Pardon My Politics

Up until the late 1960's it was hard to find a black American who was not a Republican. One of the very reasons for this was the country was still well aware that the Republican Party, from its inception, has advocated for civil rights. One would be hard pressed to find a historian that is not privy to the fact President Abraham Lincoln so unashamedly condemned slavery. It is true, the Civil War was fought for reasons other than slavery, but that issue, above all, was the centerpiece in what became the darkest period of American history. Now, we flash forward 144 years later and stop in awe to realize we could be electing the first black president in our nation's history. Unfortunately, most Americans see this as an advantage to the Democrats.

John McCain's selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential running mate was exactly what he needed to do to make himself competitive against Barack Obama in the November elections. (For the record, I predicted three weeks ago that Palin would be his choice.) As a result (and right on cue), conservatives throughout the country - especially Christian conservatives - are now fully supporting McCain's candidacy for President. Even James "I-will-never-vote-for-John-McCain" Dobson has endorsed McCain.

The primary Primary news story being reported was the bitter battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, but the real story behind the story was not who defeated whom in the Democratic primary, but that both Clinton and Obama decisively beat John McCain. Not only were the wins remarkable, but the margin of victory was nothing short of staggering. In every state, the ratio was at least two to one; in some states, it was even more lopsided, by as much as four to one. In fact, both Hillary and Barack alone racked up twice as many votes as all of the Republican candidates combined. In every state, McCain came in a far distant third, behind the Democrats, barely making a blip on the political radar. Had it been the general election, the word "landslide" would be inadequate to describe the extent of the drubbing that the Republicans received.

After the thoughtless campaign in Iraq, the deaths of over 4,000 brave US troops, and countless Iraqi civilians and militants, there was some hope that the reconstruction effort might attract employment to the US economy. After all, we made the mess, so we should help clean up, right? A reconstruction effort is underway, but very few of those contracts to rebuild Iraq have fallen to US contractors, and very few have resulted in new employment opportunities for American citizens. At a time when the American economy is patchy at best, the fact that jobs continue to be outsourced by the American government as a cost saving device, rather than helping the US economy, is yet another tragedy for the millions of unemployed Americans feeling the pinch in the current economic climate. So who's to blame?

L.I.A.R. is an acronym for, “Liberal Imitating A Republican”. There are many L.I.A.R.s in and out of office. What has happened is that after the Contract with America booted the Liberals out of control of Congress they realized that the American people have grown tired with their agenda of more ...