Your author has managed to avoid addressing recent Presidential campaign debates that mean little of substance as it relates to the Democrats. The primary reason being that the Democrats have all but publicly refused to engage if Fox News sponsors a program. Imagine that-ones vying for the ultimate leadership position scared of Fox News but yet are capable of tackling issues facing our country?

So the Democrats have decided to initiate a series of forums that can be best summed up as depressing. This is hand in glove tactics that are straight out of the Democrat Party playbook. Democrats and self professed Liberals must, your author repeats must, always focus on some crisis or at worse create one then apply such event on a macro level. For instance the War in Iraq first made America an imperialist country. When this didn’t work it was the growing federal deficit caused by the War. When that failed it was the fact that this debt was being financed through Treasury securities purchased by China. They failed to realize that American federal debt, the largest portion of it, is actually owned by Japan. When this argument failed they exploited the bridge collapse in Minneapolis and the mining catastrophe in Utah as proof that American infrastructure was being ignored in order to fund the Iraq War. Nowhere do any of the candidates acknowledge that all of their years of public service did they once address this supposed crumbling infrastructure. What next? An ignorant public is consuming trans fats because their attention is devoted to the Iraq War?

Two recent debates have been chiseled in your author’s mind as the ultimate lunacy. The first being the AFL-CIO sponsored event on Chicago’s Soldier Field. Because of the union tone that was present your author knew he would be in for some of the best doom and gloom dialogue since the American Left claimed the homeless population was primarily made up of Vietnam War veterans.

While Senator Barrack Obama attempted to explain why he opposed the war in Iraq but somehow going to war in Afghanistan and Pakistan would better suit the battle against radical Islam (surprisingly he actually admits the existence of such crisis); it was Senator Hillary Clinton that came under the spotlight and heat lamp as other opponents (all of them politicians still living in the bygone era of collectivism and failed Democrat Party mantra) chastised her for accepting corporate political contributions. This is Hillary Clinton, the one who swore she would take on big oil, Wal-Mart or anyone else that fit the most recent ‘evil’.  However it was when an audience member, who had obviously been coached, railed against his job with Maytag being sent to Mexico that your author thought now maybe we will see some blood. The audience member along with the panel of contenders disappointed your author and it was now time to turn off such dribble. The gentleman should have pointed out that under the Clinton Administration such trade agreements such as NAFTA were signed and facilitated the relocation of his job. Not once was Senator Clinton asked about this tie in and finally succumbed by stating ‘If you want a winner, I’m your girl’. This statement was after she apologized for the unfortunate good advice that resulted in her sending daughter Chelsea to a private school once they set up shop in the Oval Office.  Your author has previously predicted that the baggage from the Clinton years will be too much to bear for Madam Senator.

Meanwhile John Edwards reminded the audience he is not the corporate American candidate. He also sternly told the crowd, as sternly as a male feminist can be that you could take that to the bank. Your author suggests that while at the bank check out the millions he made suing hospitals and shutting them down thus terminating jobs when he was ambulance chasing trial attorney.

The second debate was most unusual for your author to even comprehend. The Liberal Democrats have always been champs at dividing the nation despite their claims that President Bush and Karl Rove engaged in such behavior. Whether it is black or white or Hispanic, rich, poor, gay or straight a Democrat and self professed Liberal will divide and create war between two camps in order to advance their own political career.

This was probably the most telling of these marches or debates as the mainstream media labels them. The event was sponsored by the Gay and Lesbian Coalition and in this case the tiger by the tail would not be let go. Senator Obama struck out and said he would remove the debate of gay marriage from the political spectrum. One must wonder why even showed up? John Edwards in his best dog and pony show attempted to explain his ‘comfort level’ with gays. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who swears he could be the first Hispanic President despite a very non-Hispanic surname, fell from the sky when he declared homosexuality as a choice.

Hillary Clinton did probably the best skirting job since dancing around files pertaining to White Water when she said gay marriage should be left up to the states. Rocker Melissa Etheridge was a panelist and with Hillary Clinton she had a grip and unlike most in the mainstream media, she wasn’t about to let go. Etheridge retold how when Bill Clinton became commander and chief that the gay community had such high hopes. Etheridge along with many truly believed they had a political voice, someone who listened to them and more importantly someone who had accepted their monetary donations. At the end of the day this was not to be and President Clinton would later sign the Defense of Marriage Act, which basically squashed any attempts of having legal marriages between same sex couples. What Etheridge failed to do was remind the audience and the contenders that Senator Clinton vocally supported the bill. Since then the Act has spurned other states to either adopt it into law or tailor similar laws.

Senator Clinton now knows what it is like to have your feet to the fire and if poll numbers are any indication she may very well end up being a charred crisp before it is over. Meanwhile your author waits to see if there will be an Islamic American sponsored powwow.