John Mccain likes black people..or does he?

 

 

While he might not receive a big hug at the very least he gets a fist bump for showing up and talking to NAACP leaders, ( President Bush only showed up once in the past eight years) and activists at the annual NAACP convention in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Now, I don’t think this appearance was all about the black vote. I am quite sure Mccain had ulterior motives (trying to enhance his appeal to moderate republicans and democrats) but hey all politicians have motives right but like they say appearances matter and this was a good one for Mccain.

He still needs loads of work on his speech delivery though..he sounds and looks too stiff and very, very uncomfortable this is an area he needs to work on if he doesn’t want to lose all the debates to Obama.

Michelle Obama does NOT need an image makeover..

 

Here’s why..

How many of us have attractive, intelligent, out-spoken, confident women in our family? I bet you can name at least a couple would you CHANGE her/them?

How many of us know of a woman who would put us in our place in a minute if we got out of line? And that includes your mom, would you tell HER to shut up? You wouldn’t dare….lol

How many of us know of a woman/women that are just as witty and just as sharp tongued as any man? And that could include the female co-worker who just told you that ‘dirty’ joke..(come on, we all know and like her..lol..)

How many of us know of a woman that pulled herself up by her bootstraps, kept her head down and powered through and MADE IT against all odds? Hasn’t she earned our respect?

She’s the woman, who was the first in her family to get a college education, or the high school drop out who refused to take welfare and worked two jobs to support her family and is now the proud matriarch of a family, loved and respected by all, or even the girl next door who took a few wrong turns but finally got her act together and though she doesn’t have the fancy degree or the greatest job everybody in the neighborhood is glad to see that she’s not doing that ‘s$%$’ anymore…

I ask again how many of us know of a woman/women like that?

MICHELLE OBAMA, is not and will not be the typical first lady but this country is not the typical country.

Her image does not need softening, neither does it need a makeover or even a ‘re introduction’ what the Obama camp needs to do is allow Michelle to be Michelle.

She’s a daughter, sister, wife, mother and a working woman…tell me how many women are all those things and then some?

Yes, she might say some controversial things. Yes, she might make a few slip ups that could cost Obama a few news cycles. And yes she should be a bit more careful when she’s on the stump but in the end Michelle Obama is who she is and unlike some who claim that she too, is applying for the job of ‘first lady’ I beg to differ the job of first lady is already pre-determined, if he wins you can be assured she’s gonna get the job but the role just like the office will change somewhat depending on the person who occupies it.

As an intelligent, attractive, outspoken, confident and less I forget ‘fashionable’, lol, black woman, for the first time in my life probably and hopefully, fingers and toes crossed, next year I will see a black woman who too exemplifies all these qualities be called ‘Madam First Lady’.

In the past our first ladies were white and we admired (Jackie Kennedy and Eleanor Roosevelt are two of the seven women I would like to have dinner with..if it were possible…)  and continue to admire their personal traits and qualities.

In the future, our first lady might be an attractive, intelligent, out-spoken, confident, fashionable black woman and I’m willing to bet that we wouldn’t stop admiring and respecting those qualities in her.

 

 

 

From Lincoln-Douglas to Clinton-Obama, how things have changed

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

  

Hillary Clinton has officially challenged Barack Obama to a debate without a moderator in the style of the Lincoln, Douglas debates back in 1858.

I must say that I do like the idea.

Regardless of all that has happened and all that will happen over the next few months. It fills me with great joy when I think about the fact that 150 years ago these two people, due to gender and race as a collective, couldn’t vote or take active participation in the affairs of this country and both were regarded as second class citizens.  

And today, this black man and this woman are both serious contenders for the presidency of the United States.

At this moment in history we can all be proud of this great country… let’s all give each other a collective pat on the back..lol

Now, a moderator less Clinton, Obama debate would be an event worth watching and a debate for the history books. Can you imagine the ratings, it might actually beat and American idol finale..lol?

However, as a former debating society captain I know that you have to be on top of your game to handle this type of debating style and unfortunately Obama is not the world’s best debater and this format has the potential of hurting rather than helping his candidacy.

In addition Clinton would sling so much dirt during that debate that in the end Obama might be left wondering why he agreed to the debate in the first place.

However, the idea is definitely something that a network or an organization should explore for the presidential debates.

 

 

 

 

Significant problems in Pennsylvnia..

A slew of problems in the “Keystone State” voters turned aways due to registration issues, broken machines, not enough provisional ballots, long, long lines etc etc..why the hell can’t the richest country in the world with the best and brightest minds get an election right?

Why?

 

Obama and the white middle class, how to connect with and win them over if he can..

For the past few days I’ve been listening to the pundits discuss Obama’s speech and whether or not his speech connected with the average white working man or woman in the United States.

And if the pundits are to be believed Obama’s speech failed to or resonated very little with the average middle class woman or man and based on some recent polling Obama is slipping in the polls against Hillary and John McCain among democrats nationwide.

This fact is not surprising. With all the negative attention and flak Obama has received in regards to his pastor’s comments and his association with the pastor, Obama who was already lacking support in that demographic has sustained even more damage.

However, I believe that Obama can sway more working class white democrats to his side if he changes the way in which he is trying to connect with them.

At the moment Obama is hoping that his message and his delivery of that message will sway these voters and I’m sure his campaign staff, more knowledgeable people than myself, have already microtargeted this group however their strategies clearly aren’t working.

Obama may secure the nomination without significant support from these specific democrats but he cannot win the general election without them!

When discussing the American working class, I’m reminded of a passage from the book One Nation After All by Alan Wolfe in which he states;

“From a middle class point of view, the ideal society would be one in which everyone-immigrants, minorities, the poor-would uphold middle-class values so that someday they might obtain middle-class incomes..that’s another way of saying that their solution to class inequality is to insist on moral equality..”

