Thoughts on the January 6 Insurrection

This was one of those days where everyone remembers exactly where they were when the mess went down.

I myself was on a zoom call in a workgroup meeting. It had to be around 1 o'clock in the afternoon. My boss was making announcements then going around to each employee for updates. 

So as the meeting started, I had my tv on mute. I thought "Oh, they are marching to the Capitol.  Look at the flags. Oh my."  By the time the meeting winded down, I turned around and saw this on my TV. 

Man. They had strung up a noose. And I was thinking what the world is going on. They gonna hang somebody? Are you serious?

Then there was this fool...

Wow...this is not happening.

I did not get any more work done that afternoon. I just watched what was going on in disbelief.

One year has passed. 704 folks arrested. Some are already jailed and serving time.

And I am still confused as to why the former president did not issue a blanket pardon for all these folks before he left office? Hmm. 

Just left them out to dry.

Sigh. Thank goodness for the Capitol police and their ability to usher the congressman out to safety. These folks constructed gallows for hanging. This could have been so much worse. 

And could you imagine the carnage if these  were some black folk running up in the Capitol like that? Wow.

On a personal note, this causes me to examine my personal beliefs, associations, and philosophies. Do they place me me on a positive path or do they place me on the road to nowhere or... on the road to destruction? 

How many people have actually grown better from their association with the former president? Relatively few. His kids made tons of money. But look at Guilianni, Bannon, the rioters, and all these other folks... careers trashed. Some folks are in jail or indicted. 

And look at Pence. Ugh. 

Makes me wonder what the end game is.

I have no idea.

All I know is this is one more tragic day that is forever etched in history.

Pull Through, Dre!

My new mayor has the covid. *lee wails hard*.

He been running around campaigning and talking to people. But he says he has mild symptoms. Thank goodness.

Pull through, Dre...

 Pull through. 

Nasty Women

Our beloved President is always calling women he don't like "Nasty".

What is up with that? I find it very odd and off-putting. In fact, when he gets started, I can't find the remote to my television fast enough.

But I saw this meme the other day, and it gave me pause.

You know, when they asked him about Giselle Maxwell (whatever her name is), I just KNEW he would call her a nasty woman. But no, he wished her well.

I saw that live, and I was dumbstruck. I immediately thought it was a way of him keeping her quiet. Hmm... maybe that is just a plot from some show I watched somewhere. Who knows. It was just disturbing.

Elizabeth Warren had a fitting response to the "nasty woman" tag.

Right on, Senator Warren...

Right on.

Go Kamala!!!!

Joe Biden has made his vice-president pick!

Kamala Harris!

Go Kamala!

No, she wasn't my pick. She may have been #4 on my list. My pick was Florida Congressman Val Demings. That would have locked up Florida for Biden. He already has California, so I don't know the game plan when it comes to picking Harris.

I am SURE they have one.

This isn't the most ruthless ticket, so I hope it works out for them. All I know, they need to stop playing nice. That's not going to work.

But anyway, we finally have a VP pick. Glad it's a sister! That's all I gotta say about that!

Comey is OUT.

The FBI Director Comey was FIRED!

LAWD!

That caught me COMPLETELY off guard.

WOW!

I heard about it around the time I was leaving from work. I thought it was a joke.

Even Comey thought it was a joke.

I have a couple of questions about all this...

1. How do you get fired and learn about it from television? Shouldn't these types of things be done a bit more professionally?

2. You mean to tell me that Comey literally handed the election to Trump, and he turned around and FIRED him? Are you serious?

Couldn't be me. I know there are gag orders and all that type of legal things, but I'd drop a dime on some folk.

Better yet, I'd go straight up Shawshank Redemption on some folks.  A bunch of people.

(You'd get that if you saw the movie).

If I'm going down, a whole bunch of folk going down with me.

That is all.

But, I heard he has to testify at the Senate hearing. I wander how that's going to go.

Ten Thursday Thoughts... The Politics Edition

It's time for TEN Thursday thoughts. And this is the Politics edition. I could do 10,000 thoughts on this, but we will keep it light for now. I am sure that things are about to heat up.  And there will be MUCH more to say.

