Our Moment

I have a lot to say, and a ton on my mind so I will try to stay as on point as possible. I would love to write something eloquent about last night, and I will. But I cannot and will not stop myself from criticizing both Senators Clinton and McCain.

Let me start first with my thoughts about last night.

In my mind, last night has been a foregone conclusion since the middle of January. I saw how Hillary Clinton was running her campaign, I saw the packed arenas, and the message of hope, and I fully expected that I would be writing what I am writing at some point.

Knowing it was going to happen, and watching a black man and his beautiful black wife take the stage on the night where he locked up the nomination for the Democratic Party for the Presidency of the United States was more powerful than I think I have words to describe.

There is something special about this man and it is more than pretty words and an eloquent manner of speech.

I heard Pat Buchanan saying last night on MSNBC that what Obama must do now is make a move towards the middle.

To that I say Bullshit, Obama represents the middle right now.

Where are the American people on the war?

Where are the American people on Health Care?

Where are the American people on the economy?

Where are the American people on the environment?

Did I miss any?

Barack Obama is with the majority of the American people on every one of these major issues.

82% of the American people feel that our country is going in the wrong direction.

That means that 18% of people are all for George Bush's third term, manifested in the person of John McCain.

I got on the bus in the summer of '04. I had to that point a very limited knowledge of politics, and little interest.

Then my sister mentioned a skinny guy from Illinois with a funny name and big ears.

I was not enthusiastic about John Kerry. I was supporting Howard Dean in 04 until the media killed him for a yell.

I watched the convention in the summer of 04 and was blown away by that skinny guy from Illinois with the funny name and big ears.

When he threw his hat into the ring for the Democratic nomination, I was at first uncomfortable with his associations with an anti-gay, black minister. I am chaffed slightly by his religion but I understand its necessity with a majority of his base.

I wish that he openly supported equal marriage rights for all citizens, but I understand that in this political climate, it is an issue that should be decided by the states first. I am a federalist for the most part, and think that the States should decide how they want to legislate.

Watching last night, as he fist pounded his wife as she walked off the stage, I realized, as my throat caught, just how important a thing it was that I was watching.

The Tide is in fact Turning.



Now, onto some negative thoughts from last night.

I will start with Senator Clinton, and I hope this is the last thing that I write about her for a very long time.

I truly hope, that at some point in her life, she realizes just how much of a mistake that she made last night. Just what kind of an opportunity that she missed.

The entire nation was watching, the world was watching. She will never again have that many eyes on her.

She had an opportunity to begin healing the party, and moving forward towards what I believe to be an inevitable win in November (more on that later).

She had a moment, it was her moment as Obama would say, to show both her supporters, and those like me who have been radically turned off by the tenor of her campaign, that she has the capacity to rise about the noise and the petty bickering, to say what she needed to say, and step to the side to allow Obama his moment.

Instead she made it about her. The speech was about her, and where she goes from here. The speech was an extended version of the notion, "if you don't play by my rules, I will talk my ball and go home".

She, and her supporters continue to float this notion, that somehow Obama owes her some debt, or the 17 million people who voted for her, wont support him.

I say to that, and god I hope Obama feels the same, if you chose to support George Bush's third term manifested in the person of John McCain, and all that it entails (conservative justices, continued war, failed economic policy, etc.) so be it, but you live with that.

Obama owes nothing to Clinton. He doesn't have to dangle Roe v. Wade in front of women voters faces to entice them to vote for him (as I heard one woman say as she was justifying a vote for McSame)

If Clinton supporters, and Clinton herself chose to vote against their own self interest, go the-fuck-ahead, but don't threaten the Democratic Nominee with, if you dint play by my rules, I will take my supporters and go home.

This maniacal, narcissistic, delusional concept that Obama has to pander to Senator Clinton is unbelievable.

I was so right about Obama being the nominee, that I have grown cocky, and am ready to make another prediction.

THERE IS NO WAY ON GOD'S GREEN FUCKING EARTH THAT HILLARY RODHAM FUCKING CLINTON IS GOING TO BE THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON BARACK OBAMA'S FUCKING TICKET

There, I feel better having gotten that off my chest.

