Why Hillary Clinton's NOW deemphasizing "Rodham"

Ever wonder why you don't hear or see much of the Rodham name anymore when Mrs. Clinton is campaigning? She proudly angled the Rodham name when she was First Lady during her years in the nation's capital. Call it crazy, but she only started dropping the central Pennsylvanian Rodham name when she announced she was running for Republican Alphonse Demato's U.S. Senate seat back in 99'. It's been said before, Mrs. Clinton only stayed married to the philandering 42nd President of the United States because she angrily decided to use him after the testy Lewinsky ordeal as a stepping stone and disavowing the feminists in referring to her as a softy. Remember the infamous "I could have stayed at home baking cookies" comment?

If for some reason Mrs. Clinton were to capture the nomination via coup, she would have her husband served divorce papers while she would be at her throne, I mean office. Call it far fetched thinking, but, women never forget when you wrong them, especially while in public. William Jefferson, you'd better watch out.

Mr. Obama: Choose Bill Richardson NOW for VP...

You may say it's premature for Mr. Obama to be thinking about his choice for Vice President when Hillary has swept the states with the largest delegate count. But, let's be real here. Mrs. Clinton has not won a single red state that the GOP garnered in the 04' presidential election. No, NOT even one. Mr. Obama will get the usual blue states and can win Florida and maybe even Texas, yes Texas with Bill Richardson. Richardson gives Mr. Obama a large delegation of Hispanic voters he now lacks. If the Democratic party is to recapture Pennsylvania Avenue and to make good on a real task, not bringing the troops home, but the undoing of George W. Bush's tax cuts, it will be more because of Richardson and surprisingly, not Barack Obama.

Who is the real John McCain?

Is Mr. McCain the maverick he purports to be? He often speaks about how he breaks with his GOP colleagues when he believes it's for the best interest of the American people. Did he believe voting against a holiday for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was in the best interest of the American people? He states he regret making an error in judgment by not believing Dr. King was worthy of a holiday. Was this a straight shooting comment or the usual political fodder? Why haven't we heard about the infamous Keating Five anymore? Wonder what would Charles Keating and Democrats Dennis DeConcini, Donald Riegle, John Glenn and the late Alan Cranston all of which were accused of strong-arming federal officials to back off their investigation of Mr. Keating's Lincoln Savings and Loan association back in 89' have to say about John McCain. Would they call him a straight shouter?

Is he a war hero? Well, as I recall, wasn't Mr. McCain a Navy pilot that was shot down by the Vietnamese and held captive for five years? Were there ever any accounts of him being wounded while trying to escape or subduing the enemy? Mr. McCain, are heros captured ALIVE?

Hillary, Enough Already...

I can't stomach this any longer, the continued saga of Hillary Clinton's attempt to garner the Democratic nomination at the risk of bringing down her Party. I mean, Mrs. Clinton, what are trying to accomplish? With the defections of five former members of her husbands Cabinet: Bill Daley, Norman Mineta, Federico Pena, Robert Reich and Bill Richardson, you continually loose slippage and putting henchmen such as gargoyle looking James Carville and Gerry Ferraro who are using code language to incite racist politics, doesn't exactly help your case with the remaining 300 uncommitted super delegates. The say anything do anything at all cost tactics could backfire. Remember Willie Horton? Michael Dukakis does. George H.W. Bush's election team of the late Lee Atwater and Roger Ales (now President of Fox News) used the Horton fiasco against Mr. Dukakis, the democratic nominee back in 88' with results the democratic party does not want to remember. Mrs. Clinton, don't hortonize the future of your party, Barack Obama.

We need ALAN KEYES! But ..Why?

C'mon. Are you serious? This guy's a joke. He's been running since 96'. He has no economic solutions and only trumps his moral aptitude. Give me a break.

Why am I saying this? OK, for those of you with short memories, Mr. Keyes is the guy the Republicans recruited, a resident of Maryland at the time, to run in Illinois against Barack Obama for the US Senate back in 2006. He lost then and perceived by many as a loser now. Of course, certainly not this writer. Worse yet, the Republicans refuses to even acknowledge him as a Presidential primary candidate, garnering less than 5 percent in the polls. Mr. Keyes, unfortunately, was used as a pawn, a last minute stint to neutralize the Illinois black vote.

Mr. Keyes, since most of your dialog regularly purports morality, you may consider campaigning to serve on the board of Oral Roberts University. Maybe..... lend some moral direction to its former president, Richard Roberts.

80th Texas Legislature Begins with Less Hoopla

While awaiting this past Tuesday to see who would be selected speaker of Texas' 80 th legislature, I find it quite interesting to see what would happen to those who publicly opposed Tom Craddick , Speaker of the House and former lieutenant of the befallen former Minority Whip of the U.S. congress, Tom Delay. The question is, exactly how far down in the pecking order they actually sink, ala fellow republicans Rep. Brian McCall and Rep. Jim Pitts. But, I must admit, I wanted to see if Mr. Craddick's own party loyalists would actually go forward with their public comments in saying that they would not only challenge Mr. Craddick's tenure, but that they had commitments in writing to even win the speakership. They even had the gaul to release the list of those that supported them. My ole rural professor once told me in a democracy, it's healthy to have a festive dialog with your foes. But, in this case, no one seemed to be up to the challenge, except those who knew that they had no chance of winning, HELLO, Rep. Senfronia Thompson. No pun intended. But, Ms. Thompson, there is something to said about your gutsy bravado. Reps. Thompson, McCall and Pitts, you are likely to be reassigned to unwanted sub-subcommittees. As for Rep. Thompson, you at least stood up for what you believed in before gracefully bowing out and regardless of whether you actually meant it or simply jockeying for chief spokesman for the democratic house minority, is that the 63 year old three term west Texan Craddick never forgets whose perceived as a challenge. They'll pay a heavy, heavy political price. And for all you right leaning Clintonian democrats that supported Mr. Craddick, a few top names didn't even win their primaries; Rep. Ron Wilson and Rep. Al Edwards, two of some of the longest serving democrats in the Texas state house, both black, coincidentally.