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Politics is ugly and it isn’t getting any prettier with the 2008 presidential elections already heating up. The country seems to be split almost 50-50. Republicans have no super-star candidates, yet. The Democrats have one super-star candidate, Barack Hussein Obama and Hillary Clinton the wife of a former super-star, William Jefferson Clinton. This is February of 2006 and we have a loooong way to go. How bitter will things get before the elections finally take place? Maybe the better question is, can we ever recover from all the nastiness and come together as a nation?

Words have meaning and political candidates use lots of fancy and catchy words in their speeches. Most of us will listen closely and take what they say with a grain of salt. That means we don’t really believe anything politicians say these days. So how can we decide who to vote for if we can’t believe what they say?

Star Parker points out ‘that there are two different types of people — those who want to be somebody and those who want to do something. She wonders which category Barack Hussein Obama falls into.

So which is Barack Obama? He says he’s running for president to “transform the country.” But until he delivers on policy specifics that clearly show how, we’ve got to conclude he’s really just another smooth politician who wants to be somebody.

It seems that Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton may be having some problems because of her own words and the words of her husband.

Two theories for these defections* have been put out by Democrats favorable to Clinton. First, the gay community in Hollywood is seeking revenge against President Clinton’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy restricting open homosexuality in military service. Second, the entertainment industry still harbors resentment about Clinton-Gore Administration criticism of the material that is presented to children. (source)

* David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg of the DreamWorks film studios, who all were thought to be staunch Clintonites, were sponsoring a Feb. 20 Los Angeles fund-raiser for Obama. (source)

Hillary would not openly say “Yes, we’ll have to raise taxes” as John Edward did. She will not completely go back on here decision to vote for the war in Iraq, as Edward did.

“Democrat vs. Republican: Why We Are Divided” is a timely topic tackled by Lee Kent Hempfling in The National Ledger.

A few years ago during the last run for the Presidency, Carol Moseley Braun stood at a podium in a televised debate and proclaimed that we should just all get along.

Wow. What a statement. John Lennon-like. [snip]

Carol Moseley Braun was right. We should all just get along. That would be the best outcome of anything man did, if it were possible. Utopia it would be. [snip]

My argument was always that utopia is the goal but unless you take it one step at a time, the goal will appear quite absurd. [snip]

The deeper meaning was not what the words said, it was what the words meant. [snip]

Our nation, as divided as it is, needs to realize why it is divided, and not just the ’cause you are different’ reason used by every organization ever created by man.

We will be hearing lots of talk from politicians. It’s up to us to use the brain and good sense that God gave us to hopefully elect the best person for the very difficult job of President of the United States of America. God help us.

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