Hillary: a Texas take.......

Your article from The American Thinker was fun to read and reflects much of my thinking. Many people believe Hillary will run for President, but I do not as it would be very difficult for her to win the nomination. Nor am I sure she wants to run as she looks burnt out. The author claims she enjoys very high ratings. I don't see them. Nor do I pay much attention to ratings as they are highly subject to bias and fluctuate from day to day. My take is that Hillary is in hiding as Secretary of State. She has not captured much air time and when she does, it is often because she screwed up.

 One of the flaws of democracy is that of tyranny against minorities. We see it big time in the so called democratic states in the third world where majority tribes win elections and then terrorize their enemies, e.g. the Kikuya vs the Masai. The subject was heavy on the minds of our forefathers while they did not seem to think at all of tyranny by the minority. Some call this Minorityism. Italy has always had a bad case if it and could accomplish nothing because of belligerent minorities blocking votes. California state government has a similar problem. The Tea Party was a classic example of tail wagging dog in the recent efforts to compromise on extending US credit limits. They wanted no tax increases and won their point.

 One might argue that American blacks are also wagging the dog with their voting strength and adherence to Obama. Republicans take every chance they get to expose African-Americas who are against Obama on the American public. I believe The American Thinker is correct in stating that blacks support Obama. So, incidentally, do large numbers of whites and Hispanics. The monumental and coordinated effort to unseat O through harassment, lies, trickery and exaggeration of his missteps is, to my mind, insufficient to unseat him. And such efforts do not lend support for his being unseated by Hillary, but rather compel O supporters to dig in their heels. Hence, O will not be a one-term president, but will fill out his two terms assuming nothing drastic occurs.

 Republican strategies to unseat Obama come across to many Americans as racist in origin. This is true to the extent that some of his critics are indeed racist and in the sense that there are elements of racism, large or small, overt or covert, spoken or unspoken, understood or not understood and conscious or sub-conscious in everyday American life. Nor is this racism monopolized by anti black feelings but rather extends to whites, immigrants, Hispanics, and anyone else you can racially define. Obama's critics deny racial motivations of course. But at the end of the day, I refuse to spend my thinking time dissecting their motives as there is conclusion to be drawn and no hard truth to discover. Is there racism in American life, yes; and no.

 Two things are needed to win the Presidency. First, the party's nomination and second an opponent who is perceived as less worthy by the public. Less worthy can mean a lot of things, but basically it means unable to attract as many votes. Obama will get the Democratic nomination and Hillary is far to smart and as I stated earlier, far to tired, to even try. At present, the Republicans do not have a candidate capable of winning an election against Obama. Romney will put the public to sleep with boredom. Perry has closets full of skeletons, Bachman is limited to Midwestern conservatives in her public appeal, and other contenders have not even managed hopeful poll ratings.

 As much as I want to see someone take command and show the public the path to jobs, a balanced budget, and sensible economic and fiscal policy, it will not happen under current circumstances. Hillary is incapable of achieving this, as The American Thinker correctly notes, even is she were able to challenge Obama.

 Our future lies in a total revamp of Washington and the political system that has evolved here. We need strict term limits, tort reform, electoral reform, and administrative reform. We are stuck between government incompetence and private sector greed and need some means of mitigating both before we can claim title to a free and democratic nation.

 That's my take.