1.  So it is official now: President Obama has endorsed Hills...



2. He said a lot in those 3 minutes. Pretty clean and to the point. But what he really said is...

Let's get in Formation.

Plain and simple.

*cues up Beyonce's "Formation"*

3.  That goes out to everyone, especially Bernie Sanders. He's starting to look like a bitter crochety old man. And even with that said, I would vote for him if he was the nominee. But that's not the case. So get out the way, Sir, so they can take care of Trump.

4. Trump... I don't know what to say about him. And I try to listen to each candidate as much as I can.  I want to hear some logic and policy, you know. But I have decided that he is STRAIGHT illiterate. My 6-year-old nephew has a better grasp of grammar and vocabulary than he does.

5. Ya'll still need to help me understand that inane Trump slogan.

6. Let's just say this: America is already great. And if you don't think it is, stretch out your faith and call those things that are not as though they are. And it shall come to pass. Amen.

7. Hillary Clinton gave an exceptional foreign policy speech last week... then she dragged Trump's azz. And rightfully so.



8. Trump messed up when he tripped out on that American judge, who is of Mexican ancestry, who is over that fraud case.  Trump got his own folks looking at him like O_o.

(And notice how I, as a person of intelligence, worded the judge's ethnicity. Now ya'll go explain that to Trump.)


9. Trump needs to be handled like a teenage boy. But I think it may be too late. He's like a teenager who has been allowed to do his own thing for a minute, but when you try to reel him in or advise him, he goes apeshit.  Not a good look. I still think we haven't scraped the bottom of the barrel when it comes to Trump. What reckless thing will he say or do next?

10. The Republicans slip is showing. And their stockings have runs in the them. Many of them.

That's it for my Ten Thursday Thoughts!

Oh the DRAMA this election season will bring...

But remember, we will have a new President Elect in less than 5 months.  Not long now.

A New Deal...

So the big news today is that some big new arms control deal was struck with Iran.

And people are all up in arms about it.

Me? I don't follow politics that closely. Right now it's like someone throwing a pie in my face, i.e., whenever I turn on the news, they are talking about something political, complete with the fast moving ticker tape at the bottom of the screen. I can't avoid it.


President Obama gave a speech this morning about the agreement. And he had Vice-president Joe Biden in tow.

I grabbed that snapshot off of twitter this morning. And it is classic.

I know the caption says "'I will veto' legislation preventing Iran deal".

But what the picture really says (in my opinion) is... 


 "Don't start none, won't be none. And if you start something, we coming for you."

Yes, Mr. President.  Do your thang. And Biden is behind you mean mugging.

Don't start nothing over here.

I hope he gets tough with a Republican congress who is hell bent on never seeing him succeed at anything. He is nearing the end of his term. I would be dropping the mike. DAILY. Right on the republicans heads.

I don't know what's in this nuclear arms deal. I ain't got time to be sitting down and reading thousands of pages of legalise. No way. I will leave that up to ya'll.

And ya'll can come back and tell me what's up.

The Debate- Round 2 Continued

So the second debate took place last night....

Awww, that was a good one. Obama came to fight last night.

Look at how the president is looking at Mitt Romney.

And that is how I was looking at him too.

I consider myself an independent.  I try my best to read as much as I can about each candidate and and their policies. I try to find anything subjective if possible (that is hard). And I was done with Mitt Romney after the first debate because I can't keep up with the flip-flopping, i.e., policy changes at a whim... basically saying whatever your current audience wants to hear. Frankly, what he said behind closed doors when no one was supposedly looking is the truest measure of what he really thinks. Sorry, but you are who you really are when no one is looking.

You know it's bad when the moderator gotta fact check you on stage. Romney botched up the whole Libya issue. That's not good, seeing that the third debate is centered on foreign policy.

And it's not a good look to try to walk over a female moderator. I myself was a bit taken aback about that.

I am glad that the President checked him on using the Libya tragedy for political posturing. That was a tragedy. I myself was a bit taken aback by Romney's press conference that day. He is NOT the president yet. Sit down somewhere. I want to hear from MY president on any national tragedy issues. NOT from someone who wants to be president.

All in all, Obama came to the table this time. Of course both candidates had good points (Just have to dig through what Romney says, since he changes with the wind).

