Higher Learning Isn't What It Used To Be...

No sirree bobcat. (via Moe Lane)

I'd post the vid, 'cept I'm too disgusted by it. Arrogant college kids treating their parents like they are toddlers who need directions to the bathroom is hardly a way to earn votes for your candidate, much less respect for yourself. I get the vague feeling that someone at Moveon.org has some lingering resentment at not being allowed to go the protest the Vietnam War as a tween. Just a feeling though.

...Although, if this is the new standard of ads the Left is implementing to get votes, I'm all for it. Two of the actors are from Gossip Girl. Yep, you can't beat people who portray hormonal, sex-crazy teens when choosing who you want as the sirens for the other side.

Last Note: If "coolness" is the new way of picking the leader of the free world, then I might consider moving to Canada. At least they can pick them right.

As It Stands

During the Democratic primary, Republicans such as myself advocated that we crossover and vote for Hillary in the hopes that a protracted campaign would help shatter Obama's halo bestowed to him by a sympathetic media. It did what we wanted it to, it brought up names such Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers. But has it backfired? As we enter into the home stretch of the general election, have we doomed ourselves by inoculating people against the charges that we fling against Obama now? His connections to the now infamous ACORN may be our last bullet to stop the juggernaut, but there is no guarantee that it will work.

Call me pessimistic...but I do not think we have a good chance come November. I remember the run-up to the Bush-Kerry election. I remember that although Kerry had a lot going for him, it was clear to many that it would be a close race in the end. Not so here. It's very much a cliche now, but change is in the wind. We are no longer in the middle of a visible war and instead in the middle of an economic crisis that has been wrongly blamed on the Republicans.

Have I given up hope? No, but there is not much to hope in right now. For now, I just fight the good fight. I encourage other Republicans to do the same.

He's Gonna Barack Your World!

Oh, and on a quick side note, he's NOT a Muslim.

Read this.

Read the comments on this.

I know it's CNN, but read this anyway.

And THIS (note the fact that those emails lied about being verifired, a crack in the foundation should be a sign to you that the whole thing could be off).

If we're gonna fight him, we might as well do it the honest way. Unsupported facts are hardly the way to win an election.

Obamarama

I spoke this morning with some friends at church. We discussed the various candidates, mourned for the loss of Fred Thompson, and voiced our opinions on who we'd prefer the Democrat nominee to be. I'm torn between the two most likely prospects for the Dem nod, Senator Clinton and Senator Obama. I would prefer Hillary to win because of the anti-Hillary vote it would bring out. As W.C Fields once said "I never voted for anybody. I always voted against." In a race with Hillary vs. Anyone, the possibility of a Hillary (and Bill) presidency would drive conservatives to the polls in droves.

Enter Barack Obama. A few months ago I wouldn't have really considered the ramifications of his nomination because he was far behind Her Inevitableness. But with his victories in Ohio, Nevada, and South Carolina, and endorsements from major Democrats such as Senator Kennedy, Senator Kerry, and Senator Leahy, he is now very much the front runner.

Obama has an edge in that he was elected to the U.S. Senate only 3 years ago, So he has escaped the issue that hounds Hillary: voting for the Iraq War in 2002. But the way benefits most from his short senate term is that it has helped him be seen as a Washinton outsider, someone who isn't involved in the grime of politics. His campaign's main theme is "Change" and "Hope". Things which resonate with American's right now who are worried about the economy and are tired of partisan fighting.

His nomination would bring out a general election characterized by a discussion of ideas, not personality. You liberals who are conniving, government-worshiping elites. Then you have liberals like Obama who are idealists, who really do want to change this world for the better. Sincere Idiots, if you will. The downturn being that he is nowhere near a polarizing of a figure as Hillary Clinton. Though we would have a decent election run, we would have more of a chance of conservatives who are dissatisfied with the party not showing up in November.

So...do I choose the polarizing insider Clinton? Or the sincere outsider Obama?

Neither! I endorse John Edwards! Because if we're gonna choose a pansy, we might as well go for broke!