being an uninformed idiot since Albright had already had a lot to say about Hillary's EXCELLENT foreign affairs qualifications!
• When Obama was rude to a person who pestered him for a picture and finally gave in and said "but I'm not going to smile" the media barely mentioned his lack of self-control.  They made excuses for his being exhausted!  Had any other politician treated anyone in that manner their names would have been mud on ALL media outlets!
• When Hillary had problems with her answer in a debate re driver's license for illegal immigrants (the only real problem she had in ALL of the debates), she experienced tremendous media attacks.  But, one week later Obama failed to have an answer for the exact same question!  The media barely mentioned that he could not BUT SHOULD HAVE been able to answer that question, especially since it had been such a hot topic during the prior week!
• When Obama's answer to a female reporter's question was "Just a minute, Sweetie", the media made all kinds of excuses for him and once again let him off the hook.

One or more of Obama's gaffes listed above would have been a campaign killer in races past.  There is no doubt whatsoever that the media gave Obama far too many passes during the Democratic primaries; and, as a result, the Democratic Party now has a PRESUMPTIVE nominee who is a flawed candidate due to his gaffes, mistakes, and lack of experience on the national stage. 

The media gave the Republicans McCain and the Democrats Obama.  How unfortunate it is that a candidate possessing only two years of experience on the national stage can be propped up by the media and leave Americans with such a poor choice to make for President of the most powerful country in the world!

Every day, the media that, along with the DNC, forced Hillary Clinton out of the Presidential race is overwhelmed by the state of our economy and foreign affairs relations.  The search for an appropriate VP for both McCain and Obama is a constant topic.  No one seems able to come up with a VP for McCain who can fill in for his shortcomings, economic policy comprehension and his age.  No one seems able to come up with a VP for Obama who can fill in for his shortcomings, foreign affairs knowledge and experience and his age.

How ironic it is that the ONE person who has BOTH the economic policy comprehension and the foreign affairs knowledge and experience AND has NO PROBLEM with her age was forced out of the race by a media that is guilt ridden over America’s racial past and a Democratic National Committee with the same problem!

At a time when our country desperately needs a President who understands our economy and KNOWS what it takes to turn this country around, we are offered McCain who admits he is weak on the economy or Obama who is still wet behind the ears when it comes to our economy! 

At a time when our country desperately needs a Commander in Chief who KNOWS what it takes to reposition our country as a world leader admired and respected by most, we are offered Obama who obviously does not possess the necessary background and experience in foreign affairs that is needed or McCain who is downright scary on the topic! 

The ONE person (Hillary Clinton) who is a policy wonk on the economy AND has excellent foreign affairs knowledge and experience is not going to be on the ballot!  Way to go Superdelegates; if you had voted based on your background and experience instead of being scared that there would be riots and chaos at the convention, America would have a qualified candidate for President ON THE BALLOT!

Public campaign financing is supposed to guard against the Presidency being bought by any one group whether that group is 300,000 strong or 1,000,000 strong!  The population of the United States is 300,000,000 and no one group should be able to run roughshod over the population just because they have enough money to do so.  The Presidency should not be for sale!  Democrats have fought for years for public campaign financing that would prevent any group from being able to buy the Presidency.  If a campaign gets its funds from the public, it is the public that is served.  If a campaign gets its funds from a group (no matter how large or small the group is), it is the group that is served NOT the public.

Obama’s campaign ran roughshod over the Clinton campaign outspending her sometimes by as much as 5 to 1; and the so-called “free” press did not do its job because many had stars in their eyes due to the money that was being thrown around.  Obama was able to “buy” many more Superdelegates than the Clinton campaign.  No campaign should be able to “buy” support but the media remained mute on the process mostly because the media was making money on both campaigns.

Now, we are supposedly in the general election mode and Obama and his one million strong are running roughshod over McCain and there appears to be no one who will stand up for the remaining 299 million citizens who should have a voice in this election.  The media that should be the watchdog for the 300 million citizens in this country and should have dogged Obama about his opting out of public campaign financing instead are complimenting him for his political acumen! 

