So as most of you know, by a margin of about 3% Hillary Clinton has taken New Hampshire. For those who are tracking the primaries, this was a very important win for Clinton as it means that the initial surprising lead that Obama took in Iowa is not a sweep.

Now don’t get me wrong, I think this country with the leadership of either Clinton or Obama will be 100 TIMES better off than with Mr. George “I fell off the short yellow bus” W. Bush. Let’s review some points here:

Bush has:

  1. Created a large amount of debt
  2. Plunged the US into war in a land that wasn’t even the original target after 9/11.
  3. Caused strain on our military forces by committing us to a war that will not be over for a LONG time. No matter what people say, if we stay then we will be there for a long time, if we leave, it would be irresponsible so we will probably end up being there for a long time. Either way we look at it, withdrawal is not a clean option.
  4. Privatization of our armed forces. This reminds me of the days back in Europe when kings would send private armies to fight, and the other side would do the same, and in the end they would just talk it over and decide who won and lost, instead of actually fighting a battle. What’s wrong with our armed forces and why is it cheaper to use private armed forces?
  5. Can he wear a bigger belt buckle? Ok cheap shot, but still, you wonder I know you do!
  6. Tries to pull off the home town feel of a good old boy, but America doesn’t want that comfort and cozy feeling. I’d rather have a no nonsense kick them in the ass type of person and ask names later, than someone who hides behind other people.

Now unfortunately I can’t say much for Clinton, but here are some things that I have for them:

  1. Clinton gracefully put up with the scandals that her husband went through and you know what, they are still together and civil. That shows honor and integrity.
  2. Chelsea Clinton, she has for the most part stayed out of the media eye, even through the scandals. This shows priority and family values. Regardless of what Bill has done. And let’s face it guys. Most guys are not the most honest and upstanding folks either. So let’s not pretend that what he did is so out of order. We have all done things or been involved in things that looking back we probably would have done differently. But you know what, that’s part of being human and making mistakes. How would you like your mistakes covered on the evening news for the REST OF TIME!
  3. Clinton is a trained lawyer, and all three Clinton’s value education. Bill was a Rhodes scholar and went to Georgetown, Oxford, and Yale, Hillary went to Wellesley and Yale, and Chelsea went to Standford and Oxford. On the other hand, George W Bush went to Yale and Harvard Business School, Laura went to Southern Methodist University and University of Texas at Austin, and Barbara and Jenna went to Yale and the University of Texas at Austin respectively. Neither has sought out higher education and both have been involved in behavior that you would expect from people who don’t know any better (drinking under the age and having a fake ID to.. purchase booze). Let’s face it between the Clinton’s and Bush’s, there is just no contest. Smart, progressive, open minded, that’s the Clinton’s.
  4. She’s a women, duh! I don’t want to get into genetics but men and women do think about things differently, and in the case of this country, it has only been run on the impulses and strengths of men. I think it’s high time to let a women take the reigns, not just because, but it’s time that we get a fresh perspective, and someone who can take charge in a different direction. Do we really want to have the cowboy macho mentality throughout the world? I’d rather have someone who is soft on military, and strong in diplomatics, communication, public relations, and most important the ability to LISTEN when your people, the people who you are suppose to be the voice up, speak up and tell you that there is something wrong. Unlike the current president who was just recently quoted as saying that the economy is basically ok. What is that! Does he not read the Wall Street journal that has headlines like we are looking at a recession or that the housing market is turned upside down, or that large companies are in financial troubles? Of course not, they must be teaching something else at Harvard Business School these days.
  5. Communication, Clinton can talk. She can talk and not talk through people, but at people. She can look you in the face and from the hip be able to respond to you with something that is real and personal but still strong in it’s convictions. Bush on the other hand I wouldn’t give the benefit to be able to put a speech together to save his life.
  6. Economics, Clinton may not know economics, but she’s going to try and will probably get folks around her who do know, but she seems like the type of person that can see value from no value. Bush on the other hand will give you:

So what do this mean? This means that you have to do your civic duty and listen carefully all of you voters, DO THE RIGHT THING! Go out and vote. I don’t care if you think that your one vote doesn’t count, but if you do to me and the rest of this country like you did last term and voted in a man who will go down in history as one of the most embarrassing mistakes that could have happened to this great nation, GET YOUR BUTT OUT OF THAT CHAIR and vote!

And there are options, yes there are options. Let’s say you are like me, and you work in the city and you have to commute in each day and you don’t have time to vote. Guess what, contact your voting district and get an absentee ballot. Figure out a way to make this happen, but do something–anything. I don’t care at this point if you vote for Mike Gravel the craziest man I see on the campaign trail, but just go out and VOTE! Do the right thing, don’t make the same mistake twice, and make this one count America. We have a chance, we have an opportunity to do something right, to take a situation and make something out of it. When you were small and something bad happened, didn’t your parents always use to tell you “When you get all lemons make lemonade”. Well let’s do that this year. 2008 is a turning point in American history, we hold our heads high, not because we are proud of what we have done, but proud of what we are capable of doing. We can wrong the rights of our past, and make the world a safer place to be–and to do this, we need a candidate who has the vision, patience, and understanding to know what the people want and to do what’s in our best interest.

I leave you with some words from the Declaration of Independence:

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

And while we are not saying that what we have is no longer good, we are saying that we have the right and responsibility to do something about it, knowing that it won’t be done for us unless we stand together and make it a reality.