I thought it was interesting how Romney opened himself up for a 47% jab. At the very end. I knew there was a problem when he said he wants to be president of 100%. (Uh, I am having trouble with that one. Trying to accept that, but... sounds like another convenient thing to say.)

I am a solid red state, so I don't have to sit through many campaign commmercials.  Thank goodness for that. My vote may or may not count. But because people died so that I, a woman of color, have the right to vote... well, that means I will vote.

20 days until the election, ya'll...  20 more days!

And it's all getting very very interesting...

Political Thoughts... LadyLee Style

Where is everybody?

Hmm...

I hope the blog fam is alright!

I was going to make this a random thoughts post, but the first random thought ran too long.

I watch the republican primaries pretty closely. I don't know why. I just find it interesting, and I like to know what the heck is going on.

My goodness. I don't particularly like politics. This whole presidential race... sigh. I really HATE the years where we have a presidential political race. I can't watch TV without seeing negative adds meant to inject fear into my life. And let's not even get over into politicians saying what you want to hear.

It's such a game. It is kind of like a pimp wooing a woman he intends to exploit his way. And then he turns her out before she every knew what happened.

Nothing nice.

I wish that the whole money aspect was taken away from the mix. We would have a better variety of candidates, who may have something substantial to talk about.

And with the way the Republican race is going, well... Obama has to be cheesing hard right about now.

I know I would be if I were him.

I feel lke I'm watching a train wreck. Sorry GOP, I don't care WHO wins the republican nomination, uh, Obama will beat them hands down. I don't wave the flag for any candidate, but Obama has done the best he can under the circumstances. He will beat them all... they better ditch the remaining candidates at the brokered convention, and then break out some Chris Christy for president. Otherwise, they lose.

I was telling my Uncle a couple of weeks ago, "If Romney is onstage speaking, and his arm falls off and there are a bunch of wires hang out, it wouldn't surprise me one bit. Not one bit."

He doesn't seem real to me. But he has the most money, so... he may have the nomination locked up. But his party doesn't really like him. Wow.

And for some odd reason, the Republicans keep allowing Sarah Palin to speak.






*crickets*

She really rubs me the wrong way.

Man. I tell you. This broad. I didn't major in English. I've never taken a Speech class. And I tend to be ebonic, but uh... she needs a good English and speech class. She needs to go to a Toastmasters meeting. I think this is important if you are a politician. I'm a highly degreed intelligent person, yet I struggle to understand her, and I just can't. She baffles the cheese out of me.

And I'm not the best historian in the world... but I know a fair amount. Wasn't slavery in effect before the Civil War? And a black president wants to go back to those times? REALLY?

Wow!

And she will be running for president in the future. You watch.

Maybe they will make her take a good speech class. If not, we are in trouble. That is all.

All in all, I want the political year to be OVER.

I bet you do, too.

So Long, Sir. Good-bye.

So...

Herman Cain has left the building.



That is, he has "Suspended" his campaign for President.

Did ya'll get all of your banners and t-shirts?

You get your commemorative napkins and plates, bumper stickers and flags?

(Was there ever any of that?)

I would've liked something with the campaign slogan on it.

Because it is all over now.

You know me. I don't do what others do: sit up and criticize and joke about things like this.

Life changing things like this.

Reminders like this.

It is a STARK reminder that I, LadyLee, don't need to run for president.

I don't need to run for president of the USA. I don't need to run for president of the PTA. Nothing.

I ain't perfect like most people I know.

Perfect people: they lay in wait... and watch for any high profile person to go through something, to be caught in the middle of something, for secret lives to be exposed. So they can make jokes and jive about it.

I don't knock those people. I think we have been trained in that mentality. Entertainment and Gossip shows have been on the TV since I can remember, maybe before I was even born.

I am trained in leaning in and tuning in to hear about the sensational. It makes my heart rush. I gasp at the juicy revelation.

It makes me feel better about the monotony of my own life, you see...

Or it takes my mind off of the issues of my life that I haven't had the courage to resolve.

When these things happen, I see them. I am O_o and O_O just like the next person.
But I am a little different.

I immediately ponder my own life, these 40-something years I've been in existence.

