GOP getting diverse

Read a news headline today that said “Joe the Plumber advises GOP”. Not wanting to jump to any uneducated conclusions, I clicked on the title and read the one page article. Yes it is true, the title says it all, Joe is sitting down with GOP geniuses and is giving them advice. OH where to begin. Joe the plumber (with no license) reminds me of the folks we see on the evening news who are always at the scene of some crime jumping in front of the camera to give their 2 cents. You know the people we cringe at as soon as we see the camera pan the scene. The loudest folks in the bunch with the least amount of pertinent information, but get the most air time. Yeah Joe is white version of that to me. Now I realize that someone stuck a microphone in his hand and shoved a camera in his face and asked him a question. I understand that this by no means was a well thought out plan by him to become famous. Yes I do blame the media for encouraging bafoonery on all levels. But this right here, the GOP using this guy, who has at no time during his 15 months of fame ever shown me any political savvy, is some stupid shit, plain and simple. Really GOP? Is this all you could find? Trying to represent the common man, huh? To me Joe represents a certain percentage of America, as does the crime scene locals who vie for camera time on the evening new. Between Joe the plumber(the common man), Sarah Palin(a woman) and Michael Steele(a black man, and I’m not saying Mr. Steele is incompetent), I think the GOP think they are covering all their bases. They are convinced that the non-diversity card will never be pulled on them again. I say GOP you need to spend less energy in pretending to give a f**k about us and more energy into actually giving a f**k about us.

And let me just add this disclaimer as well, I don’t care for any of the political parties in this country, I don’t discriminate against any of the parties, I equally dislike them all. Thank you.

How many Huckabees does it take to screw in a light bulb?

The Iowa caucus has come and gone, leaving us with two distinct front runners. Some food for thought, some material to blog about, and some research to occupy my time at work. The Iowa people have spoken, and they said Obama and Huckabee.
So who the heck is Mike Huckabee?
Let me just put this disclaimer out there; I hate politics, and am not up on what offices these talking heads hold. I’m also not that religious savvy either, don’t know the proper titles for those talking heads either. So my descriptions will be vague, but I’m trying to show respect.

Back to Huckabee. He’s a Republican conservative from Arkansas. He has done some good things as far as education reform, tax cuts, and unemployment is concerned in his home state. He is also pro-life and anti-gay marriage. I guess we can’t have it all (or can we?????) His religious background doesn’t bother me, nor does his beliefs about marriage and abortion, in fact Huckabee doesn’t bother me. Now that’s a surprise. I’ll be keeping an eye on this guy, and doing more research. His caucus speech didn’t do much for me though, all and all, he’s your average bible belt politician, who talks a good game, and may be able to produce, but I’m not sure how well he’ll do across the country. Because believe it or not, outside of the south, they don’t beat bibles, they exercise free thought and they actually DON’T like to be told who they can marry and what they can do with their bodies. I believe the people are more concerned about worldly things, such as the war ending, universal healthcare, education, energy independence, and what the hell is going to happen to my damn social security. Ok those are my main concerns, and I’m looking for the candidate that can address them the best, and I don’t care about what color, sex, or religion they are.

I’d also like to give props to Barack. Every time that man speaks he sends shivers up and down my spine. Even reading the transcript of his caucus speech had me jumping up and down inside. Obama makes me want to learn more about politics. Now that’s powerful…