Why African Americans prefer Clinton to Obama

According to a recent poll, Clinton has a 15 point lead over Obama when it comes to votes from Black women. African Americans in the past have appreciated and supported Bill Clinton, and agreed with his policies. So it's no surprise that their loyalty lies with the Clinton family, except in regards to Obama, who is the first chance to have a Black president in office. " She looks like she has a much stronger chance of getting the nomination and getting elected than Obama. You want to go with the winner, and if that's a woman as opposed to someone black, then you want to go with them," said Newsday columnist McCarthy. However, Obama plans to combat Clinton's popularity by using Oprah Winfrey's support, who has vocally said that she supports him. It will be interesting to see how Blacks vote this time around; will they vote for Clinton who has always remained faithful and loyal to African Americans, or will they vote for Obama and finally see a Black president?

Is Hillary Pulliing the Gender Card?

Hit-and-Miss Hillary

As much as either side flip flops on whether this Presidential race is based on gender, it is. I think its a huge factor. And I do think that each side, Republican, Democratic, Male or Female is going to play off of it because Hillary can choose to use it to her advantage to attract the female voters. It also plays a big role to the candidates because they know that the American population is attracted to the idea of a female president, and furthermore, a female candidate grabs peaks the interest of the voters and will attract more attention to her campaign, giving her more publicity and therefore a bigger edge.

what $611 billion can buy

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So pretty much, after reading that President Bush vetoed a bill for $600 billion that was to be spent on health and labor, I found this article that showed how much $611 billion could actually buy. $611 billion is the amount they expect the Iraq war to cost. These are the most interesting ones:

"More than a year's worth of Medicare benefits for everyone:

In fiscal 2008, Medicare benefits will total $454 billion, according to a Heritage Foundation summary. The $611 billion in war costs is 17 times the amount vetoed by the president for a $35 billion health benefit program for poor children."

"A real war on poverty

According to World Bank estimates, $54 billion a year would eliminate starvation and malnutrition globally by 2015, while $30 billion would provide a year of primary education for every child on earth.

At the upper range of those estimates, the $611 billion cost of the war could have fed and educated the world's poor for seven years."

The things Bush could have done for Humanity.

Star Wars is BACK

FALCON

According to the article, the Defense Bill that was mentioned in yesterday's blog post, is being put toward what I see as a revamping or rebirth of Reagan's Star Wars program. Apparently, the new program called FALCON, Force Application and Launch from CONUS, will be able to hit any target in the world within 2 hours. I'm glad that Bush has decided that this is something worth investing in over the education of America's civilians.

Bush Veto

the washington post article

President Bush vetoed a $606 billion funding bill that would have supported education, health care and labor programs. Democrats believe that this is not a spending issue, but rather a political move by Bush to show up the Democratic majority in the House. However, at the same time he also signed a bill that gave $459 billion to the Defense department and the Pentagon. While I understand that the war in Iraq is one of the most pressing issues in the political agenda, I also believe that Bush needs to focus more on the future of America after Iraq. The post-Iraq war time is closing in, and Bush has repeatedly used money on defense. He needs to find a balance and use it as a way to satisfy the Democrats in Congress

Rudy Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani has so far led several nation wide polls for presidential candidacy. His social policies include civil unions between same sex couples for both legal and medical reasons. He believes that they deserve the same rights under law. Furthermore, Giuliani is pro-choice, and is strict when its comes to bearing arms and punishment for illegal arms bearing. He is often criticized by members of the Republican party for being too liberal when it comes to social policy, yet at the same time I think that his policy will give him the edge compared to other Republican front runners. If he becomes the next Republican Presidential candidate, he will also be able to reach out to the democratic audience through his policies.

In recent news, Kanye West's mother died of complications related to her "cosmetic surgery" (which in my opinion, is a nice way of saying plastic surgery.) However, I think that his mother was amazing because she never apologized or showed a view that was opposite to her son's. She always supported him, even after Kanye made his controversial statement that George Bush "hated black people"


however, the reason I brought this up is because I had just written something on Kanye's openness about his political beliefs. The death of his mother will probably bring a more (if possible) opinionated Kanye, as well as lyrics that are more politically centered.