The End of Ted Kennedy?

We can only hope! Far be it from me to wish for another man's death or illness however I cannot say I'm terribly sorry that he has had a couple of strokes. If that moron doesn't have the opportunity to cast one more vote or introduce one more piece of legislation, I'll be very happy.

I'm sure Mary Jo Kopechne's parents are thrilled at the prospect that he might be in the hospital suffering.

It might be the end of Ted Kennedy but I'm sure who ever replaces him won't be much better.

Election Thoughts

I was talking with a friend of mine over the weekend and we were discussing the possibilities for McCain's VP choice. We really couldn't think of anyone that could run with him that wouldn't hurt his campaign. Then a name popped in to my head and it seems to make sense. Joe Lieberman.

In the interest of full disclosure, the previous prediction for VP didn't exactly turn out the way it should have. In all fairness though, I never expected that McCain would end up with the GOP nomination. Giuliani was the presumptive nominee back at that time and even Romney seemed more viable.

Back to Lieberman. A cross party ticket with a very moderate Democrat could be a great step for McCain who is basically a liberal. It would make sense from a strategic standpoint. He'd siphon a lot of votes away from Hillary/Obama (But I still think Hillary will pull out a victory). As my friend pointed out though, you can't exactly rely on people like McCain to do what makes sense. He's just another Bob Dole and unlikely to end up actually being the President so it may not matter who is VP is. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if he chooses a VP specifically to torpedo his campaign so Hillary wins.

In other news, former Republican Bob Barr is now running running for President on the Libertarian ticket. So, I will dare to make another prediction! I expect that after the Rethuglican nomination officially goes to the aforementioned liberal Republican, Ron Paul will publicly endorse Bob Barr.

I think the best thing to do is just to forget about all of this nonsense and make me dictator for 4 years. Give me the power to make a new Constitution and wipe out all existing laws and legal precedents and we'll be in good shape after that! Kelo? Gone! Roe v. Wade? A bad memory. Dept. of Education? Well, it never served its purpose anyway. You get the drift.

Maybe you should all just contact Bob Barr, I'll settle for being his VP.

What's Up With Obama?

I get most of my news and information from the Internet. I very rarely watch TV. So today, I just heard Barak Obamasama for the first time while listening to the radio.

I heard him denouncing his pastor for his divisive racial remarks.

The thing I noticed most was that his voice sounds like a bad imitation of Eddie Murphy doing his imitation of a nerdy white guy.

It's not that I think black people should "talk black" but it sounds like he's trained himself to try to sound as white as possible or what he thinks "white" should sound like. The net effect is, he sounds like Eddie Murphy's version of a white guy.