Something Fishy

Well, sadly, it's pretty much final now. With Mitt Romney dropping out of the race for the White House, McCain is all but certain that he will gain the GOP nomination, and the country may well be doomed. We are fresh out of acceptable choices. I mean, Mike Huckabee is still in it, but short of McCain's ticker giving out, he doesn't really have any chance. And let's face it, Huckabee isn't a very good choice in any event. Romney wasn't a great choice, but he was, at least, acceptable, now what?

To me, this pretty much seals the deal, it is time to start looking for which third party candidate to vote for. At this point in time I don't know anything about any other potential Candidates, or what platform they are running on, but I will try to figure it out. One thing I will take a look at, although I don't hold out a lot of hope for it, is the Unity '08 ticket (http://www.unity08.com/) where they should be selecting candidates this summer, and I'm sure it will at least be worth looking at.

There hasn't been much question to some Conservatives for quite some time now that Mike Huckabee was staying in the race just to promote John McCain. That is to say that he was running as a spoiler, knowing that he could not win the nomination, but wanting to do all in his power to deny it to Mitt Romney. Some have said that there was a very blatant deal in West Virginia, where McCains people all voted for Huckabee in the second ballot, just to deny Romney the victory, which otherwise would have been his.

There is something fishy about Romney dropping out today. Was he getting pressured from the GOP establishment? I could see this since McCain is their man. Did he make a deal with McCain for some top administration spot should McCain be elected? Possible. Sometimes candidates can put their rather harsh feelings to the side for the sake making a deal. Regardless of what the actual reasoning is, something fishy is going on.

The power is being directly removed from the people in picking the people who will run for President. Some people have long said that they don't trust the election process, and don't really believe the outcome of elections, and I've never subscribed to that theory, but it is clear to me now that the establisments powers in the parties, in colusion with the news media, are picking the candidates, and there seems to be precious little that we can do about it.

Of course, that's only part of it. The rest of it is the fact that a lot of Republicans, being upset over the fact that there were no really good candidates this year, have simply stayed home, and declined to vote. I can understand the frustration, though I did go to vote (I'm sure you could have guessed that) but that is partly what is at play here. It's not that Republicans are so in love with John McCain, believe me, they're not, it's just that his supporters are the ones that are showing up to vote.

It may be too late for the GOP primary to be saved, and in a race between McCain and either Clinton or Obama, the USA is the big loser, however, staying home and not voting is not the answer. Remember that we vote for more than just President, and hey, even there, you can use your vote for a third party candidate as a statement of protest, or, if there is one that enough people can unify behind, and all the liberals (McCain and the dems) split the vote enough, we could even elect a third party candidate, as unlikely as that may be. Anyway, what becomes absolutely critical now is that we keep good people in Congress, and replace the bad ones that are already there with good ones. Remember, members of the House of Representatives must stand for re-election every two years, so the entire House is open, and if we are to protect our country, we must get out and vote for good people to fill these seats. Furthermore, a third of the Senate will also be elected this year (though none in Florida or New York) so if your state has a Senate seat up this year, be sure to vote on that as well. Clearly, the worst thing that we can do at this point is to sit home and let the liberals take both the White House and the Congress.

Please, do your homework, learn about the people who are running for Congress in your district, find out where they stand, and, if they have been in politics at all before, explore their voting record. We must not give up this fight. We must get out and vote for the ones that will do what is right without regard for what the party establishment wants them to do.

And remember, the Media cannot be trusted, do not trust them to inform you, and help you decide who you should vote for. Remember these are the same people who have been trying day and night to put McCain over the top, and openly supporting Obama. They are biased, and worse, they are willing to tell you bald faced lies to get you to do what they want you to do. Don't trust them.

And most certainly, don't sit it out.