This will be the final test of my confidence in the American people. Will people follow the headlines, the slander, or will they think critically about the issues?

The media perpetuates ignorance and short-shortsightedness. I wish this was liberal garbage…but watch the media around the world, American media is distinct in many ways. I deeply, deeply fear that the media is a representation of the people in America. I pray that I am wrong.

Shining example is Huckabee. Numerous bald faced lies swarming his candidacy(Rape letter anyone? They quote the phrase Huck wrote to the guy, “my desire is that you be released from prison.” the very next sentence that they leave out is, “but I will not commute your sentence” !!!!) When faced with these, he clearly and concisely refutes them. The question is, does America have the cahones not to eat what the media feeds them? Can they think for themselves? Or are we on the dark road to 1984….

Can I beat your advisers over the head? Yes, I don’t like Romney because of the way he looks, talks, and acts like a used car salesmen. He’s a spoiled brat which has been far to groomed for President to take seriously. Personal opinion, doesn’t mean he can’t be President.

The real issue is why Romney would appear with Pres. Bush Senior to give his JFK faith and politics speech. There is a reason Republican candidates are as afraid of Bush as a vampire daylight! What was he thinking!

Why Romney is sinking…sinking…and gone:
1) Greasy politician trying to buy votes (pays for volunteers!)
2) Whatever he says, the majority of Americans will not vote for a Mormon. Its not the same as a Catholic, the ‘JFK’ speech will fail.
3) He should have given this speech a long time ago.
4) “Americans do not respect believers of convenience. Americans tire of those that would jettison their beliefs even to gain the world” Yes ROMNEY said this. Talk about calling the kettle black!

Why the news media hyped this speech so much I do not know….hes sinking in the polls and 4th or 5th in most of these. But who knows, maybe he’ll strike a chord, maybe someone else will falter. A couple of weeks can change alot.

Just listened to another Huck bashing on the illegal immigrant scholarship bill. As heard on the debate, Huck supported a bill which allowed illegal immigrants to qualify for meritorious scholarships also available to citizens.

For this, he is labeled as soft on immigration. I find this unbelievable. As a country we are terrified of immigrants. Same thing happened with the Irish. Understandable ignorant fear. Certainly there are genuine problems: health care, flooding shools, ect. But lets take a look at this issue from a public policy standpoint. Giving tax-payer money to high achieving immigrants on the road to citizenship. Giving them opportunities to attend college. Lets be clear, this is the kind of immigration countries salivate over. The immigration people fear is the immigration of poor uneducated people who sap resources. I saw Huckabee accused of making Arkansas a magnet for illegal immigration.

If this makes Arkansas a magnet for high-achieving Mexicans, more power to him! Rewarding non-criminal academic achievers who are striving to be tax-paying citizens is not liberal idealism, its good public policy. Are you trying to tell me that academic scholarships for drug-free “A” students attracts the wrong kind of immigrant? Unless you are a radical(and clearly have no knowledge of economics) and want to deport every Mexican here illegally, then this is the kind of policy we NEED. If you fear immigration because of the aforementioned reasons, you have no reason to fear this bill. Absolutely the only thing that could motivate fear of this bill is xenophobia. Afraid of dark-skinned people again, what a great country we are today.

Fuming mad. Fuming.

First debate I watched in its entirety. From what I saw of others…it seemed much better. They got into fights, haha.

I’m pleased to say that Huckabee rocked that debate! Giuliani and Romney were name-calling like gradeschoolers.

McCain had a solid showing, but he shows his age. He is about as tied down by Vietnam as Giuliani is by 9/11. He has the experience, and would have made a great candidate in either of the last two elections. He would also be the oldest person every elected president. I’d like to allow Thompson to head back to bed, he certainly looks half asleep when answering. His enthusiasm is…underwhelming. I had high hopes for him too ;/

Poor Romney, lost some serious support in this debate. He stumbled nearly every question he got. I was feeling alright about the guy prior to this debate, but he showed some serious flaws. He even flipped on a trivial issue like Don’t ask, dont tell! Who knows what he really believes anymore? He seems to have groomed his opinions based on the polls. The problem is, polls are more fickle than values.

Brimming with excitement in how flawlessly Huckabee tackled every question. Now if only he’d win the lottery… From how the “front-runners” preformed, its far from over! Though its pretty clear that Thompson and McCain are all but spent. Tancredo? Why does he ever bother….

….especially Law and Order. Whoever thought to start the next episode before cutting for commercial…brilliant. Simple, but brilliant. So its 3am and I just can’t turn it off. Hah. Unfortunately its the Criminal Intent/SVU series, if it were the original with Jack McCoy I’d be more excited.

Finally Huckabee is getting some press! First the Chuck Norris ad, then the huge surge in Iowa polls. Neck and neck with Romney, despite the millions and millions more Romney has spent. Finally the media can’t ignore him! O’Reily put him on the “no chance” list. Wouldn’t be the first time he lost a bet…he bet Huck would never break 10%.

What bothers me about the media, among the great number of things, is their questioning of candidates. Favorites like Giuliani get light questions, the hardest question Romney gets is ‘how do you feel about Hillary Clinton.” Watch them interview Huckabee, and he gets “you have a history of raising taxes in your state.” The only redeeming part about this is how resoundingly well Huckabee responses.

The time will come, very soon, when people realize Giuliani has no where to go but down. In the meantime…FOX News will continue to try to project their “Fear Islam, elect Giuliani” agenda.