I, LadyLee, can PROMISE you... I will NEVER run for political office, much less President of these United States of America.

And I also think of something else: skeletons.

We all have skeletons in our closet.

Well let me speak for myself, since I don't know all 7 billion people on this planet.

I have skeletons in my closet. And my closet is small. Yet, the skeletons are crowded up in there, with their sharp pointy elbows, pointy knees all making each other uncomfortable. And here I come, opening the closet door and throwing another skeleton in there...

And another one.

*lee looking around to make sure no one is watching when she opens the closet door*

And another one....

They, these tightly packed skeletons, are always waiting for their chance to bust out of their confined space, and run out the house... and run straight out into the street into oncoming traffic.

You can imagine the chaos and confusion that causes.

That is what happens when the light is shined on one's life.

I don't want the light shined on my life like that. Hence, my uh, repulsion to running for any type of office.

I can see myself walking past the TV and seeing a dude I was messing with some 20 years ago on TV talking about our shenanigans.

Got an Oldgirl hollering "What rock did THAT ninja come out from under!?!?!"


LOL

I want the courage and due-diligence and maturity it takes to voluntarily shine the light on my own problems and dark areas and make the appropriate corrections, instead of doing it when I get caught.

And now, Mr. Cain, your business is in the streets. The same people laughing at you have probably done the same... or much worse.

But we will never know, will we?

Hmm.

It was a great run. The prospect of having 2 black men run against each other to lead our great country... uh, I never thought I would see such a thing.

So, so long, Sir. Good-bye.

This politcal game is what it is: a game. And if you are a threat, they coming after you. Heck, if you aren't a threat, they coming after you.

It is how the game is played. Political or otherwise.

This post was approved by Your Friendly Neighborhood Oldgirl LadyLee.

You have a great week... on purpose.

LadyLee the Voter...

I voted today...



I live in the city of Atlanta, and there's a big Mayoral race going on...

Shirley Franklin is on her way out, and someone new is on their way in...

Now Shirley's been a good Mayor... but her last year of office, someone dropped the ball down at City Hall. I don't know what's going on, but...

My water bill is 100% higher.

My property tax bill was 30% higher (and ya'll know how HIGH city taxes can be. UGH!)

Somebody dropped the ball, the bat, the helmet... the kitchen sink...

And there's this big "bruh-ha" about keeping city hall black...

Whatever.

You negroes are mucking UP!

I voted for Mary Norwood today...

Mary Norwood for Mayor!!

(I need me a t-shirt with that on it!)

Yeah, I voted for the white lady. Yeah, I'm a traitor! SUE ME!

My white girl alter ego, "Lisa-Anne", is in control...

*Lisa-Anne throwing on long blond wig and fake blue contact lenses*

I voted for Norwood because whenever we had neighborhood meetings, not at a community center but up in someone's house, Mary Norwood was there to answer any questions. And if she couldn't answer the question, she would write that ish down and email us back... She'd even show up with reports of how they were working on various issues like mortgage fraud and blight in the neighborhoods. The chick was knowledgable and PASSIONATE about all thangs ATLien...

I remember thinking a few years ago, "I hope she runs for Mayor, because she is down for the city!"

Where the heck were these other candidates... I don't know anything about them. Ain't seen ya'll's tails nowhere near MY hood.

Yet you want to cheese in my face now? Cuz you want me to vote for you? Would you have be stomping the hoods if you weren't running for Mayor?

Uh, no.

NO, PLAYA!!!

Norwood's been hood deep for a minute. EVERYBODY knows who she is.

I voted for Norwood. I think she will get the job done. I think she might even win without a runoff, because the white folks in the good part of town got her on lock... They'll get out and vote. I went to my precinct this morning before work, and I was the only one up in that camp. I was in and out in 3 minutes flat.

(Didn't look like that when we were voting Obama in. I had to wait 2 hours to vote that day).

I hope you win, Norwood. You've put the work in. Didn't even sling mud in your commercials.

I ought to take my tail down to the Varsity for your election night party.

(Can't do that, Man... I'm tired when I get off from work. I'm taking my behind to the crib).

I know you'll get something done.

Shoot, man...

If that Oldgirl can lower my water bill, heck, that will be enough for me!

