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Eliot Spitzer and the Illegal Alien Driver’s Licenses for Sex Scandal
If you have committed some act in the past couple of weeks that has been weighing heavy on your conscience, and you are an ardent believer in Karma, you may get a reprieve from the equatable “what goes around comes around” punishment you may have been nervously awaiting from Karma. The reason for your ad hoc amnesty is that Karma has been working double overtime for the past several weeks on the Eliot Spitzer case. Karma still has more work to do on the case.
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Hillary Clinton’s Foreign Policy Experience: Redux
The Hillary Clinton Machine continues to tout the experience that would make her the most qualified candidate over her inadequately qualified competitors vying for the Democrat presidential nomination. Yet she has rarely spoken, other than generalities, of any specific qualifications she has acquired in her storied career that make her the most qualified.
It would only take a rudimentary knowledge of recent history or a basic search to substantiate the fact that she has never endeavored in a high executive capacity; she has never managed anything of any consequence; she has very little aggregate experience in the Senate. She actually has less practical experience than most of her rivals that would qualify her as Commander-in-Chief.
John McCain vs. The Republican Base
John McCain’s relationship with the conservative base of the Republican party can, at best, be compared to an arranged marriage. With McCain playing the part of the groom and the Republican base playing the part of the reluctant bride. In this particular scenario, the bride’s heart belongs to someone else, but due to cultural and extraneous mandates, as in all arranged marriages, the bride will see it through out of respect for the culture.
Presidential Spouses
A candidate’s spouse cannot ensure an election win, but they can certainly ensure a loss.
Presidential spouses generally fall into two categories: The elected official by proxy, i.e. Hillary Clinton national policy maker, and the demurely, staid and proper role of the First Lady. Not to disparage the non-policy making spouses, but they did not campaign, were not elected, and continued their preceding roles within their families along with the customary duties of First Lady with dignity.
John McCain And What to Expect Going Forward
John McCain is the mathematical favorite to get the Republican presidential nomination after Super Tuesday. McCain reigns in this new position of hierarchy due to several factors exclusive of the Republican conservative vote.
Two factors played a significant role in McCain’s ascension to probable nominee. His position is a product of the apocryphal liberal main stream media’s calculated adoration of him and a systematically undemocratic nominating process.
The Economy Is Already Benefiting From Bush’s Stimulus Package: Mexico’s Economy, That Is
Congress is set to finalize the stimulus package that President Bush has proposed to help stimulate the U.S. economy. Checks hopefully will start going out around May. The stimulus package is a reaction to the sub-prime market meltdown and various indicators that are effecting the nation’s economy and the recently lagging stock market.
The proposed plan, in its current form is worth $193 billion. If a social security number holder makes $75,000 or less they will receive a $600 rebate and joint-filling married couples who make $150,000 or less will receive a $1,200 rebate. If a social security number holder falls within the categories above and has children, they will receive an additional $300 per child under 17 years of age.
The John McCain Package
Now that the front runners for the Democrat and Republican presidential candidates have surfaced, it is time, belatedly for most voters, to scrutinize their qualifications of being the Commander-in-Chief. In a responsible environment, this action would have been discharged before casting the first caucus ballot.
Political pundits that rebuke voters and the media for not delving into the issues of the candidates in the stead of focusing on the person, their race, their gender or their religion–is, at best, sophomoric political counsel. Before casting a vote for a candidate, especially for the office of the President, one should do at the very least a perfunctory political due diligence of the candidates contemplated.
Vermont To Arrest George Bush And Dick Cheney
Brattleboro, Vermont has a vote scheduled to decide whether or not to indict and issue arrest warrants for George Bush and Dick Cheney. Their crimes: Perjury, war crimes, espionage for spying on U.S. citizens and obstruction of justice for the firing of U.S. attorneys. The warrant would be limited to only the state of Vermont if Bush or Cheney ever entered the state of Vermont.
The Brattleboro town garnered enough signatures to to have the vote on the ballot. The item, by a margin of 3-2, has been slated to be voted on during the next Town Meeting day.
