Saturday, May 31, 2008

Mobutu Sese Seko


I have had the dubious honor of meeting President Mobutu Sese Seko Wa penza....etc. I also met Presidents Eyadema, Houphouet Boigny, Mengistu, Omar Bongo, etc. I must admit I had to shake their hands (But , hey, I also had to shake GWB's).
I have generally not been impressed by the administrations of the above mentionned rulers.
Whether Mugabe, (I also had the misfortune of meeting him), or thabo M'Beki, Paul Biya, or the current elected dictator of Kenya, Sankara or Sekou Toure, none of my African acquaintances impressed me with their skills.
Great speakers, they all insisted on Hope and Reconciliation . They were all victims of Bwana, the mean Toubab.
I am voting for Hillary.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

The losing machine


The French say they have the stupidest Right in the world. I believe the US have the stupidest Left. Before the campaign started, Hillary Clinton was the anointed candidate, far superior to all her rivals, true and tried, with an ironclad platform, and coming after the worst president the republic had ever seen.

The media, Tim Russert, George Stephanopoulos, The washington Post, Broder, Robinson, etc.., the very same journalists and pundits to whom we owe both the two disastrous GWB terms and the war in Iraq , thank you very much, decided to spice up the race.
In part to settle an old account with Bill Clinton, whom they never managed to destroy, and to jack up their numbers, encouraged a young upstart, Barack Obama to challenge Hillary.
Obama, untried and untested, launched his campaign with a visit to Oprah, a true measure of the seriousness of his candidacy. After all she already gave us Dr. Phil!
Today, every Hillary win is minimized, every Obama loss is forgiven, and any Hillary hanger-on is painted as a racist for good measure.
What about the 98% black voters who vote Obama? Not the race card?
Is the glass ceiling harder to break than the race barrier?
Instead of having an unbeatable candidate facing John Mc Cain, the stupid left now has two weakened candidates. One weakened by the Press (Quit Hillary, Quit!), the other weakened because he will lose the white vote, the female vote, the catholic vote,the hispanic vote and the blue collar vote and perhaps my vote come November.
If Obama is the Democratic candidate, many Hillary backers will either abstain or, worse, vote Republican.
Obama could have waited for his turn, he could even have been a great vice-president.
But no, the pundits had to take their revenge on the Clintons. That will show her!
We will all end up with a 3rd GWB term.
thank you Oprah!
Thank you Chris!
What part of the Clinton legacy was so hard to swallow? Peace or prosperity?
The dummest Left in the world.