There is NO EXCUSE for the citizens of this country and its supposed watchdog media allowing the Presidency to be bought whether it is being bought by a group of 300,000 or a group of 1,000,000!  There are 300 million people in this country and 1 million people should not be able to dictate the rules just because they have enough money to do so.  Republicans have managed to dictate the rules in some elections because they had more money than the Democrats.  It was wrong when the Republicans bought the elections and it is wrong for the Democrats to buy the elections. 

Obama’s opting out of public campaign financing shows he is just another politician capable of buying the Presidency and choosing to do so!  Guess the remaining 299 million citizens in this country had better just get used to Obama and his 1 million strong dictating the rules because there is no media outlet that is not subject to the all mighty dollar! 

The Media should get an “F” in math since most of them have just parroted the ridiculous math of Chuck Todd (MSNBC) re the Democratic Party’s nomination process.  The analysts, pundits, and print media are assuming that all Superdelegates who have cast their votes for Obama are permanent.  As they SHOULD KNOW, a couple of Superdelegates have already changed their minds; they were originally for Clinton and switched to Obama.  When that happened, everyone said ok, since they are allowed to change their votes.  Considering Hillary stomped Obama in West Virginia and Kentucky and considering Obama's definite weakness as a candidate against McCain, the Superdelegates could very well cast their votes for Hillary before the nomination is complete. 

The Superdelegates CAN CHANGE THEIR MINDS at any time until they actually cast their votes on the convention floor; and they are not supposed to be rubber stamps for the pledged delegates vote.   NEITHER Obama nor Hillary will have the "magic number" needed to win the nomination outright which is a majority of ALL the delegates, pledged and Superdelegates, a number that will be somewhere between 2026 and 2210. 

The Superdelegates will SELECT the nominee based on their arguments in this incredibly close race.  Obama's "majority of the pledged delegates" is a good argument; but, it is a number that is not even mentioned in the rules so it is just an argument, nothing more and nothing less.  Hillary's "majority of the popular vote" is a good argument and it is not in the rules either.  The Superdelegates are supposed to consider all of the arguments and the electability of each candidate when they cast their final vote.  Hopefully, they will take their responsibility seriously and nominate the most electable candidate for the fall election.  After all, the goal of the process of SELECTING not ELECTING a nominee is to ELECT a Democratic Party President.  The Superdelegates know that it will be of no value to SELECT a nominee IF that nominee can not get elected!

Bob Shrum (supposed Democratic Strategist) and Mike Barnacle (supposed unbiased journalist) on Morning Joe, 5/19/08, looked like “good old boy” idiots laughing and making fun of Hillary’s campaign.  They are just two Obama tankers trying to laugh off Obama’s weaknesses and clinging to the pie-in-the sky hope that Obama is going to CHANGE the electoral college math!  Yeah, right! 

IF the Superdelegates ignore the fact that Obama is a flawed candidate and vote for him because of threats that there will be riots and chaos at the convention, Democrats will lose the general election!  When that happens, I want to see Shrum and Barnacle on Morning Joe the day after McCain is elected apologizing to the American public for their idiotic actions and statements!

Bob Shrum, a democratic strategist who has done nothing but LOSE, is living in an ivory tower, elitist democrat world; and, he absolutely refuses to acknowledge Obama’s weak underbelly that is going to result in a landslide loss for Democrats in the fall!

In addition, Shrum refuses to face the FACT that a huge percentage of women have been offended in this race and WE WILL NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA!  We may actually campaign and vote for McCain!  Shrum just poo poos this sentiment as being “in the heat of the battle” mentality.  I can guarantee you that a huge percentage of women are serious about not voting for Obama and Shrum and his kind (Obama tankers) better take that fact into consideration when they coronate Obama!

Women may not riot or cause chaos at the convention as Obama supporters have threatened in order to get the votes of the Superdelegates; but, we will make sure that Obama, a two-year Senator, does not become President of the United States!  So, take that, Shrummie Boy!