... And They're Off!

Well, the 2008 Presidential campaign began Monday, MLK Day, with Mrs. Clinton coming out of the starting gate at a full gallop. And, of course, the first thing she did was to stick her foot in her mouth, with her remarks calling the Republican control of the US House a "PLANTATION". With those few words she managed to lose the handful of votes she MIGHT have garnered from all of the Southern States. Without the South, she cannot win. That’s a fact. So, for all intents and purposes, her campaign is over... on the first day.

Just looking at the practicality of the political world, as it stands today, Mrs. Clinton will lose her bid for the Whitehouse. The Senate will remain in Republican hands and, barring some unforeseen calamity... not yet on the horizon, the House will also remain in Republican hands.

The American Thinker has a magnificent piece on this. I recommend you go to:

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=5166

Now, all things in politics are built on shifting sands, so the entire picture can change in the few months ahead. But, unless there is a HUGE change in the feelings of the American Electorate, by November 8th of this year, The Senate WILL remain in Republican hands.

There was no gasp of surprise, from the Republicans, at Mrs. Clinton’s playing of the race card. That’s what Democrats do. It was surprising, to some extent, that she played it this early.

Oh, and don’t buy the story that women will vote for her. Nah, ain’t gonna happen. Southern women, especially, dislike her. And that’s putting it mildly. Our Southern women did not earn the nickname of “Steel Magnolias” by being weepy wimps. They despise women like Mrs. Clinton. Hard, brassy, uncouth, women who have made their way in this world by tying themselves to the coat tails of their husbands are not looked upon as real women here in the South (Especially by GRITS... "Girls Raised IN The South").

The left-wing nuts that control today’s Democrat party, and think history started yesterday, don’t know this. That is to the GOP’s advantage.

So, no, we’re not afraid of Mrs. Clinton. I mean, after all, she and her husband have done more to aid the Republican Party than any person(s) alive today.

We are convinced that once she hits the campaign trail, she will give the GOP all the ammunition it needs, added to that already collected, to deflect any barbs she may send our way.

We’d like to express our deep appreciation for the Democrats selecting Mrs. Clinton as their Presidential candidate for the 2008 campaign. We could not have chosen a better example of why the American Electorate must vote for the GOP. And we don’t have to do a thing! Well, nearly “nothing”, anyway.

Longstreet