One has to admit Reverend Wright is a godsend to Republicans.  As H. Rap Brown said years ago, racism is as American as apple pie and nowhere in America is this more apparent than among Republicans like Mike Huckabee and all the others.  It is absurd that Barack Obama’s qualifications for the Presidency should be judged by the views of his former pastor.  It reminds me of the famous Oval Office meeting between Richard Nixon and Billy Graham where both of them made anti-semitic comments about American Jews.  Religion is, or should be a private affair, but Republicans have made wearing their faith on their sleeves into an art form that has helped to corrupt America’s political system.  Senator Obama will survive Rev. Wright and go on to win both the nomination and the election.  That has Republicans really steamed, so we voters must brace ourselves for more right wing, born again attacks on Obama by people like Huckabee and his ilk.

*** BREAKING NEWS ***

Sources close to the McCain campaign are indicating Senator McCain is becoming more dependant on Governor Huckabee.

“After their meeting the other day, McCain seems eager to give Huckabee more time in the press to talk on his behalf”

Sources that can’t be named say “I think Senator McCain feels very comfortable with Governor Huckabee, I wouldn’t be suprised if he picks him as his Vice Presidential running mate.”

It’s becoming clear, McCain can use Huckabee’s articulate speaking skills to toss zingers over to the Obama Hillary campaign while McCain concentrates on raising money for his campaign.

Having a running mate who can fend off the attacks of the Obama Hillary campaign could prove to be the most valuable prize in capturing the presidency this November for him and the Republican’s.

Huckabee could turn out to be one of the most valuable players in the Republican party. With McCain’s mechanical style and Huckabee’s personal style, this could be a match made in heaven for the Republican party.

To David Robins:  Please read the article again, and carefully consider Gov. Huckabee’s statements.  I seriously doubt you will find one iota of racism in Gov. Huckabee.

I agree with Lucy Wilson.

I didn’t read any racism in Gov. Huckabee’s comments, and at least with respect to the content of this article, there was no attack by Huckabee on Obama, but only a criticism of Rev. Wright—based upon an interpretation of Wright’s behavior—and seems credible given my understanding of human nature.

Incidentally, I am an Obama supporter—and Huckabee has earned some respect from me here.

Sorry folks, Obama would not be the first black president of the U.S. There are five others that had black fathers. Lincoln, Jefferson, Harding, Coolidge, and Jackson. George Washington was actually the eight president. John Hanson was the first.

Robins:
Reverse the situation and pretend a white candidate had a pastor spewing hatred toward blacks.  Would it matter then? Be honest with yourself.  If it doesn’t matter then there are a lot of people who need to apologize to Sen. Trent Lott.

Should America elect ANY Democrat? The average American is appalled at the ever escalating price of gasoline/transportation costs and the impact that these costs are having on the family budget. Further, as we’re well aware, transportation costs ripple through the entire American economy on every essential commodity that we’re required to purchase such as food. The latter being accentuated by an erroneous emphasis on an inefficient petroleum substitute, ethanol, which actually inhibits our attempts to achieve higher mileage standards. In an America with POTENTIALLY vast energy resources, why have we allowed ourselves to become willing victims of cartel energy piracy from highly unstable, unfriendly fanatical regimes, from whom we now import a substantial segment of our petroleum needs? Imports which continuously drain wealth from America in the form of an unfavorable balance of trade; and, conversely flow petro-dollars into the coffers of Islamofacists and others who would destroy America given the opportunity. Were it not for America’s dependence on these Middle-East petroleum imports, we could conveniently extricate ourselves from this cauldron of fanaticism; and, allow the fanatics to wallow in their self imposed misery and virulent hatred for Western culture.

The fundamental question is WHO do we blame for this self-imposed dilemma?

America originated nuclear power; and yet, we produce only 20% of our domestic electrical energy from the nuclear option while countries such as France produce 78%, and have programmed significantly more, dramatically reducing their dependence on fossil fuels. The safety issue on nuclear power is a non-sequitur given the hundreds of thousands of operating hours on U.S. Naval nuclear propulsion systems without incident. But yet, LEFT-WING FRINGE ELEMENTS in our society THAT COMPRISE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE BASE OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY have for 30yrs. managed to bring America’s nuclear industry to a standstill.

