My God, WHAT A Mess!!!!!

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. . .musings of a misanthrope

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Isn't it strange, however, that the only people talking about race in this campaign are the Democrats, and more importantly, the candidate himself?  There may be voters who won't vote for Barack Obama because of his race, conversly I suspect that there will also be those who will vote for Mr. Obama because of his race. But in the interest of fairness (BHO is very interested in fairness) and racial harmony, I'd like to address those of you who plan to vote for anyone but Barack Obama because he's black. Please put your latent or overt racial prejudices aside. . .  They're unhealthy and irrational anyway.  There are dozens of reason's not to vote for the Senator from Chicago.

• His political alliances with felons and domestic terrorists.
• His Marxist social and economic philosophies.
• His views on energy and a lack of any cohesive, realistic plan to make America energy independent.
• His likely choices for Supreme Court Judges. 
• His shifting positions for the sake of gaining votes.  (gun control for example) 
• His voting record in the Senate (ultra liberal)
• His voting record as an Illinois State Senator (WHAT voting record?)
  

Take your pick, if you don't like these, there are more.  The point is, a vote for John McCain or against Barack Obama doesn't need to be, and shouldn't be a result of racism.  Barack Obama for reasons having nothing to do with the shade of his skin or his ethnicity, is not suitable for the office of President.

In the interest of bipartisanship, brotherly love (which in some cases can be called incest), and World peace, Barack Obama has graciously announced that when he wins the election, he will beneficently offer John McCain a job in his administration!

Mr McCain will not be offered a cabinet job, but Mr Obama may ask him to spearhead a bipartisan overhaul of veteran's affairs, an issue close to Mr McCain's heart.

The claims that Mr Obama is already planning his administration come as a friend of Mr McCain revealed that the Republican candidate is concerned that the ugly rhetoric of the last week will damage his reputation as an honest patriot if he loses on November 4.

The Republican strategist, who used to work for Mr McCain, said: "John knows that his reputation as a decent man is on the line but he's got devils on each shoulder telling him to hit harder."

Apparently the election took place when I nodded off last night, or possibly someone's counting their chickens in the pre-hatched phase again!  Obviously I don't speak for the McCain campaign, but I'll offer my advice anyway.  John, just say no!   The job offer offends me,  bipartisanship offends me, being called a devil, offends me, and John McCain's obsessive concern about his legacy as a decent man offends me.  Is it decent to, in the name of decency, roll over and allow Marxists to seize control of the government?  I dare say, John, that Teddy Roosevelt took, and held ground using means that some might not have viewed as decent.  But then again, John, it's becoming increasingly obvious that you're no Teddy Roosevelt.

I'm getting conflicting messages from this entire political campaign in general and from John McCain in particular.  It seems that the Obama campaign has come up with a new point of attack, claiming that McCain supporters at McCain/Palin rallies  are only about an inch short of being a lynch mob (yes, I used the word lynch... as in what they were known to do to horse theives in centuries past!).  Hours later I read this in Time Magazine.

After days of watching in silence, McCain calms the crowd at a Minnesota town meeting.

“I want everyone to be respectful. And let’s make sure we are, because that’s the way politics is done in America.”

Tells one supporter who says he’s scared of an Obama presidency: “I have to tell you, he is a decent person, a person that you do not have to be scared [of] as president of the United States.”

After a woman calls Obama “an Arab terrorist” McCain interrupts to say: “No, ma’am. He is a decent family man with whom I happen to have some disagreements.”

Ok, I'll give you that BHO isn't a terrorist, but I think I would have left it at that.  And I suppose we can be respectful, although I doubt anything I have to say about the man would be considered respectful by the left, regardless of what tone of voice I said it in, or if I could manage to say it with a smile on my face.  What I find frustrating is that I don't believe for one New York minute that Senator Obama is "decent", at least not if you're using any definition of the word found in Websters!  Why do we have to pretend he is?  You want more proof?  About thirty minutes after I read about John McCain calming the raging, snarling horde in Minnesota, I read this.

Washington, Oct 9 - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement following mounting allegations of voter registration fraud perpetrated by the left-wing group ACORN:

“The latest allegations of voter registration fraud by ACORN are further evidence that this group cannot be trusted with another dollar of the taxpayers’ money.

“Election cycle after election cycle, this organization has been at the forefront of breaking the law in order to promote their left-wing agenda. All the while, they have been the recipients of millions of dollars of federal funding through various federal programs and third-party groups. House Republicans took at stand recently to cut off funding to an ACORN slush fund created by their allies in the House Majority, but now more must be done.

“All federal funding to ACORN must be stopped. The ACORN slush fund must be disbanded. Sources of federal funding through the Department of Housing and Urban Development or any other agency must be stopped. Contracting for services between candidates for federal office and ACORN, as Senator Obama has done, must end. Now that the taxpayers own Fannie Mae, any funding from Fannie Mae’s nonprofit foundation to ACORN must stop.

“ACORN spent decades promoting the housing policies that brought America’s economy to the brink, and similarly over the years has committed fraud on our system of elections, making American voters question the fairness and accuracy of the exercise of their most fundamental right under the Constitution. Now it is time to cut off ACORN before it grows even more destructive.”

WOW!!!!  Why didn't I think of that!?  OH WAIT. . . I did think of that.  I wonder why it took the Minority Leader so long!?

More cheery news from mainland China!  Apparently the victims of poison Chinese milk has doubled to over 90,000, and that's just within China itself.  God only knows what other countries will be affected by their tainted products.  But even more troubling is the Chinese government's reaction to the problem.

But as part of an ongoing effort to restore confidence in the "made in China" brand, the government on Wednesday also released new dairy safety standards, that set limits on melamine, a cheap industrial chemical that can be used to cheat quality checks.

The limits set by the Ministry of Health's new standards are one milligram of melamine per kilogram for infant formula, 2.5 milligrams per kilogram for liquid milk, milk powder and food products containing at least 15 percent milk.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said earlier this month that no amount of melamine is safe in baby formula, but China said it has set levels low enough to protect its people's health.

Are you kidding me? Isn't it time we severely limit, if not eliminate our imports from China?  I'm just sayin'!