It never fails, everytime an African American stands on the verge of breaking through a barrier, on the brink of victory, poised for the win-the rules change.
What lesson do we teach when rules are established, with clearly articulated consequences for violations, agreed upon by all parties and toward the end of the game, when things are tight and matter most, the conversation shifts to how we can accomodate the violator?
When there is no solution that would not disadvantage one party or the other the best course of action is to stick to the rules agreed upon at the outset. That way there may be tears but nobody can cry foul.
Michigan and Florida do count and the strength of the Democratic Party is certainly being tested. At the end of the day the only question is whether or not the Party will honor its own process. The citizens of Florida and Michigan were disenfranchised by the decision to violate the rules made at the state level. Their issue is with their own state representatives not with the candidates or the national party. If the Democratic Party leadership stands strong it will send a signal that the rules are the rules and must be observed by all. This is the only fair course of action. To do otherwise is to invite total chaos in the future.
A true leader advocates, defends, and abides by the rules.
I have to admit, if the issue for the 2008 election becomes national security and not the RECESSION, John McCain can't be beat. If the democratic candidates don't stop squabbling and get back to the challenges American's are facing daily McCain will be well positioned to become the next president. He's talking about the issues, he has experience, and he's a likeable guy.
Democrats need to realize that the spiraling cost of gas, food, and education, livable wages, and healthcare are more important than where Obama goes to Church or the fact that Ms. Ferraro thinks the only reason she was a candidate for vice president is because she was a women. Obama's minister is retired, and if Ferraro is not, with her low self-esteem, she might as well be retired.
Here's a thought-provoking comment from ABC News made by former presidential candidate Mitt Romney. He makes an excellent argument about Clinton's "3 am" ad"that was the best ad that the McCain campaign could have ever hoped for, because listening to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama talking about experience in a national security crisis is like listening to two Chihuahuas arguing about which is the biggest dog. When it comes to national security, John McCain is the big dog, and they are each the Chihuahua." Visit ABC News Rush Limbaugh talks at length about the chaos in the democratic party-which he takes a little credit for. It's scary when Rush is making this much sense.The Philadelphia Inquirer, Dick Polman, columnist: "'Archie Bunker at the Kitchen Sink.' Now consider Ferraro's remark. By attributing Obama's strong position to the color of his skin, she is denigrating his rare political gifts -- all of which have actually enabled him to transcend the de facto color barrier that, until now, has prevented black candidates from ascending to the top tier. Or look at it this way: If Obama is indeed well positioned in this campaign primarily because he is black, why is it that no black has ever achieved this position before? It's tragic," writes Dick Polman. I love this. These people are imploding all around. "It's tragic for the Democratic party that one of its pioneer feminists would sound like Archie Bunker in his easy chair on All in the Family, grousing about affirmative action, about how blacks are getting a leg up solely because of their race. Because this is the message of reverse racism, widely embraced by whites who believe that they're getting a raw deal in an unfair modern world. (Witness Ferraro's anger at being criticized for her Obama remark; her latest retort is, 'I really think they're attacking me because I'm white.')" Gosh, folks. Do you understand how wonderful this all is?
This bunch of liberals, George Neumayr said it perfectly yesterday in the American Spectator, they are being devoured by their own policies. They gave us the concept of affirmative action, and now, the Clintons, the rest of the party hierarchy, bigwigs sitting around in their private rooms, and they can't believe, "What the hell, we got a rookie black guy, and we can't say anything," and they're cursing up a storm and they're devising stratagems and strategeries to get rid of this guy. If they were true to their word, if these liberals really meant all of this, Hillary would have got out of the way, Edwards would have never got in, and they would all be unified behind Obama, and they'd be carrying him around on a throne to see to it that he was elected president, because that was their promise to so many in their party and so many of their voters, particularly black voters, "We're going to emancipate you. We're going to save you. We're going to get you from out under the thumb of those racist Republican white bigots. We're going to make sure you get a fair shake. We're going to make sure you don't get pulled over at three in the afternoon because you're driving a car that looks like you can't afford."
All the promises, nothing changes, nothing changes. Bill Clinton has morphed into Bull Clinton. We named him after Bull Connor. Now they want a Jim Crow election. Only the blacks should go for Obama, only the women should go for Hillary. This party is demonstrating exactly who they are and what they're all about. They are just being devoured by their own policies. I can't tell you, to see Geraldine Ferraro be so offended. It's tragic. It's tragic. Here, we have some Ferraro sound bites. Why, what timing. These things just don't happen by accident, folks. This is the result of broadcast excellence, highly trained broadcast specialties that I have learned. Last night, Hannity & Colmes, Fox News Channel, Alan Colmes says in reaction to Hillary Clinton's comment, "I don't agree with it, it's regrettable that one of our supporters said this."
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