And So It Begins

First off, I'm not too sure just how important the Iowa Caucus's are, but I am sure of this, if you have tried to watch any news program, or visit pretty much any news oriented web site, you have heard quite a bit about them. I am actually quite glad, I was kind of feeling that this day would never come, that we would be stuck forever in this confounded Primary season, but, alas, here it is.

On the Republican side the winner is Mike Huckabee, who made a strong showing, nine points ahead of his closest rival, Mitt Romney, and a full twenty one points ahead of McCain and Thompson. Giuliani might as well not have been in the running as he was even beaten by Ron Paul. Sadly though, Duncan Hunter came in dead last, and he is probably the best in the field. Of course the media was quick to point out that Rudy hadn't been campaigning in Iowa very much lately and didn't really expect a strong showing there. They have to make sure that people don't start to count out their fair haired boy. They also made sure to mention, yet again, that Huckabee has great appeal with Evangelical Christian voters, as if that dead horse hasn't been beaten enough.

On the Democratic side I can't say that I'm surprised at this juncture that Barack Hussien Obama pulled off a victory, with John Edwards coming in eight points behind him, with Hillary only one more point behind Edwards. It just goes to show how far left the democratic party has moved that people are supporting two candidates who are even nuttier than Hillary.

While it's true that I'm not surprised that Obama won, at the same time, when I sit back and reflect on it, I'm shocked! Shocked and outraged. How could any American cast a vote for (or stand in the corner of, as I understand it to be) a man who will not even recite the Pledge of Allegiance? I mean, honestly, how can someone who won't pledge loyalty to the United States of America (Which is what the pledge to the Flag really is) expect to be elected to the highest office in the land? What's worse is that people are actually going along with it! I guess he might be claiming an objection the the "Under God" portion, but he could just as easily have said the rest of it and shut his mouth when those words came up. I'm not claiming that this would have made me happy, but since the far left loony fringe (sadly more and more mainstream every day) is the voter block that he's after, there would have been a certain logic to it.

I'm really not willing to let go of that topic just yet. Obama wants to be President. That would mean that he would have to take the Oath of Office, and he would have to swear to uphold the Constitution of the United States. He would be the Commander in Chief of our Armed Forces, those sworn to protect us. He would be tasked with fighting for what was best for all the people of the USA, and yet, he doesn't even hold the USA, or the American people, in high enough esteem to even place his hand over his heart and pledge his allegiance! How outrageous is that?! Well, it's not nearly as outrageous as the fact that there are people who voted for him. Apparently quite a few people.

I do also want to take another jab at the mainstream media, especially since they make it so easy. So many of them were so certain that Huckabee wouldn't even be in contention for one of the top spots in Iowa, and yet he won. They will still say, however that he doesn't have a chance of getting the nomination. I guess we should believe them, their reputation being so reliable and everything. This is something akin to global warming alarmists claiming to have accurate forecasts decades into the future. Of course they don't know for sure if it's going to rain tomorrow, but they know what will happen fifty years from now. They really are a remarkable group those liberals... too bad the remarks are all bad.

I'm still not too sure who I'll vote for at the end of this month, or who will ultimately get the nod, but one thing's for sure, yesterday was a good day for Mike Huckabee.