Shame On You! Democratic Race Get Dirtier

That’s what Bill Clinton said to a CNN reporter at the end of a testy press conference between Clinton and the media. The saga of Obama-Clinton mean-spirited campaign drama is about to reach its nadir before the on-set of the 2008 South Carolina Democratic primary this Saturday. I’m taking a neutral, observer position on this affair and I’m in no way endorsing any of the Democratic candidates, only taking in the presumption of what would become the decisive factor of the whole Democratic campaign to gain back the White House from the Republicans. For sure, the Clinton-Obama feud is already creating a genuine division within the rank and file of the Democratic Party, to the point when the entire Democratic campaign to win the White House could really come undone, on the account of female Democrats being the majority and the black Democrats the minority. However, some moonbats think the feud is cleverly concocted by Karl “Boy Genius” Rove himself. *sigh*

I can see Karl Rove fiendishly pulling strings and calling in old favors somewhere in an undisclosed bunker next to Vice Pres. Dick Cheney. *eyes rolled up*

With due respect, Barack Obama do have certain appeals to peoples beside the African American community, though he’d deftly and gradually crafted himself as the 21st century version of Abraham Lincoln since he made his first public appearance at the Democratic National Convention in 2004 and the Dems were wowed by him, especially among the black Democrats. They saw hope and glory come alive right out of Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech. Hey, did that happened already when Colin Powell was widely speculated and prodded to run against Bill Clinton in 1996? Whatever happened to that distinct black Republican? Nevertheless, people watching the Clinton-Obama campaign drama heading into the South Carolina primary should bring to mind the memory of a very testy campaign drama between Bush and McCain early in 2000 in that same state primary; particularly when either the Bush campaign team or McCain’s political rivals made a false suggestion that McCain fathered an African-American baby out of wedlock. With that false news reaching throughout the Republican Party in South Carolina and the independent voters , McCain’s campaign momentum over Bush was stopped cold. From that 2000 S.C. primary outcome, Bush cruised onto getting the Republican Party nomination for President and eventually the White House.

So watching the South Carolina primary this Saturday, the real decisive factor of winning it out of this testy campaign drama would be: who blinks first? Clinton? Obama? That’s why Bill Clinton being worried and angry about all the negative focus on his wife as especially noteworthy, for the crucial key Democratic votes in South Carolina hold the key to victory for either Hillary R. Clinton or Barack Obama.

Whoever wins the 2008 South Carolina primary will, for sure, win the Democratic nomination for President handily. At least, the loser may still have a fighting chance in other primaries.

We shall see this Saturday.

Deaf Democrats vs. Deaf Republicans

Let the battle of the blogs commence! The Deaf Democrats and Deaf Republicans blogs, that is. It’s the election season and who is going to be the next President of the United States of America? Clinton? McCain? Obama? Giuliani? Edwards? Thompson? Paul? Kuci*cough-cough*nich? Have news about candidates coming to your location soon? Are you involved in any candidate’s campaigning activities?

You wanted to blog about which Republican candidate you’re rooting for and why? Let Mike McConnell know and he’ll make you a contributor to the DeafRepublicans2008 blog! Have a favorite Democratic candidate and why you’re supporting that candidate? Let Christine Buchholz and Vikee Waltrip know anyway and they’ll be happy to let you blog on that!

I’m very curious about the deaf/hoh community’s reactions and considerations of these candidates for President. Make it short, make it long, make your opinion interesting or juicy! C’mon, don’t hold back and wait until November. Now is the time for change.

Or maybe Bush might cancel the whole election and make himself el Presidente for life.

You don’t wanted that, eh?
Rob’s brief no. 1:
Apple introduced thinnest Mac laptop: MacBook Air. Impressive ho-hum and the cost is ridiculous. What else is real news? I’m still expecting a smaller Apple product like an affordable MacMini version of laptop, supposedly in the works. The news about the iTunes Movie rentals is quite a disappointment to me (new releases come out 30 days after the DVD release?! WTF?!).

Rob’s brief no. 2:
Another billions dollars write-off from Citi and the fact the extremely wealthy Arabs are riding into the rescue of the failing American financial institutions is worrisome to me. I’m concerned there could be uncomfortable strings attached to the “rescue” by the Arabic investors, particularly the money coming from sovereign wealth funds.

Rob’s brief no. 3:
Her name was Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo. So it wasn’t Leonardo da Vinci in drag for a self-portrait painting of Mona Lisa, after all. About time the identity of the mysterious woman is finally revealed.

Rob’s brief no. 4:
Ruh-roh. Superbug strain is founded to pass around by gay men. The gay plague, part two? However, athletes in professional, collegiate and high-school sports are being afflicted by the same kind of strain as well. Learn the facts about MSRA and how can you prevent it.

Rob’s brief no. 5:
Really liked the Sarah Connor Chronicles TV two-part episodes last night and Sunday night. When the news came out in 2006 about a TV show spinning off from the Terminator films about Sarah Connor and her young son, the future messiah of mankind, John Connor fighting against Skynet and the machines it sent to kill him, a lot of Terminator fans went “apeshit” angry about it. However, over the time, as the series’ production went into effect with all the cast members, reports of positive news and blogs generated keen interest in it and the fans’ anger was toned down. The first two episodes of TSCC went pretty well and earned high ratings. A fan blog about TSCC. It might be the best antidote to this Writers’ Strike-affected TV season and a decent replacement for “24″. We’ll see how TSCC turn out and don’t expect the Big Oak to make a special guest appearance anytime soon.

For those who have never heard of or seen“The Terminator”, I highly recommend the first movie, the best of all, and it helped made Arnold and a certain James Cameron the biggest names in Hollywood ever since.