CAMPAIGN PATH GETS GORY

By Dave Buhlman

As anyone over twenty years old, who is not in a Hill-Bill hypnotic state can see, these two are the most ambitious, hypocritical Boris and Natashas to ever be involved in a presidential campaign. Bill was dubbed the "first black president" by poet Toni Morrison due to his perceived support of black issues and, maybe, his ability to look cool playing the saxophone. I'm not sure on the second one.

But they are raising the race issue whenever they can in the battle with Senator Barack Obama of Illinois. According to Dick Morris, a political strategist who helped out on a number of Bill Clinton campaigns (and was subjected to several anti-semitic remarks from Hillary for his trouble), the Clintons wanted Obama to win the Democrat South Carolina primary this past Saturday based mainly on black voters supporting him. Based on this, they can say/imply to the white voters in future primaries that, since the blacks are voting in a block for the black candidate, you whites should vote in a block for the February 5 primaries for Hillary to counter this "unfair" voting pattern by blacks in South Carolina. In this deceitful approach, the Clintons seek to bring the contest down to its very lowest common denominator - race. And, since there are more white voters than blacks, they feel that this highly offensive strategy will work. Flash to Hill-Bill - we are all just people, American people, not to be pigeonholed in your political apiary. And, as an aside, who could blame blacks for voting for this very impressive fellow who is the first legitimate shot for a black man to gain the White House? Not me. He will expand government even more than George Bush, so he is not the chosen candidate of this conservative Republican.

As another aside on this situation, can you imagine if it were Republicans pulling these racist shenanigans? There would be spittle coming out of the liberal newsreaders mouths as they excitedly kept us informed of the blow-by-blow of alleged Republican offenses. They would even break into soap operas with updates. Now that's serious.

The Republican primary in Florida is tomorrow, January 29. The results of this contest ought to whittle out a couple of the candidates - quite possibly Huckabee and Giuliani, who will then position themselves for the Vice President nod, or another position in a Republican administration. They are both low on dough. The most beautiful aspect is that our genius from Texas, Congressman Ron Paul, will be on the heels of Romney and McCain right up to the convention. He's got the dough, and there's more to come. This makes things a lot more interesting. Ron Paul makes the moderators in the debates sputter with concern about how much truth he is going to unload during his response. That alone is worth the price of admission.

Without Congressman Ron Paul, M.D., we would be subjected to McCain calling Romney a tax raising liberal, and Romney calling McCain a liberal tax raiser. Boooring.

Dave Buhlman is a former New Hampshire State Representative, published author, and supporter of constitutional government.