Anger in the Democratic Race

This will be a short political based post and there will be a regular post later in the day.

I watched the Democratic debate the other night and came away wondering where my party is headed.
Was it entertaining? Yes.
Good Television?Sure.
Did it accomplish anything? Not really.
Unless you consider that the candidate that came off the best rarely got to speak and seemed to be ignored.
Here is what I did get out of the debate.
Hillary Clinton will do and say anything to win the nomination.
Barack Obama gives a great speech and is an excellent speaker,but often comes off as a
Pernell Whitaker (Lightweight) in debates.
John Edwards can be the best candidate and still has no chance to win.
In other words-it is not the year for Edwards.

I have been a political junkie since I could walk (believe or not,I remember faintly the Nixon-McGovern race being on TV) and I have always scoffed at people that said that they don't vote,doesn't matter who wins or they are all the same.
I have always felt that looking at things that way never improved things and how could things get better,if you don't at least express an opinion?
Sadly,it appears that I am reaching the point that I can at least see their point.
I am not saying that I am at the destination yet,but I can see the viewpoint.


The Clinton-Obama race has shown this thinking to me simply by existing.
Have we gotten to the point of voting for candidates for what they are instead of who they are?
The media seems to believe that every woman in this country will vote for Clinton and every African-American will vote for Obama.
I hope that will not be the case and if it is-the Democratic party has no interest in running the best candidate.
If this primary season is all about my party "making history" with either the first woman or African-American candidate,instead of nominating the best candidate to regain the White House from a party that has given us the worst two term President in the HISTORY of our country-then sooner or later we are AGAIN doomed to fail.
Hillary Clinton gives the GOP exactly who they want to run against-a symbol of the past that will more than motivate their base to get the vote out and KO the candidate that has represented the worst to them since 1992.
Barack Obama gives them a tougher task on political issues,but gives them an easier task on personal issues.
It will take no time at all for the Republicans to pummel Obama with past drug use,insinuate that he is Muslim (Bet money that is going on as we speak) and the layup that is experience.
As in what he has really gotten accomplished with the exception of some inspirational speeches?

Which leads me back to anger in the Democratic Party.
The current race for the nomination is so anger based and could sow the seeds for the loss of the Presidency,which is laying there for the Democrats like a mint on a Holiday Inn pillow or as fat as
a Joe Welsh fastball.
Clinton seems to look at the other candidates as "how dare these peons challenge a party icon"!
Obama seems to think that he should be handed the nomination because he is "inspiring".
So,then both of them are angry at the other and it is beginning to become quite visible by their behavior and comments towards and about each other.

And what is this accomplishing?
Nothing,but damaged candidates and red meat for the fall against whatever candidate the GOP runs.
And a conceivable loss that that should be only a distant chance.

Sometimes as much as it hurts-it just doesn't matter.........

Back later with our regular sports colortini flying through the net.....

Photo Credits
Debate-AP Photo