Bill Brings The Heat

“They actually want us to reward them for the last eight years by giving them four more. Let’s send them a message that will echo from the Rockies all across America: Thanks, but no thanks. In this case, the third time is not the charm.”- Bill Clinton

After watching the speeches of Michelle Obama, Ted Kennedy, and Hillary Clinton during this week's Dem National Convention, Bill Clinton had alot to live up to. And as always, he hit it out of the park last night. Clinton backed off the primary season comments that he made as he supported his wife, saying that Hillary supported Obama, and "make that two of us."

Clinton gave the kind of speech that made him a great orator during his 8 years in office. He even came out to the stage to "Don't Stop," his theme song in '92. This wasn't his best work, but it was great and sealed the unity for the Dems that was sorely needed.

To watch the whole speech, see below.

Keystone Victory

My girl Hillary won last night in my former and current home state of PA, 55-45. It is probably not enough to get her back from long-shot in this race against Obama, but it was nice to see her pull out a win here. The reasons Obama didn't win? There may be many, but I don't think it's because the "rednecks" voted for Hillary because of Obama's "bitter" comments last week. Some, including my wife, think this is the case. The reason I don't believe this to be true, is that many of the people he supposedly disparaged are on the Republican side, and thus couldn't vote for either in a closed primary.

Regardless, I think this just begs the powers that be in the DNC to try to find a way to combine these two forces into the superticket that Republicans dreamed about in 1980 with Reagan and Ford. I know it's a long shot, but two candidates working together to bring together this country- what a novel idea!

Primary Diversion

Some light-heartedness on the day of the PA Primary. One for each of the candidates. :)

Here is the hilarious spoof of Barack as Rocky, as seen on Olbermann:



And a funny-ass love song to Hillary by The Clintons:

Hillary Rally

I stood in line for 3 hours yesterday to hear my girl Hillary speak in Bethlehem. After all the near-misses with rallies because of work obligations, traffic, or just plain bad luck, it was worth it. (It's amazing that as an avid fan of presidential politics for 20 years, this was my first rally. Damn pre-Internet living.) I got to stand pretty close to the stage, with an overflow crowd of 3000, that's not too shabby for me. I also got to shake PA Governor Ed Rendell's hand- while not a big fan of his, meeting anyone that high up in politics (with a few notable exceptions) is still an honor.



I will be the first to admit that she has run a LA Clippers-like strategy with her campaign, but listening to her speak abut issues was a treat. She went into detail, among other things, about her healthcare plan, her plans to end the "No Child Left Behind" disaster, her autism prevention plan, and an economic plan that has us becoming less dependent on oil. Now, I am not naive enough to believe that all promises will be met if elected- it never happens. But her ideas, much like Barrack's, if they can solve even one of these major US disasters, would be so refreshing after 8 years of devolving as a country. Refreshing indeed. Whoever you root for, Pennsylvanians, just VOTE tomorrow.

Primaries Get Exciting Again!

My girl Hillary looks alot better than she did 24 hours ago, winning 3 out of 4 primaries last night that she definitely needed to stay in this race. Pundits, the majority of whom clearly can't stand her (SNL skit aside), should take lessons from...Simon Cowell? Yes, Simon has learned that the more he shows his hatred for someone, the more people vote for that singer on American Idol. Same goes for Mrs. Clinton- the more she gets killed on every show that has clearly bandwagoned with the hot-as-the-sun Obama, the more comebacks she makes.

As for me, I'm happy for Hillary, though I hope that this gets decided sooner rather than later. The thing I am truly happiest about is that my vote will count on April 22nd, as Pennsylvania has a say in a nominee for the first time since 1976.