When Libertarians meet, no one cares

So the Libertarians met for their convention and made former Rep. Bob Barr their candidate for president, and the rest of the country is supposed to care.

Whatever. Barr has about as much chance of getting elected as Cynthia McKinney. You know it. I know it. Barr should know it, if he doesn't have his head stuck too far up a faulty fiscal policy and unrealistic political beliefs.

Come one, libertarians are fun at parties, for sure, when they prattle on about how their candidates could really get elected if the populace would just vote for them. A novel concept; that's how most people get elected.

One of their big problems, however, is that they waste their free time by holding such foolish beliefs about their candidates. Welcome to the two-party system. You're not invited.

While they might win some city council seats in various states, and maybe get a state representative elected every now and then, they have no chance of having a president with their label.

Why someone such as Barr hasn't figured this out yet, I'll never know. Maybe there's a book deal in it for him. I guess there's always the lecture circuit. Perhaps that's what being the libertarian candidate is really all about.

When destiny striked, we were there

Either Clinton's been reading some more of that playbook I got a copy of, or she's fulfilling some vague prophecy of Nostradamus. Either way, she's working her hardest to make sure McCain becomes the next president.

I'm reading this news story off Yahoo! that states she might take the delegate fight to the convention, because she wants to give the Republican opponent that much more fodder with which to attack his Democratic rival, regardless of who it is, and secure the White House in November.

OK, what the story really says is that she wants the delegates from Michigan and Florida (the same states that broke the rules and held their primaries when they weren't supposed to) seated at the convention based on the primaries.

Great ... if Obama's name had actually appeared on the ballot. Then it might be fair, but this is just another method of delaying the inevitable and further damaging the heir apparent's ability to win in November.

And it's not a good way to build support for 2012.

Are you down with the revolution?

Did you see the centerpiece on the "Voices" page in Sunday's Ledger? "The Ron Paul Revolution" talks about all of Paul's fantastic ideas, his youthful, exuberant followers and how his brand of Republicanism is going to change the face of American politics.

Please. Paul is just another hack in D.C. who thinks he has what it takes to be president. News flash, heroes: He doesn't. Economists have lambasted his ideas on reverting to the gold standard, he's got connections to white supremacist periodicals and that 19-year-old kid mayor in Oklahoma got more votes than Paul ever will.

Paul is the newest Nader - a trophy candidate for people who don't have the attention span to keep up with actual politics. Yeah, I've read all the stories with people claiming that they've never voted before/never given money to a candidate before/never cared about anything this strongly before.

It all comes down to the same result - nothing. Paul supporters get their jollies by attempted takeovers of Republican conventions, and the best they can get is a front page picture of Paulites looking stupid. McCain's going to get the nomination, he'll face Obama in November and one of them will become the next president.

Paul needs to spend more time on keeping his current job. His supporters would be better served by a heavy dose of political reality. The Kool-Aid isn't helping.

Reader letter

Finally, one of my devoted readers has sent in a letter expressing his viewpoints concerning the 2008 presidential campaign. For those of you just tuning in, at least 5 percent of us will go to the polls in November and cast meaningless ballots for our next president. The leader of the free world will then be determined by unseen power brokers behind closed doors.

In the meantime, lets take a look at what you, the reader, has to say:

"Dear Allen:

I wanted to write you about Barack WHOSINS Obama, one of the candidates for president. I cannot in good conscience vote for anyone who hates America, refuses to wear a flag pin and despises the United States of America.

Let this letter be a warning to those who would cast aside good, Republican morals in favor of a Muslim in sheep's clothing. Barack FORSHAME Obama will sell our great nation to the Pakistanis - the same people who perpetrated 9/11.

You have been warned, Demoncrats. Turn away from your evel beliefs now and accept that global warming is a myth, McCarthy was right and vegetarian is just another way of saying "commie."

By the way, Allen, your blog is stoopid.

Sincerely,

Anonymous"

Keep those letters coming!

From the playbook

I was cruising around online late Saturday night and luckily stumbled upon part of the playbook Hillary's been using over the past few weeks. Typically, serendipitous finds such as these don't happen to me, but that's what you get when you type "Hillary conspiracy Cthulhu" into a search engine. Let's take a look, shall we?

"Be the anointed front runner from day one, then lose your status in favor of the coveted 'underdog' role. Then lose."

"Remain steadfast in your refusal to halt campaigning even in the face of overwhelming odds. Sow the seeds of the Democratic Party's destruction, which will come to fruition over the next decade. Seethe."

"Publicly denounce economists. Vilify mathematics."

"Do a shot in front of the cameras. That'll show 'em."

"Contact your trusted henchmen in the bowels of the DNC. Usurp the majority's will by using their influence to get the Florida and Michigan delegates seated. Reward states that break the party's rules. Ensure Republicans gain control."

Wow! Who would have guessed? Stay tuned for more exciting revelations!

Pajamagate

It really doesn't get much better than this. So, stop me if you've heard this one before: Marc Dann, the attorney general of Ohio admits to having an affair, and refuses to step down. He stands before the angry masses, and his wife, and says he was in over his head with all this office management stuff - possibly the coup de grace of a sexual harassment investigation that's already eaten three of his former aides.

And the "other woman" whose name hasn't been widely circulated by the MSM? Jessica Utovich. His former scheduler, who was once seen in her PJs at Dann's apartment in the city (she was there "working"), resigned on her own volition.

So, Gov. Spitzer sleeps with a prostitute, gets caught and resigns, but an attorney general is low enough on the totem pole that he can weather this storm? Who does this guy think he is -Bill Clinton?

Or is it that he had to pay for it that cost him the job?

Guam if you want to

Imagine my surprise when I learned that the little island of Guam gets to vote. Really. This Saturday, just like it was a real state with all the privileges and responsibilities. Who knew?

Maybe not even the candidates. Neither Hill or Obama has plans to visit the place. Would you? The time on the plane trip there and back is better spent in North Carolina and Indiana.

Guam has nine delegates, including the ones with capes. North Carolina, on the other side of the world, has 158 and Indiana has 72.

Best to keep the candidates in the continental and send the money to the islands, where it can buy TV ads.