I’m Not The Only One

The news just gets better and better! Ghouliani’s Presidential campaign is all out of gas and is lying by the side of the road. Looks like Hillary’s going to be the only woman running for President now.

News of Ghouliani’s concession from the race was simultaneously followed by his endorsement of Sen. John McCain. But wouldn’t it be hilarious if he endorsed Obama just to screw with Hillary? I think it would.

My only regret is that I will not be completing my President Ghouliani series in which I picked apart and expose the holes in his campaign platform also known as his “12 Commitments”.  You can check them out here, here and here.

You know that feeling of jubilation you felt as a kid when you watched the schoolyard bully get his ass kicked? That’s what I’m feeling right now!

This deserves a tequila shot!

I am so glad that Rudy Ghouliani is losing, so much that his campaign is falling apart even before he receives a sound defeat from the New Yorkers who he gleefully terrorized in the 90s.  America’s Mayor, my ass!

As the infamous black t-shirt that was sold in NYC during his reign as Mayor read, Fuck Giuliani!  I couldn’t hate him more than if I was a dead 9-11 fire fighter.

Check out this blurb from Perez Hilton:

This is what happens when you put all your eggs in one basket.

Rudy Giuliani has slipped to third place in Florida with less than a week to go for that state’s primary, according to a new poll from the Miami Herald.

The former NYC mayor had been campaigning heavily in that state while ignoring the other Republican primaries and caucuses.

If he doesn’t win in Florida, Giuliani’s presidential bid is pretty much OVER!

Check out the post at perezhilton.com; the photo shows white dots of semen dribbling from Ghouliani’s lips.  Hilarious!

Did I mention, fuck Giuliani?

After much procrastination, I’m finally going to explain why I will be voting for Senator Barack Obama in the New York Democratic Primary next month.

My support for Senator Barack goes far beyond identity politics. Unfortunately, my vote is not so much in support of him as it is a vote against his competition. Part of my support for him comes from his unofficial endorsement by Governor Bill Richardson (for whom I originally supported) who recently dropped out of the Presidential race. Many have speculated that because Richardson is Latino, and Latinos are the de facto junior partners in the Civil Rights Movement, that Richardson would automatically throw his support to the half-black Barack Obama. Already some of Richardson’s former supporters such as California state Senator Gil Cedillo and former state Democratic Senator Martha Escutia of Los Angeles have officially endorsed Obama now that the New Mexico Governor has dropped out of the race. Some people have even speculated that Obama may select Richardson to be his running mate.

One reason I am supporting Obama is because of his leniency towards federal drug laws. The federal drug laws and the Drug Enforcement Agency represent the most atrocious rape of the Constitution, which does not even mention drugs. The War on Drugs is really a war on black and brown people in America, and no one can really say they believe in racial equality if they support the War on Drugs.

Among all of the candidates, Obama is the only one who is committed to reforming this nation’s drug laws. On his campaign web site, Obama has appropriately placed his platform on drug laws under his commitment to civil rights, such as eliminating the harsher sentences for crack-related offenses (a drug predominantly used by black people) than the comparably softer sentences for that of cocaine (the drug of choice for white people).

Obama also wants non-violent first-time drug offenders (with the exception of dealers and traffickers) to serve their sentence in a drug rehabilitation center where they can actually get the drug out of their system as opposed to sharing a cell with cold-blooded murderers and rapists in the overcrowded federal prison system, where rape, gang activity and drug abuse runs rampant. This is an important step in prison reform because drug addiction should be treated for what it really is: a health issue, not a crime.

Because people of color make up the vast majority of incarcerated drug offenders (Blacks and Latinos make up 92 percent of drug offenders in New York State prisons), it would make sense that a President of color would want to reverse this 21st Century form of institutionalized racism.
I do feel Obama’s willingness to admit he personally experimented with marijuana and cocaine as a youth (the only candidate to admit this) shows he has an understanding and a sympathy towards those who use illegal narcotics. I don’t see the other front runners in either party addressing this issue, including John Edwards, the so-called “poverty candidate”.

Obama’s international upbringing is another reason I think he should be the next President. While Bill Clinton was certainly the most cosmopolitan and worldly President this country has had in 100 years, we truly need someone who can embrace a foreign policy that examines things through a truly international perspective rather than the nationalistic and myopic view of most Americans, especially our current commander-in-chief. America needs to recognize it is not its own planet, but a part of a world of many different nations, cultures and most importantly, perspectives. While I don’t necessarily think Obama’s competitors are a bunch of narrow-minded bigots, I do believe that they would make a wholehearted yet unsuccessful attempt at understanding the rest of the world, a task which Obama would find rather easy to accomplish.

I think another great reason for Barack Obama to be elected President of the United States is so that white Americans can stop referring to the U.S. as a white country. I am so sick of white people soiling themselves because of the latest Census figures showing an increase in Latin American immigration and a larger African-American presence in previously all-white suburbs and rural areas. Get over it, white people. This is not Europe; if you want to live in a Caucasian country, you’re on the wrong side of the Atlantic. Racially and ethnically speaking, the New World is neutral territory and should not be thought of as being home to a “white country” or the homeland of any race, with exception of Native Americans.

And speaking of race, I believe a mulatto (yeah, I said it!) President would trivialize racial tensions in America, particular the love-hate relationship between blacks and whites. Symbols are powerful, and the appearance of a biracial U.S. President would do more to sweep away racial tensions than any well-meaning Caucasian candidate. Sorry, Bill Clinton. Barack Obama is going to be the real first black President.

As of last Monday, Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Richardson dropped out of the race after finishing fourth in the Iowa and New Hampshire primaries, citing that he was running low on campaign funds and could not afford to stay in the race and campaign in other states.

I know that in my last post I said I would discuss why I will vote for Barack Obama, but I felt that because Bill Richardson got so little media attention, I’m going to make this post about him instead. To be honest I’m glad he dropped out out the race. Originally Richardson had my vote (and not because he is half Latino) because I was impressed by his diplomatic background. Right now the biggest problem facing this country is the ongoing invasion of Iraq. We can’t count on the Bush Administration to clean up their own mess, and personally I think President Bush is just waiting for his term to end so he can pass the mess on to the next President to clean up. (more…)

Among the many things that kept me from blogging regularly this month was a 10-page research paper for my writing class. I chose to write about Barack Obama so I could also use the material for this blog.

As I presented my research paper to the class one of my classmates asked me if, after writing this paper, would I vote for Obama and why. It was the most interesting question I was asked, and I’ll give the brief answer I gave to the class and the more detailed answer that I will give here. (more…)