Our Nation possesses an abundance of untapped petroleum reserves off our coastlines; in the Alaskan wilderness; and, in the form of hi-quality shale oil in the Rocky Mountain region where we have the equivalent of ten(10) Saudi Arabia’s in recoverable reserves. And yet, we have permitted LEFT-WING FRINGE ELEMENTS to inhibit our access to such deposits. The incredible irony is that the CHICOM are exploring for oil 45miles South of Key West, while we have prohibited ourselves from exploiting the same resources. Had Bill Clinton not vetoed the Republican controlled Senate approval of drilling in ANWAR, exploration which has been previously proven to be beneficial to the Alaskan Caribou herds, we would have had an additional one million barrels of domestic oil production on-line TODAY; and, a concurrent reduction in the at-pump price of gasoline of $1/gallon. Further, there is an inherent synergy to be exploited between Nuclear Power and Shale Oil Extraction. Concurrently, Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama, ensconced in their own vision of scuttling fossil fuels, have both pledged to confiscate the profits of America’s Energy Companies. A move that would cripple our capacity to explore/develop additional petroleum reserves; greatly exacerbate our dependence on foreign sources; and, dramatically further increase the price of fuel at the pump.

America has the largest reserves of coal in the world; and, a full 50% of our domestic electrical energy generation is dependent on this resource; and yet, LEFT-WING FRINGE ELEMENTS continuously attempt to restrict the use of these coal reserves; and, to impede attempts to develop technologies/facilities for the gasification of coal. Bill Clinton struck a major blow to America’s accessible coal reserves when he unilaterally, over the objection of State officials, placed the Red Hills of Utah with an estimated Four(4) Trillion $s worth of high quality coal assets off-limits. Fearful of mass protests, Clinton wouldn’t even go to Utah to announce his heinous restriction; but, rather chose to make his proclamation from the relative security of Arizona. Clinton’s actions represented a major financial windfall for his Riady Bros. bankrollers who were in competition with Utah to sell their Indonesian coal holdings to the CHICOM. Ever wonder why Clinton refuses to release the Donor list for his “Foundation”!

Even our Hydro-Electric potential has been brought to a standstill by LEFT-WING FRINGE ELEMENTS over such nonsense as the Snail-Darter. Water resources which could as well now be playing a major role in mitigating the effects of the drought that has recently griped the SouthEast.

Much of the hype over fossil fuels has again been exploited by LEFT-WING FRINGE ELEMENTS over the mythical impact of MAN MADE CO2 emissions on Global Warming. Such proclamations totally disregard the complete lack of correlation between recorded atmospheric CO2 levels and recorded Global temperatures. On Earth as on Mars, where no controversy of Man Made Global Warming factors exist, surface temperature variations precisely track the recorded fluctuations in Solar irradiance. Ask our self-inflicted dyslexic friend, Al Gore, to explain these two recorded contradictions to his Man Made Global Warming hype. The silence is deafening Albert!

Imposition of overly burdensome regulatory criteria and an application morass principally sponsored by LEFT-WING FRINGE ELEMENTS, have made the expense and reduced profitability of investing in additional refinery installations prohibitive. The inevitable result being that corporations for many years have shunned such capital projects creating a restrictive “choke point” in the availability of gasoline products. This “choke point” where refineries are continuously required to operate at peak capacities makes the availability/distribution of refined products within our Nation readily vulnerable to supply disruptions. Further, the dictated multiple blends of gasoline, frequently multiple blends within the same metropolis, have seriously complicated and inflated the time factor in the refinery task.

To be certain, we CAN and we MUST achieve total energy independence; but, our Nation can only extricate ourselves from this self imposed dilemma by a broad-based, comprehensive NATIONAL ENERGY STRATEGY that BLENDS all of the elements of: conservation; major increases in transportation efficiencies, such as increased mileage standards; exploitation of our indigenous petroleum resources; a significant expansion of our refinery facilities; major investments in nuclear energy; supplementation of our electrical grid with solar, wind, geo-thermal, and hydro technologies; and, a major investment in Research and Development to bring a Hydrogen and Fusion based economy to fruition. Unfortunately, to dig ourselves out of this self-created coffin-corner will require TIME. Time which simply means that, in the interim, we must protect our access to unstable Middle East suppliers until we bring our own assets on line. The latter exigency which could readily be scuttled by the Cut-And-Run crowd on Iraq. The regional chaos which would be precipitated by Iran subsequent to a precipitous American withdrawal from Iraq would make the current cost-escalation in energy supplies from the Middle East seem like the Golden Age of Yesteryear by comparison; and, most certainly would induce a much wider conflict/conflagration. The myopia of the Left on these circumstances is astounding. As history has repeatedly taught with grim consequences, PEACE and STABILITY are won only THRU STRENGTH; and, NOT THRU the nebulous psychosis of HOPE.