Open Letter to Sarah the SCAPEGOAT

My dearest Sarah,

How are you, you MAVERICK? I would give you an intannet fist bump, but ya'll think that's a terroristic signal or something stupid like that. It's a greeting of sorts, like a handshake, but we won't get all over into that.

Girlfriend, I tell you...

I've been watching the news, trying to catch a few glimpses of MY NEW PRESIDENT for the last few days.

But, it looks like all I'm seeing is a bunch of Republican Haters. I mean, some serious Haterade sipping jokers.

(Newsflash: He's your New President. Enough said. Get over it.)

Then, it trips me out that the Republicans are actually hating on one of their own, you of all people, Sarah Barracuda.

Or should I say what you really are:

SARAH SCAPEGOAT

You were even crying on election night. The peoples said you even wanted to say a few words at McCain's concession speech.

(Even I know that a vice president candidate doesn't give concession speeches. Where was your head at, Good Governor?)

They said "No", Sarah, because you were nothing more than a pawn anyway.

And now you are a SCAPEGOAT.

The definition of scapegoat is evident above, but according to Dictionary.com, it is a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.

The term has biblical origins. It is the name of a goat let loose in the wilderness on Yom Kippur after the high priest symbolically laid the sins of the people on its head. (See Lev. 16:8,10,26)

That's what you are, Sarah Palin.

First you were a PAWN.

That didn't work out.

Now you are a SCAPEGOAT.

You have been blamed. They are dogging you out, saying that you didn't even know that Africa was a continent.

(I hope they were lying about that. If so, you need to look into a news camera and scream "They lying! They some haters!")

Then they tripping out on how you spent up cash on clothes for you and your fam, when they told you to buy only 3 dress suits. You spent 13,000 on makeup. They said you spent 40,000 bucks on your hubby Todd alone.

(I hope they were lying about that, too. If so, you need to take a verbal bat to somebody's head. Really though).

They are saying so much stuff about you, you scapegoat. They are even sending someone up to your place in Alaska to look through your stuff to see what clothes you kept.

(I hope you didn't take any of those expensive clothes with you. If so, you better hide that stuff out in the woods. I would hide it in the place where you stand in the backyard and stare out at Russia.)

I, for one, think it is horrible the way they are treating you. But you were a pawn that didn't work out. And instead of finding and correcting the reasons they lost, they are blaming you. The Republicans need a message, a consistent message. And they didn't and don't have one.

That whole "MAVERICK" thing didn't work. So, they did the easy thing...

Blamed it all on the Scapegoat (YOU), and sent your tail back to the wilderness (ALASKA).

I myself have been a pawn, a token. And I have also been scapegoated. It hurts, it really does. I guess that is why it is bothering me when I watch the news and see them drag you through the mud. It ain't right. I hope you step up and defend yourself.

But you will get over it, and go on with your life. You will go on to do great things.

If I were you, Sarah Scapegoat, I would go back to Alaska, continue doing a good job as you have been doing (your approval is 85%, which is unheard of). The one advantage here is that you are much loved and well liked back in Alaska, and now you are a household name.

You should stomp back HARD on these repubs, your own politcal party with that

PALIN 2012

That's gonna be a PHAT bumper sticker. Really though.

You'll most likely be running against the governor of LA... Piyush "Bobby" Jindal, the first U.S. governor of Indian descent.

You know, your party should be over the whole skin color and terrorist/muslim crap by then. They might be over tripping out over people's names. Maybe they will be interested in issues rather than who they think people hang out with by then, too. His name is being thrown around right now, and it looks like he might be being prepped to run. (And I bet he knows basic world geography, so you better figure it out yourself, Sarah).

You've gained valuable experience in that Good Ol' Boy network. Better remember and come up with a game plan.

And remember, write down the names even, of the people orchestrating the scapegoating of you.
And make sure you have them nowhere near you in 2012.

Ya heard me?

I thought you did.

Have a good day... and send me a recipe for caribou stew, please.

I'ma try to work that out with some beef stew chunks or something...

Much obliged!

LadyLee...That Original Oldgirl.

Sarah Palin?

The Republicans played a serious card today, do you hear me?

I mean, they had five Aces in their hand. And they threw all that ish down.

