No Fight Left in Clinton

The AP is reporting Barack Obama has clinched the nomination for the Democratic party nomination. Whether he or Clinton won the party's nomination the Democratic nomination would have been historic. Obama won and thus we have the first black candidate of a major political party. I think it is good for this country and about time for an African American candidate. I do not like the specific candidate, I am more of a Colin Powell type person, but its a good first step.

Sources with the Hillary Clinton campaign stated early, Senator Clinton will acknowledge Barack Obama has the delegates to become the nominee. However, soon after this report surfaced her campaign issued this statement, "Senator Clinton will not concede the nomination this evening." "The 46-year-old first term senator will face Sen. John McCain of Arizona in the fall campaign to become the 44th president." - AP



Tonight will be interesting, what do you think Clinton will do? I think she might stay in it and fight a little longer if at all possible. Clinton put up a fight and fought well, but it was too little too late. The race between McCain and Obama will be interesting, as it starts to heat up in the coming months. I think the age difference will be one of the main factors played in future campaigning between the two. I hope the race card is left un-played, because it diminishes what a Presidential candidate should be.

McCain's Vice President & "Glenn Becks Opinions"

Who will McCain's running mate be? Beck seems to think it will be Romney. I do not know who it should be, but I wish it was Rudy G. Giuliani is not going to be the pick so I really don't know who else I personally want to take the VP spot. Condoleezza Rice seems like a good choice, but she is to involved with the Bush administration and I think people will see that more then the positives. General Petraeus would be awesome, but I think he is kinda busy with a war.




Anyone want to buy the domain vprudy.com ? I bought it after Florida, because he was my first choice for President and VP. I am kinda joking, but if you want it tell me.

Anti McCain ad by foe action, seriously?

I wonder what Obama and Hillary are doing for the Oil companies? I bet it is similar to Lewinsky's actions with former president Bill Clinton then John McCain catering to the 0il industry. This is an ad I just saw on CNN this afternoon. I am going to add to this post later today, but for the mean time I wanted to share this ridiculous ad by foeaction.org. I am all for Nuclear power and I am going to tell you why, after a little more research unlike foeaction.org, you should be too.

Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama vs. John McCain

One cannot help but be fascinated by this year's presidential election no matter what side you sit on Republican or Democrat. Whatever the outcome in November, a sitting U.S. Senator will be our next President. We could have a former First Lady, an African American or a former POW as our President. Each candidate in his or her own way will be making history. And the important thing about that history making precedent, it's the American people who get to make the final decision.

So, we may all become a little battle weary about presidential politics and what seems like the endless campaigning by the presidential candidates, but I suspect we wouldn't want it any other way. I guess we all need to stay tuned to see which one of them emerges as the candidate to take on John McCain.

Americans for Responsible Recreational Access

Race for the White House

I think with the parties candidates becoming more clear, if not already decided, voters should turn their attention to what each candidate stands for. If you watch mainstream news you probably do not know much about either parties candidates except Obama is a good speaker and comes across as young, new, and different. John McCain may be seen as a continuation of the Bush administration by some and not conservative enough by his party. I am going to include links to each of the candidates issues page on their websites, but I encourage everyone who intends to vote to research more then just what a candidates "self-told" web page claims. I can not tell you where to get your information without biases so just look at a bunch of different sources and draw your own opinions. McCain's issues page and website at www.johnmccain.com. Barack Obama issues page. and website. Don't be fooled by a good sales pitch and end up with a lemon. Look at what these guys have voted/done in the past, history is fact and a good indicator of the future.

The Primaries: A Race to the End

The Republican primaries have seen a clear front runner in John McCain for some time now, but with his delegate count it is all but set in stone he will be the parties candidate. He reached the 1191 delegate count needed to win on March 4th. The Republican party can sit back and watch the Democrats fight among themselves for now. The Democrats candidate is not as clear as I had previously predicted. Obama now has 1520 delegates to Hillary's 1424. To win the party they need a total 2,025 delegates. I think Obama is still the best bet to win, but Hillary is not going to make it easy. I am hoping Hillary pulls out a come from behind victory. I think John McCain can has a better chance against her. Obama is so popular among people my age (18-35) and has played the "change" card so well he will be tough to beat.

Traits of a "Good" Democrat

This is an email I received and wanted to share. It is supposed to be for fun so don't take it personally. I am worried about the state of this country and not just the economy, but sometimes a little humor helps people come together and work towards a common goal. If you have anything like this for the Republican Party feel free to post it as a comment. Todays primaries will be interesting, but I bet Obama and McCain will be the candidates. It should be interesting watching the votes come in today.

22 WAYS TO BE A GOOD DEMOCRAT

THIS IS NOT SO HARD; EVEN A CAVE MAN CAN DO IT ....

1. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand.

2. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity.

3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans are more of a threat than U.S. nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Chinese and North Korean communists.

4. You have to believe that there was no art before Federal funding.

5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by scientifically documented cyclical changes in the earth's climate and more affected by soccer moms driving SUV's.

6. You have to believe that gender roles are artificial, but being homosexual is natural.

7. You have to believe that the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of Federal funding.

8. You have to believe that the same teacher who can't teach fourth graders how to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex.

9. You have to believe that hunters don't care about nature, but loony activists who have never been outside of San Francisco do.

10. You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it.

11. You have to believe that Mel Gibson spent $25 million of his own money to make The Passion of the Christ for financial gain only.

12. You have to believe the NRA is bad because it supports certain parts of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good because it supports certain parts of the Constitution.

13. You have to believe that taxes are too low, but ATM fees are too high.

14. You have to believe that Margaret Sanger and Gloria Steinem are more important to American history than Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Edison, and A.G. Bell.

15. You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas and set-asides are not.

16. You have to believe that Hillary Clinton is normal and is a very nice person.

17. You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn't worked anywhere it's been tried is because the right people haven't been in charge.

18. You have to believe conservatives telling the truth belong in jail, but a liar and a sex offender belonged in the White House.

19. You have to believe that homosexual parades displaying drag, transvestites, and bestiality should be constitutionally protected, and manger scenes at Christmas should be illegal.

20. You have to believe that illegal Democratic Party funding by the Chinese Government is somehow in the best interest of the United States .

21. You have to believe that this message is a part of a vast, right wing conspiracy.

22. You have to believe that it's okay to give Federal workers off on Christmas Day but it's not okay to say "Merry Christmas."

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