There are plenty of reasons why she will not be, but let me highlight a few.

1.) Obama does not want Bill Clinton, and all that baggage in the West Wing. Bill would be forced, for the next 6 months to answer questions ranging from Monica, to Saudi donations numbering in the tens of millions to the Clinton Library.

2.) Fox News, and every other conservative news outlet has been foaming at the mouth, just waiting for Hillary to be the nominee so that they can unleash the hounds of fucking hell on her. I find it kind of odd that Fox has been so nice to the good Senator from NY, having once been a major factor in her self described "Right Wing Conspiracy". Sean Hannity has basically endorsed Clinton for President, does anyone honestly think that is because he really likes her, or because the Right would love to run against her.

3.) And probably most importantly, Senator Clinton has just spent the last 18 months trying (unsuccessfully) to convince the American people that she, and Senator McCain are prepared to be President, and Obama is not. As a matter of fact, the RNC has already generated an add, using video of Clinton saying that very same thing, to use against Obama. How exactly is that going to go over on the campaign trail, where the VP is on tape saying the Presidential nominee is not ready to lead?

I will tell you how, it won't. Because it is not going to happen.

All this talk about a so-called unity ticket is going to be the media's way of keeping this debate alive.

The cable news networks have experienced an unbelievable bounce in their ratings during this protracted battle between Clinton and Obama. That battle is now over, unless they are able to keep her in the discussion, which they will through talk of this Unity Ticket bullshit.

I am telling you now, it is not going to happen.

Which leads me into my final point. The problem the media is going to face for the next six months is, there is no competition here between McCain and Obama.



I watched as much of this speech as I could stand last night and was absolutely struck by the juxtaposition of this speech when compared to Obama's.

McCain is boring the live out of the 18 people in the audience. 32,000 people were at Obama's speech last night, over 15,000 of them outside, just so they could say they were there.

In the media's rush to celebrate Obama's victory last night, a little noticed fact slipped through the cracks.

John McCain LOST THE PRIMARY IN MONTANA LAST NIGHT

And not only did he lose. He came in third place behind Mitt Romney (and his hair) and Ron Paul.

As in-line with the American people as Barack Obama is on the issues, John McCain is equally out of touch.

Take all of the issues I mentioned above, and guess where John McCain (and all the lobbyist he has working on his campaign) is on every one of them....You guessed it, right in line with George W. Bush.

He is so in step with Bush, he voted with the President 95% of the time in '07.

And I have a news flash, John McCain's age is a campaign issue. Period.

Barack Obama being black does not effect his ability to lead. John McCain's age, could potentially have a negative effect on his. Call me an Ageist. I don't care. There is no reason to assume that a 71 year old man will have the mental capacity to lead this country. Presidents age at 4 time the rate of average people because of the stress of the job. Look back on some pictures of W if you don't believe me, he looks like a different man since 2000, of course that could be the weight of the 10,000+ Americans that have died unnecessarily on his watch.

Once again, I am so cocky following my accurate Obama prediction, I am going to go out on a limb again, and feel free to hold me to this:

BARACK OBAMA IS GOING TO WIN THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND IT WILL NOT EVEN BE CLOSE.

There I said it.

Conservatives are going to realize that he is not all that conservative (seeing as Bush has overseen the largest growth in the National Debt in history on his watch, and McCain is Bush x3)

Christians are going to realize that, Jeremiah Wright aside, Barack Obama is more like them than McSame is.

The base is going to fail him. The tactics of Karl Rove, rallying the base on social issues like gay marriage, to turn around and forget about those same people for four years until you need them again, simply can not continue to work.

As far as VPs go.

McCain will probably chose someone who will help him with that base, most likely Mike Huckabee.

Obama has an awesome group of people to chose from. I am hoping for General Wesley Clark, or Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius.

It has been rumored that the Clinton camp has warned Obama that he better not chose another woman, or else.

OR ELSE FUCKING WHAT?

This is getting fairly long. Please post your thoughts in the comments section.

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