I myself DID NOT expect for the Republican Party to pick a woman for the vice president nominee.

WOW!!!

So, I can breathe a sigh of relief. I can vote for McCain. Afterall, there's a woman running mate.

Yeah right.

I don't care if she is a woman. Whatever. I will still be a responsible voter and continue to study everybody's record and let the chips fall where they may.

This is some serious politics at it's best. And probably the reason I can't stand politics. It's all a game, and I just don't want to play.

There are a large amount of toss up votes at stake, however. And the key is to appeal to the toss up votes.

Let's see, there are a bunch of pissed off women out there who were Hillary supporters. Sara Palin is a HUGE worm on the hook to hook them in. She's a working class woman with 5 kids. That DEFINITELY has the Moms.

What else? She was raised by blue collar parents. That takes care of that demographic. You know, working class white folks want NO parts of Obama.

She just gave birth to a downs syndrome baby back in April. That takes care of all the voters concerned with disability issues.

Her oldest son is about to be deployed to Iraq. That takes care of some to the war dissenters. (Remember, McCain has two sons fighting in Iraq, so ya'll can't holler about that.)

Downside: Joe Biden is going to whop her arse in the Vice presidential debates. And rightfuly so.

Another downside: Republicans can stop hemming and hawwing about Obama not having experience. Shut the hell up with all that noise ya'll making, because it don't matter now now this chick is in the mix... Don't nobody know anything about her, and she has been govenor of Alaksa for less than two years. Although, she ran up into that office and left bodies laying all around, i.e., she is a bit crazy about stomping out folks...

They don't call her "Sarah Barracuda" for nothing.

Yep... They shook up the game with that. Even stunned the media with this one. The media isn't even focusing on Obama's acceptance speech last night as of now.

Obama has his work cut out for him. And he's run such a polished campaign that I'm sure he will work it all out.

So... if you weren't interested in McCain as our next president before, are you interested now that he has a female, blue collar hockey Mama as his running mate??

Is the choice THAT easy?

Hmmm...

Enlighten Me!

*LadyLee angrily presses the pause button on her regular programming*

DANG!!!!!

Can someone please explain to me what the heck is going on?

Can someone please enlighten me?

Can we all just get along?

GEEEEEZ!!!!

I am SO doggone embarrassed by this!

It don't help that I have NEVER been a big fan of Jesse Jackson.

Reverend Jackson!! I'm more embarrassed by this than when I saw that picture of your MISTRESS walking down her driveway with your 2 year old love child!

UGGH!!

*Lee hurling herself off the roof*

Is he drinking a big tall glass of haterade? Is he jealous? Is he mad about something?

What the. . .???

Man, I tell you, President Obama... Ain't NOTHING like finding out what people REALLY think of you, is it? I'm glad you accepted that apology. That was the right thing to do. That was real "presidential"of you!

But don't deal with that dude!!!! PLEASE!

WOW!! Someone help me understand this. Maybe I missed something. Help me to feel... better about this!

(Okay, we will go back to our regular Original Oldgirl programming.)

Political Mumbo Jumbo

Okay... count'em down. Seven days 'til my birthday! Whooo-HOOOO!!!

Super Duper Tuesday is coming up around these parts... And I've had to think about the candidates. I hate the presidential elections, as no one candidate embodies all that I really want to see in the White House. It can be really exasperating.

I rarely talk about anything political... not since the days of Katrina and such. You know how I like to keep it smurfy over here at the House of Ladylee...

But you know I have to get my 2 cents in.

Right?

Riiiiiiight.

John Edwards. As of yesterday, John Edwards dropped out of the race. I tell you, this is his second try for the nomination. But now he's outta here. Talking about how he didn't want to play spoiler and all.

I bet we'lll see him again in 2012. He's like the little engine that could, ain't he?

But he came in 3rd in his own state. And the writing was on the wall.

But he'd never get my vote. He had this big antipoverty message but has worked for a hedge fund that was involved in investing in companies that foreclosed on mortgages of New Orleans Katrina victims. Talk about an oxymoron for the ages! That didn't make sense to me.

He made his announcement of bailing out of the race yesterday from New Orleans Ninth Ward. How ironic!!

Hilary Clinton. You know what?