And I must agree that this is what I have found to be the case as well.

Most white working class Americans want to believe that ultimately life is fair, you might get some bad breaks here and there but in the end if you work hard enough, follow the law, have faith in God and take pride in your country, family and community you will be a success.

They don’t believe most people are deserving of handouts or charity in large part due to their immigrant backgrounds which in many cases has taught them to suck up their problems and issues and just deal with them.

Unfortunately this is where the disconnect between Obama and his message to the white working class is occurring.

Obama’s values are not translating into their world instead what is translating is a perception that he’s receiving undeserving adulation. Many would probably claim that they don’t even know what he stands for and not his stance on the issues but what he stands for as a MAN and this in many ways is contributing to Clintons’ success among them.

Clinton has had the luxury of time to convey who she is and what she represents and her husband’s legacy doesn’t hurt either. Obama unfortunately has neither but I believe that if Obama talked about his life, his struggles, his demons,this would resonate more with working class whites more so than anything else he may have to offer, at this point in time.

If I were an Obama strategist (I’m hoping to get a call anyday now…lol) I would advise him to talk more about himself and and what he has been through when he’s in Pennsylvania and other predominantly white working class states because these voters are crucial to winning in November.

Undeservedly so, this week, millions of America started to question whether or not Obama shares one of their core values-patriotism.

However if voters and in particular white middle class voters perceive, long term that Obama does not share their core values (patriotism, faith in god, freedom just to name the critical three) he will be soundly defeated come November.

He cannot allow this to happen.

So in the end he must rely on who he is as a man to convince those who are skeptical of him of his policies and the direction in which he wants to take the nation.

That is what I believe will ultimately sway these voters to support and follow him.

and the walls came tumbling down..

Two faced, fraud man Mitt Romney is gone..can you give me a hell yeah..HELL YEAH!!!

I know, I know he’s not gone forever but I’m still going to relish the fact that he spent 35 million and got nothing, except maybe name recognition for that sum.. 35 million of his own money and HE GOT NOTHING!!! LOL>>LOL>>

You know I don’t normally relish in a person’s failure because I believe that failure is relative and even when it’s clearly defined as such you can still garner enormous quantities of valuable information from your mistakes. 

However Mitt Romney’s case is different I don’t begrudge him his faith, his money or even his issues. I am who I am and he’s who he is in that respect but I do not or cannot respect any individual who changes his mind about a particular issue and than wants to crucify others for believing what he once believed, to me and millions of others obviously that’s the height of hypocrisy and I also question his sincerity on the issues of particular importance to the GOP.

It seems he ‘converted’ to their way of thinking at just the right time in order to start running for president and it based on his past history it seems that Mitt Romney always says what he thinks people want to hear instead of what he truly believes.

Mike Huckabee and John Mccain for all my disagreements with them on the issues are true to themselves and their country first and to their party second. Romney never seems to be true to anything not even himself.

And that is why he failed because he could never convey an effective message because he had none and the one that he did have his economic ‘genius’ was packaged in a way that instead of rallying people actually did quite the opposite it turned them off..

Whatever possessed Mitt Romney this election cycle is sure to resurface sometime in the near future, probably in 2012 but I do hope that he’s learned a lesson and that when we do see him again we see an entirely different man and not the two faced hypocrite who can’t get along with his teammates that we’ve all grown to hate this election cycle.

 As for Clinton loaning her campaign 5 million dollars all I have to say is..well, well, well.. if things are that bad for her now imagine what they are going to be like in a few weeks after a series of Obama wins.

Ain’t it funny how one year can make such a BIG difference? Last year she raising millions in a few hours now she has to loan herself money…I have to say the writing, although still quite a bit vague may suddenly be appearing on the wall..

Mccain and Romney cancelled each other out at tonight’s Republican debate

Mccain and Romney went after each other tonight at the CNN’s Republican Presidential Debate.

But neither emerged victorious.

Romney, I must admit showed his proficiency on economic issues and how he would lead the country out of the current economic ‘crisis’ but I don’t think that he was able to overcome his huge likeablility deficit. As knowledgeable as he is when it comes to economic issues, he appears to be a mega rich, phony, flip flopper who’ll say anything to get elected.

And you know what I still don’t like the guy..he still comes of as a fraud..lol.

As for John Mccain. He’s a leader when it comes to the war in Iraq. He’s an honorable, LIKEABLE man and he’s someone that you could count on to lead the country even if the country doesn’t agree with him he will lead and he will lead to the best of his ability. But he doesn’t display his knowledge on issues other than the war in Iraq, foreign policy and the military. And after George Bush we need our leaders to know a lot about somethings and be verse in most things!

As for Ron Paul wrong time, wrong place. He has great ideas but come one now..it’s getting tiresome..I’m all for the Ron Paul Revolution but it’s over people!  John Edwards finally admitted defeat when will Ron Paul?

And Mike Huckabee, didn’t get much air time tonight but as usual he had the best jokes and sounded the most sincere and genuine. However, you can’t rely on that alone. He has got to show that he knows something about the issues and once again I didn’t get that impression. He might be on the right side of many of the important conservative issues but he’s not getting the traction that he needs in order to get those ’conservative credentials’ out there instead he’s seen as too liberal on immigration and taxes, two of the holy grail issues for Republicans.

None of these candidates, including the front runner John Mccain, is the whole package and if I were a conservative I would be quite disheartened!

Obama wants to be judged on the issues..

Obama wants to be judged on the issues and how well he communicates the issues to the people. You go bro..hammer that down..