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The following is a "guest entry" from The Astrolabe, my yankee studmuffin in the Great White North. He's wrong about most everything, but what a stud. hello! i've been reading your blog. some interesting stuff, and holy cow I even agree with some stuff! Id thought id give my 18 cents since its saturday morning at 730am and 10 below zero. I agree, New Hampshire and Iowa are not really good barometers to judge the rest of the country by. South Carolina and Missouri are probably much better testing grounds of things to come. I'm indifferent on Kerry at the moment. He seems like he's on career politician/candidate auto pilot everytime he talks. However he doesn't stir up the dislike in me like i have for Dean. I don't know how he's going to do in the South. Wait and see. The attack on Kerry's wife was way harsh! I could talk about Howie's dog of a wife, along with Howie's failure to notice his neck size has grown the past two years, yet stuffs himself into those shirts like meat into a sausage casing, with his neck fat falling over like a beer belly over a tight belt. Nice example a DOCTOR is showing in country full of fat asses. I agree Joe Lieberman needs to go. I think he's delusional. And he's old and bumbling and seems totally ineffective. He's the old version of the Sicilian in the Princess Bride."Inconceivable!" Thinking his 5th place showing in NH is actually a 3 way tie just made it seem WORSE. John McCain is more a democrat than Lieberman is. However I don't quite understand the jewish preoccupation thing. It doesn't really register with me. I mean, yeah he's jewish. And yeah Al Sharpton's Black. Its like saying Sharpton registers to people as the nutty negro, which is what he does even though he's had a lot of smart, funny things to say during this campaign season. My parents, both North Carolinians, and my dad, not being a very tactful, but a very honest man has never said anything about Lieberman being an "establishment jew". Sectionalism is still alive and well (along with all the isms) North vs South. East Coast vs West Coast. I take back my Clark endorsement. He has the spirit, just not the articulation. The military leadership is impressive. Well I like the new Howard Dean who seems to have figured out that he can write his own Xanax prescriptions! I'm surprised they dont play Mr. Self Destruct by Nine Inch Nails when he comes out before debates! Even I thought the media was harsh on him, post Iowa GROWL. It seemed like a football pep rally speech. It didn't bother me. The media maybe going over the top on angry Howie, but there is more than several ears of corn to truth to it. I like to think of him as either the Incredible Hulk or Homer Simpson from the excellent ANGRY DAD episode of the Simpsons. But I see more arrogance and cockiness than anger, which are two character traits I HATE. I tried to like this man. I thought at the time, well he's the front runner, he must be a good guy. Frankly I think he's an arrogant, white, affluent, smug ass who shoots off at the mouth, then has to re-clarify and apologize later. We already have someone in the white house like that, why replace him with another?(though infinitely smarter than W) All the good ideas in the world don't mean a thing when you lack the personality to put them over on people. I'll play the sectionalist card here, how can a man who's been the governor of a state thats 98 percent white really be in touch with the needs of people of color. Al Sharpton was given a hard time for calling him out on it, but I was behind him 100 percent. At least Edwards and Kerry have the experience of working with black and hispanic congressman. At least Clark has the experience of being in the military which is 30 percent minority. How can a rich, white, north easterner know a thing about minority issues. The lack of foreign policy experience bothers me too, but it didn't do anything to Billy Clint. in actuality, Billys civil rights record isnt stellar, despite blacks making him honorary soul brother number 1. I'd even say since LBJ, white Democrats mean well, but haven't really done a lot for civil rights. At least Republicans are honest and just dont want help you out at all. As for poor Joe Trippi, all I can say is I'm glad I'm not going to get anymore annoying emails in my inbox with your name on it! I like John Edwards a lot. If he's around on Super Tuesday, I''ll vote for him.Calm, collected, human, positive.he puts that southern charm to work. And living/working in the south he's actually worked with and lived near black folks. Maybe be a bit too young right now. 2008 though, he could have a great chance. ok that was more of a buck 25! love Rastus http://www.theastrolabe.com/writing2.html
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