I said, you know what?

I won't be voting for Hilary. You know why?

Because I can't figure out if she or Bill is running for president. And I will not be voting for "Bilary".

Now, ya'll know Bill is going to slip up and say REAL soon: "During my third term as president, I will Blah, blah, blah." You KNOW he's gonna slip up and say some craziness like that.

That is, if somebody don't shut him up!

Hilary, MAN UP and stop being a PUNK!

You mean to tell me, you've supported Bill in all his endeavors for over 30 years, had to deal with all his messing around...

Had to deal with all your bizness being put out in the street...

And had to deal with that Monica Lewinsky craziness, i.e., cigars and stained dresses...

And Bill can't sit his ass down for a minute and let YOU do YOUR thing?
MAN UP, Hilary! Stop being a PUNK! It's your time to shine. This is YOUR show, not Bill's. News Flash: YOU are running for president, NOT Bill!!!

MAN UP and stop being a PUNK!

Nevertheless, you won't get my vote. Your whole downplaying of what Martin Luther King did, and ultimately giving Lyndon Johnson credit for the civil rights is some craziness.

Lyndon Johnson wasn't jailed for his beliefs. Lyndon Johnson didn't march nowhere. Lyndon Johnson wasn't spied on by the FBI. Lyndon Johnson wasn't harassed!

Oh, and uh... Lyndon Johnson wasn't assasinated.

Yeah, thumbs down to YOU, Hilary.

And this whole Bilary thing is spooky. You know the two of them have been laying up in bed at night for YEARS giggling about this. Bill's been whispering softly in her ear in the late midnight hour:

"First I'm going to be president, then you're going to be president."

Just spooks me, that's all.

Plus, there has been a Clinton or a Bush in the White House since I was 18. I'm damn near pushing 40 now. I'm NOT down with this dynasty crap!

Tell you what... Hilary has a decent platform and all, but unless TMZ.com comes out with secretly recorded convo of Hilary straight snapping on Bill, telling dude to sit his butt down so she can do her thing? She won't be getting my vote.

Yeah, Hilary... I need to see you give Bill the GAS FACE just like in the picture above. At least stage that ish and make it believable.

She is off my radar...

Because if she gets the Dem. nomination, the Republicans will eat her for lunch. You know they're waiting on that!!!

Really though.

Barack Obama. You know, I like Obama. I really do.

It's like someone has been hanging out in the bathroom a bit to long, blowing it up after eating a whole bowl of chitlins...

...and Obama comes in with his can of Lysol and makes it all fresh again.

Yes, I like Obama.

I agree with most of his platform. But I like the fact that he's bold enough to at least try to jump in the race and offer some glimmer of change.

But you know what I keep hearing from older black folks??

"The good ol' boy establishment gonna get him into office and mess him up on purpose. They're gonna blame him for it ALL! It's a conspiracy!"

Or people are afraid a crazy redneck gonna assasinate him.

I've thought about these things in the past.

I'm glad Barack Obama doesn't think like that. I'm glad he's letting his faith and courage take him past all the question marks? I'm glad he's going for it.

And he's got Bilary shaking in her/his shoes.

I say GOOD!

And as Obama says... YES WE CAN!!

Not sure if I'm going to vote for him. But he's in my top TWO.

I've also heard: "He don't have enough experience!!!"

Now these fools politicians in office have all the experience and resources in the world. And they STILL muckin' everything up!

And don't it make you feel good to see, even though he is Harvard educated, etc., that he don't have a blond-haired, blue eyed white woman on his arm? Don't it make you (black women) feel GOOD to see someone like Michelle up there, who looks like she could be in our family?

No, I don't care who you love, as long as you love the one you with.

But, there are sistas out there... You KNOW some of us would be hatin' HARD if he was with a white woman! It perplexes me that we hate that so much. Kinda like we feel like we been duped, you know?

Don't ACT! You know what I'm talking about.

Yes, that's a silly point, I know. Brought it up because it has been discussed all around me.

I applaud his courage... and his stand. A lot of black folks hatin' on him, saying he ain't black enough.

I am GLAD he has the courage to say YES I CAN!!

Now, as far as my thoughts on those Republicans...

Stay Tuned.