A woman in politics can’t have things both ways. She can’t be tough, talk trash, eat opponents for breakfast and then try to go into “lady-mode” when her enemies strike back.

What brought this idea to mind is, recently, when he was interviewed by Norah O’Donnell on MSNBC, Obama campaign co-chair Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) made the hyperbolic statement, “The hottest ring in hell is reserved for those in politics who attack their opponent’s families.” He was addressing the speculation some political columnists have put forth that, with Hillary out of the way, the Republicans are now gunning for Michelle Obama.
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Now that Hillary Clinton’s defeat is a foregone conclusion, the media has taken it upon themselves to ask, “Is America too sexist to vote for a woman for president?”

To her credit, Hillary hasn’t been the one to bring this up—yet. However, news organizations have “discovered” that there have been occasions during this campaign that when Hillary’s name is mentioned, it’s often paired with the word that rhymes with witch. The media is the major culprit in doing this, but yet they have the audacity to ponder whether Americans can handle the idea of a female president.

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You hear a lot of talk about Obama and Clinton as a dream ticket, that Clinton will help Obama win the needed 270 electoral votes needed to be the next President of the United States.  Many people will point out that Clinton can help carry women, Latinos and that all important group, hard working white people.  Also, she did have over 18 million people vote for her (I was one of them).
 
It has also been suggested that Obama may not be able to win because there are too many people (of course all in South because that is the only place that is racist) that will not vote for a black man.  Personally, if the only reason you are not voting for Obama is because he is black, I would prefer you stay home, we do not need your voice in the mix.  I would also say that if your only reason for voting FOR Obama is because he is black you should do the same.
 
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In 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte lead his army on a mission of conquest of Russia.  His plan was to take Moscow and winter the harsh Russian winter there.   He would then complete his conquest of this giant country the following spring and be the Master of Europe.  In 1812 there was no army in the world that could compete against France on land and Russia was no exception.
 
One thing that Napoleon did not count on was the fighting spirit of the Russians and their ability to suffer.  If Napoleon was going to take their country, he was going to wish that he had not. Continue Reading

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Let me tell you the ten most painful words I have ever said in my life, “I would like to vote in the Democratic Primary please”.  The pain is still with me even today and not only is the pain in my heart there but they branded my voter registration card with the word Democrat on it.  Me, Mr. Vast Right Wing Conspiracy stranded as Democrat, branded a fool, what will they say, Monday at school?

However, I must explain why I voted for Mrs. Clinton and it is not for the reason that many others had said I should.  As many of you know I am a huge McCain fan, I loved him in 2000 and was heart broke when I thought his 2008 campaign was done last year.  The reason that I choose to vote for Mrs. Clinton is not because I think she will be more beatable in November or because I want the fight to go on.  The reason that I voted for her is because I felt like of the two Democrats that were in a competitive race she would make the better President if

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I seem to be having the same conversation with people about Hillary and her candidacy for president. It usually goes something like this:

 “So what you’re saying is that all women are the same,” I retorted.

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I understand if you want to vote for Hillary, I understand if you want Barak.  I know people who want Mitt and I of course am a fan of Johnny Mac.  What I do not understand is someone who wanted to vote for a candidate and then because of the mysterious force known as “momentum” choose to vote for someone else.
 
I would like to think that just because people in Iowa and New Hampshire think something is a good idea that others will not just blindly follow.  This is not a knock on those two States, they take their politics seriously and make thoughtful choices.  Every State, every Primary should be that way.  When a candidate gets a bounce in the next State’s Primary it shouldn’t be called momentum it should be called the lemming bounce.

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Now, before I go on, let me tell you about me.  Those of you who know me may be shocked by my statement, those of you who really know me, probably think that I am being sarcastic.  
 
In August of 1974 when Richard Nixon resigned I cried like a little baby.  Mostly it was because I was a little baby; I was born about two and a half months before that fateful day.  While the big people that cared for me probably thought that I was upset because I was hungry or because I had a poopie diaper, I was really upset because I lacked the vocabulary to say what was on my mind.  “Nixon is innocent, Watergate is meaningless, he should have been elected back in 1960”.  However, what it came out as was just “Waaaaaa!!”

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Iowa and New Hampshire have come and gone, and we have had two completely different results.  Mike Huckabee and Barak Obama won the first round; John McCain and Hillary Clinton won the second. What do these results mean to? To me? Voting is a privilege that far too many Americans do not take advantage of, partly because they do not see how it affects their daily lives, and to some degree they are right.

It is highly doubtful that I will vote for Senator Clinton. If she becomes President, my life and, quite honestly, most people’s lives, are not going to change that much.  Had Al Gore been elected in 2000, we probably would still be in some type of war in Iraq and terrorists would have still attacked us on September 11th.  The mortgage crisis would still be happening and the stock market would still be going down.

It would seem that I am making an argument against voting, which I am not.  While your daily life will probably not change overnight regardless of who becomes President, the long-term affects of a President are extremely important.  Ronald Reagan believed that the Soviet Union was the Evil Empire; it was not an empire that we could co-exist with or something that we should  just accept as a reality; it had to be defeated.  Looking back at history, it is obvious that Reagan was right, yet at the time, not everyone believed this to be true.  Many people believed that containing the Soviet Union was the best we could hope for. Reagan believed we could eliminate it and that is what we did.

Ideas are important. The President is important. If you are in an early primary state, make sure you vote in that primary.  When you vote, vote for someone that you believe in. They do not have to agree with you on every issue. Pick the issues most important to you and go with those. The last thing I want to see is someone vote for a candidate because of a negative commercial, misleading story or because of media-based momentum.  Pick what is important to you and stay with it. Like the Bible says, while beauty and charm are misleading and do not last long, character on the other hand lasts a lifetime.

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