Romney Suspends Campaign

In what is getting to be a daily frustration of limited to no wifi, I am getting to the point where I am posting "history" instead of current events, and need to make some kind of changes, before I dash my computer against the wall:)

Anyway onto this history post:
Was anyone else surprised that Mitt Romney dropped out of the race yesterday afternoon? I thought that he had such disgust toward McCain, that he was going to take this to the wire.


So Mitt Romney suspended his faltering presidential campaign on Thursday, effectively sealing the Republican presidential nomination for John McCain. "I must now stand aside, for our party and our country," Romney told conservatives.


"If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror," Romney told the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.

Will the others drop out or will they stay in to try and bargain for a place on the ticket, or a "cabinet" position if McCain should win. The race is getting very interesting, as many thought that it would be the Democrats with a quick winner, and the Republicans faltering to the convention. How a few weeks changes everything, and the next few weeks should be even more exciting!!


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Two Debate Recap

There was political sparks in the air last night as ABC held the first ever back to back debates of the two major parties, with the Republicans going first, followed immediately by the Democrats. This was an interesting forum, in that it allowed candidates to talk to each other, which made for a more spirited debate, than the normal canned answer type of debates we have been forced to rely on for most of this season. Hopefully, this will encourage this type of format for the rest of the political season, as we really got to see a little more depth from each person.

Democratic presidential candidates sparred, sometimes intensely, over who among them was the true change agent, while their Republican counterparts held a virtual tea party Saturday night, as both groups held back-to-back debates just days before New Hampshire's Tuesday primary.

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton went on the attack, challenging Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards on their records and insisting that her life proves she can achieve change while they just talk about it. They came back at her with equal zeal, double-teaming her at times.

This was a great evening for political junkies, and may we have many more events like this in the next few months. Thank you ABC and the candidates, though they should not have slighted Rep. Kucinich, as he has a loyal following and a message that needs to be heard. Now I do not agree with him, but I found ABC arrogant to "choose" who could and could not participate in this "democratic" debate. Positive Kudos for the format, Negative Kudos for being exclusionary, with a small net positive kudos for giving us another look at most of the candidates and what they believe!

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Taps For Craig

My computer was kaput, so I did not get a chance to write about Craig and the hilarity, of hypocrisy and Karma, meeting Head ON, as they did yesterday, wouldn't allow me to stop laughing, long enough to write about it later in the evening!!
Idaho Sen. Larry Craig's political support eroded by the hour on Wednesday as fellow Republicans in Congress called for him to resign and party leaders pushed him unceremoniously from senior committee posts.

Just one more sanctimonious politician, who wants to tell us how to live and all the while "LIVING" more sinfully that "most" of us!! Looks like the Republicans are going to FINALLY Kick one of these idiots to the curb without a fight. I hope his wife and kids follow suit, and he can feel the full brunt of his lying and disrespect, to them and to anyone who believed in this JERK!!

Do I hear "taps" being played for his career! LOL!!


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Iraqi Updates

Well President George W. Bush has a problem that is growing by the day. The problem is that he is losing support for this Iraqi endgame by his own party.

As announced Thursday, Senator Pete Domenici, Republican of New Mexico, is withdrawing support for President Bush's Iraq war policy and has embraced a proposal to bring most of the troops home by March of 2008. This comes on the heels of Republican Senators Richard Lugar and George Voinovich's pronouncements that they would no longer support the current Bush policy of the "surge" as they believe that it is a failure and that wwe must get our troops out of Iraq as quickly as possible.

Senator Domenici said that he carefully studied the Iraq situation and he believes that we cannot continue to ask our troops to sacrifice indefinitely, while the Iraqi government is not making measurable progress to move their country forward.

I was just reading another story which I will write about tomorrow that says that many areas of Iraq are having positive outcomes, since our troops have stepped up the hunting of insurgents and terrorists, so did Pete miss that story or is he just trying to set himself up to get re-elected by opposing an unpopular President. I am very wary of politicians that start changing when they get closer and closer to an election.

We shall do more checking into this change of heart by Senator Domenici and shall report to you on what I find.

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In a related story about Iraq, there was a message by the number 2 in command of al-Qaeda, one Ayman al-Zawahiri, a supposed deputy to Osama bin-Laden, who went on a hour and a half video taped rant about the fight with the United States troops in Iraq. He relates how the United States Presence in Iraq is part of a "Crusaders" style move to take over the region. Of course he also had to add a rant about the Zionists who are in this attempt to take over muslim territory.

Please Dude al-Zawahiri, do us all a favor and stop sending young men to die for Allah. If it is such a GOOD deal, why don't you and your coward boss stop hiding behind women's skirts and strap on a suicide vest and get with the Program!!

I know you won't because you are scared little men who only feel power when you can send young, idealistic young men to their deaths, and then go on video rants about all the bad people who oppress you. Give me a Break..You are nothing but spoiled, rich A$$&*^s who cannot do anything but destroy what other people have built. The sooner one of our troops gets you in his sights and puts you down the BETTER!!
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And in keeping with the cowardly way that these people act, a car bomb detonated and killed 17 people and wounded 28, when it exploded outside a photographer's studio in a Shiite part of Bahgdad, which also injured a bride and groom who were getting their wedding pictures taken while their friends and family waited outside. How very brave of this bomber to kill innocent people celebrating their marriage, and affirming LIFE instead of the DEATH that the bombers and the terrorists CELEBRATE!!
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A suicide truck bomber blasted a Shiite town north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing more than 100 people, police said, in a sign Sunni insurgents are pulling away from a U.S. offensive around the capital to attack where security is thinner.
The marketplace devastation underlined a hard reality in Iraq!! There are not enough forces to protect everywhere. U.S. troops, already increased by 28,000 this year, are focused on bringing calm to Baghdad, while the Iraqi military and police remain overstretched and undertrained.
The U.S. military on Saturday also reported that eight American service members were killed in fighting in Baghdad and western Anbar province over two days, reflecting the increased U.S. casualties that have come with the new offensives. A British soldier was killed in fighting with Shiite militias overnight in the southern city of Basra.
In Saturday's attack — among the deadliest this year in Iraq — the truck detonation ripped through the market in the farming town of Armili at around 8:30 am, as crowds had gathered for morning shopping.

Another rough couple of days all around for those in and out of Iraq. Perhaps tomorrow will bring better news!!