The ability of a LEFT-WING minority, that has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to whiplash the Democrat Party, to dictate such onerous/debilitating restrictions in the energy sector of the American economy has been made possible ONLY by the passive acceptance of these militant’s demands by the more rational majority of the American electorate. The RATIONAL MAJORITY: that believes in the 2nd Amendment to our Constitution; that is proud of our Country; that daily expresses such pride by the furling of an American flag on their property, or the wearing of an American Flag lapel pin on their chest; that proudly places their hand over their heart at the singing of our National Anthem while even shedding a tear or two; that is unashamed to actively recognize the Judeo/Christian heritage of America; that believe that Judges should NOT legislate from the bench; and, that proudly proclaims the unparallel contribution of America to the protection and sustenance of democratic values throughout the pages of world history, as opposed to LEFT-WING FRINGE ELEMENTS that believe America to be the greatest EVIL in the world. As the Pope so eloquently proclaimed on his recent visit to our homeland, “God Bless America”.

The task then for the RATIONAL MAJORITY in our Nation is SIMPLY to recognize the SOURCE that sustains and provides the base of support for the LEFT-WING FRINGE ELEMENTS in our society; and, to undertake a decisive role at the ballot box to isolate and relegate these FRINGE ELEMENTS THAT COMPRISE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE BASE OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY to a decibel level that is barely audible. ANY TIME you vote for a Democrat, ANY DEMOCRAT, you’re unmistakably multiplying the capacity of these LEFT-WING FRINGE ELEMENTS to continue to promote their radical agenda, and to bring our Nation to its knees. A circumstance that no external power ever could have accomplished.

The ability to restore our Nation’s status; and, to sustain this Sacred Land that the RATIONAL MAJORITY so proudly calls AMERICA, resides in your hands at the ballot box.

GREG NEUBECK

All of these arguments are frivalous.  He said she said mumbo jumbo. What are the real differences between Hillary, Obama and McCain?  All three believe in a larger government than the founders set forth to create.  The three mainstream candidates all support America’s right to police the world and secure resources for its empire at the cost of human lives and the financial stability of our nation.  None of them disagree on any real decisive issues.  Each will arrive in the White house, if elected, and pander to the various lobby groups which gave them support.  The citizens of America will continue to foot the trillion dollar bills to have 700 bases in over 130 countries around the globe.  America will continue to borrow $12,000,000,000 (12 billion) per year to fight the unwinnable Iraq debacle.  McCain will continue to fight in the middle east as he stated, and I quote, “For a hundred years”.  War in Iran seems more and more plausible every day.  The debt and body bags keep on coming.  Gas prices are rising and the economic crisis is not over yet.  The list goes on.  The only real candidate that offers ANY true SOLUTIONS is RON PAUL.  He is still in the race and will be on the ballot in June.  I will cast my vote for Ron Paul.  It may be a lost vote, however it is a vote of principle and my beliefs.  Does it really matter anyway, which of the other 3 war mongering, big government, social liberals is elected?  No!  I urge all of you to inform yourselves further of the foreign policies and economic woes which are building to shape our nations future.  If you have children, read then vote.  Get a copy of Ron Pauls latest book today and just open your mind.  Remember, War is the Health of the State!  Civil liberties, and this nations foundations will continue to erode so long as we operate under fear of “terrorists” and surrender our rights to those who offer to protect us.

Huckabee is a fascist and a liar.  He has no theology degree.  He promotes war in the name of the peaceful Christ.  Huckabee is dangerous as well as all the others mentioned, excluding Ron Paul.  Right on citizen for pointing out some real issues that we should all be concerned with.  Just wait until America is bogged down in wars in Iran, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.  When Americans see there young teens being shipped off in the next draft to die for corporate interests, maybe then they will awaken and cry out against this empire of greed. Watch “War on Democracy” by John Pilger on video.google.com TODAY Wake up people.  Unbelievable!

Gov Huckabee received 48% of the African American vote in Arkansas.  He is not a racist.  He still has a 65% approval rating from the citizens of Arkansas.  He did a lot for the AA citizens in his state because he cares and was a governor who served the people.

If you read articles from previous weeks, Huckabee defended Wright, while criticizing his words.  He also defended Obama.

As to your comment about Republicans wearing faith on their sleeves as an art form, it seems like the Democrats are expressing a lot of faith this election season.  I do not remember Democratic candidates talking about faith in 2004 and 2000.  I am fine with a candidate talking about their faith.  It helps you know what convictions they have and where they stand on certain issues.