Romney & Huckabee

I was driving to work this morning, and listening to my XM Radio as usual. Sometimes I listen to the news, for what it's worth. I say that because anymore, the news isn't really news. For example, it doesn't really matter what is happening in the news if the breaking news is that Paris Hilton had a big party where she once again got drunk and made an ass of herself. Or, if someone once again accuses Tom Cruise of maybe kinda sorta... being gay.

I've driven home where when every news channel I selected consisted of stories just like that. I doubt that the families of soldiers who's son died that day would agree that Paris Hilton was more important than the 30 soldiers killed in Iraq that day. Yet, that's not covered. When this started happening, I knew that we had lost the news. Unfortunate, because without real news, the only real way for people to mass communicate are through blogs. Are they factual? Well, by today's standards, they are as factual as any of the news sources out there.

But once in awhile, they actually do cover something worthwhile. This morning, they were talking about the debates, and the two parties. A summary....

Last night on my drive home: all about how the Nevada Supreme Court was about to rule on whether MSNBC can exclude Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich from a candidate debate. It was later ruled that MSNBC can indeed exclude Kucinich from the debate and that "blocking the debate would be an unconstitutional restraint on the news network's First Amendment rights." Totally lame. He should be able to participate. Isn't that what free speech is all about?

This morning while I was driving to work, I decided to start my day off by listening to people who actually care for other people (Air America Radio) instead of those who only want to focus on our differences (aka Romney and Huckabee... hell, and all the rest of the Republican platform). The people on Air America were delighted that Romney won in Michigan because they wanted either Romney or Huckabee to get the Republican nomination because there was just no way in hell that America would elect either one of them to be the President of the United States. That's their opinion.

Remember George W. Bush? We elected that moron TWICE!

We should not underestimate Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee.

Mitt Romney became the governor of the most liberal state in this nation. He did that basically by slick talk. He knows what to say and when to say it. And that is why he won in Michigan. There is only one thing that people dislike more than the idea of a Mormon being President, and that is the thought that the jobs in their state will be sent overseas, which Romney vows not to let happen. Let's forget for a minute all the jobs he has axed in the past in his business dealings.

Mike Huckabee likewise is a smooth talker. He scares the hell out of me because I know that if he becomes President, we aren't even talking about a blurring of the line that separates church and state. Under Bush, this line was severely blurred with his so-called "faith-based initiatives." Under Huckabee, I'm certain that church doctrine will become law in one fashion or another. And under him, just imagine the new Supreme Court nominees (he's already stated that Justice Scalia is a "hero" of his). In Huckabee's America, there's not much room for those of us who are different. It's scary. But what scares me more is the fact that when Mike Huckabee talks, he comes off as a very warm, congenial, concerned, caring person.

They should not be laughed at or underestimated. They both have a shot at being President. The battle is not over until the votes are counted (Florida excluded, of course).