The Trail: A Daily Diary of Campaign 2008

First these comments of mine, which I just made to another article here, but they work as is, and then a thought about 9-11, ok?

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First it was Allen in Florida, and now it's Renzi in the home state of Arizona.

That's two co-chairs of John McCain's campaign - one busted for soliciting sex in a public bathroom, and the other totally corrupted by the power of his office.

How many Americans solicit sex in public bathrooms? How many make threats over big land deals with our cronies? Very very few, I'll wager; but in our "bi-partisan", oh excuse me I meant "mainstream" government, this sort of thing appears to be routine.

What were Ron Paul's transgressions again? He was "out-of-the-mainstream" - that was one of them; and his supporters were from the suspect fringes of society was another.

And, his newsletter, which had it's own employees, published some racially inflammatory stuff 15 years ago.

(I do not say racist, because there was no actual racism. Saying stuff like "the rioting didn't stop until the blacks had to pick up their welfare checks" isn't racism.

We have forgotten what true racism is in our quest to be constantly offended. True racism is when you attribute negative characteristics to someone BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE.

An example would be if the newsletter had said that blacks needed welfare or were inherently unable to care for themselves because of their race or some such crap)

As for Ron Paul's "extremism"
I'd say propositioning people in public bathrooms is pretty far out on the fringe, and I'd also have to say that it's pretty extreme to be pals with people like these.

McCain said of Renzi - "he has tenacity, honesty, and integrity." Well, that's McCain's judgement right there.

It also speaks to the integrity and judgement (or lack thereof) of the Republican party and the Media that a man like Ron Paul was marginalized to make way for people like John McCain, Bob Allen, and Rick Renzi.

This whole primary election charade has been and continues to be a disgusting and transparent exercise in media bias that has done incalculable harm to this nation.

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As to people ramming planes into our buildings, just remember hero Todd Beamer, who, with his cohorts, courageously fought the terrorists with whatever objects they had at hand.

Now think.

Think about the Constitution.

Do you believe in it?

How about the 2nd Amendment?

Does it say anything about not applying on trains, in planes, or in conservative brains?

Todd Beamer (and all the 9-11 passengers)should have retained their right to keep and bear arms.

If they had, the attacks never would have been able to be executed in the way they were. It would have made the terrorists plans so much more uncertain as to be nearly impossible.

This new security regime is not the answer to attacks like 9-11. The answer is to obey the Constitution like Ron Paul has been saying for 30 freaking years.

To say otherwise is to say that Todd Beamer didn't deserve a gun, didn't deserve the rights described in the 2nd Amendment, and didn't deserve his American birthright.

"Un-American"? Here I thought that Americans swore by a constitution that guarantees the right to a fair trial, and forbids cruel and unusual punishment.

I suppose the constitution forgot to mention that these rights should only apply to the innocent, and that it's perfectly okay to deny them to "fascists" (by which I guess you mean "bad-guys" rather than the actual definition of the word).

But I stand corrected. Apparently, to be "American" is to have blind faith in the absolute virtue of one's leaders and the absolute evil of one's enemies. If independent moral judgement is un-American, I guess democratic elections must be pretty un-American too.

I'm sure your valuable civics lesson will help people around the world understand what being an American is all about...

thebobbob says "locking up people in foreign jails without any treaty rights and torturing them might not be honorable"

You must be talking about the facist people who practice genocide on their people and hate Americans to the point that they ram airplanes into our buildings. Sure just bring them here and run them through our court systems and then let them go. I am not sure where you have been reading the manure that has made up your opinion on torturing innocent people but I would bet it was activist like code pink. Stop trying to be so un-American or leave.

Did McCain benefit from being a member of the Republican Party during it's most shameful 7 years in history? Of course! He occasionally cleared his throat to mention that, maybe, locking up people in foreign jails without any treaty rights and torturing them might not be honorable, but basically he played the good soldier and did whatever the Bush Crime Family asked. Never mind that Mr. Anti-Lobbyist was surrounded by the Tom Delay, "Pay to Play" members of the Party, protected by the Rove-appointed Attorney Generals for Jesus. Guilt by association?? More like guilt by omission.

It doesn't really matter. Who do you think America is going to support for President, Mr. Old and Tired or Mr. Youthful and Energetic?

I wonder how many more stories will pop up from the McCain side before the nomination.

I mean, WOW, if all this little stuff is leaking out now, McCain's closet must be FULL of skeletons. But, then again, what Republican politician's closet isn't???

I am not sure whether the rat is pro or anti McCain... if anti, it is pretty good satire. If pro, fairly week support.

Good point made about innocent until proven guilty. McCain will need to bail quickly before his boat is swamped.

Considering that the Republicans control the (Federal) criminal apparatus, I do not see this as in any way good for McCain. The neo-Cons must be cashing all of their political chips to arrange this one.

That is very true rat-the. The point is, he better have good damage control in place, at the very least.

What's the matter with Hsu? It is not like Obasama did not get wealthy in a Real Estate deal also!

McCain is McCain, McCain did not do a single thing wrong.

Then, in this Country, people are supposed to be PRESUMED INNOCENT, until PROVEN GUILTY!

Case in Point, The Fraudulent Charges leveled against Tom DeLay by Ronnie Earle-who is now entering Politics-as his Son already did!(Dimocrat Socialist Party)

Yup. Pretty bad week for McCain and guilt-by-association. Of course, its better to get all the bad news out at once. As long as that's all the bad news...

There goes the neighborhood. This may hurt McCain more than the lobbyists story...
(Depending on how he handles it...)

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