Nowhere

Nowhere. That’s where we seem to be at the moment. Obama wins Vermont, Clinton wins Rhode Island and Ohio. Ohio is big! Texas, at this moment, is too close to call. Clinton could end up winning Texas although I believe that is not the expectation of those who presumably know these things. Whether she wins Texas or merely comes in close she will almost surely decide to continue, even though there is no way she can accumulate enough delegates to win, even if she wins every other election from now on, which is highly unlikely. So what is she to do? She could, of course, gracefully withdraw, endorse Obama, bring the Democratic party together, and help insure a Democrat will occupy the White House next year. But we’re talking about Clintons here. Bill and Hillary I believe are much more likely to look after themselves than the Democratic party. First, they are DLC, merely a Republican presence in the Democratic party. Second, Clinton has already done what she can to insure that if she isn’t President, McCain will be. This can be seen pretty clearly in her statements to the effect that while she and John III are esperienced, Obama has nothing to offer but a speech. It can also be seen in her 3 a.m. ad, preying on our fears. Third, she has never even attempted to deny her ties to her corporate donors who have backed her almost exclusively until recently, and quite likely will now continue to do so. But if she knows she ultimately cannot win, and will have to concede later on, why should she wait, waste a lot of money, and continue to split the party? Whoever would have thought our corporate masters were clever enough to make sure we had a Democratic choice between the first woman or the first African-American, a diabolical scheme to split the party. If you prefer to think this was just serendipity, maybe you’re right. Maybe.

On the Brafia side we’re being offered John Sidney McCain III, written off as all but dead not very long ago. Now he seems very much alive (I guess). He seems to be a man with the courage of no convictions other than war is good. He wants to carry on the noble banner of George W. Bush, the worst U.S. President ever, with the lowest approval rating in history, a rousing 19%. He has been supported by a Vice-President who is arguably one of the most evil persons ever to hold office. These two, and their minions in the Brafia, are known war criminals who have also violated our constitution many times over, setting themselves up as above the law and somehow cowing a cowardly Congress into letting them have their criminal way at every opportunity. This is apparently the legacy that McCain wishes to continue. With Clinton’s help he may well succeed.

Obama just did what I think was a most interesting and clever thing. He gave a speech that will make everyone forget that Clinton even won Ohio and may win Texas. A speech that was so inspirational and moving that it cannot and will not be ignored. There is no doubt that Obama is a masterful speaker with the ability to make people want to believe, to have hope, to know that someone is interested in them and their welfare. Whether Obama can produce the results he strives for or not, he motivates people to want to do the right thing. If he becomes the candidate the contrast between him and McCain could not be more stark. If you want more of the past seven years, more war, more tax breaks for the wealthy, more crimes against humanity, more wasted taxpayer dollars, more military, more international hatred of our country, vote Brafia and McCain.. If you want the opposite, vote Obama. I am a very cynical person but I’m willing to take a chance on Senator Obama and I know the way of the others will lead us nowhere.

LKBIQ:
“Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one’s mind.”
W. Somerset Maugham