It's been 5 months since I've written. Obama is the democratic candidate and McCain the republican candidate. The lies are flying and I don't mean Obama. The republicans play dirty all the time. I hate to be negative, but I think Obama is going to lose. His big mistake is not asking Hillary to be his vice president. I'm assuming that he didn't ask Hillary. Many people told Obama that he won't believe how dirty the republicans are. And they do play really dirty!

No nominee for the democrats as of today. Everyday Obama whines about what Hillary says and the ads she approves. She comes back with "if you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen". I don't know who is going to win. As long as it is not John McCain. Richard Mellon Scaife has endorsed Hillary. Scaife is the guy who spent all kinds of money to fund investigations of the Clintons. I wonder what he is up to. Maybe he thinks if Hillary is the nominee John McCain can beat her easier. It really doesn't look very good for her right now. But in politics you never know what can happen until it does. Personally, I would like it if Clinton and Obama join forces and the Democratic ticket is Clinton/Obama. Eight years of Hillary and then 8 years of Obama.
That would really be great!!!! I really don't think that will happen. I'm just doing a little dreaming.

This election is unbelievable! The Clintons are up to something and I'm not sure what. The Democratic party is in a pickle right now. At this point, neither of the candidates can get enough delegates to win the nomination before the convention in August. Maybe by insinuating this idea Hillary thinks it will somehow send votes her way. How, I don't know. Florida and Michigan need to determine how they are going to get their delegates counted. That Florida seems to be a big problem when it comes to voting time. Florida needs to overhaul its election process. What is their problem? Obama is off message. He spends his time reacting to Hillary Clinton's campaign instead of promoting his agenda. Obama is playing in the big league now.

Well Tuesday March 4 is a big day for Hillary Clinton. That Obama stands at the podium and mesmerizes the crowd. That's the difference between Hillary and Obama. How do you fight back? I just really don't know. If I were Hillary, I really don't know how I would deal with this.
Hillary certainly is finding out who her friends are and who aren't her friends. These politicians
turn on each other at the drop of a hat. Let's look at Rep. John Lewis who marched with Martin Luther King. His superdelegate vote was for Hillary until Obama became popular. Then he switched from Clinton to Obama and he's been a friend for years. To me that shows the man has no character. And he marched with Dr. King!!!

Things are looking very badly for Hillary. Obama is wiping the floor with her and it is sad to watch. She has lived her whole life for this opportunity. She is being abandoned by so many people. There is no doubt that she is more qualified than Obama, but the large majority of americans are looking for charisma over experience. How in the world does Hillary handle that?
I'm no strategist, but I know it will take a miracle for Hillary to overcome Obama. Hillary is coming to RI this weekend. Maybe we will go and see her.

Hillary came to RI today. There was a rally at Rhode Island College. I decided not to go. She and Obama are really getting into it. She was furious about some mailers his campaign was sending out. It looks very bad for Hillary. Ralph Nader announced his candidacy today on Meet the Press. Ralph is 74! I was so surprised at his age. I've got to check out his website.

Barack Obama won the South Carolina primary today. The economy has been taking a nosedive and the government is considering rebates for some americans. I don't know yet if seniors who are on Social Security will get a rebate. That would be very nice. Bill Clinton seems to be causing some problems while he is campaigning for his wife. It seems like there are a lot of people out there who seem to know that Bill should stop what he is doing. The media keeps trying to interject race in the campaign. Not Obama, Clinton, or Edwards. I believe Hillary Clinton would be doing better if Edwards weren't in the race. I wonder what the Democrats think about this situation.

Politics can be so brutal! Senator Clinton is getting a raw deal right now. Barack Obama is turning everything upside down. People are really drawn to him. I would love to see him in person and have a chance to feel what people are feeling from him.

I must talk now about Naomi Wolf's book "The End of America". She writes about fascism and how democracies fall prey to it. As I read the book, I can't help but identify this wonderful country with her book. She writes about ten steps dictators take to bring a country under his/her control. Some of these steps have started already in America. I know that sounds hard to believe but it is true. The steps already taken by the Bush administration are involving an external and internal threat, establish secret prisons, develop a paramilitary force (e.g. Blackwater), surveil ordinary citizens, infiltrate citizen group, and arbitrarily detain and release citizens. When in ameica would there be a debate about whether we torture or should we torture? Yet that has been going on for several years. This is not the america I was born and raised in. And I find it very, very sad!