To Run Or Not To Run

What is the deal with Fred Thompson anyway?  First he says he does not want to run for President.  Then he waits until everyone else enters the race.  Then he changes his mind and finally enters.  Then he runs a lackadaisical campaign with speech’s few and far between.  Now, scant days before the first and possibly the most important caucus (Iowa) he says that although he wants to BE President, he has little interest in RUNNING for President.  “I’m not particularly interested in running for president, but I think I’d make a good president,” he said at a rare campaign appearance.    He went on to say that although he is not comsumed by the polical process of running, his sacrifices are proof that he is running for the right reasons.  Poor guy had to cancel television and radio shows to run. 

I think that Mr. Thompson doesnt fully understand what he got himself into.  He seems to think that just telling one or two people why he would make a good President is enough.  Well Mr. Thompson, there are millions of people who need to hear your message and if you dont ‘Run’ then you wont ‘Win’.  I mean seriously, I would love to take Natalie Portman to bed with me but its not going to happen if I dont work at it.

 Im Eriq Kiltz and I approved this message. 

A Picture Worth A Thousand Emails

Well, by now who hasnt heard of this famous picture of Barack Obama without his hand on his heart supposedly during the pledge of allegiance?  Emails abound accusing Senator Obama of being unpatriotic.  Accusations have also flown about Senator Obama not wearing an American Flag lapel pin when he is in a suit.  First of all, according to Time magazine who first printed this picture, this is not taken during the pledge of allegiance, it is during the Star Spangled Banner.  According to Mr. Obama, his grandfather taught him to put his hand on his heart during the pledge but to sing during the National Anthem.  Of course, many of us were taught different, to put our hand on our heart during the Anthem.  But, who are we to judge how Senator Obama was brought up?  In response to the accusation about the lapel pin, Obama said that he chooses to not wear a pin which has become a political symbol instead of a personal symbol.  Instead, he chooses to follow what is in his heart which is, indeed, true patriotism.  Mr. Obama has made it clear that he loves his country. 

Well, here’s my two cents worth.  Lets suppose for a moment that Barack Obama really did refuse to put his hand on his heart during the pledge of allegiance.  I ask you, so what?  Is this a socialist state where we have to swear our lives to the motherland?  No, this is the United States of America, which is supposedly the land of the free.  Placing one’s hand and reciting the pledge are acts of patriotism in my humble opinion.  If you force one to do this, you are in effect forcing one to be patriotic.  Compulsory patriotism is not true patriotism.  A true patriot, one who really loves one’s country will do these acts not because he is told to, but because he has a desire to.  Those who are close to me know that I am very patriotic.  I love our system of government; I love our constitution; indeed, I love my country.  I am the first one to remove my hat and place my hand over my heart whenever I hear the National Anthem.  I am the first to stand and recite the pledge.  I do this not because it is expected, but because I wish to express my patriotism.  To those who would criticize Senator Obama, I say, mind your own fucking business.  Let the man express his patriotism in his own way and you express yours in your way.   

Just a teeny tiny mistake

A local radio station in Salt Lake City, KSL, reported last night that Benizir Bhutto died from an assasination ‘attempt’.                                                                                                                       

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Reminds me of Yoda’s speech to Luke Skywalker.  “Do, or do not.  There is no try.”

What is political anyway?

My thanks to Hillary Clinton for today giving me one more reason to despise her.  If you read my previous post about Benizir Bhutto, you know that a senior official in the Obama camp made a comment about Ms. Clinton voting for the war created a situation wherein the assasination of Ms. Bhutto was more likely to occur.  Well, today Hillary accused Obama of bringing politics into the assasination.  THE HELL WOMAN?  Benizir Bhutto was a political figure.  Her assasination was a political event.  (By the way, the official cause of death is not bullet wounds or shrapnel but a bump on the head.)  Seriously, what kind of politician accuses a politician of bringing politics into politics?  She went on to poke at his limited foreign policy experience.  Obama fired back with a whitty remark about how sitting around drinking tea as first lady does not an experienced foreign policy maker make.  Obama 1, Hillary 0!

When Pundits Arent

According to Wikipedia, Pundit is defined as: an expert or opinion-leader who analyzes events in his or her area of expertise in the popular media.  One would expect a presidential candidate to be, if not an expert, at least well advised in matters they speak of.  To that end, what the crap was Mike Huckabee smoking today when he informed the press of the horrible threat posed by 660 illegal immagrants from Pakistan?  Aside from the fact that 660 seems like a miniscule number compared to the estimated 12 million illegal Mexicans in our country, Mr. Huckabee did not even know where he got his ‘fact’.  He was quoted as saying, “Those are numbers that I got today from a briefing, and I believe they are CIA and immigration numbers.”  One would have to hear the sound bite to appreciate his stumbling around this question.  I say to Mr. Huckabee, stick to God.  Even if your religious rhetoric is mearly playing to the evangelicals in Iowa, at least you sound like you know what you are talking about.  Of course, your campaign speeches sound like a sermon.