I Think Campaign Contribution Refunds are In Order

Well it's finally official. After a month or so of rumors and TMZ like stories, John Edwards has come clean with news of his affair. Read the story on FoxNews.com for yourself. I'm not going to take easy-street and bash this idiot, but I felt it was my duty to bring it to light for you faithful readers. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,400481,00.html

What's really sad for the Democratic party is that this was their poster-boy for family values and such. So far he and Spitzer have really shined as leaders on the left. I'll do a more in depth analyisis and opinion piece later this weekend.

HAVE A GREAT FRIDAY!!!!

A Vote for No One

When I look at this year's Presidential candidates, I don't see two men campaigning to lead. I see two politicians trying not to lose. I don't see two campaigns inspiring Americans to make a choice of new directions and old political rhetoric, I see two parties trying to differentiate themselves from one another by pointing to each others flaws. I also don't see the position of President of the United States as a position of honor, respect, and immense dignity. I see the role of Commander in Chief as a setup for SNL punchlines.


When I think about the great leaders of this country in the days before politics was regarded as a career, the days when farmers and lawyers sat shoulder to shoulder, i picture those leaders as men who held the idea of America above all else. I think of men who would put the American flag, and what it stood for above their own self-importance. To lead means to make others want to follow. Leaders are supposed to inspire us to emulate, not shame by way of association. Leaders inspire others to do great things by setting examples of accomplishment and moral fortitude. Neither of these men deserve to lead my country.


These two men are the best this country has to offer? These two men, individually or collectively, represent our America? The future of this great country should be in the hands of men whose beliefs are in direct relation with poll results? The House of Representatives is comprised of people who act on behalf of the individual citizens of this country, The President is meant to lead and command for the good of the nation, not for his popularity polls. How can a President lead if he is following? How can we believe in a President who doesn't, he himself, believe in America? How are we supposed to trust a President that spends the bulk of his campaign explaining his actions and apologizing for the people he surrounds himself with?
I will vote this November, because it is my responsibility as an American. But I will be voting for the candidate that poses the least threat to my way of life. The candidate I am less afraid of. It is truly a sad, sad choice I have to make.

This Vote will have to be Earned. I have no Bumper Stickers.

Every four years we are afforded this opportunity by the Founding Fathers who aimed to keep from a regimist sort of government from controlling our nation. In my lifetime I have only been an accountable witness to four actual presidents with my first memories being Reagan and his "tear down this wall" speech in 1987. I was only 5, but even then I had a strong interest in current events and news probably due to only having one tv in our house and a mother who cared more about what her kids watched unlike some of today's parents. This election is by far the most important to me as my 30's are staring me in the face and the realization of a more adult attitude towards politics has forged a solid political structure for my beliefs. I now care about tax rates because I have a "real job". I care about health care now that I realize I'm not indestructable. Illegal immigration and it's effect on our economy and way of life are more evident to me now that I live in Southern California which arguably is the epicenter of the issue. Being 26 gives me little clout among the aging political minds in this country, but my perspective and clarity from a slightly different vantage point should be a message that candidates like Obama and McCain should feind for on the campaign trail like starving bulemics at a taping of Emeril Live. We are the generation of skeptics. We live in the CGI, steroids, and scandal era. We are beyond rational to the point of creating our own blogs to avoid media coverage spawned from 65 year old billionaire agenda drivers who need oxygen tanks to survive life with their heads up their @$$&$. Stop preaching Hope and Change, and stop mocking each other like 5 year olds. When I was 5 I admired great leaders and ignored schoolyard trash-talking, nothing has changed.

Why I'm Voting Democrat

Why I Am Voting Democrat...
I'm voting Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would. I'm voting Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 15% isn't. I'm voting Democrat because freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.
I'm voting Democrat because when we pull out of Iraq I trust that the bad guys will stop what they're doing because they now think we're good people.
I'm voting Democrat because I believe that people who can't tell us if it will rain on Friday CAN tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius.
I'm voting Democrat because I believe discussing Christ in our schools is offensive but atheism, Islam, Buddhism, Occultism & any other religion is OK because these religions are peaceful & Christians are warlike.
I'm voting Democrat because I'm not concerned about the slaughter of millions of babies so long as we keep all death row inmates alive.
I'm voting Democrat because I believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as THEY see fit.
I'm voting Democrat because I believe three or four pointy headed elitist liberals need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would NEVER get their agendas past the voters.
I'm voting Democrat because I believe that when the terrorists don't have to hide from us over there, when they come over here I don't want to have any guns in the house to fight them off with.

(i was forwarded this in an email....)