Today’s Presidential Masterdebation was the final straw.  Obama was an ass and McCain actually looked better.  That’s coming from a life-long Democrat.  Yes, both lied more than told the truth, but it’s all about image. Both of these guys are so far out of touch with “Joe 6 pack” that it ain’t funny.  At least Bill Clinton knew how to talk to ordinary folk because he was an ordinary guy with a hell of a mind.  He also had a libido, heaven forbid!  I’d rather watch Al Gore’s Keynote slide-show 5 consecutive times than watch these two try to follow debate rules.

Senators Barack Obama and John McCain are two fools who don’t belong running this country.  If you can’t directly answer a question, you should not be able to be the President of the United States.  This is a basic human leadership skill that BOTH are failing over and over again.  Feel free to disagree but I am frankly just tired and done with this system.  Also, some PLEASE disband the Commission on Presidential Debates.  Their system is flawed and the constrained debate format was a joke.  Tom Brokaw had little control and the questioners could not get straight-forward answers.  I do think Tom did the best job that he could in controlling the “debate.”

To back up my position, look up the word “entitlement” in the dictionary.  If I pay 7.65% of my salary towards Social Security and Medicare and my employer pays the same, how do you consider it an entitlement?  If you pay for something, you own it.  Are they saying that I am not entitled to my own money?  A legal alien can at any time withdraw their entire Social Security paid-in benefits.  A citizen cannot.  To me, the term “entitled” sounds like that because we are citizens we are “marked” to receive these benefits.  Can’t we use a term that says that we OWN our own slice because we paid for it?

Oh, by the way, the economy tanked this week and last.  What’s the solution from either one of these guys?  None.  I didn’t see one solid answer on the economy that had a snowball’s chance in hell of working.  4 trillion US dollars have been lost in the US stock markets in the last week.  Neither one of these men could say how to get us out of this situation.  It’s quite shameful.

I have one magical question for each candidate: “You said that you are against gay marriage with grants full civil and equal rights to gay and lesbian couples.  Why do you hate people in the LGBT community?”

McPalin or O’Biden?  You choose.

Now, I accept that Hillary is out of the race, but am not ready to throw my towel into Obama’s court yet.  The Donny McClurkin incident still weighs heavily on my mind.  He had a homophobic ex-gay performer at several musical rallies and the campaign knew all about McClurkin’s background before the concerts.  Also, Barack Obama avoided the LGBT media like the plague during his run for Democrat Presidential Nominee.  He only did his Advocate article because he was damn near forced to do so.  I don’t think he cares about us as much as Hillary Clinton does.  I’ve heard the official party-line rhetoric and frankly don’t believe it.

The truth of the matter is that neither Democratic contender was good for the LGBT community.  Yes, I just bashed my woman!  As former lawyers these jackasses should know the LGBT community MUST HAVE MARRIAGE.  It is the only way to confer upon us the equal rights afforded to us by the U.S. Constitution.  Civil unions would never afford the 160+ rights that come along with marriage.  I used to believe that civil unions were good enough, but that’s long gone.  We need to be able to have 54 hour marriages like white trash Brittany!

My gal Suze Orman asked a straight couple on her TV show a few weeks ago why they weren’t getting married.  She’s smart.  She knows how much marriage rights mean to us living our lives and the fact that straight people don’t always take advantage of it is disgusting.  Of course, others use the institution of marriage to fool immigration, to make people think they are straight, and a multitude of other nefarious reasons.  We take for granted what we are given but painfully yearn for that which others have been given.

Where does this multi-tangented rant leave me?  I’ll leave you with four parting words: “write in, Mickey Mouse”.

• Barack
• Hillary
• Both

The political pundits ended the election a long time ago.  What kind of democratic process do we have?  The answer is that we do not have much of one at all.  The mandate: reform the primary election process.  Caucuses are a thing of the past and there primary election cycle must be much shorter, if not one day.  With the availability if the Internet and TV, a one day primary should be absolutely possible.  

While not statistically very much different in their delegate counts, it looks like Obama is going to get the nomination.  I cannot and will not stand behind him at this point.  I will also not stand by John McCain now.  I will perform some due diligence and decide whether to vote for either.  It is very well possible that I will vote for neither.  I am tired of settling for a vote for President.  I had all faith in Hillary.  Damn.

Lou wants a great Independent candidate for President due to the failure of either political party to do what is right for the working American people.  He also believes that we need an outspoken candidate with convictions.  He’s a hypocrite because from what I can see Lou Dobbs is the best person for the job of President of the United States.  He’s outspoken, strong, and takes a hard line to help protect America and ALL of it’s citizens.  Go Lou!  Love him or hate him, why can’t our Presidential candidates have that much spunk?

Now on to the issues…  I said it before, LGBT and GLBT issues were not presented because it harms them to support a hated group of people.  Yes, we’re hated.  Have you seen how many states have passed anti-gay “marriage defense” acts, laws, and resolutions?  I believe that more people vote against gay people in this country than vote for President.  Time, time, time.  It will take more time to confront our issues and eventually get more people to accept us.

Senator Clinton was certainly more substantive on the topics questioned.   Obama is seen as a better “uniter”.  Didn’t George Bush say that he was a “uniter and not a divider”?  Hillary was also a real person.  She is electable.  I was afraid a while back that she was too robot like and that she wouldn’t be able to make it this far.  I was wrong.  She’s turned it around and is making a force to be reckoned with.

Oh, and this bullshit that Obama was against the war from the start is garbage.  Hillary  voted based on the best available evidence and intel at the time. Enough.  It’s simply rhetoric.

Let’s get it right: we’re all wrong.  This election season has shown that the prize is up for grabs and no poll or person can figure out what is going to end up happening.  Cut the shit.

When I lived in New Jersey of all places, I heard one dear friend of mine say that her vote barely counts in the presidential primaries because it comes in late June.  She was right! My solution is simple: hold all presidential primary elections on the same day… let’s say in April or May.  That way, people will be forced to vote for whomever they think is the best candidate.  They won’t be swayed by what people in other states think which may vary wildly.  They also won’t be swayed by the media stating how wonderful it is that Obama won Iowa.  I mean, c’mon!  In Iowa they hold up their hands to show support for a candidate.  Is that fair?

Let’s make it fair and even.  Hold primary elections just like any others.  There’s no reason it can’t be done.  In fact, it may make the candidates work that much harder to get votes across the nation, not just focusing on the first states to vote.