Chelsea and America Campaign for Hillary

Look at Chelsea! She's all grown up. I can't believe she's 27 now. She's such a well-spoken, intelligent young woman. Her parents must be proud!

Not so Hardball

I lost all respect for Chris Matthews when I heard him make this statement:


So then I heard him apologize. Eh. Not sure it matters to me. Nice try. Keith Olberman you're not.

Bill Clinton didn't change this country?

I'm trying to figure out what he meant by this statement. It's true that Ronald Reagan DID put this country on a different path, but it sure wasn't the right one! I don't know about you, but I didn't benefit from anything Ronald Reagan did. In fact, I doubt many middle class people really felt good about the economy when he was in office.

I remember the hope I felt when President Clinton was elected. I remember the effect his presidency had on MY family personally. The 90's were a good time economically. Surely Mr. Obama isn't trying to reduce the accomplishments of the Clinton presidency just because he's now running against Hillary Clinton...is he?

From Wikipedia:

Clinton left office with a 65% approval rating, the highest end-of-presidency
rating of any President that came into office after World War II

Shortly after taking office, Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act of
1993, which required large employers to allow their employees to take unpaid
leave because of pregnancy or a serious medical condition.

In August 1993, Clinton signed the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993,
which passed Congress without a single Republican vote. It raised taxes on
the wealthiest 1.2% of taxpayers,[36] while cutting taxes for 15 million low-income
families and making tax cuts available to 90% of small businesses.[37] Additionally, it mandated that the budget be balanced over a number of years, through the implementation of spending restraints.

But maybe those years of Reaganomics and Iran-Contra WERE better. Hmmmmm...

Kids Are People, Too

If you're one of the "thirty-something" generation like me, you probably remember the show Kids Are People, Too! In the spirit of that show, here's a blog interview with my 11 yr old liberal kid. This was unrehearsed and some of his thoughts surprised me--at least his way of looking at things.

Do endorsements matter?

I'm not sure if they do. My reaction to hearing John Kerry was endorsing Obama was kind of a "so what?" one. Does anyone care much what John Kerry has to say these days? I'm not sure. I don't think it hurt Hillary, but it certainly had some ramifications in the Edwards camp. It seemed a little bit of a low blow to endorse the other guy when your former running mate is running against him. Kind of makes you wonder, huh?

At this point, do endorsements matter? I really don't care who endorses whom at this point. I know who is getting my support and if the mayor of Mayberry supports someone else, it won't matter to me.

Take the quiz!

This is kind of a cool quiz to help you figure out which candidate suits you. I'm glad to see I'm supporting the right person!

87% Hillary Clinton
85% Chris Dodd
85% John Edwards
85% Barack Obama
82% Dennis Kucinich
82% Mike Gravel
78% Joe Biden
77% Bill Richardson
41% Rudy Giuliani
30% John McCain
22% Tom Tancredo
21% Mike Huckabee
20% Mitt Romney
15% Ron Paul
11% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz <---click here!

Get over it. She won!

How interesting to see all the talking heads and pundits try to figure out HOW Hillary won in New Hampshire. I mean, their "polls" all said she was going to lose in a major way. How could their polls be wrong?

I heard Chris Matthews accuse people in NH of being racist. He said they just couldn't vote for a black man when they got to vote "in secret." The argument being that the Iowa caucuses require that you publicly state who you're for, but in NH, it's a secret ballot. I think that's just a little off. I guess most of myself wants to just believe that race had nothing to do with it.

Other reasons were offered up. People felt sorry for Hillary. More people turned out. Why not just accept your polls were wrong this time? Maybe people changed their minds. I tend to think the huge turn out may have skewed the polls. Whatever the case, why can't the pundits just say "Hey, we made a mistake."

I've watched a general negative tone regarding Hillary for many months from certain MSNBC anchors. Just a random fact... Mika Brzezinski's father is one of Obama's most trusted advisors. Makes you go hmmmm...

The entire media tried to destroy Hillary in the days before the NH primary. I saw it with my own eyes. Perhaps, the reason Hillary won is because the people of this country didn't like the attack on her. Maybe. Or could it possibly be that people just LIKE the Clintons? I was hoping Hillary's victory speech in NH would start with "You like me! You really like me!" Maybe she's saving that line for later!