Democratics: They Go Down Easy

It's getting harder and harder to come away from these things with a feeling of optimism. If you didn't see any of it, CNN has it of course. Or you can go to You Tube (there are no commercials, and it's broken up into smaller parts.) It's nice to hear the responses to the 'gays in the military' question. That the question was even raised shows at least some progress on that front.

DENNIS KUCINICH made the most sense in this debate and he still has my vote in the primary. He's real. When he speaks, you don't get the impression that he's reciting whatever his Spin Doctor wrote. I'm doubtful that America is ready for him. Anyway, he hasn't raised nearly enough money to win, which illustrates a big flaw in our system.

HILLARY CLINTON... I love to hear her talk, but each time I do she sounds a little more spin-ish than the last time. She's getting really good at speaking about why she voted for the authorization to use military force. Each time she goes over it, it does sound better and better. You have to give her that. Maybe by NOV '08 she'll have us believing that she absolutely did the right thing. At this point it's still iffy. Was she a victim of the Right's balls-to-the-wall propaganda campaign, i.e., "If you're soft on terror, you're a terrorist"? They had pretty much everyone drinking the Kool-Aid at that time. Or maybe she really just wanted to set up GW for failure. Either way, I'm more concerned about all the money that AIPAC contributed to her campaign. Corruption and Lobbyist influences are my 2 of my pet peeve issues these days.

But if we can't have an honest President who does the right thing, and we can't have a woman, then we should definitely have a good-looking black man. I do feel that it's important to note how sexy BARACK OBAMA is. But is he qualified? Come on. If Chimpy McFlightsuit can do it, who can't? I would prefer any well-spoken person with a pretty face and a spark of life in their eyes over GW.

Were there really 5 others? Wow, good for them.