What's wrong with Hillary?

I was watching Fox News this morning (sorry Mom and Dad...I thought I was watching CNN!) and they have this guy traveling across the country talking to people about the election. He asks this lady in Arkansas who she plans to vote for. Her response was, "You wanna know who I'm not voting for? I'm NOT voting for Hillary Clinton!" After the first sentence, I knew already who she was going to mention. Why is it that people are so angry at Hillary? She only had to put up with Bill's affairs in office, overcame all of that and became a U.S. Senator, and is now running for President. I often hear people say that Hillary is a B**ch. Why do they say that? I've never seen that side of her at all. I'm going to give you my answer to that question, but I would love to hear what others think about that. Why do YOU think some people are so angry at Hillary and dislike her so much?

Well...my opinion is that the right-wing, conservative talk show hosts and media have painted this picture of Hillary from when Bill was president, and people that listen to those shows have a hard time picturing her any other way. Ask them why they dislike her, and most would not be able to tell you; or they will regurgitate what Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity said about Hillary 10 years ago. Don't get me wrong...I'm definitely an Obama man. I just don't understand why people are so repelled by Hillary.

Now the right-wing, conservative talk-show host, Rush Limbaugh, is attacking John McCain for being too liberal, among other things. And now Rush, Ann Coulter, and others have said that if John McCain is the Republican nominee, they will vote for Hillary. Are they serious? They think John McCain is too liberal because he tries to reach across the aisle occasionally and try to reach some common ground for the betterment of our country. Believe me, Hillary is FAR more liberal than John McCain will ever be! That just goes to show you. Any EXTREME group (whether it's right OR left) seem to say "You're either WITH us or AGAINST us." There's absolutely no middleground with them.

I think the American people are speaking out loud and clear that they are tired of the same old "My way or the highway" attitudes of the current adminstration as well as the right-wing media. They have chosen two democratic candidates and one republican candidate that are all known for taking chances and trying to work with those who sit on the other side of the aisle. Why do you think there are so many registered Independents these days? Things aren't always either RED or BLUE to the average American. The average American doesn't HATE others who don't agree with what they believe. Like Barack Obama says, "There is no red state. There is no blue state. There is only the UNITED States of America."

Valentine's Day

Well...here we go again. Valentine's Day. For many years after my divorce I grew to hate this holiday. I was usually single when it came around and was probably jealous of all the "lovers" out there having such a nice time going out to dinner, exchanging thoughtful gifts, and just generally being in love. Then Angelina came into my life a few years ago, just before Valentine's Day. Our first Valentine's Day was so nice! I drove up to Colby to see her and take her to see the move "Hitch". We just had such a nice time and I was so happy to finally be able to be with someone I loved on this holiday! And the following two Valentine's Days were also pretty good as far as I can remember, but not as memorable as the first. Now, here I sit...alone again. Back to hating Valentine's Day. I guess when I was younger it was always fun exchanging cards with all your friends and classmates. Too bad so many Valentine's Days have gone wasted since then. But then, I never thought I'd still be a single father at the age of 43.

Super Duper Tuesday!

I went to caucus for Obama in Salina on Super Duper Tuesday (as Obama referred to it as) and what great way to experience true democracy in action! I called my friends Gary and Angelina to go with me and both were sick, but nontheless decided to come along and support Obama. I really appreciated their willingness to come! Not only were they sick, but we had a bad winter snow storm that started up just as people were leaving to go. When we got there, there was a line of Democrats waiting to caucus for their candidate (Gary called them "Closet Democrats" as being a Democrat in Saline County or Kansas, for that matter, is not a popular thing to be!). What was so exciting was that their were so many people there that we were waiting in lines outside and in the hallway for a good 45 minutes just to get in the multi-purpose room of the grade school. I was told that they expected maybe 100-200 people there, but the total count came to nearly 700! I was also told that at the last democratic caucus that was held, only 30 or so people showed up. (Thus, the "Closet Democrat" comment.) Obama supporters at our caucus outnumbered the Hillary supporters 3 to 1 and we got 7 delegates to Hillary's 2 from our precinct. We were all stuffed into that multi-purpose rooms like sardines and the organizers were definitely having a difficult time deciding how to manage and count all the people; but they did, and Obama won a landslide!